Dear Abby: My Doctor Says I Need to Lose Weight, but My Family Encourages the Backsliding

Dear Abby: My doctor says I need to lose weight, but my family encourages the backsliding

DEAR ABBY: I am struggling with a recent diagnosis of severe liver disease (non-alcoholic) and need to lose 30 pounds. I have had two bouts of cancer in five years as well as arthritis. I have dedicated myself to explicitly following my doctor’s directions to eat organic and low-fat foods and to exercise daily to improve my liver. I face surgery in the next few months.

Brown in need of liver transplant

The Pendroy community is pulling together on Saturday, June 7, to help raise money for local farmer and rancher Justin Brownell, 54, who is battling liver disease and will need a transplant.