Monday, November 23, 2009

Let's just watch it for now... Famous last words!

So... Where do I start?

Many years ago, when I was just a teenager, I had some routine blood work drawn. Turns out that my liver enzymes were high. "What does that mean?", I asked. After ruling out Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B (the only two they knew about), I was told that I had "Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis".

When I asked my doctor what that meant, he assured me that it was nothing to worry about. "No big deal - Just follow up with blood work every few years and we'll watch it."

So that is what I did. For the next 16 or so years, I simply "watched" the numbers. Finally, not really trusting the analysis of the situation, I scheduled an appointment with my wife's doctor. He mentioned some blood level, but again, said that it was nothing to worry about.

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