Short update / joachim (joe)

[Guest guest]

hi,

short message from me again, the still undiagnosed guy...

~~~

the hepatologist i saw in Madrid ordered tons of blood tests...

- i received the raw report (from the lab) a few days ago. From what i

can see, still no virus identified (despite high efforts, like virus

cultures, etc.), and as i can judge, no big surprises in the blood

either, except another drop in Quick (from 85% to 80%) and other

low-ish values (but that i knew already in advance)

- the *interpretation* of this data (and my old data) by the

hepatologist, and his conclusions/recommendations (if any) should

arrive in the next days. I will post the info as soon as i have them

~~

Regarding my liver biopsy (thanks Bob for encouraging me to do it),

things are finally moving forward. Finally i found a doctor of

internal medicine here in Switzerland who agress that liver biopsy is

a worthwhile idea for my case.

I expect to get the appointment for biopsy within the next 2-3 weeks.

and the result will then take another 1 or 2 weeks i guess. So, this

means a fair deal of waiting again, but i am used to that already.

i have decided to take holidays during the waiting time. Office

buddies seem to tolerate it. They look at me and simply *see* that i

am not looking healthy. A simple intuition, which some docs simply

seem to have lost.

~~~

I hope you are all doing reasonably well

i think even at the so called " later " stages of liver disease, we

should not forget about this nice capability of the body in general

and the liver in particular: to get better, to regenerate. At least

there is always a small potential for that in us

thanks for listenig & kind regards!

Joachim

[Guest guest]

It's great that they agreed to do the biopsy. Now maybe you will finally have an

answer. Keep in touch and let us know. In the meantime take care of yourself.

MaC

joe_mountain2003 wrote:

hi,

short message from me again, the still undiagnosed guy...

~~~

the hepatologist i saw in Madrid ordered tons of blood tests...

- i received the raw report (from the lab) a few days ago. From what i

can see, still no virus identified (despite high efforts, like virus

cultures, etc.), and as i can judge, no big surprises in the blood

either, except another drop in Quick (from 85% to 80%) and other

low-ish values (but that i knew already in advance)

- the *interpretation* of this data (and my old data) by the

hepatologist, and his conclusions/recommendations (if any) should

arrive in the next days. I will post the info as soon as i have them

~~

Regarding my liver biopsy (thanks Bob for encouraging me to do it),

things are finally moving forward. Finally i found a doctor of

internal medicine here in Switzerland who agress that liver biopsy is

a worthwhile idea for my case.

I expect to get the appointment for biopsy within the next 2-3 weeks.

and the result will then take another 1 or 2 weeks i guess. So, this

means a fair deal of waiting again, but i am used to that already.

i have decided to take holidays during the waiting time. Office

buddies seem to tolerate it. They look at me and simply *see* that i

am not looking healthy. A simple intuition, which some docs simply

seem to have lost.

~~~

I hope you are all doing reasonably well

i think even at the so called " later " stages of liver disease, we

should not forget about this nice capability of the body in general

and the liver in particular: to get better, to regenerate. At least

there is always a small potential for that in us

thanks for listenig & kind regards!

Joachim

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