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She was rushed to the ER last night. Her liver is quite enlarged and very painful. FYI.

Hope she is ok soon

That is sad news. --FLO--

Oh my...

Do hope she gets this resolved! :-\

Is the underlying cause known? Alcoholism, oral hormone use, or something else? Is this is condition she was already battling?

I have a lot of alcoholism in my family and have watched more than one die of liver failure. It is really, really, sucky to have your liver fail. I sincerely hope this isn't that serious.

Thank you so much for passing along info. My thoughts and hopes are with her!

I hope all will be well for her.

The unsympathetic Canadian doctors in the ER only gave 4 pain pills to take home. I talked to Tester last night. Her pain level was a 9.5

Oh my goodness, liver troubles are never minor things. What has caused this "enlarged liver?" As for the unsympathetic doctors giving insufficient pain medication, MAYBE they are trying to ease the work load on the liver; many pain medications and drugs do NOT actually cause pain relief, they cause the liver to release dopamine which causes pain relief, maybe the pain medication the doctors had available to them would have increased the work load on an already malfunctioning liver. I offer my best wishes and sincere concern for the suffering patient!

P.S. Every time I hear of something like this, I always point out that I am an organ donor, my son is an organ donor, and I strongly encourage everyone I know to be an organ donor. At this very instant, men and women are dying because they need a transplantable liver, heart, kidney, etc. If I were to die in an accident today, it would be some consolation to me to know that maybe some of my organs went on to others who could use them.

I am sure even ChemEunuch would send his prayers and concern. I hope IE is better soon.

I am hoping she is improving despite the doctor's responses.

She is on a waiting list to see a kidney specialist.

:-\A waiting list? What is that and why is that? I wish her all the Best:-|

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Sat Dec 10, 2016 4:19 am She is on a waiting list to see a kidney specialist.

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Sat Dec 10, 2016 4:19 am She is on a waiting list to see a kidney specialist.

Why a kidney specialist when the problems seems to be a malfunctioning liver?

It sounds like she's dealing with hepatorenal syndrome. Of course, I'd have to know more specifics of her case to give an informed opinion of a nurse (not a doctor).

Here is a description of that condition:

https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000489.htm

--LT

kristoff wrote: Sat Dec 10, 2016 11:41 am Why a kidney specialist when the problems seems to be a malfunctioning liver?

My error, a liver specialist. WE 70 years olds forget.

My best wishes!!!

She has an appointment with a liver specialist this Thursday

She saw the specialist who said he had to do tests. The doctor said it was either (1) Fatty Liver Disease (2) or Liver Cancer.

She was NOT given any more pain pills.

If they cannot do a full liver transplant, have you looked into a live donor transplant? A compatible and willing donor would give part of their liver to her.

All of her tests came back negative so no liver cancer Bad thing is she is still in pain and doctors don't know the cause.