NAFL Gone!!!

DaveAkeman
DaveAkeman Posts: 296 Member
in Success Stories
Just over 3 months ago, on February 9, I was diagnosed with high blood pressure and elevated liver enzymes. My doctor told me to either continue running or he'd make me take blood pressure medicine . . . well, THAT was an easy choice (I had already started C25K, and had visited him to see if it was healthy for a 5' 6" guy who weighed almost 300 pounds to run). My bp was normal within weeks. Liver was a bit more concerning, however. Since that day, I have spent 25 hours and 12 minutes running more than 88 miles, and I have taken more than a million steps, walking more than 500 miles. I can't tell you how many cookies I have walked past in those 500 miles!!! I have lost 65 pounds, and am more than half-way to my healthy weight.

Most importantly, however, today I had the blood tests done again, and my liver enzymes are NORMAL! No more NAFL (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver) for me; my hepatologist is happy!!!!

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  • Watch_Me_Rise
    Watch_Me_Rise Posts: 301 Member
    Great job!!
  • andympanda
    andympanda Posts: 763 Member
    Congrats. All the hard worked paid off
  • hotcoffee692
    hotcoffee692 Posts: 167 Member
    Now THAT'S an important success!
  • NC_Girl
    NC_Girl Posts: 177 Member
    edited May 2015
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  • czabs
    czabs Posts: 8 Member
    edited May 2015
    Wow I'm so glad I read this! I have NAFL and I didn't know it went away!! You made my day!! And congratulations on your victory!!!! :)
  • DaveAkeman
    DaveAkeman Posts: 296 Member
    czabs wrote: »
    Wow I'm so glad I read this! I have NAFL and I didn't know it went away!! You made my day!! And congratulations on your victory!!!! :)

    @czabs, there is light at the end of the tunnel! Specifically, in early February I had an ALT test result of 78 (normal is 10-58). ALT is a blood enzyme that is a marker of liver function. When the liver is damaged or diseased, it releases ALT into the blood, and levels go up. So my test result of 78 was an indicator of liver damage. I then had an ultrasound, which resulted in the NAFL diagnosis.

    Yesterday the blood test was repeated, and my ALT was 26. The ultrasound wasn't repeated, and I don't know that there's a reason to repeat it. I'm really, really happy with the blood test result.

    I hope you are successful in managing this. Good luck to you!
  • dreagetshealthy
    dreagetshealthy Posts: 1 Member
    I have nafld too... It's very scary! I'm glad yours is gone!
  • jules6669mfp
    jules6669mfp Posts: 446 Member
    I also have NAFL. I was so afraid a few years ago, after labs drawn my liver enzymes were high(they've been high for yrs). I was sent for an ultrasound of liver and was sent to specialist. Even had liver biopsy and more bloodwork and a bone marrow puncture. All thank God were normal however, the specialist felt that I needed to lose weight and exercise (really??).
    So here I am. After losing just 22lbs, My recent labs were normal!! Liver enzymes within normal limits
  • DaveAkeman
    DaveAkeman Posts: 296 Member
    jules6669mfp wrote: »
    I also have NAFL. I was so afraid a few years ago, after labs drawn my liver enzymes were high(they've been high for yrs). I was sent for an ultrasound of liver and was sent to specialist. Even had liver biopsy and more bloodwork and a bone marrow puncture. All thank God were normal however, the specialist felt that I needed to lose weight and exercise (really??).
    So here I am. After losing just 22lbs, My recent labs were normal!! Liver enzymes within normal limits

    Congratulations!!!

    Who'd'a thunk that the way to cure something called FATTY liver was to lose weight???

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