LIVER PAIN

[pln]

I hope this is not a dumb question but I would like some feed back, I have been feeling ( know it is there ) my live more on tx It hurts sometimes. Is that normal? I find ouy my blood work today since the DR cut my riba hope my hbg has gone back up so we can up the riba again, I will post my findings later, Thank-you.PLN

[sfbaygirl]

You are absolutely correct about Tums and Maalox. When I discovered this (on this board) I was SO MAD at my dr. for not telling me. When I did he gave me the other script. Jmjm is an expert on this stuff. He says the P1's are okay, but not the others, I think?

[pln]

3rd week blood , alt 22, was 26 2nd week, but hbg 9.6 was 10.1 last week when DR lower riba , but I feel good today and yesterday was a good day so I am sure it is starting to come back up, so we will keep on the same dose of riba as of now. thanks PLN

[mycoldfeet]

I'ts encelelopathy just a word meaning brain not working exactly right, I take lactalose, and tell him exactly what you said to me about forgetting things and words not coming out right, its caused by protiens loose in the blood going through the brain, lactolose takes it and pulls it into the intestines and goes out when you poop, all laymans terms he can explain it better.

[Kalio1]

The way I understand it is once your ammonia level is high enough to require laculose you then are no longer allowed to drive any vehicles. With "brain fog" you are, it is considered a symptom of the meds and the meds both have driving warnings on them, whereas a diagnosis of encelelopathy is a condition that requires the doctor to report to the DMV as is done in stroke cases and other illnesses that affect the brain. It is extremely difficult to change that status once the doctor has reported it to DMV.

[goldyn]

Pln have you been poking or rubbing you liver,if so hopefully you have had a good magazine... ha ha
when i first started tx i kept pressing on it to see if it was swollen, well I really did it then , i caused it to hurt by messing with it so much, well i was worried and told my doc it hurt to touch my liver , and he told me simply to stop doing it ,...well o.k then....

nygirl-Im so glad to hear this news cause in the beginging of tx i did experience some pain, i mean after i stopped squishin it....

[NYgirl]

LOL don't I know that...poke poke poke wow it HURTS LOL

I think we've ALL gone through something like that in the beginning hahahahaha.  I sure did.