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My journey with liver disease began when I was 12 years old. After being rushed to the ER due to burst esophageal varices, doctors learned that my liver was dangerously close to failure.

My advice to anyone with alcoholic cirrhosis is to stay positive, believe in yourself, never give up, stop drinking alcohol immediately and listen to your doctor – it will save your life.

I have always been a healthy and active person. As a child, my parents impressed upon me the benefits of eating healthy and exercising.

I was born with Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis that was discovered when I was in grade school.

As the caregiver for the 7 years 9 months my husband waited for his transplant, HE was by far the most difficult side effect of liver disease to deal with.

I have been diagnosed with various autoimmune diseases. One of which they are now considering may have overlapped into a second autoimmune disease (AIH/PBC) both attacking my liver.

I entered the US Military at the age of 18 and caught Hepatitis C while serving as a medic.

My name is Valerie Green I was diagnosed with Chronic Hepatitis C genotype 2 in August 2015 at age 56 after feeling lousy for a the last 8 years.

Having been addicted to drugs and alcohol for 20 years, in 2001 I was 13 years clean and feeling pretty good about myself. I had a wonderful family and had very recently moved to Durham, NC for a new job.

I was in an airport about to fly home when my wife called and told me the diagnosis. Meyer had an autoimmune liver disease. I had no understanding of liver disease.

I was diagnosed with Autoimmune Hepatitis and stayed in the hospital for two weeks. After a year and a half in treatment, I’m now in remission.

I didn't know anything about HE until my wife was on her deathbed with liver failure and her doctor asked me about certain symptoms, observed her physical condition and provided a diagnosis.