Hi Deb,, My husbands bleed was from the esophagus, that's where the varises is, In my husbands case and many others, It is caused from asicites , and when the draining doesn't work anymore then tips...
Hi,, My husband also has end stage liver disease,, Your husband needs to be drinking lactulose to help his bowels move,, My husband is on 50mg of spironolactone and 20 mg of furosemide a day I up the...
Hi deb,, you were saying you had a bleed out before, Did you have a lot of ascities at the time of your bleed, If so did they drain your stomach,, Why I ask is because My husband was drained 3 times...
sorry I didnt realize I was typing in caps,,didnt know the meaning of typing in caps ,He got a needle today,,we go back on the 28th ,,and again march 8th for results,,If that doesnt work then they...
HI AGAIN,,WELL WE GO TOMMORROW FOR ANOTHER NEEDLE IN MY HUSBANDS EYE IN THE HOPE THE BLEEDING STOPS,,,BECAUSE HE ONLY HAS THE ONE EYE ITS GETTING HARDER ON US,,IF THIS DOESNT WORK THEN THEY WILL...
Hi again,,red cross came in today at 9am,,I left at 7am drove 2 hours away had lunch with my freind jacked up the old tunes on the radio had a great drive felt good just to hit the highway,,My...
Hi Im new to the thread,,where do I begin,,my husband got hep c from a blood transfusiom in the 80s,,,jump to 2003 now chirosis,,jump 2010 esld,,may 13th varisis bleed life support and coma 5 days...
Hi I guess I had a caregiver meltdown for 2 days,, just couldnt stop crying,,kinda back to normal,, Hospic had called last week asked me if I wanted to go to a caregiver get together..and she would...
Hi thanks alot for all your kind words,,,yes the bleeds are from the diabities, ive been so busy havent had time to come back in here,,he had the shot in the eye I sat there and watched,I just never...
Hi I havent been in here in awhile,,so much going on,,my husbands meld is still at 16,,He has diabities hard to control,,he has a bad bleed in his left eye,, he started lossing his vision now he has...
Hi thanks again,,speaking of florida Id love to run down there right now,,lol we use to spend are winters down there since 1990 love it,,oh well Im kinda ready for the snow,,My husband sees the liver...
Hi I havent been in here,,my computer went in for repair,,then I just got a little depressed and have been watching to much tv,,,my husband sleeps alot,,nose bleeds every day,,,meld score 16 but Im...
Thanks,,yes I am taking everyones advice in here,,am emailing different places and searching all things possible,,I never thought of it till I got on here so Id like to thank everyone again,,Will let...
Hi and thanks,,but my husband is on work pensions and makes just over the limit to get any help,,its crazey cause if he was on ODSP,, we would get all the help we need plus pay 2,00 per...
Its true what you say,,doctors have so many people they care for ,,it is understandable there doing there job caring for people,,We have had a great bunch of doctors and there very honest with...
Hi tahnks agian,,I had metioned to the liver doctors in toronto about moving there,,,we just rent in kingston so I dont mind moving,,but the doctor said we were better off to stay here because my...
Hi its the toronto general hospital, and the worker was really no help at all,,her main concern, is that my husband had trillimum which is a medical insurance,,everyone in ontario has to have this...
OMG I must be losing my mind,,or my fingers need help,,Sorry my husband has type O blood,,so he can only recieve a liver from a person with type O blood,,If a person is A..B...or AB they can recieve...
yes I guess thats how it goes,,I wish you and your husband all the luck in the world,,I have been reading your posts,,its not easy,,my husband has type O blood so he can only recieve from O,,so the...
hi thanks,,I forgot to mention he also has HE,,his platlets are at 50 have been as low as 37,,, his ammonia levels were 101 a week ago,,red cells arent good,,his INR was 1.5 gone down to 1.4,,im...
soryy he went in may 13 2011,,with bleeding and got the TIPS done...
Hi im not sure if im in the right place,,,anyway my husband had a blood transfusion back in the 70s and another one in the 80s,,he was diagnosed with hep c and b ,,back in the early 90s,,in 2003 a...
Hi I know where your coming from mamalama Im in the same boat,, cant sleep right to much worry, Im on this computer checking things all the time, I have know support just my hubby and me we do have a...
Thanks for the info,,now that you mention it david he does look grey and has for awhile now,,,my question is can a doctor give him something for it. The are 3 doctors here at the liver clinic we go...
My husband has never drank or smoked,,He has never been trained for ascities ,,just waster pills....my question is ,,,His total billirubin is 37 but hes not yellow is that possible,, Im just...
Hi we live in a city of 100,000 and the only place to go here is a liver clinic where there is 3 doctors to handle everyone , at this point it would take forever to get a second opinion, So we just...
Hi I am new to this forum,,I am her because of my husband, Back in 1978 and 1982 my husband had blood transfusions and he ended up with hep C now chirrosis. Back in 2003 the liver doc wanted to put...