Re: new to group

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Thanks Lyncia.  You are precious to say this.  I love you lady!

 

Warm Hugs...........

 

Di

http://auntdisexperimentallife.blogspot.com/

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To: livercirrhosissupport

Sent: Friday, October 9, 2009 8:58:46 PM

Subject: Re: new to group

 

There is no one  better...... ....

Thanks for this day and for our tomorrows

 

Love, Lyncia 

 

 

> Hi, Jill....I'm a Jill also! But I have a twin brother named Jack...my mom

> thought it was cute many years ago. Welcome...welcome. I'm sorry you had

> to

> get up courage to speak up! Last night we were a little crazy....having

> lots

> of fun, laughing. We all deal with alot of stress and loss sometimes

> ....and

> it was such fun to be goofy and laugh! My husband has stage 4 cirrhosis

> with compensated liver function due to NASH. He has esoughageal and rectal

> varices,portal hypertension, enlarged liver and spleen, low platelet count

> and we're presently dealing with a large blood clots in his

> mesenteric,splenic and portal veins.His MELD is 10. He sees a hepatic

> specialist at The Cleveland Clinic. We live one day at a time and try to

> make each day a good one. You have found the right place. We will help you

> ,educate you , nurture you laugh, with you ,cry with you and love you.

> Welcome.

> You have found your " other " family.

>

> Love,Jill

>

> We don't remember days, we remember moments.

> Life is not measured by the breaths we take,but by the moments that take

> our breath away.

>

>

>

>

> ____________ _________ _________ __

> From: Jill Gecker <jsgecker@earthlink . net>

> To: livercirrhosissuppo rt <livercirrhosissupp o rtyahoogroups (DOT) com>

> Sent: Thu, October 8, 2009 6:40:33 PM

> Subject: new to group

>

>

> I recently joined this group and it's about time I introduced myself. I'm

> getting my courage up.

>

> I contracted Hep C from a transfusion during spinal surgery in 1975,

> before

> blood was screened for it. Up until recently, I had fibrosis but nothing

> dramatic. Now, it seems that things have rapidly progressed. I had a CT

> for

> something else and it showed hepatosplenamegaly, portal hypertension and

> varices (not esophageal). Transjugular biopsy confirmed tons of

> inflammation

> and 3-4/4 fibrosis which I guess is " knocking on the door " of cirrhosis,

> as

> it was put to me.

>

> Tomorrow, I will begin retreating with peginterferon & ribavirin. There is

> a possibility that I've also developed autoimmune hepatitis, in which case

> I

> will have to stop the interferon and switch to prednisone and imuran.

>

> I'm glad I've found this group. Thank you for letting me join..

>

> Be well,

> Jill

>

>