i'm still very scared. his primary doc keeps saying to wait til the blood results come back in december but waiting this long is making me sick to my stomach. i feel i'm getting no answers - his...
Oh, and does anyone know if 338 is a very high level of alk phos? Or is it in the mild moderate range? i cannot find any info on what "high" numbers are on the web......
Well yeah, that's what I meant is would it shrink. I just wonder what it could be blocking...everything i read points to something terrible. How could they miss a cyst blocking the duct?? Ii worry...
hi connie, thanks for replying. its just that i am so concerned about this and for my husband. he is abstaining from alcohol until his next blood work - i may call the dr just to get more questions...
My husband has no other symptoms - he lacks some energy that's about it. I just wondered if the dilation of the common bile duct could have something to do with the alcohol intake? I've read about...
hi. thanks for responding.... my husband is a heavy drinker - the dr is aware maybe drinks 8 drinks daily , sometimes less... he has stopped - needs more bloodwork in 5 weeks, i am very nervous about...
my husband is 51 and has been a drinker/smoker for years...blood work 7 months ago were normal...last week the alt was 112 ast was 94 and alk phos was 338....anyone have any idea why so high? i'm so...
hi, i'm rose and haven't been to this forum in awhile i suffer from anxiety - mostly have fear of illness...i also worry alot about whatever comes to mind. i am 47 years old and get the most...
hi i am a 47 year old female and have been on this forum before with fear of having MS or even something worse... a new symptom is baffling me - every morning after i get out of bed, i get a numbing...
thank you kitt. i'll check in on all of you from time to time....i haven't forgotten what you've all done for me .......
hello my symptoms were pretty strange, and scary.....for the past year and a half i was experience a numbing/tingly sensation in my head, face, jaw - actually all over my head and it would change to...
the results came back normal ! i am so happy and in still in so much disbelief that stress/anxiety can cause the symptoms that i had!!!!!!!!!! thank you everyone so being so nice to me.....i wish you...
i used to get the quivers - i have pvc's too - my cardiologist says they are nothing to worry about.....i always notice them when its very quiet and i'm lying down......don't worry :)...
thank you everyone.....you guys are so great! i hate second guessing everyone....i just don't know why these doctors make you wait until they give you the results....do they just want an additional...
i'm so sorry you feel this way.....i used to feel the exact same way that you do....by "fighting" it, that just means not to let this panic get the best of you. talk yourself out of it and know that...
thank you everyone. i did call the doctors office today for my results. they said they don't give results over the phone; thats why they give us follow up appts, but she did say if something was...
thanks, but i am wondering IF there was something on the mri scan, would the doc call sooner or wait a whole week??? i would sure hope not !!...
does anyone know how long it would take for my dr to receive mri results if something was found on it?? would they call me ASAP (like within an hour)......i had mine done at 7:45 this morning;...
thank you both, i appreciate it........i need all the prayers i can get - just want these feelings to stop once and for all....
i am now 46 years old. i think my anxiety issues began after my father died of a heart attack at 66. i began having chest pains, some facial numbness, etc.. i was 23 when he passed. every now and...
thank you, gretchen. i appreciate that. this is something i wouldn't wish on my own enemy...its physically and emotionally exhausting - my well wishes for your husband, and for you also !...
i definitely am going thru health anxiety......it has to be the worst kind out there (it is for me, anyways).....i am always second guessing everyone - its like i want them to find something wrong...
yes, i have a habit of repeating my questions - i am not a very patient person, as you well know. yes, i am worried; yes i am having an mri on friday - yes, i am going to talk with a counselor next...
let me give you a long list of mine, and lets compare - shall we? i'm so fed up with this - even on the days i feel good and am not thinking negatively, the symptoms are still there. head numbness...
thank you, kitt i have an appt with a therapist next week so we'll see how that goes..... just want this weird head sensation to go away once and for all....seems to happen alot lately!...
i realize that i have serious health anxiety..... sorry, didn't mean to make anyone upset.... i didn't mean to "feed" into this thread...i am seriously worried, but i will leave you (and everyone...
what would be the symptoms of that type of MS...? now i'm getting more nervous... and i'm still confused about symptoms that "come and go".....can they tingling be on one side of the head on one day,...
sorry you are going thru this too.....i am having leg pain/calf tightness and i feel like i am going crazy....i also have tingling in my legs/face also... continue harrassing your doc if you need to,...
i honestly don't remember when the numbness/tingling actually started - i think all of this started once my nephew died unexpectedly from a genetic heart defect at 14....first i noticed it on the...
so, you're saying you feel a novacaine numb? mine is a sensation of numb, kind of. its hard to explain. i still feel things...and lately i've had calf pain/tightness- it stays with me most of the day...
when you mention "numb", do you mean totally numb, or a feeling of getting novacaine?? because i'm not totally numb, its just a little sensation of numbing.... i'm sorry i took up space on the...
thank you guys. i have been to the doctor. last year i had an mri/brain and a battery of blood work. this week i am having another mri/brain - last year, everything checked out normal. i am nervous...
my symptoms don't last 24/7 but there are times when it happens daily.... i will ask the doctor, but they did rule out migraines already........
i am new to the boards; i am a 46 yo female who has weird head numbness/tingly feelings in that area...usually on the left side near my jawline but it does travel throughout my head from time to...
hi - i am new to the boards and would like to know if anyone who experiences the numbing/facial tingling on your face/head - how long does it last? because i'm sitting at my desk at work, trying to...
thank you, donna ! i will keep you posted - do you have these symptoms daily? my symptoms are all over my head/facial area...i do have a buldging disc in my c4-c7 but wasn't sure that would explain...
donna thank you so much for responding to my post. it helps - and you are right...googling those symptoms is horrifying yet i still do it ! i did go to a neurologist and i'm having an MRI on friday -...
hello.. my name is rose and i am 46 - i have a history of always finding something to worry about and i also do not handle stress well. i cannot stand my job - i dread going there every day. lately i...