A Little Relieved

For the last month I have had a scare with my liver. I went in for a routine physical and bloodwork. My Dr. called the next day and told me my liver enzymes (ALT and AST) were really high. He did more bloodwork and I went in for an abdominal ultrasound. I ended up going to a specialist last week and she re-ran the test again and also tested me for other things (diabetes, hepatitis, ect...) that can cause your enzymes to be high. All of my tests came back negative and my enzyme count actually had gone down quite a bit. It's still higher than it should be, but at least it has improved. I have to go back in 3 months to re-run it again. The specialist is pretty sure I have whats called fatty liver disease, which (imagine this) is common in TS patients. Luckily this is something that can be controlled with a low fat low carb diet. The problem is diagnosing it because it can only be diagnosed through ultrasound (mine did not show fatty liver disease, but sometimes you won't see it on an ultrasound) or a liver biopsy. We are still not 100% sure that I have fatty liver disease, but more than likely that's what it is. I'm hoping that with ruling everything else out, and my levels improving, she can diagnose me without doing a biopsy. I will know more when I go back in 3 months, but for now all I can do is eat a low fat low carb diet. Thank you for your support and concern everyone! We are truly blessed to have such great family and friends.