LIVING WITH THE DIAGNOSIS OF CIRRHOSIS

Cirrhosis of the liver is a hard diagnosis to receive. Most peoples first thought goes to alcohol. In fact Cirrhosis is caused by many things. You can see a list of causes/types in the menu above under “types of liver disease”. It is very important that you find out the cause of your cirrhosis. This will make fighting it a lot easier.

That being said, in the end it doesn’t really matter what caused the cirrhosis. What matters is what are you going to do about it now? The way I see it you have three choices – 1. Ignore it, pretend it doesn’t exhist and continue on the way you are. This is not good because that is how you got here in the first place. Pull your head out of the clouds and join us in reality for a minute 2. Give up. Place your head between your legs and kiss your ars goodbye. Yeah, not such a great plan either. Your momma didn’t raise a quitter did she? 3. Fight. Learn everything you can about the disease and it’s complications, get a good health team together and fight like hell. Circle the wagons Poncho!! I ain’t a give’n in! This is the best course of action in my opinion. I’m usually right so you should listen to me. Just ask me I’ll tell ya.

Now lets get down to it ok?

Cirrhosis is not reversible. Let me say that again, cirrhosis IS NOT reversible. There are a few people out there that say it is. It is not. Liver disease can be completely reversible if you catch it early enough and before it gets to the cirrhosis stage. Once a liver is cirrhosed that damage is permanent. That does not mean you are going to die any time soon. A change of lifestyle is a must. You need to have healthy eating habits, exercise, vitamins and supplements and a positive attitude are also imperative. You can live for many, many years with cirrhosis.

LIVING WITH THE DIAGNOSIS OF CIRRHOSIS