Update

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I had posted several weeks ago about my Dr's concern that I may have

CCA. At the time, I had my first spike in bilirubin from .6 total up

to 1.5 total in 3 months time. My GI was concerned about blockage

caused by CCA so we did an ultrasound which showed the liver as

normal and ruled out gallstones.

Since then, I have had 1 round of repeat bloodwork. That bloodwork

showed that bilirubin had decreased slightly and was back in

the " normal " range while the other LFT's also showed minor

improvement.

I'm not sure how to interpret this and my GI hasn't been offering a

lot of information on this over the last month, but I am thinking

that it is good news that the bilirubin has decreased. As for the

concern of cancer - we haven't done anything else to rule it out yet

other than bloodwork and ultrasound.

I just got faxed over another followup bloodtest sheet today - it

looks like we're on a 2-3 week schedule for re-checking LFT's - so I

should have results for those soon. I know that I'll probably have a

followup appt with my GI soon after the bloodwork comes back - but I

am wondering what some of you more seasoned PSCers think about this

case and whether you would be concerned and/or if you would have any

specific questions that you think should be asked or tests taken.

Thanks for listening and for your feedback.

Rick