My last drink was September 21, 2010 after I had a ultrasound.
Results: "moderate to sever fatty liver with mild hepatomegaly" ! All liver enzymes were normal, spleen normal, no portal hypertension.
About a year ago I got a follow up ultrasound to see how the severe fatty liver was doing. This second ultrasound was done in the doctors office on a portable machine and sent out to a radiologist to read. I don't recall but I doubt it was was a doppler. I just hope it was accurate :(
Ultrasound of the abdomen was NORMAL with only mild fatty liver.
The doctor says this is good news though. I went from SEVERE to MILD and there is no mention of enlargement on the second scan.
Now that I laid the groundwork, here is my question: being a hypochondriac, I tend to obsess over things. Im constantly checking my abdomen for distended veins and my palms do look red. when I showed my doctor he thought it was more of a carotine red than true palmer erithmer. I have found a few small spider veins here and there. At 48 I am assuming some of these are normal.
After I work out I notice a couple of veins on the sides of my chest and abdomen seem to become more visible, I can almost "feel" one through the skin.
I donate a pint of blood every 8 weeks to keep the RBC and Hematocrit in check, the elevated numbers seem to be a side effect of testosterone.I wish I knew the platelets but apparently they don't check that for the purposes of testosterone monitoring.
with high hematocrit and hemoglobin can you have low platelets?
Do you think I should push them for yet another ultrasound, or should I just monitor with blood testing. Based on what I told you, does this point to cirrhosis?
Labs January 2012
E2 62
A1C 4.9
Glucose 95
Creatnine 1.0
Bilirubin 1.1
Albumin 4.9
ALT 36
AST 19
Hemoglobin 18.1