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elevated ALT (SGPT)
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thanks Ruth
Bilirubin is fine--thanks for your input, the oncology nurse seemed worried by I had skipped one cycle of chemo for infected port removal reinsertion and all lab work bounced back to normal, this was my lab draw oafter 2 cycles Folfox and the liver damage labs zoomed up a bit so sure its chemo --going to hold on to that being a sign chemo is working!
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Hey myAZmountainmyAZmountain said:thanks Ruth
Bilirubin is fine--thanks for your input, the oncology nurse seemed worried by I had skipped one cycle of chemo for infected port removal reinsertion and all lab work bounced back to normal, this was my lab draw oafter 2 cycles Folfox and the liver damage labs zoomed up a bit so sure its chemo --going to hold on to that being a sign chemo is working!
Chemo can most certainly cause elevated liver numbers. My situation was a bit different than yours since I was getting liver directed chemo via an HAI pump. But my numbers shot up so high after the second round that I had to skip round three. In fact, I was violently ill for about 10 days. I thought it was a stomach virus, but my oncologist believes it was a result of my liver numbers being so high. Give it time and the numbers usually come back down to normal.
mountainhiker
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