Liver Lesions Found

[Benson]

What causes liver lesions. How common are they? Is there any significance in the the number of lesions seen? How often do they change into liver cancer? Is there any treatment that will help? (Alternative or mainstream)

[coltd]

I have a hemangiomas liver lesion size is 1.7 x 2.4 x 2.5 cm. Should u be worried and is there a cure for this. Thanks

[Lazorith]

I was told I have spots on my liver. I'm 32. Getting married in 4 months. We are trying to get life insurance and in doing so I had to take a blood and urine test. Is it really possible to tell if I have spots on my liver just from those tests?

[tiredoffeelingsick]

A related discussion, Feeling overwhelmed was started.

[Benson]

cHRISTINE,  i HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR E-MAIL....i HOPE i DIDN'T
DELETE IT BECAUSE i DID NOT RECOGNIZE IT, BECAUSE i REALLY EJOY
HEARING FROM YOU.    aGAIN...MY E-MAIL IS ***@****.

i HAD A SURREAL DAY YESTERDAY...BUT i AM GRADUALLY COMING TO
TERMS WITH WHAT HAS HAPPENED.  i HAVE A COLONOSCOPY AND ENDOSCOPY
TOMORROW TO FIND THE PRIMARY SOURCE.  i HAVE REALLY HAD NO
SYMPTOMS....AND ALTHO' IT IS IN MY LIVER WHICH i DON'T UNDERSTAND
HOW IT COULD HAVE METASTASISED? THERE IF THE PRIMARY LESION
IS SMALL.....THE TWO LESIONS ARE SMALL 2 CM. AND THEY DID NOT
SEE ANYTHING ON MY MRI IN MY KIDNEYS, PANCREAS OR i GUESS IN THAT
GENERAL AREA.....THAT WAS BIG.  iT MAY BE SMALL IN THAT AREA.

iT MAY BE IN MY COLON.  wE HAVE AX EXCELLENT, WORLD RENOWNED
CANCER TEACHING HOSPITAL HERE.  eVERYONE THINKS aRKANSAS IS SUCH
A "HICKY" STATE, AND MUCH OF IT IS VERY RURAL....BUT lITTLE rOCK
IS BEAUTIFUL AND IN SOME WAYS QUITE "WITH IT".  bUT FOR SOME
REASON....THE uNIVERSITY OF aRKANSAS mEDICAL cENTER....ESPECIALLY THE cANCER RESEARCH CENTER HAS BECOME VERY
WELL RESPECTED.  i ALSO HAVE FRIENDS WHOSE DAUGHTERS ARE DOING
RESIDENCEY, ETC. IN nEW yORK AND bOSTON WHO HAVE OFFERED THEIR
ADVICE IF i NEEDED IT.

i WILL CHECK OUT THOSE SIGHTS....AND i WILL FIGHT, FIGHT...AND
NOT GIVE UP.  tHIS IS MY TIME TO PROVE MYSELF...LIFE CAN NOT
ALWAYS BE EASY.  cHRISTINE, PLEASE STAY IN TOUCH...i HOPE TIS
IS NOT DEPRESSING FOR YOU......THE dR. SAID THIS TOTALLY CAME
OUT OF THE BLUE AND THE TWO LESIONS NEVER DID LOOK THE SAME AS
THE CYSTS THAT HE SAW.  

tO mAAN, IF YOU ARE READING THIS...THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
THOUGHTS...i HOPE YOU ALSO, WILL STAY IN TOUCH WITH ME.

i INTEND TO FIGHT THIS UNTIL A CURE COMES ALONG.

tHANK YOU BOTH, AND PLEASE E-MAIL ME...IT HELPS.

jUDY

i DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY COMPUTER....THE LETTER SEEMS
TO BE JUST DOING WHATEVER THEY WANT!!!!   jUDY

[bbmax]

Judy, I sent a message to your private email. I want to second maan and his simple sentiment. I feel you are a great person and deserve it all to be OK in then end. Please try to be positive. God knows it isn't easy and I know I would also be (and will be if it happens) devastated with the news you received. I think it must be good that you have no symptoms. Most people never know early enough that something is wrong. I had a friend who had an ovarian cyst. They did the surgery to remove it and the surgeon decided to (as a precaution) get some fluid from her abdomen to check for any chance of malignancy. It just happened that she did have the beginning of ovarian cancer that was totally unrelated to her ovarian cyst. Never would have been found if not for the cyst. This all happened 16 years ago and she is fine despite positive lymph nodes found at the time. She had chemo and was not even that sick. She still worked as a nurse and hardly missed much time. She is the one on the raw diet recommended by her naturopath. Go to the library and look for books on naturopathy. They have lots of good ideas for diets to support more traditional treatment of cancer. Or check the naturopath websites on the web and you can even order information. I am going to see the naturopath soon and get a liver detox diet. I will send any information if you are interested. Let me know if you need any other support.
I am thinking of you.

[bbmax]

Dear Judy, I have sent two emails to you. Please check your junk folder as they be in there. You can email me at ***@****. I mentioned MDAnderson just because it is a premier cancer hospital  and excellent in its cutting edge treatment. They may do alternative stuff. Just an idea. We have great hospitals here but I still think a cancer center like MDAnderson or Sloan Kettering are good places to look for support. I have heard Arkansas is very pretty. I had an aunt who lived in Pocohontas. Are you from Arkansas? I do feel upset about your news but love your good attitude so I feel better about the whole thing. Please email me at the above address.
Are you having both colonoscopy and endoscopy tomorrow? Please let me know how it goes and make sure they give you sedation!! I am sure they will anyway. My husband has had an endoscopy and said WITH sedation is better than without. I feel tempted to have a colonoscopy but have not decided for sure yet.
Thinking of you,
Christine