Your Best Friend's Guide to Hep C

  Making sure that you get the right vitamins is important with liver disease. But remember, a damaged or inflammed liver cannot handle an overload of vitamins. In fact, taking too many, or the wrong dose can actually cause  more harm than good .  I have made a list  that eliminates yourl fear about what is safe. First let's start off with an intro into the why, what, and how of vitamins, supplements, minerals, and all that jazz. I have studied vitamins and supplements my whole adult life.  When my liver crashed  I was so surprised when told me to take NO Vitamins.  I was totally baffled. I knew that, the FDA's guideline are waay outdated and the industry is not closely regulated.  As a whole, we do not get enough  vitamins and mineral in our daily diets.  This is What I Came to Understand: O ur doctor's like to get to know us a little.   I had a death sentence when Hepatitis C destroyed my liver. I was all Gung Ho that I was going to take control of my diet and lifes

Vitamin B 12 Benefits Liver and Beats Fatigue  -  This is one of those super vitamins that  has been used for years to boost energy and speed up your metabolism.  Although found in many foods, it is easily taken orally or through injections. If you are low on B 12, you have probably experienced some symptoms. Luckily, this water soluble vitamin acts quickly in the body and is considered safe for most anyone. The miracle drug? B12 actually gained a reputation for being a cure-all in the 1960's.  Most of my life, my mama made me do all of the housework. Well, that was how it felt anyway. I moaned and complained while folding clothes or mopping the kitchen floor. She would watch soaps on television, smoke cigarettes, and drink iced tea. She complained that having us 4 kids had taken all of her energy.  Looking back, I'm sure we did! Then she read a magazine article about B12.  I sat in the car with my sisters the first time she got a shot. She came out of the doctor's of

Dopplar Ultrasound on Your Liver can find cysts, tumors, and keep you from vomiting blood if you have esophageal varices from portal hypertension.  The ultrasound may be one of the first diagnostic procedures that your doctor performs after you are diagnosed with  cirrhosis, whether from Hepatitis C or any other condition. An ultrasound shows the size, condition, and the shape of your liver, spleen, gall bladder, and other organs. It is a quick way to look for tumors too. It also shows the direction that your blood is flowing. This is important in diagnosing portal valve hypertension. It goes quickly, but can give your doctor a lot of imformation. One of the reasons that I like this test is because I can stay awake, and it is  fast and painless . One of the things that I do NOT like is that is can show that my portal vein in my liver is blocked. I am having one done tomorrow.  I'm being brave, but I'm also talking your head off about it! I like to say it though.  Dopplar

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