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AlaskaAngel · 01-13-2006, 05:46 PM

I have the same kind of discomfort as everybody else in this chain, and the MRI scan I had (as well as previous ultrasounds) just says I have "sludge" in the gallbladder and 2 well-documented probable small hemangiomas in the liver that haven't changed in several years. My SGOT/SGPT (also known as ALT and AST) are periodically mildly elevated and occasionally the alkaline phosphatase decides to join them in being elevated. (My docs didn't do the MRI because of the right-sided pain, but because of an increase I had in breast pain.) I'm Stage 1 and had good markers too, but I think if I were a higher stage or if the pain was worse I too would ask for some kind of imaging, even if just abdominal ultrasound. They can DO something about gallbladder problems if they know about them.

A.A.

01-13-2006, 05:46 PM	#8
AlaskaAngel Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Alaska Posts: 2,018	Right-sided pain, elevated tests I have the same kind of discomfort as everybody else in this chain, and the MRI scan I had (as well as previous ultrasounds) just says I have "sludge" in the gallbladder and 2 well-documented probable small hemangiomas in the liver that haven't changed in several years. My SGOT/SGPT (also known as ALT and AST) are periodically mildly elevated and occasionally the alkaline phosphatase decides to join them in being elevated. (My docs didn't do the MRI because of the right-sided pain, but because of an increase I had in breast pain.) I'm Stage 1 and had good markers too, but I think if I were a higher stage or if the pain was worse I too would ask for some kind of imaging, even if just abdominal ultrasound. They can DO something about gallbladder problems if they know about them. A.A.