Chemo delayed for second time due to high ALT levels

I drank a cup of coffee as I read it can help settle liver enzymes down. I found it helped me. Xxx

I had high liver levels after chemo too - I ate mango, kale, broccoli & beetroot as these are supposed to be good “liver” foods and drank loads of water & had a coffee every day.  

My liver managed to hang in in there for the rest of my chemos.  Did they tell you what your alt levels were - mine were about 170 (I think)  & they still let me go ahead with it - not sure what the cut off point is.   Good luck with it - hopefully you can get back on track soon xx 

Thank you - I am a coffee drinker anyway so been having an extra cup

Thank you! I went to shops this morning to get lots of liver friendly foods such as mango kale broccoli spinach etc! I’ll try all of that and hopefully it does something! 

Hey, I hope you don't mind me asking but what was the outcome of this, please? I'm undergoing chemo and have just been told that my ALT level is high. They're redoing the blood tests but I can't help worrying what this all means. 

Sorry to hear your delays - I too had issues on 2 occasions and it’s so disappointing - Christmas was cancelled for me - I finally completed my final chemo on Friday but this should have been 8th Dec.  At the end of the day sometimes delays are for a reason and is more of a preventative as if the levels are not right you may end up in hospital very unwell.

Mine went up and I read that fresh ground coffee can be helpful and it seemed to work for me.

Hi,

I had the same after Paclitaxel, was 5 x the max(250) My oncologist said is usual on chemo and if it's 10 x higher they start worrying. Treatment delayed one week, had extra coffee,  turmeric tea and my levels came down by next treatment to normal and stayed normal since.

Thank you for all your replies. You really reassured me. When I posted the initial message, I had no idea that the chemo itself was probably causing the elevated ALT so I started worrying that there was something seriously wrong with my liver. 

I am really sorry to hear of the delays some of you have suffered and how frustrating and disappointing this can be.