Guest guest Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Scent free world??? I don't have any allergies regarding scent; but, being aware now that lots and lots of other people do - I've quit with the scented products that I used to use. There is onethat I always have a tough time with!! It's those cardboard trees that one puts in their car. Within seconds my eyes get watery. When the husband and I were dating many years back, he would leave his car with his daughter when he was away working for 2 weeks. Well, the day that he was due to come home, she would go out and clean up the car and hang that stupid pine scented think. That very night, I would reach up and put it in the glove box. Ended up that I had quite the stash and she never thought about looking in there. LOL ________________________________  Gloria, I can't use fabric softener of any kind, and most cleaning products. I had to get rid of my cleaning lady bi weekly because she insisted on using products with a strong smell to sterilize this place. I don't care if it is sterile, been living in a very unsanitary house for years, but can't take the smelly cleaning products, or aerosols, take my breath away. My allergies really started full fledged with the birth of my youngest son. He would shoot out a fountain every time I took off his diaper, so I sprayed with lysol or other spray product so it didn't smell up the couch. Eventually had to take the couch out of the house and give it away. I use All Free and Clear and it seems to work pretty good. My kids couldn't use baby powder either, broke out in a rash, and it made me sneeze. They have fumigated ou building twice now in the last two weeks and it is really making sick, first and then really tired, sleep most of the time and I can't find my inhaler. /the second time they supposedly used something different which is supposed to be for people like me, but still bothered. I belonged to one of those multilevel marketing companies which sold laundry products which didn't bother me, and they made the point in their sales presentation that everybody is allergic to laundry products if you use too much and then start sweating. Will itch like crazy. But I still had trouble with their fabric softener because of the scent. Why can't we have a scentless world? Jan > Jan > > My son was born with excemafrom head to toe!! It runs in the family and he was blessed with a bad case. Because I had some cousins that had it bad, I knew that I would be lucky if I could use the so-called 99.9% pure products. I couldn't. > > I was fortunate enough to buy a small washer and dryer and hook it up in my apartment. To start with, absolutely no one was every allowed to run a load through and use those Bounce sheets and they had to use my laundry detergent. You don't want to know what those dryer sheets did to the son. When it came to laundry detergent, I finally started buying it from one of the multi-level businesses. Then, he didn't have problems. Absolutely nothing that had a scent to it, was another huge thing to be aware of. Baby powder or baby oil were definitely out!! > > He had cradle cap well into his teens, when it was up to him to be careful. His feet - oh his feet... He would wear and probably still does, sneakers all the time. The sweat etc caused him to have big hunks of dried skin between his toes. It was ugly. I was told when he was still a baby, that it was best that he had bare feet around the house. I ran out of disposable diapers at a time and so started using the cloth ones I had. Well, my mother forgot to tell me that 4 out of 5 of us were allergic to rubber pants. I thought that I had permanently disfigured his little private parts. > > To this very day, there are only 2 laundry products that I can use and thank heavens they are liquid now. I have not and will not use any dryer sheets. I was shown an absolutely wonderful way of softening my clothes. You take an old cloth of some kind, usually a bit bigger than a washcloth and just pore some cheap fabric softener on it and throw it in the dryer. That method has never bothered either one of us. > > I've had to go back on my anti-histamines because of the itchy. I buy a product that is dirt cheap and is the exact same as Chlortriplon. It goes a long way to stopping the itch. > > Gloria > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > I don't want to interrupt this thread.  Just reading all the emails > for the last couple of days has made my eyes tear, and I don't have > any tears, eyes too dry.  But there is something I want to inform > everybody about and I don't know how to start a thread. > > I have known for quite some time that some of my itching was being > caused by something other than the cirrhosis.  When I went to MN last > May for my mother's funeral, I came home to a washer so full of soap > it took 4 loads of washing nothing, just putting in a cup of vinegar > in each load to get rid of some of the soap.  The man I was living > with washed his own clothes and had always used too much soap, had a > rash on a good part of his body when I met him from all the soap left > in his clothes.  I got him to cut it down and the rash went away.  But > he still used too much, so I started running my clothes and the > household laundry through two whole cycles to make sure the soap got > out or so I thought.  