Apparently, in a small percentage of IBD patients, this liver disease can develop. Last week I saw the nurse practitioner are my GI doc's office. She is technically highly qualified, and since Dr Johnson is head ot the GI department at EVMS, I'm pretty sure she is good at what she does.
She said she had noticed that in my last few blood tests, my liver enzymes were slightly elevated, and explained different things that can cause it. She ordered an ultrasound of my liver. Results came in, and she just called saying my bile ducts are slightly dilated, so she wants me to have another test - MRCT. She said she is trying to rule out PSC - Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis.
What has me alarmed is that the blood tests she saw were from last January, March, and May. During that time I've seen Dr Johnson 4 times, and my primary care doc twice. None of them mentioned the elevated liver enzymes. Dr Johnson has been doing this for over 30 years. My PC doc is a resident at the hospital where Dr. Johnson is dept head. They share information about me, with my permission. So, apparently my liver enzymes didn't raise any alarms with them. Both of them have told me what was good and bad, and what to do, and neither one mentioned liver enzymes.
This is all piled on top of the fact that I'm having difficulty getting any assistance with the cost of Humira because I'm on medicare.
She said she had noticed that in my last few blood tests, my liver enzymes were slightly elevated, and explained different things that can cause it. She ordered an ultrasound of my liver. Results came in, and she just called saying my bile ducts are slightly dilated, so she wants me to have another test - MRCT. She said she is trying to rule out PSC - Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis.
What has me alarmed is that the blood tests she saw were from last January, March, and May. During that time I've seen Dr Johnson 4 times, and my primary care doc twice. None of them mentioned the elevated liver enzymes. Dr Johnson has been doing this for over 30 years. My PC doc is a resident at the hospital where Dr. Johnson is dept head. They share information about me, with my permission. So, apparently my liver enzymes didn't raise any alarms with them. Both of them have told me what was good and bad, and what to do, and neither one mentioned liver enzymes.
This is all piled on top of the fact that I'm having difficulty getting any assistance with the cost of Humira because I'm on medicare.