Liver Shrinkage ... is it permanent?

[TwinkleTwinkle]

Does anyone know whether your liver stays in good shape after the operation? I had a scan for gall stones in March & it was negative (Turns out I had a bad case of food poisoning) but my doctor said that although all was good on the scan, it did show I had a fatty liver. No big surprise & as he knew I was on the list for a bypass, he just said to leave it. So having gone through the milk diet & the surgeon telling me my liver was fine, I just wondered if it would stay that way given that we now eat correctly/healthily. Just another one of those things that occurred to me out of the blue xxx

 

[suzie290304]

The way I look at it if you are following low carb, high protein and not consuming much cals post op don't think there will be much chance of it going back to being fat unless eating badly (hehehe could be wrong and please correct me if I'm talking out me arse lol) x

 

[mazbrad]

not sure but didnt want to read n run lol so had to answer... hpe someone will help you with answer soon xx

 

[Big an Bouncy]

I think we always have an amount of fat in the liver,its just how much that makes the difference between healthy and fatty!

 

[BrianT]

As far as I know Denise your Liver grows and shrinks depending on your diet. The liver is a store for many things like Glycogen and Bile, it also takes proteins and fats and turns them into glucose. when we did the diet we reduced the intake of those things which made the liver shrink, had you gone back to your old eating habits it would have gone back to the size and condition it was before.
Consider it the Tesco's of your body

 

[amy_m]

I don't know if this helps but ur liver can actually recover and repair itself. Also with regards to weight gain and weight loss ur liver gets it first. That why u can't have op if you have put on weight as the weight gain goes onto the liver first and that means the surgeon can't get passed it to get to our stomachs

Hope it helps or if it doesn't good to know lol xx

 

[TwinkleTwinkle]

Thanks peeps ... much as I thought. Must have been having an aberration in my thought process this morning ... Need more protein, lol xxx

 

[Magsy]

What a good question x

 

[Miss Tickle]

I had Non alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease before the op and still have it now. Before surgery my cholesterol was nice and low, controlled by statins. Straight after surgery my cholesterol shot up and has remained high since-and no one knows why. At my first post op appointment the specialist said thee is a good chance of the liver returning to normal but that it doesn't happen in every case. For some people the condition will never cause any problems but some of us will go on to develop more significant disease.

 

[TwinkleTwinkle]

I had Non alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease before the op and still have it now. Before surgery my cholesterol was nice and low, controlled by statins. Straight after surgery my cholesterol shot up and has remained high since-and no one knows why. At my first post op appointment the specialist said thee is a good chance of the liver returning to normal but that it doesn't happen in every case. For some people the condition will never cause any problems but some of us will go on to develop more significant disease.

Thank you for that MT ... I only asked out of curiosity, not because I have any problems. I really hope you go on to make a full recovery in time, sweetheart xxx :wave_cry: