Liver scan ... Rising ALP

Maxiecat
Maxiecat Member Posts: 544 Member
in Colorectal Cancer #1
I thought I was doing well with my treatment. I just had Folfox treatment no 5 today. I have been feeling good. Just before my treatment the nurse told me that the Dr wants me to get an ultrasound of my liver and biliary tree? The reason... Rising alk phos... Alkaline phosphatase. Anyone ever have this? Does this mean potentially mets to the liver?

Alex

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  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member
    #2
    Don't think so , many of us have hight alkaline phosfat.
    very hight due to chemo or liver resection, mine use to be in the sky many times and not cancer related!
    Hugs Alex hope it helps to keep you calm !
  • abrub
    abrub Member Posts: 2,174 Member
    #3
    Milk Thistle, as prescribed by my Integrative Med MD
    at Memorial Sloan Kettering helped greatly in normalizing my liver function. You might ask about that.
  • Cathleen Mary
    Cathleen Mary Member Posts: 827 Member
    #4
    abrub said:

    Milk Thistle, as prescribed by my Integrative Med MD
    at Memorial Sloan Kettering helped greatly in normalizing my liver function. You might ask about that.

    All of my liver enzymes kept

    All of my liver enzymes kept rising. I was scanned and eventually had a liver biopsy. Turned out not to be cancer related..I had a treatable autoimmune disease. It seems all sorts of things I never thought of can cause abnormal labs.
    Wishing you good news.

    Cathleen Mary
  • So Worried
    So Worried Member Posts: 111 Member
    #5
    Cathleen Mary said:

    All of my liver enzymes kept

    All of my liver enzymes kept rising. I was scanned and eventually had a liver biopsy. Turned out not to be cancer related..I had a treatable autoimmune disease. It seems all sorts of things I never thought of can cause abnormal labs.
    Wishing you good news.

    Cathleen Mary

    Rising ALP
    My mom, who does not have cancer has a very high ALP and they cannot figure out why as of now. So..it does not necessarily mean cancer at all :) Good luck!!

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