Liver La Vida Loca - a Column by Kathryn Hudson

YouTube is one of my guiltiest pleasures. I watch everything from cultural and historical videos to food, entertainment, and political channels, especially when the subject…

Summers in Utah, where I grew up, meant hot days spent boating and swimming in lakes. For my friends and me, they also meant drinking…

I start my day every morning by swallowing a handful of pills with water I keep on my nightstand. It has been this way for…

Today, I sat down to go over my upcoming summer doctor appointments because ’tis the season for my annual upper and lower gastrointestinal scopes and…

Long before I ever set foot inside my gastroenterologist’s office to discuss my liver health and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), I was diagnosed with…

Your liver may store excess fat when you’re living with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), but does it also store secrets you’re keeping from your…

The email wasn’t unexpected. Earlier in the week, I had received a call from my transplant coordinator at one of the two hospitals where I’m…

One of the things I’ve been most grateful for over the past few years is simple: I’m not as sick as I once was. When…

As much as I’d like to believe the tough people who say they have “no regrets,” I’m not buying it. You mean to…

Some of my least-favorite calls to make are to cancel doctor appointments. Maybe it’s the Jenga-like way I have to wedge them into my life.