Liver Quest

03/09/2025

The week ahead promises to hold a bit of turmoil. Sometimes a reminder to stay on track helps a lot.

03/08/2025

With Living Well With Cirrhosis - Sue Pryde's Journey – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

03/07/2025

So…I did a little decorating, how do you like the new cover photo and name???

03/06/2025

BIG day…one last round of labs ( locally—yay). Once resulted, I will officially be listed! And the wait begins…

03/05/2025

My lovely room here in recovery!!! Thank you for all of the prayers and well wishes!!!! Once again, you’ve proven to be my guardian angels!!!! What more could a gal want??? ( repeat after me: diamonds and chocolate!!!)

Cath went GREAT! No plasty, no stents, will be heading home a little bit!!! Yay!!!!! And they fed me, so I am not gnawing my arm off, lol.

Thank you, my lovelies!

03/04/2025

03/04/2025

Please keep me in your thoughts tomorrow as I head into the Cath lab for a Cardiac Cath with possible plasty and stent placement. This is my weak spot. Even talking about blood flow and circulation makes my wrists ache and makes me hyper aware of every heart beat. I have no problem SEEING blood, but talking about it freaks me out to the nth degree! So weird.

If you could also share this page and/or my posts, that would also be huge to me!!!! Big things coming around the bend here, so stay tuned and bring a few friends along—I surely don’t want anyone to miss out!!!!

Peaceful dreams tonight and a big leap towards listing tomorrow!!! Thank you, my friends! Sleep well.

03/03/2025

Getting focused again on the challenge of finding a donor now that I’m healing up a little bit. My friends, there is someone I’d like you all to meet. Greg is a guy from my hometown, and we went to school together. He has also been on this same journey, and received his gift over twenty years ago. While each patient has a different path, Greg does a great job of chronicling his journey through liver disease in his book “Transplant”. It’s a quick read, but one I highly recommend if you or someone you know is dealing with this disease. Thank you for your support and friendship, Greg Hart. I’m always amazed when the right people just fall into place right when you need them the most. Greg is one of those people!

Transplant

Transplant is the story of the authors battle with liver failure resulting from a lifelong infection with Hepatitis "C". It chronicles the beginning symptoms of liver failure, worsening health, further debilitation, and ultimately a life renewed. Written by a layman for laymen, Transplant focuses...

02/28/2025

A Day In My Life… Have kind of a mixed bag of news today, so bear with me.

#1–Guess who got a full 8 hours of sleep last night for the first time in forever???? THIS GAL!!! Wooohooo! Feels so good to be me right now!

#2–The TIPS procedure went well, and I’ve dropped 14 lbs of water weight since Monday! Still a little sore, but adjusting to the shunt well. I look terrible, my arms look like I was attacked by vampires! But bruises will fade with time!

#3–As suspected, the biopsy shows that my cirrhosis is converting to liver cancer. Very early stages, very treatable. So no worries, I’ll be around a bit longer!!!

02/27/2025

I’m not a doctor, so always consult your doctor when your health is on the line. This tip is one of the things I’ve learned from dealing with liver disease.

02/27/2025

Shoot, LISA!! I’m pretty sure your recuperation from yesterday’s TIPS procedure will not have you ready to go see this movie with me again?
Everyone!! we have to find a liver for Lisa so that we can go to movies and relive our teenage years !!

Prepare to be transported back to 1984! Prince Legacy, Warner Bros. Discovery, AMC Theaters, and Dolby are teaming up to bring Prince’s iconic musical feature film, Purple Rain, back to the big screen for a special one-night in theaters.

Here’s what you need to know. On March 5th, fans will be able to experience Prince’s legendary movie in stunning Dolby Vision HDR and immersive Dolby Atmos audio at select Dolby Cinema at AMC Theatres in the U.S. and Dolby Cinema at ODEON locations in the U.K.

This is huge. When you think about it, there are so many people who adore this film which has risen to cult status, but were not old enough to experience Purple Rain in theaters. Now they can!

Full story on TheSource.Com . .

02/26/2025

My morning view. Had the TIPS procedure yesterday. Despite being delayed, it went well and looks good! Pressures in the liver are already lower than they were yesterday. Now just have to get out of here and wait a bit to see if this going to work out well for me. Thank you, everyone, for your support and for keeping me in your thoughts!

02/20/2025

My heart—from the minute she was born! Being a Nana is the best gig ever!!!