Hiyas

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Hi nne,

Sorry to hear that your enzymes have gone up again - yikes, 60 mg of

prednisone.....that would just kill my back (I've had several spinal

fractures when on high doses)! I hope the prednisone works for you and that

you don't have any horrible side effects.

About the thickened walls of the gall-bladder, I have that too. I've asked

my Gastro about it but he said it's not important (I guess in the great

scheme of things - AIH, and the fact that so many people have their

gall-bladders taken out). My last CT scan showed that I now have a stone in

my gall-bladder as well, but as long as I don't have an attack, they're not

going to do anything about it because any surgery is a lot more complicated

when you have AIH. I have started going to a dietitian to make sure that I

don't have problems and so far it's been okay. If you do find out any more

about this problem, I'd be interested if you'd let us know.

> Message: 14

> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 03:55:52 -0000

> From: " seathestars " <nneW5@...>

> Subject: Hiyas...

> Ok..I need to whine. I now know why I have been so tired and not able

> to stay awake to even read the posts here.

>

> I am feeling awfully frustrated right now..my enzymes have jumped.

> again.... and now the doc is increasing the pred back to 60....geeze

> what a way to greet the New Year. Maybe I will be able to stay up til

> midnite @ that level tho...(YUCK) It is especially frustrating

> because the enzymes were almost normal in October...and now well over

> 300 and 400.

>

> Do have a question...because of new URQ pain, doc ordered

> ultrasound...no stones in the gall bladder but the wall was thicker

> than normal. Having a hidascan next week (wonder if the radioactive

> stuff will set off the security scanners @ work??) I cant find any

> references to a " thick " gall bladder unless it is chronic cholesytitis

> [sp?] but I have never had gall stones. Anyone got a clue?

>

> Thanks for listening to me....take care...

>

> nne