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Confused and Anxious Beyond: Questions about fatty liver and cirrhosis
Digestive Health | Last Active: Jan 28 9:06pm | Replies (26)Comment receiving replies
I am too. Your hepatologist will be most helpful. Don’t be surprised if you are asked about liver transplant. I was not prepared to be told I was a candidate for liver transplant. Long story short here I am three years later on the list but may soon be taken back off due to good liver function. This journey is different for everyone. You will likely be monitored from now on if you do have cirrhosis since people with cirrhosis are more likely to have liver cancer. I like your chin-up name. It means you hope to have a positive attitude which goes a long way when dealing with chronic illness. Hoping you have good news when you see your liver doc.
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Thank you - I am trying to be as hopeful as I can...I am a Child Pugh of 6 score and like I said my bloodwork is better than most healthy people apparently. I also only have a liver stiffness of 9.0 kPa and my meld score in July was 13 but my GP has not tested my creatine or INR (or AST) again since July but if I use my July numbers on those and my current sodium and bilirubin I would be an 11 so my guess is I am likely much lower than that but wont know until I get my Creatine and INR tested again - hoping she does that soon. I think she is wanting to leave it until the hepatologist sees me for some reason. My platelets are bouncing a little but I am at 137 which is low but not too bad.
I read the ascites may open the discussion on transplant but - knock wood - mine seems to be under control with no alcohol and diurtics but I understand that still puts me into the decompensated category.
Time will tell - my GP says my liver is fully functioning and now it will heal since September and my liver stiffness did go from an 11.8 in July to the 9.0 kPa on Nov 1st, some of that would be due to me quitting alcohol but I think some maybe is improvement...hoping.
Did your liver function take a long time to come back? Did they ask you about transplant due to having had ascites? Was the ascites not reacting to treatment? I wish you all the best as this is the scariest path I have been on and I am so upset with myself.
Take care and wishing you all the best!