What goes around...

comes around. I admit I deserve it all after conspiring to trick Joy at work. I have been in a little medical drama of my own.

On the 1st I had a follow-up appt. to have my liver function test. My enzymes have been elevated for the last year and the Dr. has been testing me every 3 months. Anyway, I tested but good this time! AST - 160, ALT - 305, ALP - 306...Bili was normal and Alb was normal. Ultrasound was inconclusive .

Anyway, the working diagnosis is PBC - Primary Biliary Cholang....something or other. I'm not sure. I have a few other symptoms that the Doc thinks are related - hypothyroid... They still haven't done a biopsy so I'm not 100% sold. Doc has taken me off everything including my Centrum vitamins! I CAN take Claritin D as a last resort when allergies flare. Other than that, I can't take any meds and I have to eat less protein.

Fun stuff. But hey, it is all good! Mentally, I feel better than I have in a few years. I started tanning today and my son and I are walking every evening. Ben has been having good days. My daughter turned 17 Monday.

It just doesn't get much better.

 

wow, sista.

medical stuff can be a bummer -- we're still goign through the weirdest medical spell we've ever had. my being sick, ty being sick, my toe...

how much medicine were you taking? is that why you think you feel better (ie: more clear)? or is it the food?

glad you're ok.

 

i love you lainey. you inspire me more than you will ever know.


sometimes being not so healthy is not the worst thing in the world. keep your chin up girl.


"17" - wow curtis is almost 14. we are old bitches!

 

I hope you guys are getting better!

I don't take too many meds. Thyroid, vitamins daily. Tramadol few times weekly and sometimes sudafed.

I'm just feeling positive right now. Spingtime maybe...?! I love this time of year. I get tired most days and I have been dealing with hoarseness every day...Ben seems grateful! (I have GERD and it causes hoarseness.) But all in all, I'm feeling pretty good.

 

:kisser:

Not being completely healthy has made me appreciate more. But i won't complain if it stops here.

 

Lainey

Don't go hating me girl for saying this. The tanner... babe, it can't be happening until we figure out what is wrong with your liver.
You could be elevated due to tylenol. Did you take it every day or every few days for the last couple of years? There are a lot of things that can get your liver out of whack and I used to do needle biopsies on them, it isn't that bad. You don't need to be in the tanner just yet though, please.

 

Ok. That is one I haven't heard. My daughter and I just signed up today on a whim. I never even gave it one thought except how good the heat feels on my old bones.

Tylenol? Rarely. Back in December AST was 112 and ALT was 160 - this has been steadily climbing over the last 6 months or so. I was tested again on Tuesday and I'll test again the 26th. He has me on every two weeks. Doc. wants to do the biopsy after the 28th. Oh and this is a Gastro I was referred to, not my Primary Care.

 

I guess todays tanners are a lot less harmful than the ones in the 80's and 90's and I am sure you use it responsibly. I knew a girl who got liver damage back in the day from the tanner but she was abusing it. Might be something to ask about, but in retrospect, I'm sure you aren't the abusing type. I shoulda kept my big mouth shut.

 

I don't know if they are or not! Like I said, I just did this on a whim today. I'm trying to recapture my youth!

 

Maybe I missed something Lainey, but why are your liver enzynes elevated?