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Fatty Liver - Help please

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floralandfresh · 01/07/2026 19:01

My mums in her early 60’s and about 5 years ago was told she had a fatty liver. I don’t believe she changed her life style an awful lot since that time as I think it was fairly mild fatty liver at that time. She has a couple of alcoholic drinks max once a week, exercises (walking several times a week) but could certainly do more and eats relatively healthy meals but eats far too much cake / biscuits. She can polish off the entire pack of biscuits and comfort eats of an evening. She has been feeling tired so had a scan which shown the fatty liver is worse. She doesn’t seem to be giving me any info on what stage this is at though which is causing me significant worry.

She has said her liver function test is within normal range. She has decided to totally overhaul with a lot more walking and exercise, completely cut out the sugar / fatty food and stick to eggs and healthy food and not drink alcohol. This I’m pleased to hear. She has also decided to come off some medication as she takes a lot, and is worried this may be contributing. She has been referred by gp to a specialist. I can tell she is worried about this.

Has anyone got experience or anything at all that may help me understand more. I believe it can be repairable but as I’m in the dark about the stage, I don’t know how possible this is.

Thanks for reading. Anxious daughter

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floralandfresh · 06/07/2026 16:45

WhereDoBrokenHeartsGo · 06/07/2026 15:40

She was stage 3, fibrosis, so it’s possible to make changes even at that stage. She was very strict with diet and exercise and her consultant was wonderful. I think the fibroscan worked as she knew where she was at and what she had to do, she was so shocked she just got straight to work. We’d always associated liver with alcohol, I had no idea that diet could do so much damage.

Thanks for your message. I suspect mums is stage 3 to be honest so your message is helpful. Did she have a follow up to see if improvement was made to liver after lifestyle changes? Did they say anything re prognosis or what to expect moving forward? Thanks again.

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WhereDoBrokenHeartsGo · 06/07/2026 21:49

floralandfresh · 06/07/2026 16:45

Thanks for your message. I suspect mums is stage 3 to be honest so your message is helpful. Did she have a follow up to see if improvement was made to liver after lifestyle changes? Did they say anything re prognosis or what to expect moving forward? Thanks again.

I can’t remember the exact numbers but her fibroscan came down in numbers and she was at stage 1 when she was discharged from her consultant. It did take 2 to 3 years to get to that point, it was a long haul. She lost 4 stone and was constantly walking. I always attended her appointments with her and the consultant was always very positive about how much impact diet and exercise would have. I was devastated when she was diagnosed but lifestyle changes can do so much.

WhereDoBrokenHeartsGo · 06/07/2026 22:00

I should have mentioned that my mum was diagnosed around 15 years ago so I’m sure there have been lots of developments since.

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