Latest Blood Work - Mid July 2014

General Blog
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Went in for my latest blood work on Saturday, just got the results back today. Most of my numbers remained consistent with March, though a few did increase but just a little bit. So I guess I'm still holding steady in regards to PSC.

Bilirubin - March 0.4 July 0.5 Normal Range 0.2 - 1.2

Alb - March 4.3 July 4.5 Normal Range 3.7 - 5.7

Alk P - March 272 July 287 (though at one point it was in the 400's!) Normal Range 37 - 117

ALT - March 43 July 44 Normal Range 0 - 36

AST - March 34 July 39 Normal Range 10 - 40

Creatinine - March 0.88 July 0.88 Normal Range < 1.34

On another bright note I had a wonderful time taking my now 18 year old graduate son to Europe for two weeks where we visited Amsterdam, Budapest, Bratislava and Prague!

Stephen

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Just curious to how long you have been diagnosed with PSC? My labs (5-30-14) are what my Dr so fondly calls “not horrific” and stable:
Alk Phos are 456
Alt- 75
Ast- 76
I know these are in the norm range:
Bili - 0.4
Alb- 4.0
Creat- 0.81
Yes my numbers have been higher but…
Wondering if any of you have thoughts or would care to share your numbers?

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Lori - I was diagnosed a little over two years ago with PSC. I believe it has been 25 years since the Ulcerative Colitis diagnosis.

Stephen

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I have to go in for a Colonoscopy in Oct., my Dr wants a baseline due to our increased risk of colon cancer- soooooooo not looking forward to it :frowning: ! I dread the prep tho my Dr said they have a Miralx prep, anyone know of this?