Cause: Liver Disease

Click to read part 2 The last of two Hepatitis in my trilogy may surprise you. The first one, Alcoholic Steatohepatitis is a syndrome of progressive inflammatory liver injury caused by long-term or heavy alcohol abuse and is one of the leading causes of cirrhosis in America. This form of …

Click to read part 1 Hepatitis C (HCV) — My nemesis. Though only 20-30% of HCV patients develop cirrhosis of the liver, it is one of the leading causes of liver transplants in America. There are a small percentage of patients that can clear the virus on their own within …

Hey Guys n Dolls! I realized that in these few months of writing I never properly introduced myself. (This realization came to me because of one of FLAGC newest features “Power Stories” where you can tell everyone your story… Awesome feature BTW) So I figured you guys might want to …

Anyone who has a form of Hepatitis knows what I mean. As soon as you say you have Hepatitis, some people take a few steps away.  Though it is very common, and most people actually probably know someone with one form of it or another – whether they know it …

In my search for finding an alternative to the transplant and removal of Larry (Yes, I had grown quite attached to my lil liver, and more importantly, yes, I had named him), I have “googled,” I have “binged”… I have searched high and low, yet I have not seen anything …

The basics on the liver as a “Filtering System, Chemical Factory, and a Warehouse” The liver is one of the largest organs in the body, consisting of two lobes – The smaller, left lobe and larger, right lobe. Many don’t know that there are eight sections in the liver, each …

Right now, I am less than two weeks away from a partial liver transplant. I am 29 years old. Finding out you have any life-threatening disease is scary (to put it mildly), but finding out you have a disease that carries the stigma of cirrhosis… well, let’s just say it …