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Symptoms getting worse, doctors don't seem to care.

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tambdy
tambdy

So my LTF came back with ALT of 68 i have to go back for more blood tests in 2 weeks and await my scan. They are still sure it is down to Galbladder

I have started to get itchy all over and a red blotchy face, plus i am still getting the pain. I really don't get how the doctors can be so relaxed, up to 4 weeks for the scan what if my liver fails by then, what if it effects other organs.

I am really concerned.

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  • gail_72309
    gail_72309 tambdy

    Posted

    I think now a days you really have to push these doctors. Tell him or her that you can't go through these pains 1 more day. I had to do that but also, I live in the States, so maybe different. I went through all that too for weeks and keep getting worse. Blood work, ultrasound, ulcer medication, finally I pushed for a ultrasound and found the gallstones. Then had to wait 6 weeks for the operation but asked to be put on a cancelation list. But 3 weeks later at a app. They sent me directly to ER and had the surgery done within hours. They waited too long and they knew it. 

    But all done and I feel brand new, wish they had found this out when I was younger, missed out on so much.

    so speak up and punch the doctor

    • tambdy
      tambdy gail_72309

      Posted

      My scan was supposed to be 22nd of October but got a cancellation for tomorrow. Can it be too late?

      I am just worried that if it is not my liver itself and the galstones as the doctor said it means it is affecting my liver.

      I am just scared my body shuts down or i do harm to liver and kidneys sad

      Were your blood works also showing an increase in the liver? LTF, My AFT is pretty high 68 and i am worried, either i have liver damage or the galbladder is causing liver damage

  • angela72602
    angela72602 tambdy

    Posted

    Please go in there and DEMAND they do something! Are you on medication and having an allergic reaction to it? If they will not listen--CHANGE DOCTORS! Please keep me posted. there is no sense in you being treated this way!
  • beepbop88
    beepbop88 tambdy

    Posted

    Is there any way you can see a second Gastroenterologist? I left mine, who I had for a year, because he did not do anything to actually help me. I had to go to urgent care to be seen for a surgery.
    • tambdy
      tambdy beepbop88

      Posted

      Has scan today, no galstones liver looks normal so i don't know what is causing the pain, pain on right side, pain on left side, constipation for a year always tired etc etc 
    • gail_72309
      gail_72309 beepbop88

      Posted

      Always get a female doctor. They know all the parts on woman and they are very understanding about pain. Men don't know and they think women wine a lot....
    • angela72602
      angela72602 tambdy

      Posted

      Was your Pancreas checked also? Have you had a barium scan of your small intestines or a colonoscopy of your colon? If you have ovaries, there could be a cyst causing you pain. So many possible things this could be. You really have to have a doctor that will sit down. look you in the eye and LISTEN to you.
    • tambdy
      tambdy angela72602

      Posted

      I am going to see him again next week, the pain has eased of. Well i have had none today. If the constipation and tiredness went away i would be fine, plus i am losing a lot of weight
    • gail_72309
      gail_72309 tambdy

      Posted

      I do hope you feel better and find relief . Have they checked your thyroid through blood work?
    • tambdy
      tambdy gail_72309

      Posted

      Only thing which came back in my bloods was elvated liver function and low acid, given folic acid.
    • gail_72309
      gail_72309 tambdy

      Posted

      Can I ask? Are you in the UK or the states? Because here we have to ask for certain blood tests. Over here they seem to concentrate on cholesterol, blood sugars. My doctor even put in a vit.D only request
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