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[Jillyag]

Hello everyone I wonder if you can help me with more information that might help my mum.

Mum is 88 years old and has had a liver function test and her ggt is 122 and having read some of your posts I appreciate that this is not as high as some of you have experienced. The doctor had asked to see mum tomorrow for a face to face meeting can you recommend any questions that I should ask the doctor? Like further tests etc

Sorry if this sounds a bit lame but I would appreciate any advice you may have

Thank you in advance

[Hidden]

Hi

Sorry to hear about your Mum. You could ask about more tests and what needs to be done to help her

Hope everything goes ok. Love and hugs Lynne xxxx

[Jillyag in reply to Hidden]

Thank you fir your advise x

[Hidden in reply to Jillyag]

You are welcome. Take care Lynne

[Porphyriamaniac]

Hi jillyag, Maybe ask what they will be testing further for with regards the high result, what might the results be suggestive of? That may be a good starting point. All the best to you both. X

[Jillyag in reply to Porphyriamaniac]

Thank you x

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Hi jillyag and welcome to this phenomenal forum...

I’m hopeless remembering the questions that I wanted to ask so write them down and go through them one by one when you are at the doctors.

I might ask if your mother should be referred to a hepatologist.

And like porphy says, you could ask what the significance of that result is? I was never told ANY of my actual test results in the 5 years I was ill before my transplant so cannot help in that respect!

Other than that why not just wait until you see what the doctor says, write down items of significance (if alone except with your mother I bet you will struggle to remember the detail, I did so my wife always came with me!) and, if you are able, ask questions in response to what he/she says! The latter is difficult I found!

And good luck!

Miles

[Jillyag in reply to Hidden]

Thank you I will make notes x

[Hidden]

Hello,

Was there a particular reason your mother had the liver blood test, is she symptomatic of some liver problem or was it a routine blood test ? It is important to ask the GP why he/she thinks the result is a little higher than normal and also how it compares with any previous results. With someone of your mothers age it is always worth asking what the benefit/risk ratio of further tests might be for your mother. It should not just be about the results of an individual blood test but the context of that result, thinking about the person as a whole.

regards

[Jillyag in reply to Hidden]

Thank you for the advice x