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Elevated liver enzymes

Hi, I'm alcohol dependent and waiting for a detox roughly 3 weeks time. My lfts are: ALT - 325 AST - 258 GGT - 293 I'm going for an ultrasound on Monday. I had...

Hi, I'm alcohol dependent and waiting for a detox roughly 3 weeks time. My lfts ...

•8 years ago

Didn't know whether to laugh 😂 or cry 😢.......

Hi everyone, As you know, I'm on the waiting list for my transplant. My health isn't great and due to my INR rising and a scarey bilirubin level of now 207,...

Hi everyone, As you know, I'm on the waiting list for my transplant. My health ...

•8 years ago

Treatment

Hi been diagnose with hep c g1a over 20 years ago I'm just going to start treatment end off November medication Ribavirin can anybody give me some advice...

Hi been diagnose with hep c g1a over 20 years ago I'm just going to start treat...

•8 years ago

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Advise for my grandson Please

Hi i am new here and hope i can explain myself......My 17yr old grandson went for a full blood count and his ALT came back high....the second the same....he is...

Hi i am new here and hope i can explain myself......My 17yr old grandson went fo...

•8 years ago

Liver injury

Hi all,. I am new on here and wondering if someone can help feel in the blanks. I have psoriatic arthritis had this for about 13 years. I am not a big drinker...

Hi all,. I am new on here and wondering if someone can help feel in the blanks. ...

•8 years ago

2cm HCC

We now know Mike has a 2cm tumour that will be burned out. It will mean a 3 day stay at St. James's Hospital. Then time in recovery. Anyone had this operation...

We now know Mike has a 2cm tumour that will be burned out. It will mean a 3 day ...

•8 years ago

What my dads last months were like with ESLD (part 1 June-July)

I wanted to share what my dads decline was like in the end of ESLD. I will start with a little background: he was 63, lived alone, drank heavily for over 15...

I wanted to share what my dads decline was like in the end of ESLD. I will star...

•8 years ago

Colonoscopy

Hi, yesterday I had to have a colonoscopy because PSC apparently has a high incidence of causing colon cancer. I was very explicit that if nothing could be...

Hi, yesterday I had to have a colonoscopy because PSC apparently has a high inci...

•8 years ago

post transplant recovery 2

Hi peoples been a little while since I have been here wife is getting much better liver is doing great bit slow on recovery but will get there, so all of you...

Hi peoples been a little while since I have been here wife is getting much bette...

•8 years ago

bilirubin level of 34

hi i have a bilirubin level of 34, i have just had another blood test and await the results, is 34 med or high. thanks.

hi i have a bilirubin level of 34, i have just had another blood test and await ...

•8 years ago

British Liver Trust Chief Executive talks about Non-Alcohol related fatty liver disease on Radio 4 'You and Yours'

Dear all, Andrew Langford, the Trust’s Chief Executive talks about non-alcohol related fatty liver disease on Radio 4’s You and Yours (Item is 16 mins into...

Dear all, Andrew Langford, the Trust’s Chief Executive talks about non-alcohol ...

•8 years ago

Phone call from St James's Hospital.

Taken a call this morning from St James's Hospital, Leeds. Husband been given an appointment for tomorrow at the Bexley Wing.

Taken a call this morning from St James's Hospital, Leeds. Husband been given an...

•8 years ago

Severe confusion

Hi guys My mum has had cirrhosis since 2014. Once diagnosed she carried on drinking. She had 18 kg of fluid drained from her belly in July this year, then...

Hi guys My mum has had cirrhosis since 2014. Once diagnosed she carried on drin...

•8 years ago

I lost my dad on 10/12/16

My dad passed on Wednesday October 12. I got to hold his hand until the end. I love him so much and will miss him so much. The past few days were a...

My dad passed on Wednesday October 12. I got to hold his hand until the end. I...

•8 years ago

New to site

Hi all, A little background about me, I'm a 41 year old bloke, fairly active working in a very stressful and physically demanding environment, was diagnosed...

Hi all, A little background about me, I'm a 41 year old bloke, fairly active wor...

