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Fibroscan or no fibroscan....confused.

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Hiya all you fabulousss people down my phone πŸ‘‹ 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 πŸ˜€ xx

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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! β€˜ave a good β€˜en! xxx😊😊😊 x

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Miss_fabβ€’ in reply toPoobear69

MorrΕ•ning fabulousss pooh bear πŸ‘‹ 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 πŸ’ͺ

Luv Lisa πŸ˜€ xx

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Poobear69β€’ in reply toMiss_fab

😘

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 😁

M

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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 ?

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Miss_fabβ€’ in reply tojojokarak

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 πŸ˜€

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jojokarakβ€’ in reply toMiss_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 😊

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Miss_fabβ€’ in reply tojojokarak

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 πŸ˜€

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Garyvhβ€’ in reply toMiss_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.

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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

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Miss_fabβ€’ in reply toPorphyriamaniac

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

But that's reassuring to know πŸ‘

Cheers honey

Lisa πŸ˜€

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GrandmaDylanβ€’ in reply toPorphyriamaniac

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.

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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

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Miss_fabβ€’ in reply tochrisw740

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

Cheers honey x

Lisa πŸ˜€

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. :)

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Miss_fabβ€’ in reply to

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 πŸ˜€

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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.

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Miss_fabβ€’ in reply totinkabell3

Oooh I think so babe x it sounds the same πŸ™‚ 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 πŸ˜€

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