Today was my last (hopefully) follow-up doctor's visit related to the Sept/Oct. issues. I met with a GI specialist to review my liver enzyme numbers and the ultrasound. It went very well. He didn't believe there was any reason to schedule any intrusive tests at this time, and only had blood drawn to recheck the numbers. If they're good, he says I probably don't need to see him again for 2 years.
The abrupt spike in my enzyme numbers cannot be accounted for with certainty, however he is leaning toward the presence of a PE setting them off, which is adding to the building evidence that I indeed may have had a PE that set off everything, even though we couldn't confirm it with absolute certainty. The liver has a wrappng around it (think of cellophane) and a PE blocking the blood supply could have caused it to become inflamed, which would have spike the enzyme numbers. My TSH numbers were also wonky during those early blood tests, and this makes it difficult to analyze the liver enzyme numbers. But a PE could also have accounted for the wonky TSH numbers.
I began blood thinner protocol back in Sept., right when the numbers came in, and those numbers were all normal within 9 days. As long as they look good now, the GI doc is going to assume the problem was a singular event, which is now over. The story is beginning to look pretty cohesive, at any rate.
So long story short, no more tests needed unless the numbers are unusual.
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