Revelation

So there I was; spiraling to an early death.  I had been working for a rather large bank for about 6 years.  I wasn't exercising.  I was eating poorly.  I would order a large pizza and a 2 liter of soda. The pizza would last two days, but the soda was gone in one evening. It was not unusual for me to drink about 8 cans of Coke in a single day.

I was approaching 290.  I was waking myself up snoring.  I was having horrible night sweats.  I would have a couple of sever URI's per month.  I actually broke a chair at a restaurant.  They were mortified; but it wasn't their fault.  When I traveled, I was that guy that no one wanted sitting next to them on the plane.  I was in 46 jeans.  I was wearing 2XL polo's.  Suits were better described as tents.  I had finally moved over to the big and tall section at stores.

Any thought of introducing a woman into my life was quickly dismissed.  Even if they wanted to be with me, I wasn't going to widow them.

However things were about to change.  Two very important things were happening around the same time.

The first; I had met someone online that shared my passion for Blue Jackets hockey.  She was Canadian and for some reason she really enjoyed my postings online.  We chatted online a lot and decided to meet once before a Blue Jackets game.  This was friendship brought upon by a common interest.  She never commented on my appearance and she never looked down on me. However, my health started to come up from time to time.

The second; I was researching liver disease online because of my friends health issues.  We had talked about her options and one of them was a partial liver donation.  I promised her that I would reverse my health issues and, if I could, donate part of my liver if we were compatible if that time ever came.

The latter will become apparent next.  The former will become clear in a later blog entry.

During my research I came upon a site; http://www.liverdoctor.com/ and a Doctor Sandra Cabot.   I started doing some research online and came upon this image to the right.  That is advanced fatty infiltration of the liver.  I also discovered the dangers to having a fatty liver and they are not pretty.  Is that not one of the most disgusting things you have ever seen?  You know what should concern you?  If you have excess abdomen fat, you have fatty infiltration of the liver.  I discovered that the first place fat is stored is directly in the liver. When you discover what the liver does you quickly realize how key that organ is in your overall health and longevity.  When you do reading online you will quickly realize how foolish some of these experts sound.  The key to improving my health was taking care of the largest organ in my body.  It's a domino effect.

On her site, she referenced a few books she had wrote.  I decided to purchase the book that changed my life.  It was called "Fatty Liver; You Can Reverse It".  When this book came from Amazon in a couple of days, I absorbed the book in a couple of days.  This book described what was happening in my body and what the function of the liver is.  It also described the progression of the disease.  I have purchased about 10 copies of this book and have given them out to friends and family.  To this point I can say that not one of them has followed through with her recommendations for any length of time.  Why?  I'll cover that in later entries.

As I said in the previous entry; I didn't immediately start.  It was a good six to eight months before I actually started.  During my next blog entry, I describe what actually prompted me to make the change.  In later entries, I will start to cover some of the things in this book as well as another site that has helped tremendously.  I will also eventually cover exercise.

Until tomorrow!  Thanks for stopping by.