robbo78

Hi All,

Just a quick one can any of you guys recall if you had a liver function Test and remember the result. Worse then did you still drink knowing the result.

The reason i ask is i was speaking to somebody whose Liver was 8 times the normal (recomended reading think its 50) and carried on for another 3/4 months drinking hard.

Mine was double which i imagine is around 100 (so the doctor said but did have bloods done a week after quitting so know doubt would of been higher) and a suggested was already a week cold turkey.

Look forward to any replies.


Robbo

robbo78

sorry dont know how it came under step 9 also wasnt ment to be drinking again, but still drinking knowing results.

Robbo

yukonm

Hi Robbo,
That's the insanity of the disease. Did your doctor offer any type of support group or therapy?
I have not had any physical problems so far. I quit two years ago. I hope someone posts soon that can answer your question. I will keep you in my prayers.

robbo78

It wasnt me who carried on drinking, the person who i was chatting too admited that he had had his liver results and still maintaind his drinking for 3/4months knowing his own results.

Myself some how i am 57 days sober.


Robbo

yukonm

Oh, I misunderstood. I thought you were talking about you. Congratulations on your sober 57 days!! That's huge.

north

A history of moderately elevated (liver) enzymes:

May 2005
ALT (GPT) 63 (acceptable range 5 - 35 IU/L) over
AST (SGOT) 33 (acceptable range 10- 34 IU/L) OK
gamma-GTP 91 (acceptable range 10 - 51 IU/L) over

May 2007
ALT (GPT) 48 (acceptable range 5 - 35 IU/L) over
AST (SGOT) 32 (acceptable range 10- 34 IU/L) OK
gamma-GTP 73 (acceptable range 10 - 51 IU/L) over

Nov 2007
ALT (GPT) 43 (acceptable range 5 - 35 IU/L) over
AST (SGOT) 35 (acceptable range 10- 34 IU/L) over
gamma-GTP 60 (acceptable range 10 - 51 IU/L) over

Nov 2008
ALT (GPT) 63 (acceptable range 5 - 35 IU/L) over
AST (SGOT) 44 (acceptable range 10- 34 IU/L) over
gamma-GTP 98 (acceptable range 10 - 51 IU/L) over


Readings after dropping the booze:

Mar 2009 - one month after quitting drinking
ALT (GPT) 37 over (by 2 pts)
AST (SGOT) 30 OK
gamma-GTP 45 OK

May 2009 - three months after quitting drinking
ALT (GPT) 24 OK
AST (SGOT) 30 OK
gamma-GTP 32 OK

robbo78

thanks for that the doctor must of been on about the Gamma GTP when he said mine was double then.

Robbo

CarolD

I moved this from our Step Study Sub Forum
for you Robbo . Clearly you did not intend to
post it there.

Please know that we all wish the best for you.
Only professionals can assist you with answers
that pertain you personally.

Yes I do know you are not pleased with what
they are saying/doing. That's unfortunate ..
However....
SR members are not allowed to give
or ask for medical advice

Bananaman

My liver test results before I quite drinking a month ago were worrying. I'm not sure which two liver tests I had but my doc said that one result should be lower than 40 and the other lower than 50. My results were 150 and 500. After ten alcohol free days the 500 result was down to 400. I'm having another test early in October.

Clearly I've done damage to my liver. My doctor says my liver should recover, but having done my own research with google (always a mistake with health issues) I'm less reassured and very, very confused. Maybe I'll be OK, maybe I won't. I don't know. All I know is that a month ago my insides ached, and now they feel fine. I'll just have to keep my fingers crossed I guess.

What I do know is that getting the liver results from my doctor certainly helped me quit. It's difficult to hand-wave away cold, clinical facts when told them face to face by a doctor. So to decide to continue drinking regardless is as good as throwing in the towel and saying that turning bright yellow and dying a very unpleasant, painful death in the not too distant future is preferable, easier and less scary than trying to do something about it.

I understand the thinking involved in the suicidal option, I just can't sympathise with it.

Bananaman.

rhnorment

My liver enzyme tests were in the 800-900 range (should have been below 50) and I kept drinking for 2 more years. Crazy.

robbo78

Sorry for any confusion but i was only sharing a conversation i had with another problem drinker, after discussing Liver Function Tests, i wasnt asking anyone for any medical advice, only there experience.


Robbo

johnnyreb

That's the exact same thing that happened to me. My ALT & AST were slightly elevated, and I knew it was from the booze. I quit the next day without any assistance, and now have been sober for 6 months. The liver enzymes were normal within a month in my case.