I’m sorry to hear about your husband. And high protein is very important to a liver patient. Unfortunately there’s no revering cirrhosis. You can slow down the process. Buy yourself more time. How long? That’s hard to say. It’s been almost 3 years since I was diagnosed. And I eat mostly meat for the protein and there hasn’t been any healing. But I did give myself more time

Thank you. And I’m so sorry to hear about your wife and your health. Keep pushing and try to find something to stay positive about

Hi Gemstar. I feel your pain and have a lot of empathy for you. Unfortunately right now Im in hospital waiting for an endoscopy to find out if i have any more varices in my throat that need binding or anything, as ive recently developed anaemia. This has messed with my appetite and ive lost so much weight i try not to look at myself in the mirror now to witness this gaunt skeletal 47 yo man staring back with haunted eyes…very upsetting, and has happened so quickly. Im end stage now too and trying to get back on the transplant list (developing pulmonary hypertension in my heart a year or so ago which means i wouldnt survive surgery ) and it is indeed getting scary. Ive just developed ascites and have been relatively lucky so far with overall symptoms compared with Neil for example but we are all in the same boat ultimately. Anyway i wanted to send you some love and understanding from Scotland (im a proud irishman though :) and definitely cant meet up with you sadly but a 🫂will hopefully help you feel a bit better. Its natural to fear death and again i truly empathise with you about this. For me i can just about compartmentalise this but my biggest struggle is regret. As Neil wisely says though there is nothing wrong about feeling down just dont let it dominate you. i try to enjoy the moments here and now and move on. Just need to stay away from that mirror for a while!

There’s not many medication for liver cirrhosis. Lactolose and xifaxin to keep the ammonia at bay. And diaretics to make you expell the water that can build up. I went from being in such bad shape and my life expectancy being 90 days to now. I haven’t had fluid build up in two years except some on my legs. The ammonia still goes up sometimes. So stay positive, try to eat healthy, lots of protein. And find a purpose. Something to focus on. You can email me at [email protected] just but liver friend in the subject line so I see it.

@AndrewMcevoy-d8n Thanks, Andrew, for responding to me & for sharing some of your health issues & symptoms. Last month, I had the banding placed with my enlarged varicies. That band caused so much pain and bloody vomiting. Basically, wherever there was an opening in my body, things would leave me from those openings in the most painful way. I also completely lost my appetite, and I thought I was death's door with no turning back time anymore. To date, I've been closely monitored by my family doctor, including other doctors and nurse practitioners who work alongside my Hepatologist. I guess they'd like to monitor how far I am from living a bit longer, long enough to get a new liver, or if I'm closer to death. I don't blame them for performing their job, but I find it very sad. I just rec'd a very sad news about a high school friend who passed away around the Christmas holidays because he didn't match for the liver transplant he was about to get. I didn't even know he was seriously sick until our mutual friend told me of his recent passing just a couple of hours ago. He was only in his mid-late 50s, just like me. I'll be 55 in 4 months. 😢

@Redneckkenobi thanks Neil. I'll email you when I'm feeling less tired, more focused, and when I have more questions to ask. I've been messaging for a few hours now, so I'm starting to get dizzy. Goodnight.

You are so good at explaining symptoms and the desease in general. Im watching your videos because i need to understand other peoples challenges to put mine in perspective. You are helping people you don’t know just by sharing. Thank you 🙏

Yeah I’ve been getting some yellow back in my eyes. Not much I can do about it. It’s going to go the other direction eventually. But thanks for looking out

Thank you. And yeah I have 7 snakes and 5 different geckos. I enjoy the interaction. They all have there own personalities 😊 hope you have a good rest of your day

I’m 44 and no I have end stage liver cirrhosis.

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Wow…. I’m sorry you have been through so much! Keep going the best you can. I wish you the best

@Redneckkenobi Same to You my friend, Forward On 😁✌️