•8 years ago

Went to hospital yesterday. Blood tests revealed i have abnormally high liver enzyme levels. Doctors don't know what's causing it

I went to A&E early in the morning yesterday with severe pain in my abdomen. Within the last month I have had three instances of severe abdominal pain...

I went to A&E early in the morning yesterday with severe pain in my abdomen. Wit...

•8 years ago

MRI shown possible HCC. CT scan results back.

Yesterday afternoon I contacted the hospital to see if any ct results were back. After a wait was told a draft report had arrived and it would be passed onto...

Yesterday afternoon I contacted the hospital to see if any ct results were back....

•8 years ago

Hi to high iron...

Hi. I've been struggling with symptoms of high iron recently. Ferritin high in my last test so I'm now to be referred for further investigations. Most...

Hi. I've been struggling with symptoms of high iron recently. Ferritin high in ...

•8 years ago

Porcelain Gallbladder

Hi all. I've done the stupid thing of googling and now I'm concerned. My surgeon told me that my cholecystectomy was very challenging and that the gallbladder...

Hi all. I've done the stupid thing of googling and now I'm concerned. My surgeon...

•8 years ago

Hope all is well

Hya catfish, jus thinking of you again(it s 06-45 here in Eng) jus wondering if you have had the meeting for poss.x plant and are you going with ablation? No...

Hya catfish, jus thinking of you again(it s 06-45 here in Eng) jus wondering if ...

•8 years ago

Update as promised

Hi everyone. Hope all is well with you all. I recently posted, received a number of supportive and helpful replies and promised I would update you after Die...

Hi everyone. Hope all is well with you all. I recently posted, received a numbe...

•8 years ago

Appointment with hep

I went to see hep yesterday who said that I had fatty liver and in part some slight changes. The emphasis was on losing weight. I was asked to undertake some...

I went to see hep yesterday who said that I had fatty liver and in part some sli...

•8 years ago

Health insurance

Hi does anyone know any good health insurance company's I have got cirrhosis and epilepsy, my epilepsy is not to bad for insurance but since I have had to put...

Hi does anyone know any good health insurance company's I have got cirrhosis an...

•8 years ago

American Pickle Update

Hello all! I just wanted everyone to know I am missing all of you. Sorry if I'm having a hard time keeping up wth messages and posts. After having a wonderful...

Hello all! I just wanted everyone to know I am missing all of you. Sorry if I'm ...

•8 years ago

High Fibroscan score

Hello all, I had a fibroscan test as part of a routine test. My score was 12.7 which I am told is very high. I am 25 years old, in very good physical fitness,...

Hello all, I had a fibroscan test as part of a routine test. My score was 12.7 w...

•8 years ago

Feeling a bit deflated 😔

Hi everyone, I hope people don't mind me having a bit of a rant and moan but I think some of you will totally understand. I'm really struggling with falling...

Hi everyone, I hope people don't mind me having a bit of a rant and moan but I t...

•8 years ago

What's going on

Hello Can anyone offer advice please I had 35% of my liver removed and my gallbladder back in may. Due to large liver cysts. The aftercare (of u can call it...

Hello Can anyone offer advice please I had 35% of my liver removed and my gallb...

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•8 years ago

At last!!

After a false alarm I received a wake up call at 2 am a liver was being checked to make sure it was healthy, and if it was good it was mine I was to get ready...

After a false alarm I received a wake up call at 2 am a liver was being checked ...

•8 years ago

Burning sensation in feet and hands

Hi, My husband has HepB. He is on Viread 300mg for almost now about 7 years. He is 40yrs old. His comprehensive metabolic panel test are within range ,...

Hi, My husband has HepB. He is on Viread 300mg for almost now about 7 years. He ...

•8 years ago

Mass in the liver

Hello, my husbands CT scan has revealed a 'mass' in his liver which is blocking the bile from draining away and he is yellow jaundice. The docs have said he...

Hello, my husbands CT scan has revealed a 'mass' in his liver which is blocking ...

•8 years ago

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