Liver!!

 This morning I had a doctor's appointment to check several things: First my knee has been hurting for two weeks and it hurts to walk it hurts to sit with it so pretty much it hurts all the time. We did an xray of the knee and now we are waiting.  Second my side is hurting more and more each day which usually means my liver is enlarged again. We did blood work to see how the enzymes are doing.  Finally the third thing my ears were hurting which is always the first sign of a lung infection. We ended up putting me back on steroids and antibodies for the infection and the wheezing.  Which the last two is consequences of my choice to use drugs 11 years ago. After I left the doctor, I was thinking about the scriptures and where in Mosiah 3:19 where it talks about what the Lord has seen fit to afflict upon you. I know me and I know that Heavenly Father knows me and knows that if I did not have 2x4 hitting me up the side of the head I would not get it or remember it. So I know that if I did not have to pay deep and serious consequences of my choices then I would forget how painful it was. Which the first is caused by my weight so it is another sign that its so important I lose to win.
Dr. Oz took a cross-section of a healthy liver (left) and an unhealthy liver (middle) to better demonstrate the differences.

The healthy liver is soft, smooth and supple. The unhealthy liver contains little nodules, The liver serves to process all the materials you bring into your body, which it can't do if it's diseased.