Anyone- liver ultra sound?

[Guest guest]

Hello All,

I haven't been on in a while, we have been looking at different places that we

could move and have my m-i-l live with us, we would need more room.

I went to my rh and he did blood work, a day later I get a call that my liver

enzymes are elavated and he wants to do a ultra-sound. My sed rate was up too.

I didn't get any answers talking to his nurse, and I googled liver ultra sound,

and alot of the sites came up with liver cancer. Okay, now I'm scared!!!!!

Anyone have this done? I need to ease my fears. I am on Liptor which I know

can effect the liver. But I've been on it for quite some time, and my blood

work has come back normal.

What else could it be that they are looking for, has anyone ever had a liver

ultra sound?

Hugs all and I need one too,

Judy/WI

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[Guest guest]

Judy,

I have what is considered to be a " fatty liver " . I've been over 200 pounds

most of my life and it raises my liver enzymes. The idiot doctor I had in

the hospital actually said I was an alcoholic. one of these days he'll see

what an alcoholic can do. Grrrrrr.

I saw my liver doc and he said the fatty liver alone would cause the enzymes

to be high. Although I'm no longer that heavy, it's still something I keep

an eye on. BTW, the liver is an organ that can regenerate. As long as we

don't kill it, our liver will try to help us out no matter what.

Tigger (Ruth) in Rhode Island

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Subject: Anyone- liver ultra sound?

Hello All,

I haven't been on in a while, we have been looking at different places that

we could move and have my m-i-l live with us, we would need more room.

I went to my rh and he did blood work, a day later I get a call that my

liver enzymes are elavated and he wants to do a ultra-sound. My sed rate was

up too. I didn't get any answers talking to his nurse, and I googled liver

ultra sound, and alot of the sites came up with liver cancer. Okay, now I'm

scared!!!!! Anyone have this done? I need to ease my fears. I am on Liptor

which I know can effect the liver. But I've been on it for quite some time,

and my blood work has come back normal.

What else could it be that they are looking for, has anyone ever had a liver

ultra sound?

Hugs all and I need one too,

Judy/WI

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[Guest guest]

I am not sure what they are looking for, but since your bloodwork came back with

some problems, they must check to rule out different things it could be. don't

worry, just go and see what they find out. could be a cyst perhaps or fatty

liver. I will keep you in my prayers,

hugs,

Judy Thurow wrote:

Hello All,

I haven't been on in a while, we have been looking at different places that we

could move and have my m-i-l live with us, we would need more room.

I went to my rh and he did blood work, a day later I get a call that my liver

enzymes are elavated and he wants to do a ultra-sound. My sed rate was up too. I

didn't get any answers talking to his nurse, and I googled liver ultra sound,

and alot of the sites came up with liver cancer. Okay, now I'm scared!!!!!

Anyone have this done? I need to ease my fears. I am on Liptor which I know can

effect the liver. But I've been on it for quite some time, and my blood work has

come back normal.

What else could it be that they are looking for, has anyone ever had a liver

ultra sound?

Hugs all and I need one too,

Judy/WI

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[Guest guest]

Judy - I've had one done before for high enzymes. They found nothing. Lots of

things can cause high enzymes. Taking the herb, milk thistle, can help your

liver work better. Don't panic until you have to.

Jeanne in WI

I went to my rh and he did blood work, a day later I get a call that my

liver enzymes are elavated and he wants to do a ultra-sound. My sed rate was up

too. I didn't get any answers talking to his nurse, and I googled liver ultra

sound, and alot of the sites came up with liver cancer. Okay, now I'm

scared!!!!! Anyone have this done? I need to ease my fears. I am on Liptor

which I know can effect the liver. But I've been on it for quite some time, and

my blood work has come back normal.

What else could it be that they are looking for, has anyone ever had a liver

ultra sound?

Hugs all and I need one too,

Judy/WI

[Guest guest]

Oh Gal, I've so been in your shoes. In August of 2000, I got

something... they never did figure out what. My liver enzymes and

sed rate were something like 5 times normal. They did every test

under the sun over the next three months. Ultrasounds, blood work,

ANA, ENA, iron Ferriten, arsenic, copper, you name it, they ran it.

That was actually when I got my FMS dx.

Turns out that even if you are only a little bit overweight, it can

spike your liver enzymes. The longer you are overweight, the more of

a spike. Plus Lipitor (and indeed the cholesterol problems it is

designed to treat) causes elevated liver readings. Its sort of a

danged if you do danged if you don't situation - if you take the drug

it jacks up your liver enzymes and if you don't the cholesterol jacks

them up.

Mine have been eleveated for 8 years (6 ultrasounds and one gall

bladder surgery later) and I'm still around so take a deep breath. I

think we all know in this group that doctors offices and their staffs

aren't known for common sense. They love to get us all worked out

when its nothing!!! The liver is a very reactive organ and will

often give funny readings even if you just had the flu or mild food

poisoning. 110 to 1 its just a blip and you are totally and

completely fine (other than the FMS of course

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I just wanted to add that liver enzymes put me in the hospital one time.

Lots and lots of tests were done. then it was decided that I had taken so many

Tylenol for the pain of fibro that it elevated the liver. when my daughter was

so sick, she could not take a lot of the med's because it affected the liver

and cause her enzymes to go sky high and run the risk of the liver not

functioning at all. At that time my liver enzymes and or sed rate was over 700

Thanks,

Norma/Ohio

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