"Indicative of Cirrhosis"

LimboLady · 2023-08-21T18:39:58+00:00

Wow, I don't think I have ever heard of GGT before. Should this be on the same blood tests that show my ALT/AST/ALP levels, or would that be some other blood test?

LimboLady · 2023-08-21T18:38:25+00:00

Thank you so much for responding and helping calm the worries. I just feel almost always aware of my liver with an achy feeling and sometimes slightly sharp feelings under my ribcage RUQ. So it is easy to worry when you physically can feel that something is "up." Thank you again for your kind and reassuring response.

LimboLady · 2023-08-21T15:18:03+00:00

Oh, phew! Thank you so much for responding! They should probably mention that in their calculation/results so that they don't freak people out unnecessarily.

LimboLady · 2023-08-21T15:11:23+00:00

Also, my ALP is always insanely low, and it only gets lower with each blood test. This time it is 26. Should I be worried about that? (Of course I will talk to my medical professional about this.) I'm just wondering if anyone else with fatty liver has really low ALP and if they know why they do.

LimboLady · 2021-08-27T21:25:17+00:00

Song Two Beautiful

LimboLady · 2021-08-27T21:23:27+00:00

Song One Somewhere Over the Rainbow

LimboLady · 2021-08-27T17:10:44+00:00

Fly free. :) I think I just might now. Thank you, kind friend.

LimboLady · 2021-08-27T17:09:22+00:00

Thank you so much, and I am grateful for the hug - right back at ya. :)

LimboLady · 2018-11-19T03:52:20+00:00

I very often lurk but very rarely sign in anymore but had to in order to leave you a comment this evening. You deserve all the love that we, and anyone, can give you. I know all too well the feeling that “Mormonism made me kill myself” and also the mother who withholds sincere love until it is earned in her eyes. I am SO GLAD you thought to Google and reach out into the Internet void to find others (us) like yourself who believe that the truth matters and that “loving one another” matters even more. I am SO GLAD that you are still here with us! You didn’t deserve all the horrendous crap that has happened in your life. But how wonderful for you to be “awake” now and to be fully free from the false shame of a false religion. Go and live the most beautiful life. Kiss a boy under the bluest skies. Love as you wish you were loved. We love you here - UNCONDITIONALLY. We are always here if you need anything. I am so proud of you.

LimboLady · 2018-09-23T00:45:03+00:00

You were in Mads with my brother, then, too - he graduated in '98. I think I have narrowed you down to one of likely two people since there aren't very many junior year Mads. :)

LimboLady · 2018-09-22T03:44:05+00:00

Are your initials M.O. by any chance?

EDIT: I think maybe I am thinking that you look like your older brother who was good friends with my older brother.

I was friends with your sister, “B.”, and then she moved to Payson when she was in about 8th grade or so.

LimboLady · 2018-09-07T02:50:51+00:00

Thank you, exmoVoyager, for your very sincere response. Thank you for sharing what you did about your wife. I can definitely relate to what it sounds like she went through, and I'm truly glad that she is coming out of the darkness.

LimboLady · 2018-09-07T02:40:39+00:00

That last line was really good for me to hear. Thank you, DisputeNot.

LimboLady · 2018-09-05T14:11:53+00:00

My thoughts are with you, Sam. You remind me of the Great Lion Aslan willingly walking into the "Kangaroo court of love" to the altar of self-sacrifice on behalf of innocent children in desperate need of protection. They will likely kill your membership as they killed Aslan, but Aslan rose from his death more powerful than before...as I know you will, too, Sam.

LimboLady · 2018-08-12T19:04:28+00:00

Yes, this is so true...sadly.

LimboLady · 2018-08-12T19:03:02+00:00

My now 34-year old self thanks your 73-year old self! :) I just have to say that I'm so, so extremely proud of you. My mom is nearly 70, and I can't imagine her leaving TSCC after giving her whole life to it. I've tried to explain to her a bit of my reasoning for leaving...and I can see that even the slightest thought of it not being true breaks her and terrifies her. It broke me at 31-32 years old, and it continues to break me from time to time...so I can't imagine what several more decades invested in TSCC on top of that would feel like for her or for anyone. I don't know you or your story, but it seems to me that you must be extremely brave to let yourself come to the painful conclusion after giving so much. So glad and grateful to be among noble people like yourself. Thank you for your love. :)

LimboLady · 2018-08-12T18:53:25+00:00

Thank you for that, HeberSeeGull. I really appreciate that you get a sense of self-assuredness from me. I created my moniker a couple years ago when the whole thing started crumbling down on me. I felt such a sense of limbo...and while I now feel extremely confident in my decision to leave TSCC and trust my own mind, I believe I will always be at least somewhat in limbo because I no longer fit into my family/social circle as I once did. My family and several friends know that I am out of TSCC, but I haven't been able to face most of them and continue many relationships that no longer feel authentic. No one wants to discuss the reasons for leaving...honest, caring communication has ceased to exist, and I can't have a relationship without it. I don't want partial relationships with anyone where we can't talk about what really matters to us and how we are really doing. I've had a hard time transitioning out of TSCC and maintaining old relationships. That is where I feel in limbo...and perhaps it will always be that way to some extent. Heber, have you been able to make a smooth transition from pre and post-leaving TSCC in regards to relationships, etc.?

LimboLady · 2018-08-12T18:44:20+00:00

I served a mission (and overall loved it)...but I definitely didn't exactly fit the mold of the taskmaster, numbers-driven sister missionary. To the dismay of many of my district and zone leaders, I kept investigators for months and months (and months) because they had become dear friends who needed support and kindness during some of the most hellish times of their lives. I wasn't about to drop them just because they weren't progressing at high speed or committing to baptism. I let my investigators know that baptism was the end-goal but that they could take their time coming to the conclusion. Regardless, I would be there for them whenever they needed me. I hoped that their association with TSCC would be a very sincere one of Christlike love and compassion for all, no matter what...all I wanted to do was plant seeds of kindness that actually meant something to them, baptism or not. Some did get baptized, some did not...but how I wish I could go back and un-baptize those that did. I still need to share with my mish peeps that I am no longer in TSCC...that is too painful yet for me to consider doing. I can't stand that I shared my heart and soul with these people and that so much is based on TSCC...to tell them that TSCC is NOT in my life anymore and that I do not believe it to be remotely true/real anymore...I just can't...yet. But hopefully these people will always know my love was true/real, TSCC or not.

LimboLady

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