Just when life was going fairly?? good....along comes the truck..

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Dear ; Have been reading every post as usual...Going to my rheumy

as usual...then this. I had Hepatitis B in the 1970's way before the Hep B

Vaccine was in existence. Got stuck by a needle when I was in the military

during a code on a Gastroenterology floor... Everyone had some type of

Hepatitis there. got Hep B ,and have been a carrier since then. My rheumy

has been very careful of my liver function tests. Have them done once

monthly because of the methotrexate. Went into my family Doc.. had nausea,

and abdominal pain, thought I had gall bladder symptoms.. Had the abdominal

ultrasound this am. Now I have abdominal ascites.. Cause yet unknown. At

this point Family Doc and Rheumy putting heads together. No tests ordered as

of yet. .I knew I had a greater chance of getting Liver Cancer,but my liver

function tests have always been normal.

Any case of methotrexate induced ascites?...And could the ascites be

cancer with the liver as a primary site. Also... How could all this happen

with normal liver function tests..I am very confused....Hellos to

all...Louise

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