love your liver

still mulling it over

The news I got last week is still sinking in. I haven’t had any sort of epiphany. I’m still in shock and a lot of denial. I’m questioning everything more than usual. “What do I want to do with my life?” is on my mind. Then it brings on a panic attack. Life is grand. [...]

unhappy birthday to me

So I had that GI appointment this morning. It did not go well. Based on my liver panels over the past 10 months, I have one of two liver diseases; primary sclerosing cholangitis or primary biliary cirrhosis. Both are as bad as they sound. Neither have cures or treatments. The good news: no reason to [...]

it wasn’t so bad after all

My trip to the psychiatrist went out without a hitch. All that worry for nothing. All that tension and the resulting headache to meet a knowledgeable man who didn’t feel it was necessary to dredge up my past. He looked over my liver test results and isn’t convinced that the Effexor is the cause. He [...]

talking myself into it

I am very sick of doctors right now. I’ve been to 3 in the past 3 weeks and have two more to see this week. I spent what little money we had left for Christmas presents on prescriptions after I saw the pulmonologist. $127.00 gone in one trip to Walgreen’s. My appointment tomorrow is the [...]

my liver ain’t happy

I want to warn my new subscribers: I overshare, beware of TMI My liver ultrasound was Thursday. Which was more of an all over my abdomen ultrasound. I had goop covering the circumference of my body. I thought being squirted with cold gel was bad, but the feeling of it at body temperature is freaky. [...]

no more wine will make for a grumpier mama

I have been cut off. My liver function blood tests have come back high for three months now. When I saw my doctor last Tuesday, he told me I cannot have alcohol or Tylenol until I come back next month. Can you imagine going to Las Vegas and having to pass up 2-foot margaritas? I [...]

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