Well, after moving, getting my own new washer > and dryer hooked up, using only about 2 T of soap to wash my clothes > and none sometimes for my towels (This had been recommended by an > article I read on how to do the laundry, especially with these new > concentrated detergents) my itching is considerably less.  Last week, > it was cold here, so I put on a pair of leggings which I hadn't used > since moving.  I started itching like crazy again.  When I took them > off, the black leggings had white spots all over them, soap which had > come out of them when I was wearing them.  When I first mentioned > seeing this white stuff on my black clothes I was told it was probably > from the elastic they put in some of our clothes to give them a better > fit.  In some cases it may be, especially in older clothes, but if you > wear dark clothes and notice white little spots all over them, and > especially in areas where they are rubbed a lot, check your washer. > Run some vinegar through it and make sure you see it after the wash > cycle starts.  I know some of you probably don't have this problem, > but the regular itching from the cirrhosis is bad enough, we don't > need to add to it by having soap in our clothes.  The itching is a > vicious cycle.  If you itch enough that you bleed, then it forms a > scab, the scab is full of the toxins which caused the itching in the > first place, so causes more itching, bigger sore, and on and on. > Until my washer was hooked up which took about 2 months, I had to go > to the laundromat.  The owner told me which machines to use, the older > ones as they use more water and more apt to get the soap out, but they > were still full of soap.  If you don't have your own washer, do > anything you can to get one.  Test your clothes by putting them in the > kitchen sink and swishing them around.  You will probably see soap > suds.  Hope this helps someone.  Jan > > >> >> >> Time of diagnosis until time of passing varies on each individual. The kind of liver damage and the diagnosis time frame only a couple of many, many factors Drs. have to consider for transplantation. There are limited numbers of doners and a patient has to be able to endure the surgery. >> I my case- diagnosed in 2001, treatment that did not work 2002, cancer developed 3 times ( liver cancer surgery, raydiation therapies, etc. from then until I was listed in 2010. Gift of life given April 2010 but body attacking new liver and rejecting.  Had shut put in for the ascites, lactalose for amonias for encephalothopy. This is an ugly disease for the patient and the caregivers. It truly in Gods hands now for me as it sounds like it was for your father. I will pray for your family. >> >> SUE >> >> >> To: " livercirrhosissupport " <livercirrhosissupport > >> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 6:04 AM >> Subject: Re: I need help please. >> >> >> >> Whenever my father was diagnosed with ESLD, it took almost a 2 months for my father to get rejected for a transplant. By the time he was rejected from the first group, his condition was waning (a few bad bouts of encephalopathy, skyrocketing ammonia, uncontrollably high blood sugar, the ascities filling quicker which needed more draining, more yellowing, more issues with taking in/holding in food, and more). We had been looking at going to Mayo for about 3 wks and this made him go (going to Rochester, MN from Tulsa). His original specialist and the one who broke the news said he would advise us to do whatever we thought needed to do. I could read his face like a book, and I know he felt bad telling my Dad and Mom, since all the grandkids and my brother and myself were within an earshot. Inconvenient or not, all of my family sticks together even if it is in a hospital room the size of a small closet. I asked even if there was a 1% chance, >> should we follow it - the doctor looked like he wanted us to keep up hope but the prognosis was grim. He said one percent was better then none - do what we needed to do and quick. >> >> A friend's boss offered to fly my dad to Mayo two days later and an appointment was set. Dad went through 2 days of testing and doctor's, and was told the opinion of his Mayo hepatologist that he wouldn't advise the transplant, that day should go home and be comfortable and not worry about his blood sugar, ammonia, sodium, etc... I appreciate their efforts and for not wasting my dad's time. The very next day, Dad came home. About 5 days after they got back, my dad slipped into a coma and hospice was called in. I spent the entire time that night, minus about 1.5 hours whenever my mom relieved me, talking to him, turning the tv to law and order or csi or ncis, reading his facebook to him, reading bible verses to him, going through photo albums telling him what photos i was looking at, anything to let him know someone was there - i wasn't sure if he was there or not but if i were and i was coming in and out, i'd be freaked out if i thought i was >> alone. during this time, too, whenever i'd be talking to him about our family or my daughter who was just a year old, his eyes would start watering like he was tearing up. i don't know if that was him, but i sure hope he heard some of what i said. About 24 hours after slipping into