Category: Liver Disease Champions
It Happened To Me | My Fatty Liver Journey
Melanie was all too familiar with fatty liver disease, with her husband being diagnosed 5 years earlier. But, she never thought it would happen to her.
Sparking a Passion for Change
Serena Ho is the first to admit she knew little about liver disease. It wasn’t until her dad Stephen was diagnosed with liver cancer, that both her and her family began buffing up on their liver health knowledge.
Tale of a Tenured Volunteer
Marla’s “jack of all trades” volunteer tenure with the CLF demonstrates how anyone with the determination, passion and drive to help others can play a tremendous role in promoting liver health and reducing the impact of liver disease.
Who Gives a Sliver of a Liver to a Stranger?
Heather Badenoch did not hesitate after seeing a family turn to social media in their search for a living liver donor. This sparked the beginning of her journey to becoming an anonymous living liver donor.
Life After Hepatitis C: A New Chapter
Having received a blood transfusion during surgery 35 years earlier, Maryann had been carrying the hepatitis C virus for decades without even knowing it. Now, her liver was in stage three fibrosis.
“Love You to Pieces!”
Six years after her initial diagnosis, Lorraine’s Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) kicked into high gear and began severely damaging her liver.
The CLF-CASL Gold Medal Award
In 1983, The Canadian Liver Foundation (CLF) established the Gold Medal Award, created to recognize international doctors and scientists that have made a significant contribution to the advancement of liver health and disease.
When NASH Becomes a Family Affair
When we say that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the most common liver disease in Canada, Tracy Freitas-Scott has no trouble picturing what that means. She and her family are living proof.