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Update, :-) My primary care physician asst. just called to let me know my resubmitted liver enzymes were normal. What I have done is make sure that each meal consist of 6 to 8 total ounces. And instead of eating just chicken I have a little bit of chicken, a little bit of broccoli, little bit of fruit. So it's more of a well balanced meal. The other thing that I did was completely eliminate Tylenol which I think probably led to the elevated liver enzymes initially. Thanks again Everybody!!!!

Thank you Jovie62. How I found out was I have slight elevated blood levels for Hashimotos so I went to my endocrinologist to run some blood work. They called me two weeks later, (last Friday afternoon) and told me I needed to go to my primary to discuss my liver enzymes being high and that's all they would say. I cannot get into my doctor for another 2 weeks so I started to look it up on the internet and got stressed because it basically says liver failure blah blah blah, stressed me out. You are right. It could be anything. I've been taking more tylenol recently and it could also have something to do with that so I laid back on the Tylenol. I know my mother had high liver enzymes and then got them normal and that was because she used to take too much Advil. So maybe Advil and Tylenol are filtered through the liver. I actually took the Tylenol because I thought it was not filtered through the liver. I definitely will keep in touch and let everyone know what they say. Thank you again. For some reason I feel a lot more calm today about the situation (the internet basically pretty much lets you know you're dying.) Lol

Hi Harleyguy, does your Doc have any idea why your enzymes would be elevated? Was everything normal before surgery? How much weight have you lost? If you do still have your gallbladder that could be a contributing factor especially if you're losing a lot of weight in a short amount of time? I've read that very quick weight loss can raise liver enzymes. Honestly I feel in my heart that our bodies have gone through so much and could possibly just be taking time to get "adjusted." That is what I feel in my heart to be true. I hope I am right.

Heftyhoosier, really sorry about your dad. That really stinks. So sad. Wonder how someone who doesn't drink gets cirrhosis of the liver, sad? I guess if it is something, they caught it very early considering everything was normal a few months ago. I will keep you guys informed and I am on Facebook, Emrald Eyes (Paris). Do you have elevated enzymes? Congratulations on taking your new journey! Ill KIT

Thank you. Appt Sat!! :-) Are you a nurse, tell me what you know? :-) how do they know if you're in liver failure can they do a simple test? Could this be nothing? Could it just be the stress of the surgery and low cal eating? Ultrasound normal. Bloodwork in Aug normal

Thank you, I am trying but it's hard. I had a complete ultrasound of my liver in October or November and it was fine. All liver blood work was fine that was done in August and July. I'm wondering if this could possibly have something to do with a very low calorie diet and if anyone has seen something like this before? I'm wondering if this is sometimes common?

Hello, before I had my gastric sleeve my liver enzymes and ultrasound were normal. I do not have a gallbladder and had that removed many years ago. I do not drink alcohol. I do not eat a ton of fat. However, it's been 4 months post op and my liver enzymes are elevated. I am very scared. I do take tylenol. since my surgery December 4th I have lost 52 pounds. My protein is around 80 per day and my carbohydrate levels are around 10 per day. I have read that little carbohydrates can cause liver enzymes to go up as well as very low calorie diets. Just wondering if anyone else has had this issue that also does not have a gall bladder. Thank you in advance