Guest guest Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Great to hear no hep virus. I would probably ask the dr. if they couldn't just take out that pancreas, and then take insulin shots for a normal level of insulin. But then he might look at me as if I were crazy. It is especially important for someone in your situation to get help with somethig like this since yo have people depending on you. Not to say everybody with it isn't important in some way. This disease has changed my life in so many ways, and amazingly quite a few of them have been for the better. I have 4 grown children, 14 grandchildren and 1 great grandson. And the children especially still need help, and I have been able to have 2 grandchildren stay with me for periods of time as they moved from childhood to adulthood. An intermediate step from home with mom to home of their own. There are blessings to be found. I am sure it will bring your family closer together as you all pull to work this out. And of course prayers for all of you. That is almost a given here as everybody is in need of prayer as we ride this roller coaster of life with liver disease. Jan On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:42 PM, donnywilliams2006 wrote: > Hey Friends > I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young children and wife that depend on me everyday. > > Thanks !! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Group Email: livercirrhosissupport > web address: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Can you live without a pancreas? Lyncia ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 6:55:47 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back ..  Great to hear no hep virus. I would probably ask the dr. if they couldn't just take out that pancreas, and then take insulin shots for a normal level of insulin. But then he might look at me as if I were crazy. It is especially important for someone in your situation to get help with somethig like this since yo have people depending on you. Not to say everybody with it isn't important in some way. This disease has changed my life in so many ways, and amazingly quite a few of them have been for the better. I have 4 grown children, 14 grandchildren and 1 great grandson. And the children especially still need help, and I have been able to have 2 grandchildren stay with me for periods of time as they moved from childhood to adulthood. An intermediate step from home with mom to home of their own. There are blessings to be found. I am sure it will bring your family closer together as you all pull to work this out. And of course prayers for all of you. That is almost a given here as everybody is in need of prayer as we ride this roller coaster of life with liver disease. Jan On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:42 PM, donnywilliams2006 wrote: > Hey Friends >  I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows >the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what >caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can >and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family  I have 2 young >children and wife that depend on me everyday. > > Thanks !! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Group Email:   livercirrhosissupport > web address: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 I searched online and found that it is possible to live without a pancreas. But there are also other enzymes which have to be replaced when it is removed. They have also done some transplants, but they have't had a good result with them. Jan > Can you live without a pancreas? Lyncia > > > > > ________________________________ > > To: livercirrhosissupport > Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 6:55:47 PM > Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. > > > Great to hear no hep virus. I would probably ask the dr. if they > couldn't just take out that pancreas, and then take insulin shots for > a normal level of insulin. But then he might look at me as if I were > crazy. It is especially important for someone in your situation to > get help with somethig like this since yo have people depending on > you. Not to say everybody with it isn't important in some way. This > disease has changed my life in so many ways, and amazingly quite a few > of them have been for the better. I have 4 grown children, 14 > grandchildren and 1 great grandson. And the children especially still > need help, and I have been able to have 2 grandchildren stay with me > for periods of time as they moved from childhood to adulthood. An > intermediate step from home with mom to home of their own. There are > blessings to be found. I am sure it will bring your family closer > together as you all pull to work this out. And of course prayers for > all of you. That is almost a given here as everybody is in need of > prayer as we ride this roller coaster of life with liver disease. Jan > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:42 PM, donnywilliams2006 > wrote: >> Hey Friends >> I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >>GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows >>the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >>producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what >>caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >>expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can >>and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >>children and wife that depend on me everyday. >> >> Thanks !! >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Group Email: livercirrhosissupport >> web address: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Hi Donny: Do you take insulin? My husband is also diabetic and that's how he got cirrhosis, from fatty liver. Since his liver transplant his blood sugar has been real good, in the 100's. He takes a sliding scale of humalog at meals and lantus at bedtime. Jackie Subject: Test Results are back .. To: livercirrhosissupport Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 7:42 PM  Hey Friends I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young children and wife that depend on me everyday. Thanks !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Here is what I know on the subject. The pancreas is what produces digestive juices so we can digest food. These juices would digest us, except that they mix together at just the right strength and time, and inject them in to the digestive tract. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreas People who do not have a pancreas do not do very well. Life gets very complicated with out one. Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 5:57:18 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Can you live without a pancreas? Lyncia ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 6:55:47 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Great to hear no hep virus. I would probably ask the dr. if they couldn't just take out that pancreas, and then take insulin shots for a normal level of insulin. But then he might look at me as if I were crazy. It is especially important for someone in your situation to get help with somethig like this since yo have people depending on you. Not to say everybody with it isn't important in some way. This disease has changed my life in so many ways, and amazingly quite a few of them have been for the better. I have 4 grown children, 14 grandchildren and 1 great grandson. And the children especially still need help, and I have been able to have 2 grandchildren stay with me for periods of time as they moved from childhood to adulthood. An intermediate step from home with mom to home of their own. There are blessings to be found. I am sure it will bring your family closer together as you all pull to work this out. And of course prayers for all of you. That is almost a given here as everybody is in need of prayer as we ride this roller coaster of life with liver disease. Jan On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:42 PM, donnywilliams2006 wrote: > Hey Friends > I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows > >the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what >caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can >and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >children and wife that depend on me everyday. > > Thanks !! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Group Email: livercirrhosissupport > web address: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 I am sorry I even mentioned taking it out. I know it was a serious subject, but I have trouble sometimes being serious, and if a doctor had told me that, I probably would have come back with just exactly what I said in that post. My kidney doctor told me that since we know my anemia isnt caused by low iron, and the procrit shots aren't doing the job of getting it back to normal, at the most they keep it from going down any more, he was going to refer me to a hematologist for a bone marrow test to find out what was causing it. . I told him I didn't want one, they hurt. He doesn't speak English well or understand the nuances of the English language, so of course I had to quickly tell him that of course I would have the test if that is what he thought I needed, but I wasn't looking forward to it because I heard they really hurt. I haven't looked online yet to see what a bone marrow test can show as I have been too busy on Farmville. I admit it, I am addicted, and it is all my son's fault because he invited me after I said I would never do it. Or maybe I am just using that as an excuse. Jan > Here is what I know on the subject. The pancreas is what produces digestive > juices so we can digest food. These juices would digest us, except that they mix > together at just the right strength and time, and inject them in to the > digestive tract. