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Hi everyone,

I haven't been here in a long time.  Haven't been to forums much online.  I've been on Facebook using the groups feature for joining groups in hopes of improving my health.  Mostly I was very depressed so not myself for quite awhile after being diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver.  I am okay now and living with it as best I can.  Focusing on eating right and stopping the illness that brought me to cirrhosis which is fatty liver disease.  My lab tests have come down on the fatty liver quite a bit.  Can't get rid of the cirrhosis but I hear with proper nutrition one can have it for quite awhile before liver failure depending on the person of course.  

My little birdies, Alice and Jasmine are doing well.  I think they may have some respiratory problems so I got them some broad spectrum antibiotics and have been giving it to them for 3 days now and will continue for a few more days and see how they are.  They are active and playing and flying and eating and preening and chasing each other and squabbling at times, too, like all birds will do.  They are now 2 and 1.5 years old and just beautiful.  Got them a new bird cage with money I got for my birthday.  It took 8 hours to get them to go inside it and check it out but they finally did and now they love it and all their toys and all the new space they have.

Suzy is doing well and is now 8 years old.  She continues to love her walks and FOOD!  What dog doesn't love food?! She loves to cuddle with me all the time on the couch.  I have a picture of her I took last night.  She is doing every dog's dream--sleeping in the laundry basket atop all my clothes at once!



Just thought I'd check in with y'all and say "hello!"

Very sorry to read about your health problems, Ruth. With good and careful diet, I hope that your condition will stay stable for many years to come. I did a quick search of the net and found this page: https://naturalcures.com/cure/cirrhosis/

You may have seen it already, but I give it in any case. I think you have to register to read the information.

Your Suzy is the same cutie as ever. Every best wish to you!

Welcome back Ruth. I was thinking about you the other day and wondering how you are doing.
I am sorry to hear about your health problems. I know some conditions can't be reversed, but with a good, healthy, careful diet your overall health can improve. You can have a lot of good healthy years ahead of you. There is always the possibility that they will find a way to reverse cirrhosis. They learn new things every day. Until then you can do a lot with the right food. Much of our health is connected to what we eat and how our bodies handle it. 

I am glad to see Suzy looking so well. She may be eight, but she  still looks like a puppy. Dogs love laundry don't they. A big pile of soft clean clothes is irresistible.

I am glad to hear that Alice and Jasmine are doing well. Silly birds, eight hours to try a new cage is a bit much. I bet they love it now. 

I have a couple of canaries now. Russet is a lovely little male and it have had him a year. Rouge is white and orange and very pretty. She was found in the back alley on a very hot summer day. She was thirsty and hungry and very glad to be rescued. Poor little Rouge is missing a foot, but Russet adores her and they are very happy together.

I have five guinea pigs, two of them rescue boys from this summer. I will have to post a piggie update.

I am really glad you are back. Keep us posted about yourself and your pets. We always want to know how you are.

Hi LPC and Catherine. Thank you for your well wishes and the website. I bookmarked it and will have a look. I am following a diet for diabetes and liver now. Have been for awhile and my glucose number came way down which is also helpful to the liver. I take some fish oil capsules every day, quite a bit but it helped get my lipids and enzymes down quite a bit.

Catherine, all your pets sound wonderful! I bet they all are a lot of fun; I know mine are. We are all preparing for the Winter here. I put plastic on the front window which is large and drafty. I want to prevent the birdies from getting a draft. Here is a picture of them on their new cage:



I hope you both are having a nice weekend. It's cold and rainy here and the heat comes on now. So glad for heat!
Ruth

That sounds like a good diet. Anything that keeps your blood sugar down is a help. I take the fish oil every day and it helps with everything. I am glad you are doing better. 

That is a beautiful bird cage. I bet they love it! It is nice that you can have them out and around your place. It lets them fly  and have fun.

I have fun with my pets. It is a lively household, but we all do very well together.  The piggies are fun. I will set up an update post on them.

It sounds like we are having the same miserable weather. Winter is coming too soon.
Good thing we have pets to snuggle with.

It's so nice to see you back, Ruth. I am just sorry you have had health problems, and hope that your new diet will help very much.
The liver can be quite forgiving, and to some extent regenerate. Some scarring may not go away, but general liver function can be greatly improved by a change of lifestyle.
At first a "diet" can be really hard as you have to read labels, think about everything. But after a while it comes as second-nature.

There's some more information in the page below, which concerns natural medicine and herbs to help regenerate the liver function:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5442075/

One staple herb for liver support which may be very helpful is Milk Thistle (Silybum Marianum) But of course ask your doctor first. It has a good reputation for liver rejuvenation. It is a very safe herb and can even be used for dogs and other animals! Many vets recommend it when there are any problems.

It's great to have you back with us, and to see Suzy....in your laundry basket! And your lovely birds.
Take care and best wishes.

It depends how much scarring there is for the liver. Cirrhosis is extensive scarring. Still I am trying to get rid of fatty liver disease by diet. That is what caused the cirrhosis. I will have an ultrasound in Feb. which may or may not tell me more. Because of the health insurances policy that is one test that is done a lot with cirrhosis. It doesn't always show up but may this time. Last time it did not but I had a ct scan for my lungs and they found the cirrhosis through that.

Thank you all for your messages to me.

I hope your health improves. The right diet does give the body a chance to heal at least some. Let us know how your ultrasound works out. Even with cirrhosis a healthy lifestyle can help. If you can reduce the fatty liver disease  surely that would make a difference.

Hi. Just stopped by to say hi. I have been living a healthy life style since last Summer. Hope everyone is doing well.

Good to see you again, Ruth! Keep up the healthy lifestyle and may you have many, many more years of happy life ahead of you!