Awww, Dej! appreciate the post for prayers and appreciate your support more than you know. Thanks Kitty, Sally, Twotwo

Scan done, results in... Fatty liver disease, which was my first guess since I gained nearly 25 pounds from November to March and it aint gone nowhere *sigh* so, now it is "official" that I need to do what I've been attempting to do--motivate myself to eat better, walk more, stretch more, exercise more.

I'm always amazed at how we can know in our head what needs doing but the body goes inert... I weighed 220 back in Nov. 2006, made a decision to change that, started exercising, yoga, walking, eating better--no fast food for over a year and by fall of 2007 when I met Dejibo I was around 180, limber (could stand flat footed with feet together and put my palms on the floor), and still maintaining a healthy lifestyle (besides the smoking)

2009...doing less and less, watching the weight creep on me...185, 190, 195... then last October decided to try the Chantix = less smoking, skin problems, depression, weight gain... elevated liver enzymes...225 and fatigued, unmotivated, angry with myself, etc. So that's how I arrive at my current dx of fatty liver disease.

something funny to relieve the serious: they had 4 different people pushing the ultrasound thingie on my abdomen, side, back.. said pictures were hard to get because I had gas bubbles they couldn't see thru... so, after an hour they are finally done, 2 ladies left in the room, I roll side ways to get off the table and you guessed it!!! just had to fart crop dusted the room big time and boy did they hurry me along to the hallway; boy did it stink too! but honestly I couldn't help it!

so, thanks for the positive thoughts and prayers. I know what I need to do, just need to do eet!!

oh! they found 4 stones in my gall bladder too :S asymptomatic so they can just live there