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreas > People who do not have a pancreas do not do very well. Life gets very > complicated with out one. Love, Bobby > > > > > > ________________________________ > > To: livercirrhosissupport > Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 5:57:18 PM > Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. > > > Can you live without a pancreas? Lyncia > > ________________________________ > > To: livercirrhosissupport > Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 6:55:47 PM > Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. > > > Great to hear no hep virus. I would probably ask the dr. if they > couldn't just take out that pancreas, and then take insulin shots for > a normal level of insulin. But then he might look at me as if I were > crazy. It is especially important for someone in your situation to > get help with somethig like this since yo have people depending on > you. Not to say everybody with it isn't important in some way. This > disease has changed my life in so many ways, and amazingly quite a few > of them have been for the better. I have 4 grown children, 14 > grandchildren and 1 great grandson. And the children especially still > need help, and I have been able to have 2 grandchildren stay with me > for periods of time as they moved from childhood to adulthood. An > intermediate step from home with mom to home of their own. There are > blessings to be found. I am sure it will bring your family closer > together as you all pull to work this out. And of course prayers for > all of you. That is almost a given here as everybody is in need of > prayer as we ride this roller coaster of life with liver disease. Jan > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:42 PM, donnywilliams2006 > wrote: >> Hey Friends >> I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >>GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows >> >>the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >>producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what > >>caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >>expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can > >>and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >>children and wife that depend on me everyday. >> >> Thanks !! >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Group Email: livercirrhosissupport >> web address: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Bobby I found the memorial page on facebook for and put in a friends request, is this right or is it different being a group than an individual person? And since this is my place for information I need some. I had a colonoscopy, routine as my mother had bowel cancer. Well I apparently had a few polyps this time and one of them came back positive for cancer. They know they did not get all of it because the polyp did not have clean edges. Now the doctor who looks after this for me and who has for years said that he will not go back in and get the rest of it till my cirrosos doctor tells him it is okay. And that I can understand, but he said that other than physically removing as much as they can by disection he would never do chemo or radiation or any other therapy on me as I would not survive it. And basically said that since I am dying anyway and the cirrosis will kill me faster than bowel cancer I should try and just forget about it. Is this the norm? Has anyone been treated successfully for cancer when they are in ESLD? I have not yet met with a transplant team but he also said that having cancer would make me unacceptable for a transplant. Is this true? I know that being a Canuck things are different north of the border but basically all of the info I have recieved here has helped me here a lot. I guess illness doesn't know about borders. As always thanks a million everyone, Joan ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 1:28:38 AM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Here is what I know on the subject. The pancreas is what produces digestive juices so we can digest food. These juices would digest us, except that they mix together at just the right strength and time, and inject them in to the digestive tract. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreas People who do not have a pancreas do not do very well. Life gets very complicated with out one. Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 5:57:18 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Can you live without a pancreas? Lyncia ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 6:55:47 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Great to hear no hep virus. I would probably ask the dr. if they couldn't just take out that pancreas, and then take insulin shots for a normal level of insulin. But then he might look at me as if I were crazy. It is especially important for someone in your situation to get help with somethig like this since yo have people depending on you. Not to say everybody with it isn't important in some way. This disease has changed my life in so many ways, and amazingly quite a few of them have been for the better. I have 4 grown children, 14 grandchildren and 1 great grandson. And the children especially still need help, and I have been able to have 2 grandchildren stay with me for periods of time as they moved from childhood to adulthood. An intermediate step from home with mom to home of their own. There are blessings to be found. I am sure it will bring your family closer together as you all pull to work this out. And of course prayers for all of you. That is almost a given here as everybody is in need of prayer as we ride this roller coaster of life with liver disease. Jan On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:42 PM, donnywilliams2006 wrote: > Hey Friends > I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows > > >the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what >caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can >and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >children and wife that depend on me everyday. > > Thanks !! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Group Email: livercirrhosissupport > web address: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Don't be sorry Jan. I took you as serious, because it is one option. There are several organs we can live without, like one kidney, your spleen, and even part of your liver. My family members are always asking if they cant just take out my spleen because it hurts, but when you look in the literature, the standard remedys for liver disease are not hard to find, and there doesnt seem to be a lot of deviation from the standard of care, transplant when decompenstion puts the risk of dying from complications as higher than the risk of dying from the transplant. They always say the " risks outweight the benefits " with the more uncommon procedures. I cant blame you for distracting your self with farm ville. A lot of my friends do it. Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 1:14:38 AM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. I am sorry I even mentioned taking it out. I know it was a serious subject, but I have trouble sometimes being serious, and if a doctor had told me that, I probably would have come back with just exactly what I said in that post. My kidney doctor told me that since we know my anemia isnt caused by low iron, and the procrit shots aren't doing the job of getting it back to normal, at the most they keep it from going down any more, he was going to refer me to a hematologist for a bone marrow test to find out what was causing it. . I told him I didn't want one, they hurt. He doesn't speak English well or understand the nuances of the English language, so of course I had to quickly tell him that of course I would have the test if that is what he thought I needed, but I wasn't looking forward to it because I heard they really hurt. I haven't looked online yet to see what a bone marrow test can show as I have been too busy on Farmville. I admit it, I am addicted, and it is all my son's fault because he invited me after I said I would never do it. Or maybe I am just using that as an excuse. Jan > Here is what I know on the subject. The pancreas is what produces digestive > juices so we can digest food. These juices would digest us, except that they >mix > together at just the right strength and time, and inject them in to the > digestive tract. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreas > People who do not have a pancreas do not do very well. Life gets very > complicated with out one. Love, Bobby > > > > > > ________________________________ > > To: livercirrhosissupport > Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 5:57:18 PM > Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. > > > Can you live without a pancreas? Lyncia > > ________________________________ > > To: livercirrhosissupport > Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 6:55:47 PM > Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. > > > Great to hear no hep virus. I would probably ask the dr. if they > couldn't just take out that pancreas, and then take insulin shots for > a normal level of insulin. But then he might look at me as if I were > crazy. It is especially important for someone in your situation to > get help with somethig like this since yo have people depending on > you. Not to say everybody with it isn't important in some way. This > disease has changed my life in so many ways, and amazingly quite a few > of them have been for the better. I have 4 grown children, 14 > grandchildren and 1 great grandson. And the children especially still > need help, and I have been able to have 2 grandchildren stay with me > for periods of time as they moved from childhood to adulthood. An > intermediate step from home with mom to home of their own. There are > blessings to be found. I am sure it will bring your family closer > together as you all pull to work this out. And of course prayers for > all of you. That is almost a given here as everybody is in need of > prayer as we ride this roller coaster of life with liver disease. Jan > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:42 PM, donnywilliams2006 > wrote: >> Hey Friends >> I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >>GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test >shows >> >>the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >>producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what > >>caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >>expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can > >>and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >>children and wife that depend on me everyday. >> >> Thanks !! >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Group Email: livercirrhosissupport >> web address: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Any individual can start thier own group. Adding people seemed kind of hard, cause I tried to add Penny and some others here, but it woldnt recognize that she is in my friend list. Others in my friend list popped right up when I clicked " add people to this group " . I would assume that if you look up me on face book, you could join from my page, or yo might need to " request " friends with me. No problem. though, just send the request and Ill add you. Without pissing off to many people, just let me say that you are being fed a line of poopoo. , Jackie's husband had to have chemo in order to make his liver cancer tumors smaller, and only then wouold they do a transplant. Thier thinking is that the cancer spreads after it reaches a certain size, and if they get the tumors to shrink, it would buy him time to get a liver transplant before his tumor spreads outside the liver. It is true that in the US, certain cancer will disqualify you for a transplant. BUT, primary liver cancer if it is smaller than 5 CM will GET you a transplant, and in fact send you to the front of the line. When they say that chemo or radiation WILL kill you, how do they know? Do they know your MELD score? or Childs PUGH score? Did they base this assesment on those scores? If not, how would they know that you are dying? When I get this kind of malfeasance going on, I always get a second opinion. I have been to a few quacks, and always FIRE them, and let a real doctor take over. What your doctor said sounds very cynical, and it sounds as if you are not worth their time, cause you are just going to die anyway. WOW. That is a shitty attitude. Sorry. Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 9:21:06 AM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Bobby I found the memorial page on facebook for and put in a friends request, is this right or is it different being a group than an individual person? And since this is my place for information I need some. I had a colonoscopy, routine as my mother had bowel cancer. Well I apparently had a few polyps this time and one of them came back positive for cancer. They know they did not get all of it because the polyp did not have clean edges. Now the doctor who looks after this for me and who has for years said that he will not go back in and get the rest of it till my cirrosos doctor tells him it is okay. And that I can understand, but he said that other than physically removing as much as they can by disection he would never do chemo or radiation or any other therapy on me as I would not survive it. And basically said that since I am dying anyway and the cirrosis will kill me faster than bowel cancer I should try and just forget about it. Is this the norm? Has anyone been treated successfully for cancer when they are in ESLD? I have not yet met with a transplant team but he also said that having cancer would make me unacceptable for a transplant. Is this true? I know that being a Canuck things are different north of the border but basically all of the info I have recieved here has helped me here a lot. I guess illness doesn't know about borders. As always thanks a million everyone, Joan ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 1:28:38 AM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Here is what I know on the subject. The pancreas is what produces digestive juices so we can digest food. These juices would digest us, except that they mix together at just the right strength and time, and inject them in to the digestive tract. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreas People who do not have a pancreas do not do very well. Life gets very complicated with out one. Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 5:57:18 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Can you live without a pancreas? Lyncia ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 6:55:47 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Great to hear no hep virus. I would probably ask the dr. if they couldn't just take out that pancreas, and then take insulin shots for a normal level of insulin. But then he might look at me as if I were crazy. It is especially important for someone in your situation to get help with somethig like this since yo have people depending on you. Not to say everybody with it isn't important in some way. This disease has changed my life in so many ways, and amazingly quite a few of them have been for the better. I have 4 grown children, 14 grandchildren and 1 great grandson. And the children especially still need help, and I have been able to have 2 grandchildren stay with me for periods of time as they moved from childhood to adulthood. An intermediate step from home with mom to home of their own. There are blessings to be found. I am sure it will bring your family closer together as you all pull to work this out. And of course prayers for all of you. That is almost a given here as everybody is in need of prayer as we ride this roller coaster of life with liver disease. Jan On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:42 PM, donnywilliams2006 wrote: > Hey Friends > I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows > > > >the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what >caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can >and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >children and wife that depend on me everyday. > > Thanks !! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Group Email: livercirrhosissupport > web address: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Kind of off the subject, but I have serious doubts about going the transplant option. I have had several friends recently waiting on the list, and they are so sick. When I think of going through the near end waiting on the list, the reality of having a successful transplant, but eventually reaching that extreme sickness again. Just seems like going near to the end twice. Once will be to many for me. Am I wrong or misinformed. Not meaning to be a bummer, but just curious about that.  Dave ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 2:20:06 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back ..  Any individual can start thier own group. Adding people seemed kind of hard, cause I tried to add Penny and some others here, but it woldnt recognize that she is in my friend list. Others in my friend list popped right up when I clicked " add people to this group " . I would assume that if you look up me on face book, you could join from my page, or yo might need to " request " friends with me. No problem. though, just send the request and Ill add you. Without pissing off to many people, just let me say that you are being fed a line of poopoo. , Jackie's husband had to have chemo in order to make his liver cancer tumors smaller, and only then wouold they do a transplant. Thier thinking is that the cancer spreads after it reaches a certain size, and if they get the tumors to shrink, it would buy him time to get a liver transplant before his tumor spreads outside the liver. It is true that in the US, certain cancer will disqualify you for a transplant. BUT, primary liver cancer if it is smaller than 5 CM will GET you a transplant, and in fact send you to the front of the line. When they say that chemo or radiation WILL kill you, how do they know? Do they know your MELD score? or Childs PUGH score? Did they base this assesment on those scores? If not, how would they know that you are dying? When I get this kind of malfeasance going on, I always get a second opinion. I have been to a few quacks, and always FIRE them, and let a real doctor take over. What your doctor said sounds very cynical, and it sounds as if you are not worth their time, cause you are just going to die anyway. WOW. That is a shitty attitude. Sorry. Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 9:21:06 AM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Bobby I found the memorial page on facebook for and put in a friends request, is this right or is it different being a group than an individual person? And since this is my place for information I need some. I had a colonoscopy, routine as my mother had bowel cancer. Well I apparently had a few polyps this time and one of them came back positive for cancer. They know they did not get all of it because the polyp did not have clean edges. Now the doctor who looks after this for me and who has for years said that he will not go back in and get the rest of it till my cirrosos doctor tells him it is okay. And that I can understand, but he said that other than physically removing as much as they can by disection he would never do chemo or radiation or any other therapy on me as I would not survive it. And basically said that since I am dying anyway and the cirrosis will kill me faster than bowel cancer I should try and just forget about it. Is this the norm? Has anyone been treated successfully for cancer when they are in ESLD? I have not yet met with a transplant team but he also said that having cancer would make me unacceptable for a transplant. Is this true? I know that being a Canuck things are different north of the border but basically all of the info I have recieved here has helped me here a lot. I guess illness doesn't know about borders. As always thanks a million everyone, Joan ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 1:28:38 AM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Here is what I know on the subject. The pancreas is what produces digestive juices so we can digest food. These juices would digest us, except that they mix together at just the right strength and time, and inject them in to the digestive tract. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreas People who do not have a pancreas do not do very well. Life gets very complicated with out one. Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 5:57:18 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Can you live without a pancreas? Lyncia ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 6:55:47 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Great to hear no hep virus. I would probably ask the dr. if they couldn't just take out that pancreas, and then take insulin shots for a normal level of insulin. But then he might look at me as if I were crazy. It is especially important for someone in your situation to get help with somethig like this since yo have people depending on you. Not to say everybody with it isn't important in some way. This disease has changed my life in so many ways, and amazingly quite a few of them have been for the better. I have 4 grown children, 14 grandchildren and 1 great grandson. And the children especially still need help, and I have been able to have 2 grandchildren stay with me for periods of time as they moved from childhood to adulthood. An intermediate step from home with mom to home of their own. There are blessings to be found. I am sure it will bring your family closer together as you all pull to work this out. And of course prayers for all of you. That is almost a given here as everybody is in need of prayer as we ride this roller coaster of life with liver disease. Jan On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:42 PM, donnywilliams2006 wrote: > Hey Friends > I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows > > > > >the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what >caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can >and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >children and wife that depend on me everyday. > > Thanks !! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Group Email: livercirrhosissupport > web address: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Good answer, Bobby! I just read it to and we both agree, if you run into a quack or cynical dr, run--do not walk--to find another caring professional who will help you. After had his chemo he did get very sick, and as a matter of fact wound up in the hospital. One of the drs in his local liver group came in and told us that quite frankly we shouldn't pin our hopes on a transplant. After a short conversation I ushered him out of the room and " thanked him for his time. " (in the hopes that he would never darken our doorstep again) Then I told my husband that we believe in a God who cares about people, not statistics. If He wants to have a liver, he will get one. He knows when and where it's coming from. Well, you all know the outcome of that. Transplant May 26, 2010. I believe the same is true for all of us. We don't have expiration dates stamped on the soles of our feet. Never, never give up! Praying for you, Joan. Love, Jackie > Hey Friends > I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows > > > >the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what >caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can >and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >children and wife that depend on me everyday. > > Thanks !! