Sudden Elevated Bilrubin and Cholesterol

Laura in Texas
on 10/11/18 9:43 am

I'm with Kim. You have lost a lot of weight very quickly so I bet your body is just adjusting. We have seen it a lot here.

I am glad your doctor is doing an ultrasound just to be sure.

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."

catwoman7
on 10/11/18 10:19 pm
RNY on 06/03/15

I don't think I ever had my bilirubin checked, but a couple of my other liver enzyme levels (ALT was one - don't remember the other) were really high until year 2. They're back to normal now. I was also told that it was most likely the rapid weight loss - as Kim said, it's really hard on your liver. So hopefully that's all it is with you, too.

RNY 06/03/15 by Michael Garren (Madison, WI)

HW: 373 SW: 316 GW: 150 LW: 138 CW: 163

stacyrg
on 10/12/18 8:44 am
VSG on 05/12/14

My cholesterol went from 152 pre surgery to over 300 at my 1 year post op visit. It finally corrected itself and I'm now sitting in the 150s which is fine with all my doctors

MarinaGirl
on 10/12/18 9:34 am, edited 10/12/18 2:34 am

Pre-WLS, my bilirubin has occasionally been high; however, my PCP has never expressed concern about it.

Recent post-op levels for BILIRUBIN, TOTAL mg/dL (range 0.2 to 1.2)

10/2/17: 1.3

5/8/18: 1.5

NYMom222
on 10/13/18 4:12 pm, edited 10/13/18 9:15 am
RNY on 07/23/14

My liver enzymes were slightly elevated after year one for several years. They are now back to normal.

Edited to add: I had heard of this but wanted to find a reference that weight loss itself can cause a temporary rise in cholesterol

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/2035468/

Cynthia 5'11" RNY 7/23/2014

Goal reached 17 months. 220lb Weight Loss
Plastic Surgery Dr. Joseph Michaels - LBL and Hernia Repair 2/29/16, Arm Lift, BL, 5/2/16, Leg Lift 7/25/16

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