Liver discomfor AFTER quitting?
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Liver discomfor AFTER quitting?
I know it's a no no to give medical advice. I've already got an appointment coming up with the doc about this but I wanted to know if anyone's ever experienced that right upper quadrant cramp AFTER they quit? It's been almost 3 weeks since quitting and for the past 7 days I've been getting that discomfort every day for the past 7 days.
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Originally Posted by WaterOx 
I know it's a no no to give medical advice. I've already got an appointment coming up with the doc about this but I wanted to know if anyone's ever experienced that right upper quadrant cramp AFTER they quit? It's been almost 3 weeks since quitting and for the past 7 days I've been getting that discomfort every day for the past 7 days.
Maybe liver repairing itself? Usually no cause for alarm.
It good you're going to to the doctor. .
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Hi WaterOx, you’re doing the right thing by seeing your doc. They might say it’s “only” three weeks, but keep an eye on this.
I still had twinges eight months after quitting and paid for a private liver fibroscan to check my liver stiffness (a sign of scarring). All was OK and I’d even got rid of all the liver fat which had been there just 8 months before! The consultant reviewed the results and said that all my lifestyle changes (weight loss, exercise, diet) were good but stopping drinking had done 99% of the work. He didn’t know why I’d been having the aches, possibly fatty liver, but bizarrely the aches went that very day. Maybe there was some stress or psychosomatic stuff going on.
I know of people my age who’d developed cirrhosis from drinking. By some sort of miracle, I’d avoided any long-term liver damage. I saw that as a bullet dodged. No way was I going to drink again with such a second chance. If you get the all clear, make sure you build on that second chance and start living again.
I still had twinges eight months after quitting and paid for a private liver fibroscan to check my liver stiffness (a sign of scarring). All was OK and I’d even got rid of all the liver fat which had been there just 8 months before! The consultant reviewed the results and said that all my lifestyle changes (weight loss, exercise, diet) were good but stopping drinking had done 99% of the work. He didn’t know why I’d been having the aches, possibly fatty liver, but bizarrely the aches went that very day. Maybe there was some stress or psychosomatic stuff going on.
I know of people my age who’d developed cirrhosis from drinking. By some sort of miracle, I’d avoided any long-term liver damage. I saw that as a bullet dodged. No way was I going to drink again with such a second chance. If you get the all clear, make sure you build on that second chance and start living again.
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p.s. this was back in 2019. All good since then.
p.p.s. Well done on three weeks. To expand on above, I had a routine ultrasound to check my abdomen, and that did pick up a “mild” fatty liver. I’d changed my lifestyle before that by losing 25kg and exercising but I still drank. “All” I changed for the fibroscan test 8 months later was to stop drinking. It’s amazing that the liver was able to repair itself once I stopped giving it such a bashing every day.
p.p.s. Well done on three weeks. To expand on above, I had a routine ultrasound to check my abdomen, and that did pick up a “mild” fatty liver. I’d changed my lifestyle before that by losing 25kg and exercising but I still drank. “All” I changed for the fibroscan test 8 months later was to stop drinking. It’s amazing that the liver was able to repair itself once I stopped giving it such a bashing every day.
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Originally Posted by Steely
yes, that can happen WaterOx. Don't know why.
Maybe liver repairing itself? Usually no cause for alarm.
It good you're going to to the doctor. .
Maybe liver repairing itself? Usually no cause for alarm.
It good you're going to to the doctor. .
it concerns me that it’s something else.
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Congrats 3 weeks almost WaterOx
I had that feeling something was up with my liver, a bulgy feeling, but everything checks-out now a 1 yr 5 mo sober.
Your drinking days are over nonetheless.
Do you have enough support to stay sober @WaterOx ?
I had that feeling something was up with my liver, a bulgy feeling, but everything checks-out now a 1 yr 5 mo sober.
Your drinking days are over nonetheless.
Do you have enough support to stay sober @WaterOx ?
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Originally Posted by Hodd
p.s. this was back in 2019. All good since then.
p.p.s. Well done on three weeks. To expand on above, I had a routine ultrasound to check my abdomen, and that did pick up a “mild” fatty liver. I’d changed my lifestyle before that by losing 25kg and exercising but I still drank. “All” I changed for the fibroscan test 8 months later was to stop drinking. It’s amazing that the liver was able to repair itself once I stopped giving it such a bashing every day.
p.p.s. Well done on three weeks. To expand on above, I had a routine ultrasound to check my abdomen, and that did pick up a “mild” fatty liver. I’d changed my lifestyle before that by losing 25kg and exercising but I still drank. “All” I changed for the fibroscan test 8 months later was to stop drinking. It’s amazing that the liver was able to repair itself once I stopped giving it such a bashing every day.
oddly enough it doesn’t bother me at all at night so hopefully it’s jusome sort of a stress issue or related to food. I can’t wait until Friday’s appointment. I don’t like not knowing these things because it worries me it’s something unrelated to drinking
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We’re all different, but if like me the only thing that’ll put your mind at rest is a test, go for it. I’m in the U.K. and would never have got a fibroscan. I was on holiday in Asia and paid the equivalent of UK £140 for a fibroscan and consultant’s time. I’ve since heard the same test can be around £400 in the UK - an absolute bargain for such an important test. I had proof that I didn’t have cirrhosis or fibrosis back in 2019, and as I haven’t drank since (and plan to never do so), I got away with that, barring any other medical issues that may occur.
That was a fibroscan. Your doc will advise what’s best, but be prepared for some reluctance for a referral or just pay for it privately. Best money you’ll ever spend.
That was a fibroscan. Your doc will advise what’s best, but be prepared for some reluctance for a referral or just pay for it privately. Best money you’ll ever spend.
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Originally Posted by KneePads
Yes. So weird!
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Waterox, I hope this is helpful. I had a crampy feeling in my left side that continued to get worse and worse in my final years of drinking. When I quit, it went away pretty quickly. Stress/anxiety related perhaps. 
Probably a number of things that could cause such a pain though, and getting it checked out is surely the safest bet.
Probably a number of things that could cause such a pain though, and getting it checked out is surely the safest bet.
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