Pete’s Musings

Just checked my blog and saw that it’s been a month and half since last post. Would like to say that this is because I’ve been super busy and all is going well. But that’s not the case, things are painfully boring here and aches and pains are wearing me down! Back is still messed up - walks are out of the question as is bike riding. Joints are sore, but possibly getting better now.

I had a visit with my liver specialist yesterday. All is good on the AIH front. My LFT (liver function tests) are still excellent, very low and normal, and unchanged from 2 months ago. And over that time period I’ve come off the evil steroids completely and am currently celebrating my first week without them since March. 4 months to regulate the inflammation caused by that stupid biopsy. The pain from Read More »

Some good news last week from my doctor … results from my blood test shows that my LFT (liver function tests) are all NORMAL. And really low on top of that. ALT 17 AST 18 ALP 96
Even last fall when I was excited about reaching normal, they weren’t this good (they were in the 30’s). So that’s great news, meds are doing their job and Read More »

It’s been over 3 weeks since I had my liver biopsy and I’ve been worried and sick ever since. I know something is very wrong in there and just don’t know what’s can be done about it. As I said in last post, I had to go to the hospital a week after the biopsy because I was feeling so horrible and in pain. The pain has subsided a bit … but only if I don’t really do anything at all. That’s no way to live for sure.

I went in for another blood test today, Read More »

Went to see my specialist yesterday to go over my blood results after about 3 months of prednisone reduction (15 to 5mg). Great news is that my Liver Function Tests (LFT) are spectacular … even better than they were before. And last time they were so unbelievably normal that I didn’t think they were my results! lol. So plan is to continue Read More »