I Guess I'm Fine
Apr. 27th, 2024 07:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pshaw_ravenWe're about to head out on a short trip tomorrow, so this week's been a little wild in trying to prep for that and get all my doctor stuff in. We're doing a little last minute shopping today.
I went back to Palm Coast to follow up with the gastro (or what my doctor charmingly refers to as a "FU appointment" LOL) and she had almost no news. Long story very short my liver isn't going to explode. My low ceruloplasmin may be an issue, but they're going to retest in six weeks and see what it's doing. Since that's a protein that handles copper transport, if it remains low they'll start testing for copper toxicity. She said there was nothing special I needed to do at this point, no lifestyle or diet changes I ought to make. She said that since we don't fully understand how these things work, sometimes levels will be off, then they'll correct themselves, and there isn't an underlying problem.
I also came across a very recent (Jan. 2023) study that may have relevance for me. This was one guy, but the study author stated it may be a line of future research. Anyway, this guy was a runner and general athletic type, like me, and he kept having elevated ALT and AST on blood work. They did the full monty on him and found nothing. However, he started taking a week off running and all exercise before his blood tests and the liver enzymes went back to normal. Because there wasn't anything wrong with his liver. Your muscles also contain ALT and AST that they release when they break down, such as after exercise.
I try to get my blood draws done before hard race efforts, stupid-long late season runs, and the like, but I've never specifically stopped running or lifting ahead of one. For my next set I will, though. Because I might run sprint intervals the day before and not regard them as "hard," because it wasn't a grinding, grueling twenty mile long run. Or doing a tough lifting workout and not thinking much about it because the next day I'm not hurting.
Anyway, gotta get some food and stuff before we head out. More pie-iron cinnamon rolls, smoked sausages for cheesesteak sandwiches, and I usually carry a pack or two of those Belvita cookies in my backpack in case one of us starts to fade out in the parks and needs a quick blood sugar boost.
I went back to Palm Coast to follow up with the gastro (or what my doctor charmingly refers to as a "FU appointment" LOL) and she had almost no news. Long story very short my liver isn't going to explode. My low ceruloplasmin may be an issue, but they're going to retest in six weeks and see what it's doing. Since that's a protein that handles copper transport, if it remains low they'll start testing for copper toxicity. She said there was nothing special I needed to do at this point, no lifestyle or diet changes I ought to make. She said that since we don't fully understand how these things work, sometimes levels will be off, then they'll correct themselves, and there isn't an underlying problem.
I also came across a very recent (Jan. 2023) study that may have relevance for me. This was one guy, but the study author stated it may be a line of future research. Anyway, this guy was a runner and general athletic type, like me, and he kept having elevated ALT and AST on blood work. They did the full monty on him and found nothing. However, he started taking a week off running and all exercise before his blood tests and the liver enzymes went back to normal. Because there wasn't anything wrong with his liver. Your muscles also contain ALT and AST that they release when they break down, such as after exercise.
I try to get my blood draws done before hard race efforts, stupid-long late season runs, and the like, but I've never specifically stopped running or lifting ahead of one. For my next set I will, though. Because I might run sprint intervals the day before and not regard them as "hard," because it wasn't a grinding, grueling twenty mile long run. Or doing a tough lifting workout and not thinking much about it because the next day I'm not hurting.
Anyway, gotta get some food and stuff before we head out. More pie-iron cinnamon rolls, smoked sausages for cheesesteak sandwiches, and I usually carry a pack or two of those Belvita cookies in my backpack in case one of us starts to fade out in the parks and needs a quick blood sugar boost.
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