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What does this elevated bilirubin mean????

I am a healthy 34 year old white male, no smoking ever in my life but did have some alcohol usage in younger years. In 1995, I had a work physical that came back with an elevated bilirubin(total) of 2.2.....range .2-1.2. Also in this blood test my total protein was 8.3.....range of 6.4-8.2 and my albumin was 5.2......range of 3.8-5.0. I really never thought to much about it since I am not a medical person so I just let it go and never went back for follow up. Now, I had another work physical done last week and once again, elevated bilirubin. This time it was 3.05 with the same range as above. On this test....everything else was normal this time SGOT was 17 and alk phos was 68. They did not do an AST or GGT this time but did the first time in 1995 and those were both well in the normal range. I feel fine, no problems that I am aware of . But now, I am married to a Registered nurse and she is freaking out over this.....she thinks I have a liver ailment!!!!! Could someone please help me out on this??????? I will be glad to go to the doctor for more testing if needed but I dont want to waste a bunch of money if nothing is majorly wrong. Thanks for your time........
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I developed gilbert's syndrome when I was sixteen years olds and had to lose weight to qualitfy for a wrestling weight class. I am now 42 years old and in good health. I am constantly on the look out for simple natural treatments to ease the yellowing of my eyes. I have found that two teaspoons of raw unpastuerized apple cider vinegar in a glass of water with meals does wonders. It tastes like apple seltzer and once you get used to it plain water tastes too bland. Also, beets or beet juice will clear up the yellow eyes. I don't think gilbert's syndrome is entirely benign as I have had irritable bowel syndrome and other stomach stuff.
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I also have Gilberts Syndrome.  I just had some test done on my iron counts to rule out another condition.  I have two questions.  First, my GYN wants approval from my doctor so she can prescribe birth control for my pain during menustration.  Will I have any kind of problems?  
and the second question:  SHould I never give blood or plasma?  I am not allowed to give blood, but the plasma center can't tell me if I am not allowed to give plasma.  thanks.
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I have had symptoms of abdominal pain after surgery.  With a family histroy of mental instabilty.  Aslo a loss of sensation in the feet.
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Dear Doc.
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