Thanks Beracha!! I am sorry to hear that you have NASH after a transplant and I wish you so much success in this journey!!! I appreciate your response!
I did have the MRE as I am in Canada so my 9.0 kPa and 1.73 m/s is pretty accurate...do you mind me asking what yours is? Also did you have a "nodular contour" show up on any imaging you have had done? My descriptions have said nodular contour which I know can be a sign of cirrhosis but if I am correct I understand you can have a nodular contour with Fibrosis 2 or 3 as well? Then there is the ascites but I still wonder if perhaps my liver being so enlarged (17.4 cm in July) that might have put pressure on the portal vein as I do not have portal hypertension according to my GP. I have read that ascites can come on in stage 3 fibrosis for some people and think possibly because I went from fatty liver to possible cirrhosis in 20 months maybe things ramped up internally for me...or maybe I sadly do have cirrhosis but I sure am hoping not.
Like I said I drank more than I should in the last two to three years but did not have a problem before that. COVID hit and my Father passed away and I was depressed and full of anxiety and unfortunately turned to alcohol for relief which I so much regret...I am very athletic and eat well and I am so angry with myself for doing this to my body and I have to stop letting it consume me. I cannot wait to see a Hepatologist but am still on the wait list - either way I am completely alcohol free for 6 months as of today in fact - I am working out and eating clean and trying my best to heal my liver and pray it can still be repaired!! I still do not know how you can have cirrhosis that quickly or have it with a liver stiffness of 9.0 kPa and then the 1.73 m/s which is equal to a 7.5 kPa???