Health Update 34

Well, I had the much anticipated appointment with the Liver Consultant at the hospital yesterday. If you remember back to last year I underwent a series of blood tests which were primarily to discount various diseases and illnesses which may explain my chronic fatigue. They all came back negative and in these situations ME/CFS is diagnosed. They did however identify that my Liver was unhappy about something as the blood tests consistently showed a high level of enzymes that indicated it was fighting something. To this end I was referred to the Liver specialist. Over 8 months later and I finally got to meet him.

I'll not go into the medical talk that went on as I didn't understand a word of it. He repeated that the tests showed higher than normal levels of these enzymes but not by much. He does want to get to the bottom of the results so that the problem can be brought under control and prevent it from getting out of hand. They took another set of blood samples for various tests for more esoteric diseases and he mentioned it would be highly unlikely that they came back positive.

He, naturally, focused on my weight. It wouldn't take a Nobel Prize Research Scientist to work out that my weight is now the primary factor in any recovery I may hope to make. He will organise various cholesterol tests at my local surgery which will require "fasting" to normalise the result. Hmmmm. As I no longer drink any alcohol the main culprit to my continuing ill health is likely to be a diet high in saturated fats and low in exercise. I'm away to do a bit of research into some of the medical terms he used to see if I can make a start on saving my own life. Another appointment will be arranged for 2 months time.