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Liver transplant - Let's support each other
Transplants | Last Active: Dec 15, 2024 | Replies (1623)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for your reply! And thank you again, my parents are awesome people and my Dad and I are very close. We run a custom home business together which I have taken on my own, and sometimes I feel like all I want to do is call him and ask him a question, but he literally is so brain fogged, that he can't even get a simple sentence out some days. Other days he is pretty alert and he can talk and have a conversation, but other days he is weak and frail. He is on both Lactalose and Rixfixin (SP) and I am not sure if it is going to get better or worse. He pretty much just sleeps all the time and his appetite is non existent. Anything to help the HE? Does it get better over time with the medicine? Also, with the tiredness and loss of appetite?
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@tgshomes it's me once again lol. The loss of appetite and tiredness are unfortunately a couple of the symptoms caused by liver disease. I drank Ensure or Boost most of the time. Occassionally I could stomach some scrambled or soft boiled eggs. I tried to eat fresh fruit as often as possible. I also remember drinking lots of water. As for being tired I still am battling fatigue but I know that exercising will help me beat that. My appetite is still poor but I had post transplant problems that held off my appetite for another 7 months. The lactulose and rifaxamin definitely curbed my HE episodes but I was in a constant fog. Conversation was difficult and it was taxing. I preferred to have silence with just my family around me. I didnt participate but liked to listen. Hopefully your Dad will eventually become clearer once the meds start to do their work.