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Group Email: livercirrhosissupport > web address: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Dave I have always said, since the beginning or my battle with Hep C and then the cancer - that I will not have a transplant. Now, after saying that, I am also not in any kind of jeopardy where they are going to suggest one either. I am currently 60 yrs old. Last year, my life was totally dumped upside down and I didn't know how to get off the roller coaster. It sort of ended with the sudden death of my husband on Christmas Eve. Then, right at the beginning of the new year (the 1st) we learned that my youngest brother had been diagnosed with inoperable colon cancer. Eight days later, they were finally having a Celebration of Life for my husband and we find out that the brother has cancer all through him. His days were definitely numbered. Well, you know what happened 18 days later. At his service, just before it started, I stood up and looked behind me - there were over600 people there!!! Can you believe that he touched the lives of more than 600 people in (I know that you know where that is)?? If anyone deserved a transplant, it would have been him; but it was away too late. Me, it'll be liver cancer that will take me out! Well, spiritually I'm fine with that!! Battling the Hep C was hard work for 6 years. Then, I just get the damn virus beaten out of me and along comes cancer!!!! I'll continue to do what I can about the HCC; but, I am not going to take a liver from a young person that then wouldn't have to go through the horrible pain of the liver shutting down. I've lived my life - good and bad. I've made my peace inside. Most days I am at peace with everyone and everything around me. The odds of surviving liver cancer for 5 years are sure not good; but, it is what it is. My Higher Power knows what is going on and I just need to show up and let him guide me wherever I have to go. Gloria ________________________________ Kind of off the subject, but I have serious doubts about going the transplant option. I have had several friends recently waiting on the list, and they are so sick. When I think of going through the near end waiting on the list, the reality of having a successful transplant, but eventually reaching that extreme sickness again. Just seems like going near to the end twice. Once will be to many for me. Am I wrong or misinformed. Not meaning to be a bummer, but just curious about that. Dave ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 2:20:06 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Any individual can start thier own group. Adding people seemed kind of hard, cause I tried to add Penny and some others here, but it woldnt recognize that she is in my friend list. Others in my friend list popped right up when I clicked " add people to this group " . I would assume that if you look up me on face book, you could join from my page, or yo might need to " request " friends with me. No problem. though, just send the request and Ill add you. Without pissing off to many people, just let me say that you are being fed a line of poopoo. , Jackie's husband had to have chemo in order to make his liver cancer tumors smaller, and only then wouold they do a transplant. Thier thinking is that the cancer spreads after it reaches a certain size, and if they get the tumors to shrink, it would buy him time to get a liver transplant before his tumor spreads outside the liver. It is true that in the US, certain cancer will disqualify you for a transplant. BUT, primary liver cancer if it is smaller than 5 CM will GET you a transplant, and in fact send you to the front of the line. When they say that chemo or radiation WILL kill you, how do they know? Do they know your MELD score? or Childs PUGH score? Did they base this assesment on those scores? If not, how would they know that you are dying? When I get this kind of malfeasance going on, I always get a second opinion. I have been to a few quacks, and always FIRE them, and let a real doctor take over. What your doctor said sounds very cynical, and it sounds as if you are not worth their time, cause you are just going to die anyway. WOW. That is a shitty attitude. Sorry. Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 9:21:06 AM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Bobby I found the memorial page on facebook for and put in a friends request, is this right or is it different being a group than an individual person? And since this is my place for information I need some. I had a colonoscopy, routine as my mother had bowel cancer. Well I apparently had a few polyps this time and one of them came back positive for cancer. They know they did not get all of it because the polyp did not have clean edges. Now the doctor who looks after this for me and who has for years said that he will not go back in and get the rest of it till my cirrosos doctor tells him it is okay. And that I can understand, but he said that other than physically removing as much as they can by disection he would never do chemo or radiation or any other therapy on me as I would not survive it. And basically said that since I am dying anyway and the cirrosis will kill me faster than bowel cancer I should try and just forget about it. Is this the norm? Has anyone been treated successfully for cancer when they are in ESLD? I have not yet met with a transplant team but he also said that having cancer would make me unacceptable for a transplant. Is this true? I know that being a Canuck things are different north of the border but basically all of the info I have recieved here has helped me here a lot. I guess illness doesn't know about borders. As always thanks a million everyone, Joan ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 1:28:38 AM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Here is what I know on the subject. The pancreas is what produces digestive juices so we can digest food. These juices would digest us, except that they mix together at just the right strength and time, and inject them in to the digestive tract. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreas People who do not have a pancreas do not do very well. Life gets very complicated with out one. Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 5:57:18 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Can you live without a pancreas? Lyncia ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 6:55:47 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Great to hear no hep virus. I would probably ask the dr. if they couldn't just take out that pancreas, and then take insulin shots for a normal level of insulin. But then he might look at me as if I were crazy. It is especially important for someone in your situation to get help with somethig like this since yo have people depending on you. Not to say everybody with it isn't important in some way. This disease has changed my life in so many ways, and amazingly quite a few of them have been for the better. I have 4 grown children, 14 grandchildren and 1 great grandson. And the children especially still need help, and I have been able to have 2 grandchildren stay with me for periods of time as they moved from childhood to adulthood. An intermediate step from home with mom to home of their own. There are blessings to be found. I am sure it will bring your family closer together as you all pull to work this out. And of course prayers for all of you. That is almost a given here as everybody is in need of prayer as we ride this roller coaster of life with liver disease. Jan On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:42 PM, donnywilliams2006 wrote: > Hey Friends > I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows > > > > > >the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what >caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can >and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >children and wife that depend on me everyday. > > Thanks !! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Group Email: livercirrhosissupport > web address: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Amen, my experation date was 9 years ago. Ha Ha I am still around. And have handled a lot more problems since unrelated to the cirrhosis which was diagnosed at that time. Maybe I should stop in that office the next time I am in Yuma if the dr. is still there. Jan On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Jackie Ellermann wrote: > Good answer, Bobby! I just read it to and we both agree, if you run into a quack or cynical dr, run--do not walk--to find another caring professional who will help you. After had his chemo he did get very sick, and as a matter of fact wound up in the hospital. One of the drs in his local liver group came in and told us that quite frankly we shouldn't pin our hopes on a transplant. After a short conversation I ushered him out of the room and " thanked him for his time. " (in the hopes that he would never darken our doorstep again) Then I told my husband that we believe in a God who cares about people, not statistics. If He wants to have a liver, he will get one. He knows when and where it's coming from. Well, you all know the outcome of that. Transplant May 26, 2010. I believe the same is true for all of us. We don't have expiration dates stamped on the soles of our feet. Never, never give up! Praying for you, > Joan. Love, Jackie > > >> Hey Friends >> I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >>GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows >> >> >> >>the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >>producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what > >>caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >>expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can > >>and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >>children and wife that depend on me everyday. >> >> Thanks !! >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Group Email: livercirrhosissupport >> web address: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Very well said Gloria..I feel very much the same way. Dave ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 6:05:01 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back ..  