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Elevated liver enzymes
Hi HER-2ers!
It’s been a while since I posted something on this forum. Glad to see that this community is still strong and full of inspiring and amazing warriors!!
In a couple of weeks I’ll mark my 9th cancerversary, woohoo!! I went to my check up last week and my oncologist recommended I do a blood test and ultrasound to make sure everything was ok after I told her I got a period over Christmas after 4 months without one.
The results came back today. While everything is in order in the uterus/ovaries, my liver enzymes came back elevated at 100 (ALT) and 129 (AST). I’ve been on Tamoxifen for 8 1/2 years now. The nurse called me this afternoon and told me to stop the Tamoxifen and get a liver ultrasound. I’m hoping this is just due to the drug or fatty liver disease rather than liver mets. Has anyone had this happen?
Thank you so much!
Bejuce
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ER+ (30%)/PR-/HER-2+, stage 3
Diagnosed on 02/18/09 at 38 with a huge 12x10 cm tumor, after a 6 month delay. Told I was too young and had no risk factors. Found swollen node during breastfeeding.
March-August 09: neo-adjuvant chemo, part of a trial at Stanford (4 DD A/C, 4 Taxotere with daily Tykerb), loading dose of Herceptin
08/12/09 - bye bye boobies (bilateral mastectomy)
08/24/09 - path report shows 100 % success in breast tissue (no cancer there, yay!), 98 % success in lymphatic invasion, and even though 11/13 nodes were still positive, > 95 % of the tumor in them was killed. Hoping for the best!
September-October 09: rads with daily Xeloda
02/25/10 - Cholecystectomy
05/27/10 - Bone scan clear
06/14/10 - CT scan clear, ovarian cyst found
07/27/10 - Done with Herceptin!
02/15/11 - MVA-BN HER-2 vaccine trial
03/15/11 - First CA 15-3: 12.7 and normal, yay!
10/01/11 - Bone scan and CT scan clear, fatty liver found
now on Tamoxifen and Aspirin
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