Karen Hoyt

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The Hepatic Encephalopathy (H.E) Support Group

The Hepatic Encephalopathy (H.E) Support Group  The Hepatic Encephalopathy (H.E) Support Group is a Facebook page moderated by my friend Bill Pinson. This group is filled with good people who lift each other up with kind comments and feedback. That is not easy to

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Eating Before Liver Tests

Eating Before Liver Tests  I think somebody broke into my house and stole my paperwork. I need it tomorrow for my liver tests, an MRI and some bone scans. This paperwork tells me where to be and at what time. 

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Protein Shakes for a Healthy Liver

There is something glorious about vegetable juice and protein shakes for a healthy liver. Some of you think that if you can’t chew it, it’s not food.  Its easy and oh so scrumptious to make shakes and you’ll be putting all kinds

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Drugs that are Safe for Liver Pain

Drugs that are Safe for Liver Pain  This blog about liver pain is different than my first blog or youtube. With liver cancer, Tace, chemo ablation – I’m like most of you, I try to handle pain bravely.  But recently there

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Healing HCC Liver Cancer Retreat

Healing HCC Liver Cancer Retreat  – After I was diagnosed and was in the Oh My Gosh I Can’t Believe It’s Cancer stage, my first google searches were about what to do when you find out you have cancer. I wanted

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Liver Safe Vitamins and Supplements with Cirrhosis

Liver Safe Vitamins and Supplements with Cirrhosis    Making sure that you get the right vitamins is important with liver disease. But remember, a damaged or inflammed liver cannot handle an overload of vitamins, and  the wrong dose can cause more harm

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Fast Food Drive Thru with Low Sodium

Fast Food Drive Thru with Low Sodium  It’s time to get smart about eating out! Yes, you can find fast food drive thru with low sodium. If you are on a blood pressure medication or diuretic, you know that the sodium

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Getting Dental Work with Hepatitis C and Cirrhosis

      Getting Dental Work with Hepatitis C and Cirrhosis is important. It is not easy to keep smiling with Liver Disease. When dealing with hep c, or liver cirrhosis, it’s easy to lose your smile.  In addition, cirrhosis, and hep

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TACE for Liver Tumor from Hepatitis and Cirrhosis

Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization is a mouthful! I like the nickname TACE.  I think of a taser – like that gun the police chase unruly people with? Seriously, I learned quite a bit about the procedure and my TACE for Liver

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Liver Cancer after Hepatitis C Treatment

Liver Cancer after Hepatitis C Treatment is not the norm, but it is a threat to those of us who have severe liver damage. Reading about Heptacellular Carcinoma, or HCC, and Hepatitis C can take your mind in a couple

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25 Best things to do for HCC Liver Cancer

25 Best things to do for HCC Liver Cancer  I wanted to share my personal list of the 25 Best things to do for HCC Liver Cancer. Ever since being diagnosed with Hepatocellular liver cancer from end stage cirrhosis my life has

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Hand Yoga for Muscle Cramps and Stiffness

I have come up with an exercise that I call Hand Yoga for Muscle Cramps and Stiffness. It’s been hurting off and on for a few weeks, and I pushed it a little bit too hard. It is important to

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Is Too Much Protein Good or Bad for Your Liver

Is Too Much Protein Good or Bad for Your Liver We want to feel like we have choices when it comes to living with a liver disease. The protein question is confusing. We know that protein is essential for most of

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Ascites Cause Symptoms and Treatment

Ascites Cause Symptoms and Treatment  The first time I heard the word ascites after my diagnosis, I had to google it.  A lot of new words were coming at me and this one is easy to remember because I know

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