I'm a 37 year-old female. 5'4 & 145 lbs. Took "Rebif" for my MS for a duration of about four months, but that was a year ago. After repeated liver tests, I had slightly elevated AST & ALT (highest ever was 107 & 92), so my neurologist had me stop the injections.
Continued to have liver tests re-taken every 6-8 wks. following, and they were still slightly elevated, so stopped Lipitor (for cholesterol & tryglicerides) and Premain (hysterectomy abt. 6 yrs. ago for endrometriosis).
Stopped the Rebif last July and Premarin & Lipitor last Sept. Since I've stopped taking everything (including Tylenol) they've still been rising. Last blood test in Feb.
This week I had another round of tests and everything's suddenly REALLY out of whack. Here we go.....
AST 229
ALT 187
GGT 215
LDH 324 (first time this had been elevated)
LDL 123
Tryglycerides 275 (actually normal for me)
Cholesterol 254 (slightly above normal)
In addition, for the last 8 yrs. I've had diarrhea sometimes. Sometimes I get blood in the stool.
Abt. a month ago, had blood in the stool for @10 days. Local dr. said from what he could see there in his office was inflammation, redness, etc. But keep in mind I had a colonoscopy @5-6 yrs. ago for the very same reason and it was normal (but had no blood in the feces at that time).
Yesterday I started blood in the stool again. This soon.
My Internist (which is where I should go next) is on vacation for the next couple wks.
Now my lifestyle (don't cringe) includes smoking 1-1/2 packs a day, and I drink also. Frequently, but not much, and beer vs. hard alcohol.
No illegal drugs whatsoever.
Please keep in mind that because I've been on Lipitor for the last 10 yrs. that I've had my blood drawn every 3-4 mths. and there was never a liver problem before now.
Why have the liver enzymes along with the LDH skyrocketed???
So, I'm shitting blood, my liver enzymes are out of control, I have MS, and I'm a little scared. Give me a slap on the wrist if you must, but there are lots of people out there who drink and smoke much more than I do.
Any ideas of where the problem lies? Have you ever encountered this problem before?
Many thanks in advance.
----Grace