Hey Vicc,
I too have an enlarged liver. And my liver isn't considered to be a 'sick' liver either. It is called a fatty liver & I can't seem to loose weight *LOL* Want to trade body weight?? I wish I only weighed 134. I hardly eat anything & I still can't loose any weight. I am so darn sick & tired of being over weight. I have liver enzyme blood tests done 2 to 3 times a year. No one has brought up taking me off of my pain meds yet. I take morphine & oxycodone for BTP. I just thought I would let you know this info. The only thing the doctor has said not to do is to not drink alcohol & don't take Tylenol. I never was much of a drinker so that was no great loss giving up alcohol & Tylenot hasn't done much for me as far as pain goes in years so giving it up was no great loss either. I take Aleve for fever or headache.

And you will have blood tests done, a chest xray done and numerous other tests done before you can have the surgery to have the pump implanted anyway. A doctor has to clear you for surgery, which of course means give you a clean bill of health. No one will do any type of surgery without this being done first. So you might as well go along with what tests your GP wants to do & be done with it. Cause even when WC gives the go ahead for a pump, no one will do one with out you receiving a 'clean bill of health' anyway.

Goodluck on the trial next Wed. I am looking into the pump after the end of this year. Brought it up to the doctor in Oct & he said I was an excellent candidate for one, then Ron, our grandson we raised the last 12 yrs, was hit & killed by a DUI & well I just don't have th energy to look into it right now. Its all we can do to get thru each day.

DebbyV