Beth and Katie’s story: “I’m struggling to come to terms with how quickly I deteriorated and that, technically, I lost ten days of my life’
When Beth began to experience extreme fatigue, her fiancee Katie pushed for treatment and asked constant questions …
Ben’s story: “A medical team gave me every procedure they could think of – they glued me, put a balloon in and banded me”
Ben suddenly started experiencing fatigue and his GP thought at first that it might be Covid. When …
Clare’s story: “My bile ducts had shrivelled up and the only cure was a liver transplant”
Seven years after being diagnosed with Primary Biliary Cholangitis, Clare was a busy working mum and, although …
Chris’ story: “I was offered a new liver, but the surgery would have to start before it arrived. If it wasn’t fit for purpose, I wouldn’t recover”
Chris was just 29 when he was diagnosed with Alpha A1 deficiency which damaged his liver. He …
Louis’ story: “My liver cancer was gone but I was still on the liver transplant list. Did I still need one?”
When Louis’ sister was suddenly and unexpectedly diagnosed with liver failure, he immediately wanted to donate part …
Louise’s story: “I was bleeding internally and had burst varices. I needed to get to hospital ASAP”
When Louise started getting dizzy spells, she struggled to convince her GP of the need for a …
Chris and Sam’s story: “We weren’t told about encephalopathy at all”
When Chris was diagnosed with non alcohol cirrhosis of the liver neither he or partner Sam were …
Chris’ story: “Liver disease was poisoning my system”
Chris liked salty food and regularly ate ready meals, not realising the irreparable damage they were doing …
Adhnan’s story: “I couldn’t bear to see my little boy suffer, so I donated part of my liver to him”
Adhnan never realised the magnitude of the living donor process and found the post-operative pain almost unbearable, …
Jayne’s story: “I promised my dad when he died that I would keep telling people about liver disease”
When Jayne first started feeling unwell her GP said ‘it’s all in your head’. She was put …