_ If you are reading this,you or someone you know may have already been diagnosed with liver disease or maybe even cirrhosis. It's a scary and confusing time!
Being told that you have a life threatening disease is one of the hardest things a person can face!!!
We are not doctors, we are patients. We can't tell you how to treat your disease, but we do hope to share with you the things we have learned on our journeys.
We hope that you find information here that is helpful and supportive.
We also want to keep this website current with the topics that our readers really care about. If there is a topic that you would like us to include, PLEASE let us know!
You can contact us through this website OR you can email your own research and information at: [email protected].
We are particularly interested in information from any of you that may have more personal information that may help others. We obviously have only first-hand knowledge about a few types of liver disease and the other topics in this site. THANK YOU in advance for helping us keep up to date.
Read Our Stories
These are our own personal stories. We are human, have real problems of our own. We love to help out others with what we have found in our own journeys. Please remember that we are not medical professionals or lawyers.
G's Story tells the story of the originator of this site--a wife and mother who wants people to have information available in a simple and understandable format. Her quest to find information when she was first diagnosed with cirrhosis She also has diabetes and psoriatic arthritis. "My Liver may control my daily life but I am much more than my liver."
B's Story is the story of a wife, mother and grandmother who was admitted to ICU with renal failure and dehydration. Eight days later, as she was having surgery to remove a gangrenous, necrotic gallbladder she received an additional diagnosis: End-stage Liver Disease (cirrhosis) as a result of NASH and fatty liver disease. A quote from Mark Twain: "I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened."
D's Story is about a husband, father and grandfather who is a cirrhosis, liver cancer and transplant survivor! He has a spark in him to pay forward anything that he can in many transplant related areas: 1) helping people and their caregivers deal with liver disease; 2) supporting people waiting for transplants and fellow recipients; 3) promoting organ/tissue donor registration; 4) showing the transplant community's thanks to living donors & donor families; 5) working for organizations related to this community such as Donate Life.