live cancer?

[kelasco]

I haven't been diagnosed yet and they weren't even looking for it but during some blood work they noticed some abnormal levels on my liver. To the point that they asked if I was a junkie or an alcoholic.

My PCP sent me for ultrasounds on my liver, bile ducts, gallbadder and pancreas last Monday. I noticed when they were doing the ultrasound that she marked a spot on my Liver so that told me there was something there that wasn't normal. (I work in healthcare I.T., while I don't understand a lot of the clinical aspect of things, I do understand some things). I had an appointment with my PCP Thursday as my b-12, iron and a few other things were low so he was giving me a b-12 shot. He told me in the ultrasound there is a 2 cm spot on my lower right lobe of my liver, but they didn't get a clear picture to see what it is so they scheduled me for a CT scan of it on Tuesday morning.

Facts on me:

I'm 36
I don't drink - never did
I don't smoke - never did
I don't take drugs of any kind (not even OTC).
I'm not jaundice.
I haven't been sick or not feeling well.

I have been getting some pain in the lower right side of my back similar to gallstones but that's it. I have had gallstones before and its not anywhere near the pain I had with that! Its not that frequent either.

I'm otherwise quite healthy. My blood pressure, cholesterol and other things. I don't have diabetes, my kidney's, lungs and heart are all healthy.

As for my bile ducts & pancreas they didn't see any spots on them. As for my gallbladder, I don't have one, it was removed 7 years ago a year after having gastric bypass surgery. My PCP may actually have not known I didn't have one, I started seeing him after I had it out, while I'm sure it is in my file, when he gave me the order sheet for the ultrasound, he didn't mention the gallbadder part. I lost a lot of weight and my gallbadder stopped working as a result of that. Rapid weight loss is a common cause for problems with your gallbladder but the surgeon who removed it said it can happen with any rapid weight loss, surgery or not.

Problems with my liver wasn't anything they were actually looking for. I went to the dermatologist about hair loss and they ran some blood tests, abnormal levels in my liver, iron & b12 showed up in the blood tests they ran.

While I haven't been diagnosed yet and I know its possible its not a big problem or even cancer, I'm realistic that it could be. Cancer doesn't discriminate.

[kelasco]

also, I am female.

[kelasco]

*liver cancer..