new numbers

[crankykk]

Had Biopsy today so don't know about that yet, but got blood results from last week,my question is most of my numbers have dropped, does this happen....up then down?  1st AST was 145 this last one 88  1st ALT 230 now 153 afp tumor marker was 11.8 now 8.4  My iron is very high but working on that and Vitamin D is low  any comments might help, i'm hoping this is good sign.,. thanx for all your replies.. and may God Bless us all....

[Bill1954]

Wow, thanks for the kind words, Cranky :o)! One day I’ll have to find out how you ended up with a nick name like that…

What part of the Silver State do you live in? Never mind, I’ll send you a private message and we can discuss this there. Good luck to you, and let us know how the results look when you get it figured out—

Bill

[crankykk]

ty  Yes follow up dec.23 MERRY XMAS  lol..I did ask them to send me a copy of diagnosis (incase I choose new doctor) not reel sure about this one  I just think with numbers lower could be a good sign, and hoping I can wait for NEW TREATMENT.. thanx bill I love to read all your answers also ny girl and I should stop because theres so many of you that I can't name u all but u know who you are.  Without you guys It would be horrible...ty agian

[Bill1954]

Hi Crankykk—

Good luck with the pathology results! Do you have a follow up scheduled to discuss them with the doctor yet?

If you like, ask for a hard copy of the results for your record. It will likely have a narrative section where they’ll discuss their findings, along with a summary that indicates grade of inflammation as well as grade of fibrosis. If it doesn’t have this section, you’ll want to ask your doctor to interpret the narrative. Also, their might be discussion about staining for iron as well as mention of steatosis, or fatty liver if notable.

This is also a good time to ask about treatment; this should give you and the doctor enough info to know how urgent therapy is. If little to no damage (fibrosis) is present, it might be advisable to wait for more efficacious treatment modalities. http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/new-numbers/show/1411138#

While liver enzymes are dynamic and tend to vary from time to time, it’s always nice to know that they are down a bit. I’m not too sure how significant a drop like that is in the large picture, but it always made me smile regardless :o).

Good luck and let us know what you find—

--Bill