the coma, he passed with us at his side. >> >> i digress majorly...but how long does it normally take for the transplant panel to get your request and review it? i cannot remember why it took that long for my dad or maybe none of us thought to ask in my family. from time or diagnosis to time of death for my dad was just under 2.5 months. >> >> >> Sincerely, >> E. Bassett >> >>>________________________________ >>> >>>To: " livercirrhosissupport " <livercirrhosissupport > >>>Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 4:38 AM >>>Subject: Re: I need help please. >>> >>> >>> >>>The shrunken liver makes sense to me. For most of us, our liver's capsule hides the cirrhosis very well. Mine does. >>> >>>Is he at a transplant center? Are these doctors liver doctors? I have just never heard of liver doctors " cross their fingers " that a mans' liver will start " compensating " again , at least not in front of the family. >>> >>>Hepatologists (liver doctors) are usually very scientific, and have no sense of humor, and do not use slang, or at least rarely do. . I hope that some one there can do a liver transplant. At some point you might want to ask them point blank. If the patient is at a hospital which does liver transplants, they will evaluate for transplant for anyone who is not activly an alcoholic, or drug addict, and has end stage liver disease, (stage 4 fibrosis) who has experienced the first major complication, such as encephalopathy, ascites, and certainly liver failure. Severe obesity and other major health conditions might also affect the decision. A person in liver failure will be placed in a priority position for an organ in their region, which is why everyone waiting on the list have to wait. The last word is up to the transplant surgeon, and no one below him, and EVERYONE else is below him, except God. You might want to first find o0ut if he is in a transplant >>>hospital, and then if he is, ask the " question " . If he is not, you might want to ask if he can be transferred to one if he is a possible candidate. Have they even told you that a liver transplant is the only treatment for this condition ? >>> >>>Love, and prayers , Bobby >>> >>>________________________________ >>> >>>To: livercirrhosissupport >>>Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 7:00 PM >>>Subject: Re: I need help please. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Bobby, >>> >>>They haven't mentioned anything about a liver transplant. Just said they are crossing their fingers that his liver will start 'compensating' again. He's having some pretty significant confusion and lethargy. >>>He's been in the hospital for over 3 weeks now. They say his kidneys aren't doing that hot, his ammonia is still elevated, and all that kind of stuff. >>>He's on a pill to keep his blood pressure elevated, a pill to keep his heart rate down in a normal range, they just took him off the oxygen finally, they have him on lactulose 4 times a day, and 80mg of Lasix twice a day. >>>He is also a diabetic, and is getting over pneumonia. They haven't been able to give me much information about anything really. Other than he is in Stage 4 liver failure with no need to biopsy because they can see the cirrhosis on the catscan they did. They said his liver is shrunken from the cirrhosis. >>> >>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Bonnie I couldn't even begin to add up what I spent on supplements during my adulthood. Obviously, didn't do me a whole lot of good when it came to my liver. However, my folks have always and still do, take cod liver oil. Thank heavens it comes in capsules now. LOL My Mom is 80 and my Dad is 86. I certainly do take stock what they have done. Remember, fish oil is an omega 3 as well. We had powdered boracic something and my Dad would wash his eyes with it whenever they bothered him bad. Mom would use her gold ring to rub any sty's. I've laid off taking most of those cold remedies etc. Truly, good ole tea and honey works the best. Plus, getting someone to rub the Vicks on the back and front!! One time my husband was given a script for some cold med. Truthfully, it was basically a bottle of tea and honey. Most times he could only use Buckly's. I hate to say it; but, the advertising is true. It tastes awful; but, it works. I guess they have it in capsules now too. ________________________________  Thanks for the idea. We are going to try it and see if it helps her. I do think all the chemicals in cleaning supplies, etc aren't good for a person to use. When I was young we only had about 4 basic things in the medicine cabinet and that seemed to cure all. The iodine for a cut or scrape, vicks vapor rub for colds , vaseline , and caster oil!!! Look now whats all on the market for every little thing. I have started to take the Braggs Apple Cider Raw Unfiltered Organic Vinegar as someone told me all the benefits it has for a person's body. It can't be the distilled kind as that takes all the good things out of it. I feel better I think. Not sure if it's that or in my mind. Just started to take it. >>>> >>>> >>>> Time of diagnosis until time of passing varies on each individual. The kind of liver damage and the diagnosis time frame only a couple of many, many factors Drs. have to consider for transplantation. There are limited numbers of doners and a patient has to be able to endure the surgery. >>>> I my case- diagnosed in 2001, treatment that did not work 2002, cancer developed 3 times ( liver cancer surgery, raydiation therapies, etc. from then until I was listed in 2010. Gift of life given April 2010 but body attacking new liver and rejecting.  