Raising For Ray: What is End Stage Liver Disease? (Cirrhosis)

Dear Friends , We have opened an on-line shopping mall to help us raise money. All we need you to do is use our mall to shop at the stores you already shop at on the internet. We have over 600 national stores where you can shop. To make things really easy and to make sure we get credit for your online purchases click on the following link and download our Shopping Wizard. Once it is downloaded we will get cash back whenever you shop at any of the participating stores. That's all there is to it. Click on the following link to download the Shopping Wizard. You can also shop directly through our Mall at: http://www.visitourmall.com/FriendsofRayDonald The really cool thing about the mall is that you are shopping at the actual store websites that you would shop at anyway. They give us special discounts and coupons for our mall and we get to keep a percentage of the sales generated. I hope you will help us out by downloading our Shopping Wizard and shopping online. (Many folks are doing their Christmas Shopping using our mall!!) Thanks so much, The Donald Family p.s. Please forward this email to everyone you know. It will really help us reach our goal! Click below to visit our mall: http://www.visitourmall.com/FriendsofRayDonald

Saturday, October 31, 2009

What is End Stage Liver Disease? (Cirrhosis)

Cirrhosis (sih-ROW-sis) is a term used to describe scarring of the liver. Your liver is a large organ that sits in your upper abdomen. The liver carries out several essential functions, such as detoxifying harmful substances in your body, purifying your blood and manufacturing vital nutrients.

Cirrhosis occurs in response to chronic damage to your liver. With mild cirrhosis, your liver can make repairs and continue its role in the body. But with more advanced cirrhosis, more and more scar tissue forms in the liver, making it impossible to function. A number of diseases and conditions can cause the chronic liver damage that leads to cirrhosis.