Re: Anyone- liver ultra sound? Isn't it Funny

[Guest guest]

Is this not typical, they get ya all worked up worried over a lab reading,

send you as you say for mounds of tests, and your wondering why? I don't feel

like anything wrong there, But when it comes to treating the Fibro, it gets

tabou'd and we should just do the best we can to forget we have it!

Sharon

julieforjesus wrote: 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