Had shut put in for the ascites, lactalose for amonias for encephalothopy. This is an ugly disease for the patient and the caregivers. It truly in Gods hands now for me as it sounds like it was for your father. I will pray for your family. >>>> >>>> SUE >>>> >>>> >>>> To: " livercirrhosissupport " <livercirrhosissupport > >>>> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 6:04 AM >>>> Subject: Re: I need help please. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Whenever my father was diagnosed with ESLD, it took almost a 2 months for my father to get rejected for a transplant. By the time he was rejected from the first group, his condition was waning (a few bad bouts of encephalopathy, skyrocketing ammonia, uncontrollably high blood sugar, the ascities filling quicker which needed more draining, more yellowing, more issues with taking in/holding in food, and more). We had been looking at going to Mayo for about 3 wks and this made him go (going to Rochester, MN from Tulsa). His original specialist and the one who broke the news said he would advise us to do whatever we thought needed to do. I could read his face like a book, and I know he felt bad telling my Dad and Mom, since all the grandkids and my brother and myself were within an earshot. Inconvenient or not, all of my family sticks together even if it is in a hospital room the size of a small closet. I asked even if there was a 1% >chance, >>>> should we follow it - the doctor looked like he wanted us to keep up hope but the prognosis was grim. He said one percent was better then none - do what we needed to do and quick. >>>> >>>> A friend's boss offered to fly my dad to Mayo two days later and an appointment was set. Dad went through 2 days of testing and doctor's, and was told the opinion of his Mayo hepatologist that he wouldn't advise the transplant, that day should go home and be comfortable and not worry about his blood sugar, ammonia, sodium, etc... I appreciate their efforts and for not wasting my dad's time. The very next day, Dad came home. About 5 days after they got back, my dad slipped into a coma and hospice was called in. I spent the entire time that night, minus about 1.5 hours whenever my mom relieved me, talking to him, turning the tv to law and order or csi or ncis, reading his facebook to him, reading bible verses to him, going through photo albums telling him what photos i was looking at, anything to let him know someone was there - i wasn't sure if he was there or not but if i were and i was coming in and out, i'd be freaked out if i thought i was >>>> alone. during this time, too, whenever i'd be talking to him about our family or my daughter who was just a year old, his eyes would start watering like he was tearing up. i don't know if that was him, but i sure hope he heard some of what i said. About 24 hours after slipping into the coma, he passed with us at his side. >>>> >>>> i digress majorly...but how long does it normally take for the transplant panel to get your request and review it? i cannot remember why it took that long for my dad or maybe none of us thought to ask in my family. from time or diagnosis to time of death for my dad was just under 2.5 months. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> E. Bassett >>>> >>>>>________________________________ >>>>> >>>>>To: " livercirrhosissupport " <livercirrhosissupport > >>>>>Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 4:38 AM >>>>>Subject: Re: I need help please. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>The shrunken liver makes sense to me. For most of us, our liver's capsule hides the cirrhosis very well. Mine does. >>>>> >>>>>Is he at a transplant center? Are these doctors liver doctors? I have just never heard of liver doctors " cross their fingers " that a mans' liver will start " compensating " again , at least not in front of the family. >>>>> >>>>>Hepatologists (liver doctors) are usually very scientific, and have no sense of humor, and do not use slang, or at least rarely do. . I hope that some one there can do a liver transplant. At some point you might want to ask them point blank. If the patient is at a hospital which does liver transplants, they will evaluate for transplant for anyone who is not activly an alcoholic, or drug addict, and has end stage liver disease, (stage 4 fibrosis) who has experienced the first major complication, such as encephalopathy, ascites, and certainly liver failure. Severe obesity and other major health conditions might also affect the decision. A person in liver failure will be placed in a priority position for an organ in their region, which is why everyone waiting on the list have to wait. The last word is up to the transplant surgeon, and no one below him, and EVERYONE else is below him, except God. You might want to first find o0ut if he is in a >transplant >>>>>hospital, and then if he is, ask the " question " . If he is not, you might want to ask if he can be transferred to one if he is a possible candidate. Have they even told you that a liver transplant is the only treatment for this condition ? >>>>> >>>>>Love, and prayers , Bobby >>>>> >>>>>________________________________ >>>>> >>>>>To: livercirrhosissupport >>>>>Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 7:00 PM >>>>>Subject: Re: I need help please. