Guest guest Posted March 3, 2003 Report Share Posted March 3, 2003 I had all my labs done late January and all was fine except for slightly elevated liver enzymes. My doctor was going to have them retested in a few more weeks but yesterday I had such severe pain right in between my breasts and radiating to my back that I ended up in the emergency room last night. They tested the liver enzymes again and AST was 36 in January, and last night it was 561 and the alkaline phosphatase jumped from 116 in January to 200 yesterday. The results didn't come back in yet last night while I was at the hospital for the ALT which was also slightly elevated in January. Anyway, I was given an IV with saline and felt much better after that and sent home with instructions to follow up with my doctor whom I'll be seeing tomorrow morning to address this. The doctor at the hospital suspected hepatitis because when I had my WLS I was given 33 units of blood. However, that was three years ago, this June so I wonder if this could have laid dormant all this time and never showed up on any labs I had done? , do you know anything about this? He did say that without further knowledge about my situation he could not truly diagnose what the problem is but there is definitely some liver problem. I came to work today and feel so-so. No pain but still a bit dry so drinking water non stop to stay hydrated. I don't feel much like eating which is very rare for me! I did have a protein drink for breakfast and will keep nutrition and water going into me. Anyway, I am wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them and has any ideas? I'd like to go to my doctor tomorrow armed with as much knowledge as possible. Oh, I do not drink so that is not the cause of any of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2003 Report Share Posted March 3, 2003 I had all my labs done late January and all was fine except for slightly elevated liver enzymes. My doctor was going to have them retested in a few more weeks but yesterday I had such severe pain right in between my breasts and radiating to my back that I ended up in the emergency room last night. They tested the liver enzymes again and AST was 36 in January, and last night it was 561 and the alkaline phosphatase jumped from 116 in January to 200 yesterday. The results didn't come back in yet last night while I was at the hospital for the ALT which was also slightly elevated in January. Anyway, I was given an IV with saline and felt much better after that and sent home with instructions to follow up with my doctor whom I'll be seeing tomorrow morning to address this. The doctor at the hospital suspected hepatitis because when I had my WLS I was given 33 units of blood. However, that was three years ago, this June so I wonder if this could have laid dormant all this time and never showed up on any labs I had done? , do you know anything about this? He did say that without further knowledge about my situation he could not truly diagnose what the problem is but there is definitely some liver problem. I came to work today and feel so-so. No pain but still a bit dry so drinking water non stop to stay hydrated. I don't feel much like eating which is very rare for me! I did have a protein drink for breakfast and will keep nutrition and water going into me. Anyway, I am wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them and has any ideas? I'd like to go to my doctor tomorrow armed with as much knowledge as possible. Oh, I do not drink so that is not the cause of any of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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