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tomls

Sounds like you are doing the right things. What symptoms do you have?

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tomls

When I stopped drinking I thought maybe I was dying. I was bloated for a long time before I quit. Drink plenty of water. Best wishes on your blood work. I also had bad anxiety. Breathing exercises, meditation and naps helped me a lot.

doggonecarl

No, but he should be able to determine your health. Anxiety over your health is energy being pulled away from the work you need to remain sober.

aasharon90

When I entered recovery 29 yrs ago, little did I
know or realize how sick I truly was. It took the
love and care of family to place me into the hands
of those capable of teaching me about my alcohol
addiction and a program of recovery to live by and
incorporate in all my affairs to achieve many of lifes
blessings and gifts.

With continued willingness, openmindedness and
honesty, I slowly began to peel the layers of my life
that kept me sick for so long. It was explained to me
that it took many one days sick in my addiction, walking
in the darkness of the forest, to get to where I eventually
ended up at.

Then once I entered recovery, I had to learn how to
walk out of the darkest of the forest, one step at a
time where I would eventually leave, walk out of
the dark forest into the light.

Each step I took would be a process and with help
from many in recovery, many who learned themselves
how to walk from the darkness to the light of the
forest, showing me the way by sharing their own
experiences, strengths and hopes of what their own
life was and is like before, during and after addiction.

With out all those folks who walked side by side with
me showing me the way, I surely wouldn't be here, because
my addiction was taking every ounce of life away from
me.

With 29 yrs of continuous sobriety living by the tools
and knowledge taught to me over the yrs as a guideline,
I am healthier in heart, mind and soul leaving my addiction
behind but not forgotten.

From darkness to light one step at a time respecting
my addiction and recovery as so many do.

Reid82

I wouldn't worry about anything until you get your bloods done and the results come back, you might be worrying over nothing. Our bodies can take a lot of damage.

That's good step about seeing an addiction specialist too. I know myself a lot of GPs don't have a clue about this thing!

JADIII

I agree with Reid to just wait on the blood work, as hard as that may be. I spoke to my doctor about this also and he had some interesting feedback. So just having itchy/rash palms in no way means that you "have cirrhosis" as I had the same thing. Also and if I'm off here, please let me know. Your liver doesn't hurt it would be the things around it as maybe your liver is inflamed pushing on other things. I believe your liver actually gets smaller with cirrhosis so this would seem counter to that. From what he says, you're liver has to be inflamed for a months/years before it can start to become cirrhosis. This is what I've taken from my MD. Have you had recent blood work to compare the two tests? Maybe have an ultrasound like I did.

Look forward to hearing back what the tests show.

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Dee74

Hi softdrinks

Dr Google is not a great help for those of us with health anxiety. By its very nature Google will list every possible symptom of everything and it's easy to convince ourselves of things that turn out not to be true.

I remember being convinced I looked 'yellow'...turns out it was the light bulb in my bathroom.

Try and wait to see your real doctor before you start worrying
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Derringer

I have a young friend of the family who spent 5 years to become a Pediatrician, so 3 of those years were the Doctor qualification, then 2 to specialise.

Guess what he said about their training in treating addiction.

One morning. 4 hours .... in 3 years. That's it.

That's new Zealand though, so I don't know for sure if it's more robust in other countries, although I suspect not.

Sunny27

Before I quit I had bad liver pain. It's one of the reasons I quit for good. I was convinced I had caused serious damage but years later I had an ultrasound and liver showed up as normal. Was such a relief.

The change in my health is what made me stop drinking. I didn't want to die young because of alcohol.

SoberCAH

NYCDoglvr

The first three months I was suicidal. I wanted to die, I sat in rooms and bawled my eyes out. But if you keep going, I promise you'll level out.

JADIII

Any results back yet?

TheRandomPotato

My old man was a heavy drinker like me back in his early 50's to early 60's (78 now), and his liver was shot to pieces. His doctor told him basically that he had one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peal.
He stopped immediately because i think it scared the F out of him.
A year later tests showed that his liver had healed and returned to normal. But it took a year if it was not more, for it to heal.

Dee74

How are things softdrinks?

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