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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; ArGee; Harmless Teddy Bear

I’m back. The dermatologist took a couple of things off my back and said they’ll let me know in a week. They weren’t OMG things, just, “That’s a little funny ...,” things. And charged me $50.

And a letter from my GP’s office said one of my liver enzymes is slightly elevated, come back in three months to give them my blood again.


3,423 posted on 02/19/2021 5:46:47 AM PST by Tax-chick ("Scarcity is real, and reality is not optional." ~ KDW)
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To: Tax-chick

I had an elevated liver enzyme once when applying for life insurance. I went to an MD and he said that was one of those tests they really shouldn’t run because if you really have liver problems it will show up in lots of other ways. At one point he wanted to do a liver biopsy to see what was going on and I said, “Not unless you can tell me it would keep me from getting hit by a dump truck” or something similar. Anyway, it stayed elevated for a while then went down. I got life insurance.


3,427 posted on 02/19/2021 8:28:18 AM PST by ArGee (This is a tagline. This is only a tagline. Had it been a post, it would have been told to look up.)
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To: Tax-chick
If you are taking Tylenol it can cause your liver enzymes to go a bit wonky.

Add milk thistle to your diet. Can't hurt. Unless you are allergic to ragweed. Then don't

3,446 posted on 02/19/2021 12:41:24 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (May their path be strewn with Legos, may they step on them with bare feet until they repent. )
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To: Tax-chick; Harmless Teddy Bear

I don’t know how I missed this post, but it seems I do a lot of that these days.

HTB is correct in the milk thistle for liver function, but I won’t go over it because I’ve already addressed it at length and boringly so, I’m afraid.

Will the GP’s office be sending the “things” in for biopsy?


3,453 posted on 02/20/2021 3:43:10 AM PST by Monkey Face (Sometimes if you dig you find the reason something was buried in the first place. Agnes - Dr Blake 3)
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