Dave I have always said, since the beginning or my battle with Hep C and then the cancer - that I will not have a transplant. Now, after saying that, I am also not in any kind of jeopardy where they are going to suggest one either. I am currently 60 yrs old. Last year, my life was totally dumped upside down and I didn't know how to get off the roller coaster. It sort of ended with the sudden death of my husband on Christmas Eve. Then, right at the beginning of the new year (the 1st) we learned that my youngest brother had been diagnosed with inoperable colon cancer. Eight days later, they were finally having a Celebration of Life for my husband and we find out that the brother has cancer all through him. His days were definitely numbered. Well, you know what happened 18 days later. At his service, just before it started, I stood up and looked behind me - there were over600 people there!!! Can you believe that he touched the lives of more than 600 people in (I know that you know where that is)?? If anyone deserved a transplant, it would have been him; but it was away too late. Me, it'll be liver cancer that will take me out! Well, spiritually I'm fine with that!! Battling the Hep C was hard work for 6 years. Then, I just get the damn virus beaten out of me and along comes cancer!!!! I'll continue to do what I can about the HCC; but, I am not going to take a liver from a young person that then wouldn't have to go through the horrible pain of the liver shutting down. I've lived my life - good and bad. I've made my peace inside. Most days I am at peace with everyone and everything around me. The odds of surviving liver cancer for 5 years are sure not good; but, it is what it is. My Higher Power knows what is going on and I just need to show up and let him guide me wherever I have to go. Gloria ________________________________ Kind of off the subject, but I have serious doubts about going the transplant option. I have had several friends recently waiting on the list, and they are so sick. When I think of going through the near end waiting on the list, the reality of having a successful transplant, but eventually reaching that extreme sickness again. Just seems like going near to the end twice. Once will be to many for me. Am I wrong or misinformed. Not meaning to be a bummer, but just curious about that. Dave ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 2:20:06 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Any individual can start thier own group. Adding people seemed kind of hard, cause I tried to add Penny and some others here, but it woldnt recognize that she is in my friend list. Others in my friend list popped right up when I clicked " add people to this group " . I would assume that if you look up me on face book, you could join from my page, or yo might need to " request " friends with me. No problem. though, just send the request and Ill add you. Without pissing off to many people, just let me say that you are being fed a line of poopoo. , Jackie's husband had to have chemo in order to make his liver cancer tumors smaller, and only then wouold they do a transplant. Thier thinking is that the cancer spreads after it reaches a certain size, and if they get the tumors to shrink, it would buy him time to get a liver transplant before his tumor spreads outside the liver. It is true that in the US, certain cancer will disqualify you for a transplant. BUT, primary liver cancer if it is smaller than 5 CM will GET you a transplant, and in fact send you to the front of the line. When they say that chemo or radiation WILL kill you, how do they know? Do they know your MELD score? or Childs PUGH score? Did they base this assesment on those scores? If not, how would they know that you are dying? When I get this kind of malfeasance going on, I always get a second opinion. I have been to a few quacks, and always FIRE them, and let a real doctor take over. What your doctor said sounds very cynical, and it sounds as if you are not worth their time, cause you are just going to die anyway. WOW. That is a shitty attitude. Sorry. Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 9:21:06 AM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Bobby I found the memorial page on facebook for and put in a friends request, is this right or is it different being a group than an individual person? And since this is my place for information I need some. I had a colonoscopy, routine as my mother had bowel cancer. Well I apparently had a few polyps this time and one of them came back positive for cancer. They know they did not get all of it because the polyp did not have clean edges. Now the doctor who looks after this for me and who has for years said that he will not go back in and get the rest of it till my cirrosos doctor tells him it is okay. And that I can understand, but he said that other than physically removing as much as they can by disection he would never do chemo or radiation or any other therapy on me as I would not survive it. And basically said that since I am dying anyway and the cirrosis will kill me faster than bowel cancer I should try and just forget about it. Is this the norm? Has anyone been treated successfully for cancer when they are in ESLD? I have not yet met with a transplant team but he also said that having cancer would make me unacceptable for a transplant. Is this true? I know that being a Canuck things are different north of the border but basically all of the info I have recieved here has helped me here a lot. I guess illness doesn't know about borders. As always thanks a million everyone, Joan ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 1:28:38 AM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Here is what I know on the subject. The pancreas is what produces digestive juices so we can digest food. These juices would digest us, except that they mix together at just the right strength and time, and inject them in to the digestive tract. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreas People who do not have a pancreas do not do very well. Life gets very complicated with out one. Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 5:57:18 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Can you live without a pancreas? Lyncia ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 6:55:47 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Great to hear no hep virus. I would probably ask the dr. if they couldn't just take out that pancreas, and then take insulin shots for a normal level of insulin. But then he might look at me as if I were crazy. It is especially important for someone in your situation to get help with somethig like this since yo have people depending on you. Not to say everybody with it isn't important in some way. This disease has changed my life in so many ways, and amazingly quite a few of them have been for the better. I have 4 grown children, 14 grandchildren and 1 great grandson. And the children especially still need help, and I have been able to have 2 grandchildren stay with me for periods of time as they moved from childhood to adulthood. An intermediate step from home with mom to home of their own. There are blessings to be found. I am sure it will bring your family closer together as you all pull to work this out. And of course prayers for all of you. That is almost a given here as everybody is in need of prayer as we ride this roller coaster of life with liver disease. Jan On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:42 PM, donnywilliams2006 wrote: > Hey Friends > I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows > > > > > > >the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what >caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can >and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >children and wife that depend on me everyday. > > Thanks !! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Group Email: livercirrhosissupport > web address: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 I'm 60 also Gloria. I have already out lived so many of my friends that have had this disease. I already feel ahead of the game. I enjoy your spirituality and know from where some tenants of it arise, I believe. Your reality may be my future according to the doc's. They always raise the cancer issue as a future concern for me. I do not fear death, just the process, so I hope my process will be quick when and how it comes. I am sorry for your recent family losses. Some I never get over it seems, just have learned to live with them.  Dave ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 6:05:01 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back ..  Dave I have always said, since the beginning or my battle with Hep C and then the cancer - that I will not have a transplant. Now, after saying that, I am also not in any kind of jeopardy where they are going to suggest one either. I am currently 60 yrs old. Last year, my life was totally dumped upside down and I didn't know how to get off the roller coaster. It sort of ended with the sudden death of my husband on Christmas Eve. Then, right at the beginning of the new year (the 1st) we learned that my youngest brother had been diagnosed with inoperable colon cancer. Eight days later, they were finally having a Celebration of Life for my husband and we find out that the brother has cancer all through him. His days were definitely numbered. Well, you know what happened 18 days later. At his service, just before it started, I stood up and looked behind me - there were over600 people there!!! Can you believe that he touched the lives of more than 600 people in (I know that you know where that is)?? If anyone deserved a transplant, it would have been him; but it was away too late. Me, it'll be liver cancer that will take me out! Well, spiritually I'm fine with that!! Battling the Hep C was hard work for 6 years. Then, I just get the damn virus beaten out of me and along comes cancer!!!! I'll continue to do what I can about the HCC; but, I am not going to take a liver from a young person that then wouldn't have to go through the horrible pain of the liver shutting down. I've lived my life - good and bad. I've made my peace inside. Most days I am at peace with everyone and everything around me. The odds of surviving liver cancer for 5 years are sure not good; but, it is what it is. My Higher Power knows what is going on and I just need to show up and let him guide me wherever I have to go. Gloria ________________________________ Kind of off the subject, but I have serious doubts about going the transplant option. I have had several friends recently waiting on the list, and they are so sick. When I think of going through the near end waiting on the list, the reality of having a successful transplant, but eventually reaching that extreme sickness again. Just seems like going near to the end twice. Once will be to many for me. Am I wrong or misinformed. Not meaning to be a bummer, but just curious about that. Dave ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 2:20:06 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Any individual can start thier own group. Adding people seemed kind of hard, cause I tried to add Penny and some others here, but it woldnt recognize that she is in my friend list. Others in my friend list popped right up when I clicked " add people to this group " . I would assume that if you look up me on face book, you could join from my page, or yo might need to " request " friends with me. No problem. though, just send the request and Ill add you. Without pissing off to many people, just let me say that you are being fed a line of poopoo. , Jackie's husband had to have chemo in order to make his liver cancer tumors smaller, and only then wouold they do a transplant. Thier thinking is that the cancer spreads after it reaches a certain size, and if they get the tumors to shrink, it would buy him time to get a liver transplant before his tumor spreads outside the liver. It is true that in the US, certain cancer will disqualify you for a transplant. BUT, primary liver cancer if it is smaller than 5 CM will GET you a transplant, and in fact send you to the front of the line. When they say that chemo or radiation WILL kill you, how do they know? Do they know your MELD score? or Childs PUGH score? Did they base this assesment on those scores? If not, how would they know that you are dying? When I get this kind of malfeasance going on, I always get a second opinion. I have been to a few quacks, and always FIRE them, and let a real doctor take over. What your doctor said sounds very cynical, and it sounds as if you are not worth their time, cause you are just going to die anyway. WOW. That is a shitty attitude. Sorry. Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 9:21:06 AM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Bobby I found the memorial page on facebook for and put in a friends request, is this right or is it different being a group than an individual person? And since this is my place for information I need some. I had a colonoscopy, routine as my mother had bowel cancer. Well I apparently had a few polyps this time and one of them came back positive for cancer. They know they did not get all of it because the polyp did not have clean edges. Now the doctor who looks after this for me and who has for years said that he will not go back in and get the rest of it till my cirrosos doctor tells him it is okay. And that I can understand, but he said that other than physically removing as much as they can by disection he would never do chemo or radiation or any other therapy on me as I would not survive it. And basically said that since I am dying anyway and the cirrosis will kill me faster than bowel cancer I should try and just forget about it. Is this the norm? Has anyone been treated successfully for cancer when they are in ESLD? I have not yet met with a transplant team but he also said that having cancer would make me unacceptable for a transplant. Is this true? I know that being a Canuck things are different north of the border but basically all of the info I have recieved here has helped me here a lot. I guess illness doesn't know about borders. As always thanks a million everyone, Joan ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 1:28:38 AM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Here is what I know on the subject. The pancreas is what produces digestive juices so we can digest food. These juices would digest us, except that they mix together at just the right strength and time, and inject them in to the digestive tract. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreas People who do not have a pancreas do not do very well. Life gets very complicated with out one. Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 5:57:18 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Can you live without a pancreas? Lyncia ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 6:55:47 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Great to hear no hep virus. I would probably ask the dr. if they couldn't just take out that pancreas, and then take insulin shots for a normal level of insulin. But then he might look at me as if I were crazy. It is especially important for someone in your situation to get help with somethig like this since yo have people depending on you. Not to say everybody with it isn't important in some way. This disease has changed my life in so many ways, and amazingly quite a few of them have been for the better. I have 4 grown children, 14 grandchildren and 1 great grandson. And the children especially still need help, and I have been able to have 2 grandchildren stay with me for periods of time as they moved from childhood to adulthood. An intermediate step from home with mom to home of their own. There are blessings to be found. I am sure it will bring your family closer together as you all pull to work this out. And of course prayers for all of you. That is almost a given here as everybody is in need of prayer as we ride this roller coaster of life with liver disease. Jan On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:42 PM, donnywilliams2006 wrote: > Hey Friends > I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows > > > > > > >the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what >caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can >and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >children and wife that depend on me everyday. > > Thanks !! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Group Email: livercirrhosissupport > web address: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 I thank God for all of you. Everything you share gives me insight into what my brother is dealing with and what lies ahead. My question for you all is this: is severe stomach cramping associated with this disease. My brother was complaining about it today, but resistant to my suggestion that he ask his doctor. > Hey Friends > I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows > > > > >the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what >caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can >and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >children and wife that depend on me everyday. > > Thanks !! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Group Email: livercirrhosissupport > web address: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 It can cause cramping, especially with ascites or wrong foods...there are so many complications associated with this deal...if it is persistent he should likely check with the doc. Dave ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 8:40:31 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back ..  I thank God for all of you. Everything you share gives me insight into what my brother is dealing with and what lies ahead. My question for you all is this: is severe stomach cramping associated with this disease. My brother was complaining about it today, but resistant to my suggestion that he ask his doctor. > Hey Friends > I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows > > > > > >the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what >caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can >and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >children and wife that depend on me everyday. > > Thanks !! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Group Email: livercirrhosissupport > web address: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 I dont think you are wrong at all. I know some who were sicker after the transplant, and others who went right up to the edge, and then got well, and live a normal life. Real, one of our members here went to the hospital, feeling really not too bad at all, but her number was called, and she got her liver, then a complication put her back in the hospital, and she nearly died, and said that she was so so much sicker after the transplant. Now she is fine that I know of. My dear loved one Ardis choose to drink like a fish, and she didnt last very long, and really was sick for only about two years, really unable to enjoy life for about two months. I think about it all the time, and we have these kind of talks all the time. I am like you. It's the suffering I don't think I can do. Last weekend I was in so much pain, I dont think I have ever had pain like that even after surgery! This is despite morphine for my pain. I could eat a pound of it on days like that, but it wouldnt make any difference. Bob ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 4:28:06 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Kind of off the subject, but I have serious doubts about going the transplant option. I have had several friends recently waiting on the list, and they are so sick. When I think of going through the near end waiting on the list, the reality of having a successful transplant, but eventually reaching that extreme sickness again. Just seems like going near to the end twice. Once will be to many for me. Am I wrong or misinformed. Not meaning to be a bummer, but just curious about that. Dave ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 2:20:06 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Any individual can start thier own group. Adding people seemed kind of hard, cause I tried to add Penny and some others here, but it woldnt recognize that she is in my friend list. Others in my friend list popped right up when I clicked " add people to this group " . I would assume that if you look up me on face book, you could join from my page, or yo might need to " request " friends with me. No problem. though, just send the request and Ill add you. Without pissing off to many people, just let me say that you are being fed a line of poopoo. , Jackie's husband had to have chemo in order to make his liver cancer tumors smaller, and only then wouold they do a transplant. Thier thinking is that the cancer spreads after it reaches a certain size, and if they get the tumors to shrink, it would buy him time to get a liver transplant before his tumor spreads outside the liver. It is true that in the US, certain cancer will disqualify you for a transplant. BUT, primary liver cancer if it is smaller than 5 CM will GET you a transplant, and in fact send you to the front of the line. When they say that chemo or radiation WILL kill you, how do they know? Do they know your MELD score? or Childs PUGH score? Did they base this assesment on those scores? If not, how would they know that you are dying? When I get this kind of malfeasance going on, I always get a second opinion. I have been to a few quacks, and always FIRE them, and let a real doctor take over. What your doctor said sounds very cynical, and it sounds as if you are not worth their time, cause you are just going to die anyway. WOW. That is a shitty attitude. Sorry. Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 9:21:06 AM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Bobby I found the memorial page on facebook for and put in a friends request, is this right or is it different being a group than an individual person? And since this is my place for information I need some. I had a colonoscopy, routine as my mother had bowel cancer. Well I apparently had a few polyps this time and one of them came back positive for cancer. They know they did not get all of it because the polyp did not have clean edges. Now the doctor who looks after this for me and who has for years said that he will not go back in and get the rest of it till my cirrosos doctor tells him it is okay. And that I can understand, but he said that other than physically removing as much as they can by disection he would never do chemo or radiation or any other therapy on me as I would not survive it. And basically said that since I am dying anyway and the cirrosis will kill me faster than bowel cancer I should try and just forget about it. Is this the norm? Has anyone been treated successfully for cancer when they are in ESLD? I have not yet met with a transplant team but he also said that having cancer would make me unacceptable for a transplant. Is this true? I know that being a Canuck things are different north of the border but basically all of the info I have recieved here has helped me here a lot. I guess illness doesn't know about borders. As always thanks a million everyone, Joan ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 1:28:38 AM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Here is what I know on the subject. The pancreas is what produces digestive juices so we can digest food. These juices would digest us, except that they mix together at just the right strength and time, and inject them in to the digestive tract. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreas People who do not have a pancreas do not do very well. Life gets very complicated with out one. Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 5:57:18 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Can you live without a pancreas? Lyncia ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 6:55:47 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Great to hear no hep virus. I would probably ask the dr. if they couldn't just take out that pancreas, and then take insulin shots for a normal level of insulin. But then he might look at me as if I were crazy. It is especially important for someone in your situation to get help with somethig like this since yo have people depending on you. Not to say everybody with it isn't important in some way. This disease has changed my life in so many ways, and amazingly quite a few of them have been for the better. I have 4 grown children, 14 grandchildren and 1 great grandson. And the children especially still need help, and I have been able to have 2 grandchildren stay with me for periods of time as they moved from childhood to adulthood. An intermediate step from home with mom to home of their own. There are blessings to be found. I am sure it will bring your family closer together as you all pull to work this out. And of course prayers for all of you. That is almost a given here as everybody is in need of prayer as we ride this roller coaster of life with liver disease. Jan On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:42 PM, donnywilliams2006 wrote: > Hey Friends > I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows > > > > > >the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what >caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can >and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >children and wife that depend on me everyday. > > Thanks !! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Group Email: livercirrhosissupport > web address: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 AMEN. And hats off for a can do attitude, never giving up. Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 4:49:34 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Good answer, Bobby! I just read it to and we both agree, if you run into a quack or cynical dr, run--do not walk--to find another caring professional who will help you. After had his chemo he did get very sick, and as a matter of fact wound up in the hospital. One of the drs in his local liver group came in and told us that quite frankly we shouldn't pin our hopes on a transplant. After a short conversation I ushered him out of the room and " thanked him for his time. " (in the hopes that he would never darken our doorstep again) Then I told my husband that we believe in a God who cares about people, not statistics. If He wants to have a liver, he will get one. He knows when and where it's coming from. Well, you all know the outcome of that. Transplant May 26, 2010. I believe the same is true for all of us. We don't have expiration dates stamped on the soles of our feet. Never, never give up! Praying for you, Joan. Love, Jackie > Hey Friends > I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows > > > > >the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what >caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can >and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >children and wife that depend on me everyday. > > Thanks !! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Group Email: livercirrhosissupport > web address: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 I am really sorry about your husband! Did I already tell you that? I do not remember hearing about it. I only knew you were really mad because he wasnt very supportive of you in this really hard time. You have survived. At the Rocky Mountain cancer center here in Denver, there are pictures of cancer survivors on the walls. I know that they can never know for sure of cancer will come back, but still they fight like you are. Transplant is one option. You have a right to choose what ever you want to choose. I respect your choice. When I was first diagnosed, I thought I had to get on that list at any cost, but now I feel much much different. I do not know what I would choose to day if I had to. Gloria, can they at least try to cut out the tumor? Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 5:05:01 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Dave I have always said, since the beginning or my battle with Hep C and then the cancer - that I will not have a transplant. Now, after saying that, I am also not in any kind of jeopardy where they are going to suggest one either. I am currently 60 yrs old. Last year, my life was totally dumped upside down and I didn't know how to get off the roller coaster. It sort of ended with the sudden death of my husband on Christmas Eve. Then, right at the beginning of the new year (the 1st) we learned that my youngest brother had been diagnosed with inoperable colon cancer. Eight days later, they were finally having a Celebration of Life for my husband and we find out that the brother has cancer all through him. His days were definitely numbered. Well, you know what happened 18 days later. At his service, just before it started, I stood up and looked behind me - there were over600 people there!!! Can you believe that he touched the lives of more than 600 people in (I know that you know where that is)?? If anyone deserved a transplant, it would have been him; but it was away too late. Me, it'll be liver cancer that will take me out! Well, spiritually I'm fine with that!! Battling the Hep C was hard work for 6 years. Then, I just get the damn virus beaten out of me and along comes cancer!!!! I'll continue to do what I can about the HCC; but, I am not going to take a liver from a young person that then wouldn't have to go through the horrible pain of the liver shutting down. I've lived my life - good and bad. I've made my peace inside. Most days I am at peace with everyone and everything around me. The odds of surviving liver cancer for 5 years are sure not good; but, it is what it is. My Higher Power knows what is going on and I just need to show up and let him guide me wherever I have to go. Gloria ________________________________ Kind of off the subject, but I have serious doubts about going the transplant option. I have had several friends recently waiting on the list, and they are so sick. When I think of going through the near end waiting on the list, the reality of having a successful transplant, but eventually reaching that extreme sickness again. Just seems like going near to the end twice. Once will be to many for me. Am I wrong or misinformed. Not meaning to be a bummer, but just curious about that. Dave ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 2:20:06 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Any individual can start thier own group. Adding people seemed kind of hard, cause I tried to add Penny and some others here, but it woldnt recognize that she is in my friend list. Others in my friend list popped right up when I clicked " add people to this group " . I would assume that if you look up me on face book, you could join from my page, or yo might need to " request " friends with me. No problem. though, just send the request and Ill add you. Without pissing off to many people, just let me say that you are being fed a line of poopoo. , Jackie's husband had to have chemo in order to make his liver cancer tumors smaller, and only then wouold they do a transplant. Thier thinking is that the cancer spreads after it reaches a certain size, and if they get the tumors to shrink, it would buy him time to get a liver transplant before his tumor spreads outside the liver. It is true that in the US, certain cancer will disqualify you for a transplant. BUT, primary liver cancer if it is smaller than 5 CM will GET you a transplant, and in fact send you to the front of the line. When they say that chemo or radiation WILL kill you, how do they know? Do they know your MELD score? or Childs PUGH score? Did they base this assesment on those scores? If not, how would they know that you are dying? When I get this kind of malfeasance going on, I always get a second opinion. I have been to a few quacks, and always FIRE them, and let a real doctor take over. What your doctor said sounds very cynical, and it sounds as if you are not worth their time, cause you are just going to die anyway. WOW. That is a shitty attitude. Sorry. Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 9:21:06 AM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Bobby I found the memorial page on facebook for and put in a friends request, is this right or is it different being a group than an individual person? And since this is my place for information I need some. I had a colonoscopy, routine as my mother had bowel cancer. Well I apparently had a few polyps this time and one of them came back positive for cancer. They know they did not get all of it because the polyp did not have clean edges. Now the doctor who looks after this for me and who has for years said that he will not go back in and get the rest of it till my cirrosos doctor tells him it is okay. And that I can understand, but he said that other than physically removing as much as they can by disection he would never do chemo or radiation or any other therapy on me as I would not survive it. And basically said that since I am dying anyway and the cirrosis will kill me faster than bowel cancer I should try and just forget about it. Is this the norm? Has anyone been treated successfully for cancer when they are in ESLD? I have not yet met with a transplant team but he also said that having cancer would make me unacceptable for a transplant. Is this true? I know that being a Canuck things are different north of the border but basically all of the info I have recieved here has helped me here a lot. I guess illness doesn't know about borders. As always thanks a million everyone, Joan ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 1:28:38 AM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Here is what I know on the subject. The pancreas is what produces digestive juices so we can digest food. These juices would digest us, except that they mix together at just the right strength and time, and inject them in to the digestive tract. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreas People who do not have a pancreas do not do very well. Life gets very complicated with out one. Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 5:57:18 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Can you live without a pancreas? Lyncia ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 6:55:47 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Great to hear no hep virus. I would probably ask the dr. if they couldn't just take out that pancreas, and then take insulin shots for a normal level of insulin. But then he might look at me as if I were crazy. It is especially important for someone in your situation to get help with somethig like this since yo have people depending on you. Not to say everybody with it isn't important in some way. This disease has changed my life in so many ways, and amazingly quite a few of them have been for the better. I have 4 grown children, 14 grandchildren and 1 great grandson. And the children especially still need help, and I have been able to have 2 grandchildren stay with me for periods of time as they moved from childhood to adulthood. An intermediate step from home with mom to home of their own. There are blessings to be found. I am sure it will bring your family closer together as you all pull to work this out. And of course prayers for all of you. That is almost a given here as everybody is in need of prayer as we ride this roller coaster of life with liver disease. Jan On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:42 PM, donnywilliams2006 wrote: > Hey Friends > I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows > > > > > > >the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what >caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can >and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >children and wife that depend on me everyday. > > Thanks !! