Thanks for all your kind words. It has been a very difficult time, but I have to say that I feel lighter and calmer knowing that she's no longer suffering. Watching her steadily deteriorate was more...
My mother passed away on August 22 after battling liver failure for four years. From the time of her diagnosis in July 2006 to about a year and a half ago, she did really well and there were times...
Thanks for the encouragement. I am trying to carry on with life as usual, and find quite a bit of comfort and stability in my work, friends, Tai chi classses, pets, gardens, etc. As bad as this...
I'm not really sure how I'm going to be able to be much help to Dad when I'm barely keeping my own head above water...I'm afraid we're going to drag each other down into depression. The only time I...
Mom has been excessively sleepy the last couple of afternoons, to the point where she can hardly keep her eyes open or be bothered to speak. She starts saying something, then drifts off again. The...
Thanks for your posts. Mom says she isn't giving up, and seems to think she's going to get better eventually, but it's been a long, slow, steady decline. I believe the doctor makes his rounds first...
I think I have posted here before, but it hasn't been for a year or so. about four years ago, my mother (now 80) was diagnosed with cirrhosis after an episode of esophagal bleeding. We almost lost...
Thanks for your comments. I assume when blood levels are normal and the person is feeling OK it means the cirrhosis is compensated? Anyhow, the doctor doesn't want to see her again until September,...
Thanks for your comments! Mom currently doesn't have any real symptoms except she does tire easily...but she's been like that for a long time. She also has severe osteoporosis. She had a couple of...
I posted here a month or so ago about my mother, who has cirrhosis. She had a checkup with her specialist in the city today and he told her that her most recent bloodwork was all normal. He then said...
Thanks again for your comments. I am trying to teach myself to live a day at a time, give thanks for and enjoy the good days, and not to look ahead to the future. I know that thinking about what...
Thanks for the clarification. This is a very confusing disease all round and it's hard to make sense of it all, especially as different people seem to move through it in different ways and exhibit...
Thanks, 1Shelly1! I have another question for anyone who might know the answer. What is the difference between fibrosis and cirrhosis of the liver. When Mom was first diagnosed, the specialist told...
Thanks to everyone for your helpful and compassionate responses! I agree about the Internet, dansbrother -- sometimes too much information is worse than not enough, especially when so much of that...
Many thanks for your encouraging comments, dansbrother. Mom has no confusion...in fact, her mind is sharper than a lot of people's her age. And she has not been complaining about swollen ankles. She...
Almost two years ago, my mother (now 77) was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver after an sudden and dramatic episode of esophagal bleeding. She had no symptoms prior to that, apart from...