The Derek Janiak Hepatobiliary Forum
The liver is the largest internal organ in humans and the only one that will grow back if part of it is removed. It is responsible for over 500 different functions in collaboration with other organs. Pfft. Overachiever.
This is an outrageously long post, and I'm sorry about that, but I had a lot to share and this blog is as much for me as it is for all of you. So snuggle up with a warm beverage and I'll tell you the tale of my hernia repair. Long time readers of the …
"Writing Is a Struggle Against Silence." - Carlos Fuentes There's an urgency and necessity associated with an organ transplant; conscious decisions made by my caretakers, the liver specialist doctors, assume that the operation giving me a new liver will result in a higher survival rate than living with my current liver. Interestingly, I looked at …