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Group Email: livercirrhosissupport > web address: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 I do not understand what could possibly be the harm in sharing with the doctor a complication, such as an uncomfortable thing as a stomach cramp. I write down all my aches and pains, and funny happenings. Some of them were missed, and I was misdiagnosed as not having liver disease. So far I have been diagnosed with biliary diskinesia when cirrhosis was really the culprit. I have been diagnosed with having a " sore back " when it was a fracture on the 8 anterolateral rib, and diagnosed with a cold when I had hepatopulmonary syndrome. Every bit of information is a tiny piece of the puzzle. Maybe if you read this post to your brother, he might change his mind. These doctors are only human. They have a very hard job, and we sbhould do all we can to help them out. After all it is in our best interest. But I guess it is his business in the end. Scientifically, I have never heard of cramping in the stomach as a part of liver disease itself. The stomach is connected to the digestive tract, so I guess they are related, but I really have nothing else besides that. Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 7:40:31 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. I thank God for all of you. Everything you share gives me insight into what my brother is dealing with and what lies ahead. My question for you all is this: is severe stomach cramping associated with this disease. My brother was complaining about it today, but resistant to my suggestion that he ask his doctor. > Hey Friends > I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows > > > > > >the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what >caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can >and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >children and wife that depend on me everyday. > > Thanks !! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Group Email: livercirrhosissupport > web address: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 //***////////////  When I saw my blood doctor he started out asking me if I have any strange craving, for ice example..I said not for ice but for cantelope..at least craving lopes like an obvession...every day a would head straight to the icebox and hav/e a bowl, and this went on everyday, allday. for years... by this last fall I waS Eating sometimed 3 a day,,,I know all the cashiers would say here comes the cantelope man ,,after last iron tranfusion i didn't eat it er just ended up throwijg it away,,,doc says igf i start craving it again we will know i again need iromsharing with the doctor a complication, such as an uncomfortable thing as a stomach cramp. I write down all my aches and pains, and funny happenings. Some of them were missed, and I was misdiagnosed as not having liver disease. So far I have been diagnosed with biliary diskinesia when cirrhosis was really the culprit. I have been diagnosed with having a " sore back " when it was a fracture on the 8 anterolateral rib, and diagnosed with a cold when I had hepatopulmonary syndrome. Every bit of information is a tiny piece of the puzzle. Maybe if you read this post to your brother, he might change his mind. These doctors are only human. They have a very hard job, and we sbhould do all we can to help them out. After all it is in our best interest. But I guess it is his business in the end. Scientifically, I have never heard of cramping in the stomach as a part of liver disease itself. The stomach is connected to the digestive tract, so I guess they are related, but I really have nothing else besides that. Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 7:40:31 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. I thank God for all of you. Everything you share gives me insight into what my brother is dealing with and what lies ahead. My question for you all is this: is severe stomach cramping associated with this disease. My brother was complaining about it today, but resistant to my suggestion that he ask his doctor. > Hey Friends > I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows > > > > > > >the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what >caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can >and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >children and wife that depend on me everyday. > > Thanks !! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Group Email: livercirrhosissupport > web address: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 hi i am beverly i have sever cramping or the call it musle spamsome in my left said it feels like a baby moving mr dr gave me something for it hope that was somr meds it it is not bev ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 10:21:13 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. Â I do not understand what could possibly be the harm in sharing with the doctor a complication, such as an uncomfortable thing as a stomach cramp. I write down all my aches and pains, and funny happenings. Some of them were missed, and I was misdiagnosed as not having liver disease. So far I have been diagnosed with biliary diskinesia when cirrhosis was really the culprit. I have been diagnosed with having a " sore back " when it was a fracture on the 8 anterolateral rib, and diagnosed with a cold when I had hepatopulmonary syndrome. Every bit of information is a tiny piece of the puzzle. Maybe if you read this post to your brother, he might change his mind. These doctors are only human. They have a very hard job, and we sbhould do all we can to help them out. After all it is in our best interest. But I guess it is his business in the end. Scientifically, I have never heard of cramping in the stomach as a part of liver disease itself. The stomach is connected to the digestive tract, so I guess they are related, but I really have nothing else besides that. Love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 7:40:31 PM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. I thank God for all of you. Everything you share gives me insight into what my brother is dealing with and what lies ahead. My question for you all is this: is severe stomach cramping associated with this disease. My brother was complaining about it today, but resistant to my suggestion that he ask his doctor. > Hey Friends > I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows > > > > > > >the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what >caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can >and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >children and wife that depend on me everyday. > > Thanks !! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Group Email: livercirrhosissupport > web address: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 The critical problem with my brother is that he doesn't trust anyone. He is starting to like his doctor, but thinks the dr. is a mindreader who should know what he needs without him having to share his symptons. He is an untreated schizophrenic who normally refuses any help he doesn't seek himself. He thinks the dr. is wrong about limiting his salt intake, as long as his water is down, he sees no harm in re- stricting his salt intake. Yesterday he told me that if this is how he's gonna have to live (in pain) he's not going to do it. He didn't say suicide, and knowing this is a standard line of his (has never attempted suicide) I don't give it much weight. There's no telling him anything. He gets annoyed and immediately puts me in my place. (like I need or deserve that). Sorry, just venting my frustration. > Hey Friends > I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows > > > > > > >the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what >caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can >and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >children and wife that depend on me everyday. > > Thanks !! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Group Email: livercirrhosissupport > web address: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Dear June, Has your brother been diagnosed with hepatic encephalopathy? It could be part of the reason for his unreasonable demeanor. Telling him how wrong about the salt restriction seems like a no go for you, even though you are right. Kidneys hold on to the salt, and salt likes water. That is exactly what my hepatologist told us. Even if you drink less water, which is really bad unless the doctor tells you to do that, the body will still retain water. Drinking water actually flushes out your kidneys which are doing extra duty with filtering since the liver is impaired. The can take on some extra filtering, which would normally be the job of the liver, but they cant replace the liver totally. This is where encephalopathy comes in. If your brother is not drinking enough water, his electrolytes can get out of balance. Humans are basically a big battery. Nerves are just wires, and everything runs off the ability to transmit signals through them. If your brother cannot follow the doctors instructions, them unfortunatly he will end up hospitalized, and having his electrolytes balanced by IV. A cirrhotic patient can end up with 50 gallons of fluid built up in the belly and technically dehydrated, needing infusions of potassium, and other electrolytes. What a mess. Good luck, love, Bobby ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Fri, February 18, 2011 6:10:05 AM Subject: Re: Test Results are back .. The critical problem with my brother is that he doesn't trust anyone. He is starting to like his doctor, but thinks the dr. is a mindreader who should know what he needs without him having to share his symptons. He is an untreated schizophrenic who normally refuses any help he doesn't seek himself. He thinks the dr. is wrong about limiting his salt intake, as long as his water is down, he sees no harm in re- stricting his salt intake. Yesterday he told me that if this is how he's gonna have to live (in pain) he's not going to do it. He didn't say suicide, and knowing this is a standard line of his (has never attempted suicide) I don't give it much weight. There's no telling him anything. He gets annoyed and immediately puts me in my place. (like I need or deserve that). Sorry, just venting my frustration. > Hey Friends > I got my test results back on Friday..I dont have hep. A or B or c thank >GOD...I have to go and get shots to prevent me from getting those and test shows > > > > > > > >the reason i have cirrosis is my body is insulin resistance and my pancreas is >producing too much insulin and my liver cant get rid of the sugar and that what >caused the fatty liver to develop...I am very worried and I dont know what to >expect...but I know GOD has a plan and he will never forsake me . I know he can >and will heal me ....so please pray for me and my family I have 2 young >children and wife that depend on me everyday. > > Thanks !! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Group Email: livercirrhosissupport > web address: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livercirrhosissupport/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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