Inflamed Liver has anyone had this ???

[smiles4u]

Hi all,

After weeks of feeling severe nausea (never hungry), imbalanced, dizzy (yep have fallen into the occasion wall, lol), blurred vision and trouble hearing (i pray no one ' rings ' me) yesterday i received my blood & urine tests which came back with great results for all tests so no blood clots, fantastic cholesterol level (in fact GP said is better than hers and she's thin & fit so that was a huge compliment), etc, etc ... BUT the tests discovered i have an inflamed liver which concerns me greatly after only having my gallbladder removed this year meaning i have been worry about my liver having to work harder with no gallbladder ... now i hear this news of my liver

So i was sent off for more tests yesterday and hopefully the Docs will be able to get to the core of why my liver is inflamed, apparently there can be many, many reasons why.

Fingers crossed it's not bad news as i find out next week ... yeh another week of feeling sick and anxious again

I have started meds today to try help some but sadly there are heaps of side effects.

With endless health issues since last year and so many dying around me i struggle to keep emotionally afloat most days as it gets me down.

So my question is has anyone here had an inflamed liver ??? ... Please NO bad news stories (don't need to feel worse than i am, couldn't handle any negative news right now ... no offense to anyone, hope you all understand) !!

TIA for any positive news thrown my way as i so need 'em

[AnyDream]

Smiles, I'm so sorry to hear about this latest setback. The good news is that the liver is a pretty amazing organ with regards to regenerating etc - so once they work out what's going on and get the treatment happening you will feel much better.

[Rainbow_Mumma]

Oh smile, big huge hugs for you hunni! My dad had an inflamed liver a few years ago his caused by an unhealthy lifestyle and he was given meds and told to drink plenty of water (just water) and he got better quite quickly they monitered him regularly and now hes completely fine with a few lifestyle changes
I hope it is something simple for you and you are quickly on the path to recovery, with Lloyd no longer working im free all day if you dont feel up to doing anything you need to i can always lend a hand, in fact id be glad to get out of this house!!

[feeb]

Hugs hun take care drink lots of water and try and relax till you know results.

[butterfly_warrior]

I've had problems with an inflamed liver in the past. An ultrasound also revealed fatty deposits, so it really wasn't functioning well at all. I wasn't given any medication - just told to go away and radically reduce the fat in my diet... things very, very slowly returned to normal.

That said, for quite a long time I'd had dodgy LFT results. There was always certain liver enzymes that were elevated. Not enough to be dangerous, but enough to make the doctors want to keep monitoring me. It did become a concern as I eventually had to start taking arthritis medications that quite commonly cause liver issues as a side effect... Over time, my liver still continued to get better, and I eventually had my first completely normal LFT result after being on this medication for around two years.

The liver recovers and regenerates, don't stress too much, but just take it easy and watch what you are eating and drinking and see how things go.

BW

[Kazmar]

Aw Lorelle! Never heard of it. Maybe google it?

[smiles4u]

aww thank you all ... i feel tad better now, ... would be surprised if it's unhealthy eating as i do eat somewhat healthy, never fried or fatty foods ... chocolate rarely (i'm over weight but not obese IYKWIM) ... but then i did have gallstones after all, so who knows

thanks Feeb yep i gotta do that more ... water is something i struggle to drink and know i should do (Ballarat water makes me feel ill, i can even taste it if i filter it and i have yet to find bottled water that i like the taste of) ... i've just gotta drink it no matter what !!

LOL Kass did that last night and as always everything tells you the worst like Liver disease, etc ... Ads laughed at me but at the same time he freaked out at some of the info. BUT at the same token some websites did mention just what my GP warned me of, so that was good i guess to confirm that info.

Nikkie gorgeous offer but these days i struggle to hear someone talking to me, it's from being imbalanced (hope the meds help with that ) ... will catch up for sure one day

MD thanks for that, yeh Doc said same thing which some level is comforting !!

BW i appreciate such great info there, that helps as the GP did say it takes some time to heal on own xoxox

[Miss H]

Hi Smiles4u

How is it going with your liver now? I also have an imflamed liver for the past 18 months. I have to get more test results tomorrow and am stressing. Did yours get better?

[smiles4u]

Hi Smiles4u

How is it going with your liver now? I also have an imflamed liver for the past 18 months. I have to get more test results tomorrow and am stressing. Did yours get better?

.... OMG i totally forgot i had this thread happening, so sorry everyone

Thanks so much Miss H for reminding me and for so kindly asking too !!

Well, i did heaps of tests over a course of about 2mths to rule out diabetes & glandular fever, and anything else the GP might have thought was the reason behind my inflamed liver and it turned out to be i had a delayed effect on the drugs given to me during my gall bladder surgery back in late January this year. The GP said it was going to take possibly months for the side effects (which i mentioned i had in the thread). I was prescribed medication to help with the nausea which i honestly don't think really helped but thankfully the nausea went after sometime (but slowly), the physical imbalanced side of things i still have slightly but it's my blurred vision that concerns me the most as it hasn't improved like i thought it would have by now. The GP said not to get my eyesight checked but to wait it out but i think i will see her again in about a month's time if it has not improved lots by then (reading anything close up is what i struggle with the most).

Overall i'm heaps better then back then ... and the GREAT NEWS is my last test result several weeks ago showed my inflamed liver is no longer inflamed and my liver is back to normal
(and the GP gave me the ok i could drink alcohol at the GC meetup we had a few weeks ago but she warned me not to over do it which um i kind of didn't listen but overall didn't suffer IYKWIM )

So in having said all that Miss H i honestly wouldn't worry about it as i was so surprised how quickly my liver went back to normal

[Mother Goose]

I'm sorry I didn't see this when you originally posted! I would have (and still will ) let you know that it is actually pretty common to have elevated LFT's before, during, and after gall stone attacks and for a couple of months after having the gall bladder out.

So glad your LFT's are normal!

MG

[smiles4u]

................ heartfelt thanks MG for your kind words, you truly are an incredibly caring and lovely lady and someone i DO admire here xOx