Mrs O, I havent posted here in months, but when I read what you went through it was just like what happened to my mother. She begged for months to be sent to a transplant center, and was continuously...
Sounds like what happens to me alot of the time, I have diverticulosis, just got over a bout of diverticulitis. There is no real way to tell without testing. I know you said you have insurance...
So sorry for your loss, I am sad also for you I know what that feels like. Just when you least expect it, it really becomes reality. You are in my prayers. Kipper...
Julykid, Pink Grandma is so, so right!! You have to be forceful and keep on top of all your husbands symptoms. Had I known back in May when my mother passed of cirrhosis all that I know now thanks to...
I forgot to add the alchoholism is a disease you have to try to remember that, although I havent had to deal with a alchoholic, I can imagine it must be tough with the lies, and deceit. I am sure...
So sorry you are going through this. It is terrible to watch someone so close to you wither away right before your eyes, I know I have been through it just cherish the memories of how your mom was...
yes that is totally normal, I had the same problem, they told me after 5 days of not going to take milk of magnesia. It works and gets everything back to normal again. Kip...
I just had my first colonoscopy on mon here in the USA, and if you have fleet drink it with cold kool-aid lemonade trust me you will not taste the difference. They used Versed with demerol for pain,...
I am sorry for what you are going through, I have been there, and lost my mother this way. Just wondering if they tried a blood transfusion? When my mother was in the hospital the first time in a...
Dreamchaser, Sorry to hear about your father, and what a thing to be going through with your mother now. I think Pink Grandma is right in saying that every person is slightly different in this end...
Siren, I too am sorry as this is the way it happened with my mother. It has been 3 weeks now since they removed her from the ventilator and I know exactly what you are going through, and feeling. It...
This is a tough situation, and I know that trying to get him to quit drinking would be impossible. But if this is true cirrhosis, then the only thing that will give him a chance would be to quit...
They told my mother she wasnt bad enough for a transplant 2 months before she died, she never got the chance to even go to the eval. By the time she was bad enough they said she was too sick to even...
Yes my mother had all those symtoms, and went very quickly. But they also say that is not the norm. If your father is starting to experience confusion and speech trouble be sure to check into...
Jamie I am sorry for your loss, and everything that you explained that happened to your mother happened to mine. My mom died on sat May 17, after a week in a coma. I know what you are going through,...
Hi, I am new to the forum, and my mother has ESLD due to Hemochromatosis. For 6 years the doctors have been telling us that my mother has cirrosis due to years of binge drinking and she has not had a...