I "quit" drinking about a month ago, but admittedly have given in to the temptation of beer a few times between now and then... Coincidentally, I visited my doctor a couple of days after my "quit" date for a regular check-up (which included blood work)...
Yesterday I finally got around to seeing him to discuss the lab results. In addition to my elevated liver enzymes (I expected that), my triglicerides were through the roof! One of the "highest scores" the Doc said he has recently seen! Apparently anything over 500 puts you into the "extremely high risk" category, and my score was 546...
And guess what the number one cause is for high triglicerides? That's right, alcohol... So in addition to having to pop pills to control my high blood pressure (alcohol related), I'm now having to pop pills for the triglicerides (alcohol related). At 39 I feel like I am to damn young to be a pill popper...
So yes, yesterday is now my "official" quit date. Alcohol is killing me (literally)...
