Ultrasound!
Feb. 13th, 2006 10:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellyssianI dunno, that just seemed to need an exclamation point...
Anywho, I had my liver (and pancreas, and gall bladder, and bile ducts, and right kidney) ultrasoundificated this morning. In discussion with the sonographer, which including giving her the background of why exactly we were doing this (elevated liver enzyme levels; high blood pressure and cholesterol meds,) we discussed gall bladder cancer - she knew what to look for, but didn't know much about the disease (even though the husband of a friend died of it a couple years ago - very quick, as to be expected.)
And just to set some things at ease (if they weren't already,) no tumors were seen on my gall bladder. She also mentioned that the pancreas looked good. She didn't specifically say anything about any of the other bits and pieces, so that may or may not be good. I have a nagging suspicion that if she did suspect something, she has to let the doctor do the telling; but I also think that if she saw something hideously awful-bad, she wouldn't have been able to keep it quiet. Conflicting thoughts, but hey, I'm not overly worried.
Anywho, I had my liver (and pancreas, and gall bladder, and bile ducts, and right kidney) ultrasoundificated this morning. In discussion with the sonographer, which including giving her the background of why exactly we were doing this (elevated liver enzyme levels; high blood pressure and cholesterol meds,) we discussed gall bladder cancer - she knew what to look for, but didn't know much about the disease (even though the husband of a friend died of it a couple years ago - very quick, as to be expected.)
And just to set some things at ease (if they weren't already,) no tumors were seen on my gall bladder. She also mentioned that the pancreas looked good. She didn't specifically say anything about any of the other bits and pieces, so that may or may not be good. I have a nagging suspicion that if she did suspect something, she has to let the doctor do the telling; but I also think that if she saw something hideously awful-bad, she wouldn't have been able to keep it quiet. Conflicting thoughts, but hey, I'm not overly worried.