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Bobby, >>>>> >>>>>They haven't mentioned anything about a liver transplant. Just said they are crossing their fingers that his liver will start 'compensating' again. He's having some pretty significant confusion and lethargy. >>>>>He's been in the hospital for over 3 weeks now. They say his kidneys aren't doing that hot, his ammonia is still elevated, and all that kind of stuff. >>>>>He's on a pill to keep his blood pressure elevated, a pill to keep his heart rate down in a normal range, they just took him off the oxygen finally, they have him on lactulose 4 times a day, and 80mg of Lasix twice a day. >>>>>He is also a diabetic, and is getting over pneumonia. They haven't been able to give me much information about anything really. Other than he is in Stage 4 liver failure with no need to biopsy because they can see the cirrhosis on the catscan they did. They said his liver is shrunken from the cirrhosis. >>>>> >>>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 After reading this post, I scrolled down to see if there was another one after it. There wasn't, but there was an ad for Downy fabric softener which makes me sick too. I just thought it was really ironic. I will be looking for the recipe for the cleaning products, but if it contains any citrus or fish oil, I can't use it, allergic to citrus rind and fish oil conflicts with one of my meds. Jan > Bonnie > > > I couldn't even begin to add up what I spent on supplements during my adulthood. Obviously, didn't do me a whole lot of good when it came to my liver. However, my folks have always and still do, take cod liver oil. Thank heavens it comes in capsules now. LOL My Mom is 80 and my Dad is 86. I certainly do take stock what they have done. Remember, fish oil is an omega 3 as well. We had powdered boracic something and my Dad would wash his eyes with it whenever they bothered him bad. Mom would use her gold ring to rub any sty's. > > I've laid off taking most of those cold remedies etc. Truly, good ole tea and honey works the best. Plus, getting someone to rub the Vicks on the back and front!! One time my husband was given a script for some cold med. Truthfully, it was basically a bottle of tea and honey. Most times he could only use Buckly's. I hate to say it; but, the advertising is true. It tastes awful; but, it works. I guess they have it in capsules now too. > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > Thanks for the idea. We are going to try it and see if it helps her. I do think all the chemicals in cleaning supplies, etc aren't good for a person to use. When I was young we only had about 4 basic things in the medicine cabinet and that seemed to cure all. The iodine for a cut or scrape, vicks vapor rub for colds , vaseline , and caster oil!!! Look now whats all on the market for every little thing. I have started to take the Braggs Apple Cider Raw Unfiltered Organic Vinegar as someone told me all the benefits it has for a person's body. It can't be the distilled kind as that takes all the good things out of it. I feel better I think. Not sure if it's that or in my mind. Just started to take it. > > >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Time of diagnosis until time of passing varies on each individual. The kind of liver damage and the diagnosis time frame only a couple of many, many factors Drs. have to consider for transplantation. There are limited numbers of doners and a patient has to be able to endure the surgery. >>>>> I my case- diagnosed in 2001, treatment that did not work 2002, cancer developed 3 times ( liver cancer surgery, raydiation therapies, etc. from then until I was listed in 2010. Gift of life given April 2010 but body attacking new liver and rejecting. Had shut put in for the ascites, lactalose for amonias for encephalothopy. This is an ugly disease for the patient and the caregivers. It truly in Gods hands now for me as it sounds like it was for your father. I will pray for your family. >>>>> >>>>> SUE >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> To: " livercirrhosissupport " <livercirrhosissupport > >>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 6:04 AM >>>>> Subject: Re: I need help please. