Tuesday, February 28, 2006

ARRRGH! Some things should remain nameless!

I went to see my gastroenterologist this morning - just a check up. My liver enzymes are the same, no decrease, no increase, simply as elevated as they were way back last fall. So now he names this previously anonymous condition - auto-immune hepatitis. So why does this bum my out so much! Nothing has changed by his naming it - I am not on any treatment for it, but still it bothers me. I now host TWO autoimmune diseases - scleroderma, AKA CREST, and this hepatitis thingy. All he said was to avoid things that harm the liver - alcohol and drugs that are processed through the liver, like any cholesterol lowering agent, which thankfully, I am not on anyway. I just needed to blow off steam. It really does annoy me and it is senseless to be annoyed because nothing is different from before the naming. It is silly of me to feel this way. Why can't feelings be rational?!

Posted by Barbara Norris at 1:07 PM

2 comments:

Tiger Willikers said...

I haven't been able to cope with your illnesses, either, Luciluna. You sure don't look sick, and you don't act sick!! And, luckily, you don't have to make any lifestyle changes to accomodate your "condition".

What silliness. I don't mean YOU'RE silly. I hope these are not illnesses that will make you sicker later. So far, they just seem like really long, really invisible words to me.

6:46 PM
Jay said...

Well I'm a uninformed (clueless) when it comes to medical matters so all I can offer is our best wishes and Lottie says Hi right back.

Thanks for the comment on my blog. It means alot to get some perspective on such matters. Also makes it a 'real' journel rather than me venting in the virtual ether, So thanks again.

4:51 AM

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