Fibroscan or no fibroscan....confused.

[Miss_fab]

Hiya all you fabulousss people down my phone 👋 thank you so much for the good luck msgs x

I went for the fibroscan yesterday altho the lady said it wasn't a fibroscan but something similar (she couldn't remember what it was called) & that she's checking for the function of all my upper organs ....liver,kidneys,spleen etc

Has anyone heard of this "scan"?? i had to do a lot of breathing in and out & stop breathing & it hurt 😢

She did say she couldn't see anything to worry about but wouldn't give me any results/numbers as she said "they wouldn't make sense on their own"

Non the wiser & confused!! ???

Lisa 😀 xx

[Poobear69]

Morning @gorgeous 😘! I had the same happen to me a few weeks ago. 3 months post transplant , presumed it was my fibroscan but it wasn’t. I had, and I can’t remover, the same type of ultrasound as, perhaps, you did? Remember that a fibroscan is graded 1 - 4 and we only need 15% liver function to live, alkedgedly, don’t quote me. Phone the hospital you had it performed at and ask them the name of the procedure and then google it! Off to gym, yoga and then more porridge! ‘ave a good ‘en! xxx😊😊😊 x

[Miss_fab in reply to Poobear69]

Morrŕning fabulousss pooh bear 👋 x

Yer i will i'll defo phone someone .....gastro clinic or go (maybe I should've asked more)

Aaaaw thanks & you take care lovely ha enjoy your porridge it'll put hairs on your chest 💪

Luv Lisa 😀 xx

[Poobear69 in reply to Miss_fab]

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Hi Lee

Yes I’d be confused but not difficult in my case 😁

It’ll be alright on the night I hope. It is is indeed again #a long and winding road#

Good luck to you down my iPad 😁

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[jojokarak]

Sounds like an MRI scan some of them you don't have to go into the machine to have you can just go into a polo mint looking tube was it that or just the scan where she puts gel on you to look ?

[Miss_fab in reply to jojokarak]

Yes just the gel on babe but it seemed more invasive than a liver ultrasound (I've had plenty of them x)

All this breathing I an out and stop was very strict ,in fact I breathed out at the wrong time or didn't stop & she shouted ha I don't think she got the right pic x

She did warn me to be immensely still & not to move a inch tho babe x

Have you heard of it??

Oh & I still had to fast for it x

Cheers lovely xx Lisa 😀

[jojokarak in reply to Miss_fab]

The answer is as below lol

But take the positive that nothing has been flagged up as I find that the radiologist are usually up front they have always been honest with me whichever hospital I had it done at 😊

[Miss_fab in reply to jojokarak]

Ok babe I did find them reassuring & really lovely actually which helps doesn't it xx

I'm guessing I won't hear anything till I'm back to my consultant in April #fingerscrossed 🤞

Ha cheers lovely xx

Lisa 😀

[Garyvh in reply to Miss_fab]

It will have been a full abdominal ultrasound. This is what I had, lots of breathing in and out, and holding breath. Takes a while and it's quite uncomfortable as they use a fair bit of pressure with the scope thingy.

[Porphyriamaniac]

It sounds like a full abdominal ultrasound that checks kidneys, liver, pancreas etc. I've had loads and I find them painful aswell, they really dig in. X

[Miss_fab in reply to Porphyriamaniac]

Oooh she did dig in like but they was lovely & explained everything x

But that's reassuring to know 👍

Cheers honey

Lisa 😀

[GrandmaDylan in reply to Porphyriamaniac]

The last abdo scan I had was really quite painful. I do have fibromyalgia though which causes pain all over the body so that didn't help. She really pushed the scan thingy into my left side and I told her it was really sore and what was she looking at? She said it was the spleen which I know is enlarged and has varices.

[chrisw740]

Exactly as Porphyriamaniac says...full abdominal ultrasound takes twice as long as just a liver U.S much more holding of breath etc to get a clearer view of all associated organs. Cx

[Miss_fab in reply to chrisw740]

Oh that's good to know & makes sense as it's supposed to be my final one then discharge #fingerscrossed 🤞

Cheers honey x

Lisa 😀

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From what I can remember the breathing in is to try and get a better picture. A lot of us have a lot of gas inside us which makes it difficult to see the organs they are trying to look at and whilst we breathe in, they can try to move the gas out of the way. I did ask once and this was what I was told. This is also the reason why you are asked to fast first. Eating generates gas (hence also no chewing gum) and makes the u/s scan difficult to do. Hope that helps.

[Miss_fab in reply to Hidden]

Hiya MC omg that makes perfect sense ha especially as I'm full of gas ☺

& hence the hurting/digging in x

Thanks lovely

Take care x

Lisa 😀

[tinkabell3]

I had an ultrasound that measured my spleen, liver & kidney, is that what you had? I then went on to have a fibroscan at a later date.

[Miss_fab in reply to tinkabell3]

Oooh I think so babe x it sounds the same 🙂 no further fibroscan has been mentioned tho .....altho no results have been mentioned.

No news is good news I'm hoping x

Thanks lovely & take care.

Lisa 😀