Health Updates

went to see the company doctor, as instructed by him last Friday, this morning... the first thing he commented when i stepped into his room was that i still looked yellow... and he's not ready to let me go back to the office and scare everyone... my eyes were still yellow, much more so than last Monday when i first saw him...

he explained Tuesday's blood test results to me... apparently the enzymes in my liver were way off the normal range:
SGPT (ALT) - 2262 mu/ml (normal = 0 to 30)
SGOT (AST) - 1832 mu/ml (normal = 0 to 30)
GGT - 746 IU/L (normal = 0 to 50)
Bilirubin 6.5 mg/dl ((normal = 0 to 1.5)

he advised that my levels were still not critical cos they were below the 10,000 range... he said that what TTSH had done was to make sure that the levels did not increase over the days i was hospitalised... 2 consecutive decreases and they would have discharged me (apparently that was what happened)...

now that i had Hep A, the immunity is for life... so i'm free from Hep A & B (i am naturally immunised to Hep B)... but there's still C, D and E (all of which do not have any vaccinations at the moment)...

he took blood for further testing of the liver functions to make sure that the levels are back to normal... he saw the various bruises on both my arms and commented that it's normal cos the blood takes a longer time to clot now, resulting in the bruising...

told him about the itching that can be quite unbearable at times... he said that it's best not to strain the liver further and to stay away from medications (all, if not most, of them are bound to make the liver work harder)...

doc gave me medical leave until Wednesday... depending on the blood test results, he may extend it further come Wednesday... anyway, i've already used up my medical leave... will have to take my own leave (which is also meagre now after the hearing loss)... i may have to seek approval from the Director to extend my medical leave eventually... wish me luck...

so, it's back to rest, rest and more rest...