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| 2003-11-05 - 8:20 a.m.
The doctor would like to see you....
Where were we? Oh. Yeah. Blood tests and stuff. Yesterday was a roller coaster. I called the dr's office on Monday, to see if they could tell me anything about the test results from last week. Nope. "She'll call if there is a problem". Great. So I had JUST about reached the point of "everything is ok" when I called home and checked the voice mail. And there was a message from the dr's office. I called back, and the nurse said "dr wants to see you today". AAACCCCCCKK. Ohmigodomigodomigod. So I made arrangements to leave work, Husband made arrangements to meet me there, and we waited for the dr, with me all the while thinking "this could be it. What she tells me could change everything". Bottom line? Heck, they don't know. I don't have hepatitis (yay). The result of the GGT was ONE point above normal, so she called a GI for a consult, and he suggested other tests, just to rule out anything serious but uncommon. So I gave another quart of blood yesterday, which they will test for various things, such as autoimmune problems and iron metabolism issues, etc, etc. Then next week, I have an abdominal ultrasound to make sure there are no growths or blockages or stones, etc. (My money is that they will find a gallstone or 4) If all the stuff they are testing for is ruled out, the GI said it's probably something called "Fatty Liver", which usually happens in older men who drink, but can happen in fat chicks who don't, apparently. The treatment for that is....ta da...gradual weight loss. Which I'm doing. So. That's the update on the liver crisis. My dr was cool, though, she said "I won't tell you not to worry if something is really serious, and I'm telling you not to worry". So schwew.
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