Archive for September, 2005

All About My Endoscopy

Friday, September 2nd, 2005

Endoscopy is a fancy name for a tube down your throat with a camera that slides down the middle. It is a fairly routine procedure for many illnesses, in my case it was needed because of the cirrhosis.
In simple terms, when the liver gets blocked it can cause some back pressure in the portal vein […]

The Worse Thing About Having Hepatitis C AND Cirrhosis

Thursday, September 1st, 2005

The worst thing so far is that to a poor speller like me its like a double penalty. Not only do I have what is considered a very serious disease caused by a nasty virus, on top of that I get reminded everyday of being completely unable to spell either of them!
hapatitis heathites hepatisis hepatitas […]