Regrowing part of a liver

[nuhepper]

Herman Cain, when running for president said he had had liver cancer.  They cut out the part that was cancerous and the his liver regrew to normal size and function.  Can they do the same thing with a liver that has spots of cirrhosis?

[nuhepper]

Makes me feel better too.  It is so much better to see a light at the end of the tunnel.  But, they said there are only spots of stage 4.  The rest is just stage 3 and the inflammation is at stage 2.  None of the Pro's have said anything about a fatty liver factor.  But based on my research, it may be a main cause for the condition my liver.  We are taking measures to deal with the fatty liver.  It certainly can't hurt to be on a healthy, healthy diet. As far as we can tell, thats all the Pro's will prescribe is diet and exercise for a fatty liver.

nuhepper

[nuhepper]

He changed my prescription of rib from 800mg to 1000mg even before starting the tx.  That would be a long way from 80 mg.  I wonder what is up with that.  

nuhepper

[uncledudeness]

my Dr at Yale told me that the consensus in the liver biz was that once the liver advanced to stage 4 that no healing was possible. he said that they are starting to believe that this is not true. :there is some degree of 'healing' relative to compensated cirrhosis". i think that's what he said. it made me feel a bit better.  

[frijole]

Smart move, changing doctors.  So today must be the day.  I hope you have a smooth start.  The treatment is something that can be tolerated (not loved, but tolerated) and hopefully you will eradicate the virus.  Since you are a G3, what stance is the hepatologist taking on Ribavirin.  In the past the dosage was 80mg no matter what, but now I think more doctors are using weight based dosage and I think this is more appropriate.  Also, ask for a VL test at week 4.  This also was not the old protocol, but it is a critical date to get tested and may impact treatment decisions later on.

[Dee1956]

Good luck with your tx, I hope you stick around to let us know how you are doing
My best to you
Dee

[HectorSF]

Best of luck with your treatment!!!

Hector