Multiple autoimmune diseases

A Gastroenterologist will do a liver biopsy.

One of my favorite songs! And, definitely appropriate for many occasions.

The liver is remarkably resilient. It’s of course vital that you do everything possible to protect your liver. Eat well, no alcohol or drugs that harm the liver, watch your weight, walk and stay in decent shape. It’s good you got the diagnosis early enough that you can slow the progress of cirrhosis.

Get the appointment now as it may take months to get in. If you have history with other Doctors, take a drive and sign the consent to share information. Then give the list to the Dr you made the appointment with. I never have kept copies, but with a diagnosed condition, you probably should get copies from the past few years. Don't put it off. Your PCP may also help you get the latest bloodwork labs about two weeks before the appointment. It is good to do the work in advance, so you have a better starting point. Most info is online so it is important to remember that so the Dr can access the images. BTW it has save me some unnecessarily repeated test.

My gastrointestinal doctor is who set this up for me as out patient in the hospital.

Thank you! I truly hope so, I guess I should have asked questions back when they said blood enzymes were off. I never thought something like this was possible! I was a little overweight, ate frosting as a child as my mom made wedding cakes and others and I used to bake. I’ve had about 20 mild drinks in my life as I don’t like flavor of alcohol or coffee. Never did drugs or smoked, boring life as I put it! So now I eat chicken, turkey, whole grains, fruit, veggies.

Ahhh! dear oldkarl good to hear from you again. Let us have a race as I am now 84 and still holding on with both hands and feet. Yes, I think the old ways of teaching and learning is the way to go. The new young doctors of today have an attitude. I have had one say to me (In not a good tone of voice) "What makes you think your any different than the others?" as she walks out of the examining room. I was not surprised and so did not show my response. Sorry I even typed this info in. The opthamalogists do not have the experience or knowledge of how to treat anything but the "normal" so again I go travelling to other parts of the country to get help. I love and stand by our wonderful and beautiful America. But I think we need to appraise our ways in the medical fields. If I am wrong I will work with this as I am not all knowing. I thank all of you for caring.

@frawlsco, Wait times may be longer than typical at the moment, so I agree with @marye2 that you would be well advised to submit the request now or have your doctor make the referral.
Here is more information about requesting an appointment at Mayo Clinic http://mayocl.in/1mtmR63

I have multiple diseases and wrote to Mayo asking for appointment with Primary Care Department thinking they would play quarterback and direct me to physicians to see.Surprise.Answer was that no one could see me.Lesson learned, I guess is to contact doctor who is specialist in particular ailment. However, this would mean seeing about 5 physicians. Since my underlying disease is autoimmune, I thought a generalist would think about what was happening in my body and perhaps come to some creative conclusion which would
then send my in the proper direction. Great disappointment since Mayo is one of the greatest medical centers in the world. It seems that no one looks at the patient as a whole anymore. We are split into separate pieces and often physicians don't maintain contact with each other which would help solve what's happening. Perhaps I'm just repeating what was said more briefly right before my post. But in the ancient days, internists did this sort of thing. Great strides have been made, but someone needs to think about the whole person. Each disease is not happening on its own. Good luck to all of us with multiple problems.

I was seen at Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN in September of this year. I asked my Primary Doctor to call the Mayo Clinic Physicians referral line at 1-800-533-1564 to help get me a referral. My Doctor did this, then I was contacted by Mayo Clinic. I had to set up a Mayo Clinic account, then they sent me forms to fill out online to determine whether or not they would take my case. This was at the end of June, so it took three months to get my appointment, and I am grateful to been seen at Mayo, it is an amazing place. Kathryn