Q: What is a liver disease that is often the result of drinking heavily for many years?

A: I don't know. I don't drink. I can't. I had my liver removed.

I had a perfectly healthy liver, but my niece was very ill and she needed a liver transplant. So I donated my liver. The entire thing.

Turns out you kind of need that. I probably should have had a second opinion. Or a first opinion. I probably should have run this whole scenario by a doctor at least once. Self-performed surgery is not simple matter and should not be undertaken lightly.

The worst part is that my niece contracted graft-versus-host disease and her body rejected the liver. Turns out we didn't share the same blood type. Again, this is where a doctor would have come in handy. So now she's dead and I don't have a liver.

On the bright side, I've lost a lot of weight!