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Mentally preparing myself for diagnosis

I have been dealing with fluctuating liver enzymes and cholesterol for ~3 years now. I’m male, 32 and no history of IBD or crohns. I am in good shape and health otherwise and no symptoms.

Last year my doc thought it was an atypical case of lean fatty liver so I cleaned up my diet a bit and exercised more. In January, my liver values actually mostly came within range. ALP 123 ALT 56 AST 32 GGT 101.

However, my check up last week showed ALP 162 ALT 171 AST 81 GGT 166.

I have had ultrasound (which found a few benign spots), CT, MRI with contrast and everything came back clear. I have had extended autoimmune and antibody tests done and all negative.

The next step is a biopsy although my liver doc hasn’t mentioned AIH or PSC yet I think this is what he is looking for.

I have been dealing with fluctuating liver enzymes and cholesterol for ~3 years now. I’m male, 32 and no history of IBD or crohns. I am in good shape and health otherwise and no symptoms.

At the start of this year, my liver values actually mostly came within range. ALP 123 ALT 56 AST 32 GGT 101.

However, my check up last week showed ALP 162 ALT 171 AST 81 GGT 166.

I have had ultrasound (which found a few benign spots), CT, MRI with contrast and everything came back clear. I have had extended autoimmune blood tests done and all negative.

The next step is a biopsy although my liver doc hasn’t mentioned PSC yet I think this is what he is looking for. I have read posts similar to my situation on here and the end result was small-duct PSC. So I’m trying to mentally prepare myself now.