RE: Auto Immune Hepatitis

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Hi Richelle,Good luck to you. Hopefully the liver biopsy won't be painful. I don't recall that it was that painful (but at the time the needle went in it was uncomfortable, but only for a very brief moment). I'm on imuran & prednisone for AIH, although I'm now down to 9 mg of prednisone a day. You're very brave and courageous. And I think you're doing the right thing. If you're afraid, but you still do it (knowing you need to do it), then in my book you're brave & courageous. But hopefully you will find that this is not as difficult as you fear.Make SURE the doctor checks your INR and or protime level before the liver biopsy to make sure your bleeding time is okay.You'll do fine.And yeah, take one thing at a time. Next up is the colonoscopy.Marie

To: From: boolshit@...Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:29:16 +0000Subject: Auto Immune Hepatitis

Hi

Now that I've had a few replies to my initial post I have spoken to my

gastro dr via email a couple of times today and I'm going to have the

liver biopsy. It can be done under the private health system so I will

be doing that. I won't be on steroids but I will be on Azathioprine

(also known as Azasan or Imuran). Obviously I will only be on the

drugs if it is confirmed that I have AIH. Now all I have to do is try

and block out the pain of the biopsy. Thanks to those that replied, I

don't think I would have had it done otherwise. Now, I need someone to

talk me into having a colonoscopy! Nah, don't worry about it, I will

save that for next year.

Cheers

Richelle

Christchurch, New Zealand

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