Tuesday August 24, 2004
Murphy rules in medicine as well as life. Because there was great interest in my vitamins and supplements the first time I went to the Liver Clinic at Hotel Dieu Hospital, and hadn't brought them - because I hadn't know of the interest - I did bring them today. In a knapsack. And they were very uninteresting. So there.
Good NEWS First:
* I've lost weight (people say I look healthy so I'm taking this a good thing)
* the liver numbers have tumbled farther than ever since they've been tracked.
Not So Good:
* the doctor thinks the numbers should be a lot better by now (did another set of tests today to check again)
* antibody tests are elevated, warranting a biopsy to determine whether anti-immune hepatitis is an underlying factor that got aggrevated by the antibiotics damaging the liver (unproven speculation at this point)
Good NEWS Second:
*I'm being transferred to an excellent liver specialist right here in Ottawa and should hear from her in a matter of weeks.
*all my mood chemicals have the liver doctor's stamp of approval so I can stop just gritting my teeth