Today Honeybunches had an appointment with the GI doc to get the results of his liver biopsy. There was not any cirrhosis found, which is great news. They did confirm that it's not just NAFLD, it is NASH aka Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. The link provides more information about that diagnosis. He lost 6 1/2 lbs since going on the Metformin. That's awesome news! He is down from 129.5 to 123. The GI doc said to keep Honeybunches on the high dose Vitamin E, because that can help with liver disease. The pdoc had placed him on it for other reasons including to help with the side effects of his medications. It is great to know it helps with more. He also said with 5% weight loss the liver can begin to heal itself. 6 1/2 lbs is 5% of his body weight, but I hope the weight keeps coming off. He'll see Honeybunches again in three months and ordered more blood work to do before that appointment to check his liver enzymes and stuff again. In two months, he wants me to try to discontinue the Prilosec to see if he still needs it or not. He mentioned that sometimes what looks like reflux can actually be an allergic reaction to the GI tract. He said in the future he might want to do an endoscopy to look and see what's going on if symptoms continue.
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