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Welcome new member.

Some quick facts-

* The liver is the largest organ of the body, and also the largest gland.

* The liver affects nearly every physiological process of the body and

performs over 500 different chemical functions.

* The liver filters over a liter of blood each minute.

This is a group of people helping each other to navigate through this terrible

disease.

We are very informal here, and have very few rules. They can be counted on one

hand. No soliciting, no flaming or insulting, and no politics or other divisive

subjects. Most health support groups have moderation before your post is ever

considered for the forum. This one is set so the we can actually converse, and

that leaves a lot of leeway to the members to say what they want, but we try to

keep the discussion somewhat related to liver disease. Mostly, common sense

dictates this and there is seldom a need for any kind of moderator intervention.

There are three moderators here, MaC, Pamela and myself. There are a number of

transplant survivors, and transplant candidates. There are a few who are sick,

and are not having transplants. Check out the members database to see who has

what illness. It can also help keep people's names straight for you. There is a

nice photo album, so we can see what we look like. We have some usefull files

for downloading, and

a links section.

Please ask questions.

Welcome. Love, Bobby

Sickness brings us to our knees. It shows us we are human and

that human bodies don't live forever. Showing love to those

who are sick and getting love from someone who is sick...will

last. It will remain in the minds of those who loved them for

years to come until they, also, go to their own resting place.

Hold onto that love.