I was recently honored by Resoundant, the makers of Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) equipment that provides a non-invasive image liver by them sharing my personal story. MRE is a preferred technology for imaging of the liver¹ due to its detail and ability to accurately assess liver fibrosis in liver disease patients. Having undergone a MRE … More MRE & Me
California Meetings News As a PBC advocate as well as a patient, I am constantly striving to provide information, and inspiration to patients with this chronic liver disease. Living with PBC is not always easy and things can change as far as symptom severity on a day to day basis. For me, I suffer with … More Announcing local California meetings
I had the privilege of attending AASLD’s 2017 Liver Meeting® which is the largest conference for liver specialists in the US. I attended this conference as a member of PBCers Organization (the largest US based support group) as an exhibitor, along with several others from this organization. It was a fruitful event as we were … More What I learned from the 2017 Liver Meeting® in Washington D.C.
Changes at OPTN – Enhancing Liver Distribution You may be aware that OPTN (Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network or UNOS) is proposing a change to the way it distributes livers to those awaiting a transplant. Essentially the program has become a boondoggle of bureaucracy and dysfunction. For the past five years various groups, committees and stakeholders … More
When someone asks me why I am so tired all the time, I take the time to explain that I have a rare, chronic autoimmune disease that is slowly destroying my liver. This statement usually elicits further interest and gives me an opportunity to talk about liver disease and specifically about the liver disease that … More A bright new day
This is the excerpt for your very first post. … More The Journey Begins
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