I see what you mean. My dad is about 5 foot 6, so he's not a tall man. He's had alot of muscle wasting in his upper body, so that's made him smaller, too. I know you can tell a huge difference in his...
I'm glad to hear that you're doing so well. Cancer is such a scary word to hear. I was diagnosed with melanoma in April 2008, but I was lucky in that they got it at stage 1. I still have regular...
That's one of the hard things to do- just accept what the person with the disease is willing or unwilling to do. I'm glad that you're stable and I hope that it stays that way for many, many years to...
Thanks Connie. It was just something I was curious about ....
This is my question- does anyone know if the amount removed from paracentesis and how regularly you have to have it done equate with how severe the cirrhosis is? Can you be end stage while only...
Thanks again for your post, Connie. I'm sure that the diuretics are a problem, because when he went completely off of them in January when in the hospital, the creatinine level started to drop. The...
Connie, thanks for your response. The edema only goes away slightly after having his legs elevated. They are basically the same when he gets up in the morning after he's been off of them all night,...
Hi, I just found this site, and although I don't expect alot of answers, I'm hoping that someone else may have gone through what my family is going through and give me some inspiration. My dad is 79...