Good evening everyone to this thread. I am in law to helper of man kind and who's husband suffers from cirrhosis of the liver and we been dealing with everything day by day and so on. I happy that my sister inlaw introduced me to this site and i got to read the post of allot of information surround what we are both going through, more so my husband and his family. I was asked when I first met him did i know what i was getting myself into....at the time I was honest with my feelings and said it doesnt matter but now that we have been dealing with his health issues head on with the lovely help of my dear sister inlaw she was big help to me to understand the termnology of all the words that have been thrown at me from the start. I wanted to say from the time we married in July of 2009 i had no idea the serverity of his illness but it did not make me want to run. I stayed with pure love and lots of patiences, lol more so then i knew. We spent our honey moon in da hospital and I was told i was not allowed to stay, even thou my husband was not himself at the time , he told his doctor then i refuse to stay if my wife cannot stay. She was very stern with her decision and said No, she allowed me to stay past visiting hours. Few days into this my husband went through Dt's, and before i knew it we was in semi private room and i spent my honey moon on cot by his bedside , and couldn;t beleive we was both going through this more so then him because when i recovered from my addictions of drugs and alcohol many years ago i went through a different kind of withdrawal i often hear of what people go through by never wittnessed it myself. We did it made it through that in beginning of July, at this point I was just meeting my inlaws but this was unusual way of meeting them i do have to say , i talked to helper of man kind on the phone and from there our friendship and love of her dear brother and my newest love of my life began. we had many trough patches and i have to give my sister inlaw much credit for helping me understand for most woman i think they would have never bothered to even give this man who was soo sick and wanted help from drinking a chance, hehe but i did i seen past his beer bottle , once he sobered up ....he told me thank you for helping me i wanted to sober up but i didnt know how and with your love and all dat you showed me the way. Rite now helper of man kind explained in medical form his condition which i will get her to help me break it down to understanding for us...i know its allot to put on her but i think she is very wise that is why she showed me this site.
this last bout of sickness and his recent hospital stay I decided to start writting stuff down and help myself understand the medical terms of his condition. we want to make sure we address everything that needs to so that he may prolong his life with us all. He comes from a good family and they have real connection and bond and i am happy his sister is there for him when i need her help , i never told her how much i appreciate it. Now i see where she gets to vent and reading some stuff on his condition is giving me more strength and hope. thanks everyone for giving me chance to read up on cirrhosis.