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Whenever my father was diagnosed with ESLD, it took almost a 2 months for my father to get rejected for a transplant. By the time he was rejected from the first group, his condition was waning (a few bad bouts of encephalopathy, skyrocketing ammonia, uncontrollably high blood sugar, the ascities filling quicker which needed more draining, more yellowing, more issues with taking in/holding in food, and more). We had been looking at going to Mayo for about 3 wks and this made him go (going to Rochester, MN from Tulsa). His original specialist and the one who broke the news said he would advise us to do whatever we thought needed to do. I could read his face like a book, and I know he felt bad telling my Dad and Mom, since all the grandkids and my brother and myself were within an earshot. Inconvenient or not, all of my family sticks together even if it is in a hospital room the size of a small > closet. I asked even if there was a 1% >>chance, >>>>> should we follow it - the doctor looked like he wanted us to keep up hope but the prognosis was grim. He said one percent was better then none - do what we needed to do and quick. >>>>> >>>>> A friend's boss offered to fly my dad to Mayo two days later and an appointment was set. Dad went through 2 days of testing and doctor's, and was told the opinion of his Mayo hepatologist that he wouldn't advise the transplant, that day should go home and be comfortable and not worry about his blood sugar, ammonia, sodium, etc... I appreciate their efforts and for not wasting my dad's time. The very next day, Dad came home. About 5 days after they got back, my dad slipped into a coma and hospice was called in. I spent the entire time that night, minus about 1.5 hours whenever my mom relieved me, talking to him, turning the tv to law and order or csi or ncis, reading his facebook to him, reading bible verses to him, going through photo albums telling him what photos i was looking at, anything to let him know someone was there - i wasn't sure if he was there or not but if i were and i was coming in and out, i'd be freaked > out if i thought i was >>>>> alone. during this time, too, whenever i'd be talking to him about our family or my daughter who was just a year old, his eyes would start watering like he was tearing up. i don't know if that was him, but i sure hope he heard some of what i said. About 24 hours after slipping into the coma, he passed with us at his side. >>>>> >>>>> i digress majorly...but how long does it normally take for the transplant panel to get your request and review it? i cannot remember why it took that long for my dad or maybe none of us thought to ask in my family. from time or diagnosis to time of death for my dad was just under 2.5 months. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sincerely, >>>>> E. Bassett >>>>> >>>>>>________________________________ >>>>>> >>>>>>To: " livercirrhosissupport " <livercirrhosissupport > >>>>>>Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 4:38 AM >>>>>>Subject: Re: I need help please. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>The shrunken liver makes sense to me. For most of us, our liver's capsule hides the cirrhosis very well. Mine does. >>>>>> >>>>>>Is he at a transplant center? Are these doctors liver doctors? I have just never heard of liver doctors " cross their fingers " that a mans' liver will start " compensating " again , at least not in front of the family. >>>>>> >>>>>>Hepatologists (liver doctors) are usually very scientific, and have no sense of humor, and do not use slang, or at least rarely do. . I hope that some one there can do a liver transplant. At some point you might want to ask them point blank. If the patient is at a hospital which does liver transplants, they will evaluate for transplant for anyone who is not activly an alcoholic, or drug addict, and has end stage liver disease, (stage 4 fibrosis) who has experienced the first major complication, such as encephalopathy, ascites, and certainly liver failure. Severe obesity and other major health conditions might also affect the decision. A person in liver failure will be placed in a priority position for an organ in their region, which is why everyone waiting on the list have to wait. The last word is up to the transplant surgeon, and no one below him, and EVERYONE else is below him, except God. You might want to first find > o0ut if he is in a >>transplant >>>>>>hospital, and then if he is, ask the " question " . If he is not, you might want to ask if he can be transferred to one if he is a possible candidate. Have they even told you that a liver transplant is the only treatment for this condition ? >>>>>> >>>>>>Love, and prayers , Bobby >>>>>> >>>>>>________________________________ >>>>>> >>>>>>To: livercirrhosissupport >>>>>>Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 7:00 PM >>>>>>Subject: Re: I need help please. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Bobby, >>>>>> >>>>>>They haven't mentioned anything about a liver transplant. Just said they are crossing their fingers that his liver will start 'compensating' again. He's having some pretty significant confusion and lethargy. >>>>>>He's been in the hospital for over 3 weeks now. They say his kidneys aren't doing that hot, his ammonia is still elevated, and all that kind of stuff. >>>>>>He's on a pill to keep his blood pressure elevated, a pill to keep his heart rate down in a normal range, they just took him off the oxygen finally, they have him on lactulose 4 times a day, and 80mg of Lasix twice a day. >>>>>>He is also a diabetic, and is getting over pneumonia. They haven't been able to give me much information about anything really. Other than he is in Stage 4 liver failure with no need to biopsy because they can see the cirrhosis on the catscan they did. They said his liver is shrunken from the cirrhosis. >>>>>> >>>>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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