NAFLD (nonalcoholic fatty liver disease): Want to connect with others

@tisme Congratulations! I am happy to hear that you were successful in reversing the course of your liver disease. I think that you must have an amazing willpower and determination to have accomplished this.

What was the hardest part of maintaining your diet? How did your doctor react to the results?

once my liver doc told me " you have bad nafld go see a dietician" I never saw him again. i found dieticians useless but I did find a doc I had heard about years ago who specialised is liver issues so I followed her diet. lost 30kg my family doc was amazed at my weight loss knowing what to cook wasnt easy and with arthritis and jaw issues being able to chew it , I ate a lot of turkey mince , and made lots of what was called detox soup which is basically vegetable soup and did all I could to cut right down or out on sugar and carbs , the amounts of sugars etc in foods wow. I stayed away from canned stuff ate fresh

@ladyesheryl High blood pressure drugs can destroy the kidneys, etc., which is what happened to my mother. I will never take them. There is a lot of information about blood pressure, but not so much from doctors. Some say it should rise as we get older.

But most importantly, it can be lowered by using a very good quality bio-feedback machine. Fifty years ago I used one for another health issue, but was able to control my blood pressure with it. Thirty plus years later I was trying some out and immediately got to where I lowered my blood pressure. It's like reaching years of meditation/control without the years spent. (I don't have the patience.)

It's really worth doing if you could afford a fine-tuned one, but it also might be possible to go to a place that sells them but lets you try them out to see if you can control blood pressure.

I had previously been comforted by my normal ALT and AST results - right up until I had a liver scan and saw with my own eyes the dreadful state of my almost-cirrhotic liver. I've been taking Milk Thistle for years...

I have. NAFLD. I've even had my ethanol checked in the hospital. No alcohol in this body. I am interested though. Does anybody get itchy with this? I get really itchy in my head and my arms. I would just like to know if anyone else has the same problem.

@corinda what kind of treatment you are doing for the Stage 3 bridging fibrosis

@christine5 yes,I do,I have NAFLD too,I get itchy in my hands and feet

@truthfinder
My head and arms and legs get itchy.

Occasionally I'll take a benadryl.
It helps temporarily

I was diagnosed with NAFLD a few years ago, because of blood work. No symptoms & never itchy. I started taking otc capsules of milk thistle. My primary doctor told me to lose weight & cut back on unrefined carbs. I have not told him about the milk thistle - my last blood work was in the normal range. I have cut back on sweets & unrefined carbs also. My profile at my doctor says I am ‘overweight’; they weigh me with all my clothes on ( I insist on removing shoes & coats). When I check a height/wright chart my weight is about 2 lbs past what would be ‘normal’. I’m disgusted with the medical profession!

@ferrer2024 Hi. I wouldn't exactly call it "treatment" - I saw on an imaging report that I likely had cirrhosis of the liver, so I found a gastroenterologist in my medical group. She ordered the liver scan, gave me the results and suggested the following: no alcohol (not even non-alcoholic brew like O'Douls), no added salt or sugar, only fresh fruit (no dried fruit), limited carbs such as bread.
There is a drug called Rezdiffra, but I was turned down by Medicare because according to the government, I already have cirrhosis despite my diagnosis.

I returned to the practice after losing nearly 20 pounds and relegated to a medical assistant who was dismissive and, I would say, judgmental toward my drinking history. I have not returned.

I try to stay motivated about eating the right things. However, I am 77. I have opted not to deprive myself of a meal at my favorite Mexican restaurant and a frozen Margarita every month or so. I am not that big into self-denial, and I want to enjoy the time I have remaining.

I wish I could give you more information, but I think what I am doing is all that can be done for this stage of the disease. I wish you luck - and a nicer doctor!