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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 42624" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Hi Andrea, you had me going there for a minute... but I looked it up, and my grandfather and brother have Gilbert's disease. Basically, it's a disease that makes you appear to have liver disease (and since my grandfather drank and owned a bar, we considered that a given) but in fact, it doesn't really affect anything. It's just good to know because it skews test results.</p><p></p><p>Wilson's disease is more serious and you are very, very lucky it is being caught early. I can see that you're panicking, but take a deep breath and try to be thankful. Although there are some medications you may have to cut back on, once you get the copper absorption under control, you may not need as many medications. If he does in fact have it, you may be treating the symptoms rather than the cause, which, again, makes it doubly important that you get the correct diagnosis in re: to his liver function. You are very lucky.</p><p></p><p>It will all work out. You just have to get through the testing and diagnosis. Let us know and we'll all be here for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 42624, member: 3419"] Hi Andrea, you had me going there for a minute... but I looked it up, and my grandfather and brother have Gilbert's disease. Basically, it's a disease that makes you appear to have liver disease (and since my grandfather drank and owned a bar, we considered that a given) but in fact, it doesn't really affect anything. It's just good to know because it skews test results. Wilson's disease is more serious and you are very, very lucky it is being caught early. I can see that you're panicking, but take a deep breath and try to be thankful. Although there are some medications you may have to cut back on, once you get the copper absorption under control, you may not need as many medications. If he does in fact have it, you may be treating the symptoms rather than the cause, which, again, makes it doubly important that you get the correct diagnosis in re: to his liver function. You are very lucky. It will all work out. You just have to get through the testing and diagnosis. Let us know and we'll all be here for you. [/QUOTE]
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