I love, love, love my RNY!

Lucycat
on 3/9/11 11:48 pm - Lewiston, ID

Went to my liver specialist yesterday....no sign of autoimmune disease, horray!!! Also, blood pressure was 90/60, haven't had that since before Dustin was born. All my liver enzymes are completely normal, so along with putting my diabetes in remission, I have turned around a very serious liver disease. I love my RNY.

And......you have all helped me stay with the plan! Thank you!!

Roz !!!!
on 3/10/11 12:09 am - Butler, PA

AWESOME!!!!!!!!

Roz

God is walking with me every step of the way. Because of HIM this is possible!!

RNY 10/15/2008 9+ Years!!! Height: 4' 11" HW: 203 SW: 197 CW: 119 on Maintenance

Lucycat
on 3/10/11 12:16 am - Lewiston, ID

RNY on 11/09/10

The liver specialist said that they always recommend weight loss to their patients with NASH and other disorders, but their patients never seem to accompli**** so I'm kind of their confirmation that weight loss does help. An interesting aside...the medical assistant told me that insurance wouldn't pay for her to have WLS because her health was excellent except for her being overweight. I explained about the BMI criteria and left it at that. I think that she weighed close to 350 pounds. I'm thinking her health isn't so excellent.

Jody ***
on 3/10/11 12:19 am - Brighton, MI

RNY on 10/21/08 with

Congratulations!!! Doing great on both aspects!!

My liver enzymes are high... and I really need to have it figured out and stop ignoring it....

HW-218/SW-208/CW-126/ Lowest Weight-121/Goal-125 - hit 8/23/09/Height-5'3"

Regain 30 lbs from 2012 to 2016 - got back on track and lost it. Took 8 months.
90+/- pounds lost BMI - 24 or so
Starting BMI between 35 and 40ish?
Join us on the Lightweights Board!

Stacey N.
on 3/10/11 12:21 am - Chesapeake, VA

RNY on 08/31/10

Way to go! Now quick questions, What do the liver enzymes do? Mine are always high but noone has ever said anything about it???

loverofcats
on 3/10/11 2:15 am

VSG on 08/30/10

Elevated liver enzymes can indicate inflammation of the liver, which can be caused by many different factors, such as, alcohol, fatty liver, very high cholesterol levels, drug toxicity, gallbladder issues, and many other things. I wonder, if your elevated liver enzymes might be related to your gallbladder issue? It will be interesting to see, if they go down, after your gallbladder is removed.

Lucycat
on 3/10/11 12:30 am - Lewiston, ID

RNY on 11/09/10

Elevated liver enzymes indicates an inflamed liver. In my case I was told I had a fatty liver, no surprise there, after they ran some tests, they diagnosed me with NASH, so had a biopsy during the WLS. The biopsy confirmed NASH but also possibility of liver autoimmune disease. The bottom line, I have some fibrosis in my liver but the weight loss has stopped the spread and lowered the enzymes to normal, so shouldn't have anymore trouble. If it had not been diagnosed and left to keep getting worse it would have developed into cirrhosis and the only "cure" is a liver transplant. Liver disease is generally silent until it's too late, and the only way to tell if you have NASH is through a biopsy.

Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis or NASH is a common, often “silent" liver disease. It resembles alcoholic liver disease, but occurs in people who drink little alcohol.