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Nirvana · 05-10-2013, 01:00 PM

Sundae >hugs<

chrisinhouston · 05-10-2013, 01:09 PM

Sad to hear this Sundae.

A few months ago my one and only brother confided in me and my 2 sisters that he had chronic cirrohis from Hepatitis C and is not a good candidate for much of what is offered like interfuron. We were all so surprised as he is usually in great health and has been a strict vegetarian for 35 years or more and quite any drinking at that time. Unbeknownst to us he had experimented with drugs via needle back in his college years when he was living in NY city at school; probably heroin, the choice of the jazz crowd he hung out with.

He lives in Taiwan and sees a specialist who suggested he come back to the USA for a liver transplant but having no home base or health insurance here pretty much ditched that. He is Buddhist now and has a positive attitude, he is ready to go when his time comes. His doctor says the only reason he has lived so long until now with this condition was his healthy vegetarian diet and lifestyle with things like meditation.

I really want to go over this year to see him before it is too late.

Clodfobble · 05-10-2013, 04:43 PM

Is a transplant an option, Sundae? Over here they would of course expect you to remain completely teetotal after receiving one, but being so young would make you a good candidate. Please do whatever they say you should do to take care of yourself. I want you around for a long, long time to come.

Aliantha · 05-10-2013, 05:37 PM

Stop drinking Sundae. If you have another drink I'm going to call you a dick. OK?

DanaC · 05-10-2013, 07:28 PM

*hugs* Sorry, I only just saw this.

Call me if you want to chat, m'dear.

Undertoad · 05-10-2013, 07:31 PM

Dammit

richlevy · 05-10-2013, 07:35 PM

Please stop. Shoot for the 15 years.

Griff · 05-10-2013, 08:07 PM

Jesus girl, do whatever you can.

orthodoc · 05-10-2013, 08:16 PM

Damn. Please stick around, Sundae.

footfootfoot · 05-10-2013, 09:07 PM

Sundae what all these guys said. I have a few friends with Hep C and in addition to not drinking they also avoid meat and rich foods like salmon, cream, butter. Anything to lighten your liver's load.

I hope it does not turn out to be so dire as you fear.

BigV · 05-14-2013, 05:34 PM

not a doctor Sundae. I do know though that you are smart and strong and determined, all qualities that can help you succeed at whatever you set your mind to. Do what you can, and give it your best effort. That's it, that's all. Furthermore, that's enough.

BigV · 05-14-2013, 05:36 PM

...

In other upsetting news, though not in the same universe as Sundae's situation, I have a broken shuttle on my sewing machine and another fifteen pack covers to go in the next twenty hours. I guess I'd better break out the backup sewing machine now.

auuurrrgggh.

morethanpretty · 05-16-2013, 04:29 PM

I love you Sundae!

For me today, I had an interview and I don't feel like it went very well. On top of that I opened new medical bills to see I have another 3K I owe. I'm never gonna get out of the hole I'm in.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-16-2013, 06:09 PM

Most people never do, they spend their whole life "in the hole".
I think the majority are neither happy, nor sad, most of the time. They're just running on auto-pilot, doing what's got to be done... the rat race.

But you know what, they still find a way to be happy some of the time. Not all the time, mind you, but they manage to create enough bright spots in their week to have things to look forward to, and reflect back on.

Gypsy · 05-16-2013, 06:21 PM

I'm so sorry about your situation Sundae. For what its worth-sending positive energy your way.

05-10-2013, 01:00 PM	#9301
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	Sundae >hugs< __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

05-10-2013, 04:43 PM	#9303
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Is a transplant an option, Sundae? Over here they would of course expect you to remain completely teetotal after receiving one, but being so young would make you a good candidate. Please do whatever they say you should do to take care of yourself. I want you around for a long, long time to come. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

05-10-2013, 05:37 PM	#9304
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Stop drinking Sundae. If you have another drink I'm going to call you a dick. OK? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

05-10-2013, 07:35 PM	#9307
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Please stop. Shoot for the 15 years. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

05-10-2013, 08:07 PM	#9308
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Jesus girl, do whatever you can. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-10-2013, 01:09 PM	#9302
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Sad to hear this Sundae. A few months ago my one and only brother confided in me and my 2 sisters that he had chronic cirrohis from Hepatitis C and is not a good candidate for much of what is offered like interfuron. We were all so surprised as he is usually in great health and has been a strict vegetarian for 35 years or more and quite any drinking at that time. Unbeknownst to us he had experimented with drugs via needle back in his college years when he was living in NY city at school; probably heroin, the choice of the jazz crowd he hung out with. He lives in Taiwan and sees a specialist who suggested he come back to the USA for a liver transplant but having no home base or health insurance here pretty much ditched that. He is Buddhist now and has a positive attitude, he is ready to go when his time comes. His doctor says the only reason he has lived so long until now with this condition was his healthy vegetarian diet and lifestyle with things like meditation. I really want to go over this year to see him before it is too late.

05-10-2013, 07:31 PM	#9306
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Dammit

05-10-2013, 08:16 PM	#9309
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Damn. Please stick around, Sundae. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

05-10-2013, 09:07 PM	#9310
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Sundae what all these guys said. I have a few friends with Hep C and in addition to not drinking they also avoid meat and rich foods like salmon, cream, butter. Anything to lighten your liver's load. I hope it does not turn out to be so dire as you fear. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

05-14-2013, 05:34 PM	#9311
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	not a doctor Sundae. I do know though that you are smart and strong and determined, all qualities that can help you succeed at whatever you set your mind to. Do what you can, and give it your best effort. That's it, that's all. Furthermore, that's enough. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-14-2013, 05:36 PM	#9312
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	... In other upsetting news, though not in the same universe as Sundae's situation, I have a broken shuttle on my sewing machine and another fifteen pack covers to go in the next twenty hours. I guess I'd better break out the backup sewing machine now. auuurrrgggh. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-16-2013, 04:29 PM	#9313
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	I love you Sundae! For me today, I had an interview and I don't feel like it went very well. On top of that I opened new medical bills to see I have another 3K I owe. I'm never gonna get out of the hole I'm in. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

05-16-2013, 06:09 PM	#9314
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Most people never do, they spend their whole life "in the hole". I think the majority are neither happy, nor sad, most of the time. They're just running on auto-pilot, doing what's got to be done... the rat race. But you know what, they still find a way to be happy some of the time. Not all the time, mind you, but they manage to create enough bright spots in their week to have things to look forward to, and reflect back on. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-16-2013, 06:21 PM	#9315
Gypsy Disorderly Disciplinarian Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Posts: 21	I'm so sorry about your situation Sundae. For what its worth-sending positive energy your way.

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