Liver Biopsy - My Update

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Hi all,

I just got a call from my coordinator telling me that my labs have

made a huge jump, and I have to have another liver biopsy either

tomorrow or Friday. I just had a liver biopsy at the beginning of

July to see if I needed to start treatment on the Hep C right away or

not, but my lab numbers were stable. For those who don't know, I had

a liver transplant in January of this year. They don't know if I'm

going into rejection, or if it's the Hep C. If it's the Hep C, I

have to start treatment right away. If it's rejection, I have to

take more antirejection meds. I hope I don't have to go into the

hospital if it's rejection. Last Tuesday, I reached over from the

driver's seat to pick up my pills that fell on the floor under the

passenger seat, and I heard a loud pop and it really hurt. I called

my coordinator then, and she thought I popped a rib. I went to the

doctor and there was no broken, cracked, or moved rib showing on the

x-ray. The doctor said I just tore cartlidge and it is inflamed. It

makes me wonder if that popping somehow injured the liver.

I hope everybody is doing as well as can be, and keeping your spirits

up and do what you have to do for yourselves and loved ones.

Take care.

Penny