Re: Elbow experiences

do you take milk thistle extract? Lots of us here take it to help our livers
survive all these nasty meds we put through them.

If your ALT is still elevated, your RD may very well want you off the mtx for
a while to see if your enzymes recover on their own. You may or may not be
looking at aa liver biopsy, depending on how aggressively your RD wants to
investigate this and how your liver enzymes respond to dropping mtx.

Whether or not they post-pone your elbow surgery for this will most likely
depend on how concerned your RD is about this round of lab results. I say
relax as much as possible until your labs are back, then call that
rheumatology nurse and discuss it with them. Or if you feel really nervous,
go ahead and call just to know what you might be facing. Sometimes just
knowing the probable course of action is the best stress reducer.

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On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:09:26 -0500, Dave wrote
(in message <1143040166.442192.64190@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):

Hi

I had my bloods done yesterday, after the higher than normal ALT (119
U/l) 60 NORM.

I saw my GP (your MD) today to see if I should reduce my MTX in the run
up to the elbow op, as I'm worried they may not do the surgery with the
raised enzyme levels. Anyone with similar experience? She's fairly good
& said that I should ring my RD's office on Fri to see if the levels
are raised again & take it from there. I would really hate to have to
postpone my op as I'm looking forward to having the chance of improved
function & some pain relief.

I'm not due to see the RD till after the op, I have a rheumatology
nurse I can ring, so depending on the results on Friday I may give them
a call.

Feeling concerned, but trying to remain positive.

All the best

Dave.



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