Have been lurking for a while. Thanks for sharing your experiences and the many heads up. I hope I can ever repay you all.
Am recovering well from IVa treatment / busy regaining ordinary life. Last Op was some 20 months ago. Scans are clear and CEA consistently low (around 1.3). April colonoscopy showed cancer free clean colon!
It was a rough ride getting to where I am today, but it looks I might be one of the lucky ones, at least for the time being.
When discussing the results of the latest blood tests, nothing remarkable was mentioned. All fine.
Got a copy of the lab report though, that shows that some of the indicators for liver function are way (?) off the mark;
- Alkaline Phosphatase: result 176 (target is -120 UL)
Gamma-Glutamyl Transpeptidase (GGTP): result 534 (target is 0-55 UL)
ASAT (possibly AST in the US): result 44 (target is 0-35UL)
ALAT (possibly ALT in US): result 50 (target is 0 45 UL)
Anyone have any experience / can comment on importance of the deviations and how these might be interpreted?
Anything to worry about? Or just confirmation that liver got seriously damaged when its biggest half got removed Oct 2012?
Thanks / best wished from Sunny Holland
Leon