Should she tell the doctor?
I'm just curious at what point you would step to try to curb someone's drinking if their life was seriously at stake. My mom called all upset this morning. My dad got his tests back and they do feel he's got liver disease. They think it's more hepatitis, and that his liver is in rough shape in parts but still for the most part still functioning alright. They can't tell 100% until they get him in to a liver specialist. Now, the doctor is leaning more toward the hepatitis thing, he even thinks maybe he has hepatitis C and perhaps has had it for a long time. The problem with my dad and the doctors is that he's sort of Bs'ing the doc. The doctor asked him if he drank and my dad told him he used to drink alot but he cut back. That is only half the truth, he did cut back but he's still drinking everyday. Less a day but still everyday. We doubt the doctor knows that. Should a person make a call to his doctor and tell him the truth? How is the doctor supposed to make the right diagnosis if he doesn't know the whole story?
Btw, I think he's doing the lying because he is totally denying the alcohol-liver damage connection. He's telling himself that the alcohol isn't the reason it's happening. I don't know how he's making himself believe that but he is. Now that's just sick.