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How far has my fatty liver progressed?
- By ladytig15 · New reply June 28, 2009
- Discussion in Living with a liver disease · 3 replies
- Hi, My name is Tina. I was just Diagniossed with afatty liver. My doctor was going to send me to a specialist to have another look. While in his office my blood results came in and my levels had dropped ...
Share your story via video!
- By TeamInspire · New reply June 23, 2009
- Journal · 28 replies
- Sometimes the most powerful message each of us can share is our personal story -- our own experience. With upcoming healthcare legislation pending, one way we can be advocates is to share these stories ...
Tech Issues
- By sjavalos1976 · New reply June 22, 2009
- Journal · 2 replies
- I have not been able to log in lately, something about cookies and my computer not accepting them. Well, I am back so I wanted to say Hello and Happy Father's Day to all you dads! Yesterday was the first ...
Test cannot find answers - recommending transplant
- By tobimax · New reply June 21, 2009
- Journal · 1 reply
- After another series of test, bloodwork, and doctor appointments - still no answers as to why. Maybe there is not an answer. The doctor is recommending my husband for a liver transplant. I am scared ...
trplm
- By trplm · New reply June 21, 2009
- Discussion in Alcohol-induced liver disease · 1 reply
- I want to thank those who answered my posts. I lost my Husband June 18th. His body was septic, and he just couldn't fight the infection. Again, thank you for the support, and caring you have shown . Send ...
sca, and fatty liver
- By brodielad · Posted June 20, 2009
- Discussion in Other inherited liver diseases · 0 replies
- HI everyone , in 2007 i was told that i had a fatty liver , which came as a huge surprise to me as i thought anyway that i lived a relatively moderate life style i never smoked or drank alcohol exercised ...
autoimmune hepetitis
- By PEGGYB · New reply June 20, 2009
- Journal · 8 replies
- When i was 30 1980 i got very sick seen several doctors was told i was depressed i worked too much. I was fatigued sick at my stomach this went on for several months,Finally turned jaundiced was then ...
Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!
- By TeamInspire · New reply June 12, 2009
- Journal · 32 replies
- We're happy to announce that you can now stay in touch with what's happening at Inspire by following us on both Twitter and Facebook. While Inspire communities are still the best places to connect with ...
Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire
- By TeamInspire · New reply June 9, 2009
- Journal · 36 replies
- Hello everyone, We're writing to let you know about a great new feature we'll be adding to Inspire in the very near future: guestbooks. This is a feature that many of you have requested, and we're very ...
Guestbooks are now live!
- By TeamInspire · New reply June 3, 2009
- Journal · 3 replies
- Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...
Need Supprot For My 18 Year Old Daughter
- By EllenZ · New reply June 1, 2009
- Discussion in Liver transplants · 6 replies
- My name is Ellen and my daughter, Jayne, now 18, was diagnosed with Hepatocellular Adenoma in February of 2007; she was just 16 years old. To make a very, very long story somewhat shorter, she had a major ...
big day tomorrow
- By brodielad · New reply June 1, 2009
- Journal · 3 replies
- Well tomorrow i see my cardiologist for my 6 month check up , i,m hoping she has good news , I still have a funny feeling in my chest , like a heavyness, like i need to sigh , or something! dont know ...
Dogs & Disorders
- By StephLynStill · New reply May 30, 2009
- Journal · 2 replies
- I had the opportunity to meet about 5 dogs with Lysosomal Disease (mps, I think), about a year ago. It was really an eye-opening and amazing experience. Now, I keep finding more and more articles about ...
Do You Know ?
- By For-Real · Posted May 27, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- 1. How much of your donations actually go towards huge exec salaries, overhead, and finally for liver diease ? 2. How monies designated for "research only" were tapped by exec's to cover "admin costs ...
hereditary illness
- By tabby69 · New reply May 19, 2009
- Journal · 5 replies
- i have stage 3 fatty liver and was told it is hereditary i have four other siblings and none of them are sick don't know why ...
This Hannah...
- By StephLynStill · Posted May 14, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- This what infantile Lysosomal Disease does ...
Moms, you rock!
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- Looking for a unique and extraordinary way to say "thank you" to your mom? In honor of Mother's Day, good friend of Inspire Dr. Gwenn (of http://www.PediatricsNow.com and http://www.DrGwennIsIn.com) will ...
Not the greatest news....
- By kris12304 · New reply April 17, 2009
- Journal · 11 replies
- Mom found out on dec 23 that the cancer has spread in her liver even more. It has been 6 weeks since her last scan. She finished Chemo in Sept and Radiation in November. they were hoping for more like ...
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver
- By Nerthus · New reply April 15, 2009
- Discussion in Living with a liver disease · 12 replies
- Just before Thanksgiving '08 I had severe upper abdominal pain and was sent to the E.R. by my primary physicians office. After about 6 hours there they sent me home with the diagnosis that I had elevated ...
Amazing Experience
- By StephLynStill · New reply April 10, 2009
- Journal · 4 replies
- I have been living in the "LysoWorld" now for about six years. I started very pinpointed with one particular disorder (there are over 60 - most w/ ridiculously hard names to pronounce). It took a long ...
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The American Liver Foundation Support Group connects patients, families, friends and caregivers for support and inspiration. The American Liver Foundation Support Group is sponsored by the American Liver Foundation in partnership with Inspire.