Originally Posted by MikeM
(Post 5794827)
I'm asking everyone: what kinds of tests did they do? I guess I need to stop asking now and let it go. :) |
Go to the Doc. They will run blood tests. I drank like a pig for years and I was and am amazed that I had no liver damage whatsoever. Thank you God! |
Go see your Dr Mike - they will know what tests to do. The overwhelmng likelihood is you'll be fine :) D |
My drinking led to my liver enzymes being high, my red blood cells enlarged, an enlarged spleen and vitamin d and b12 deficient.... Apart from being tired all the time I wouldn't of known anything was wrong, blood tests and ultra sound told all! All is back to normal now thank god. Worth having your bloods checked to see whats what x |
I'm glad you're planning to call the dr tomorrow, Mike. |
I had 5-6 years of regular binge drinking before I started to notice symptoms of potential liver damage: dark orange urine, easy bruising, spider web veins on my shoulders and severe pain in my upper right quadrant. During the first week of sobriety, I had some odd aches and pains...flu-like come to think of it, and nasty, smelly sweats. Those went away after about 2 weeks. I have yet to go to the doctor, but here's what I noticed in early sobriety: -short temper, easy to be angered -incessant urges for sweets -manic and depressive cycles that aren't debilitating, but rather inconvenient -GI upset -insane caffeine tolerance -uncontrollable bouts of sleepiness, not tiredness but a feeling of not being able to keep my eyes open -occasional difficulty concentrating I haven't seen a doctor because none of these has prevented me from living my life, but I'm thinking I'll go if I don't notice an improvement after 60 days; I'm on day 41. |
Originally Posted by eyeshake
(Post 5796025)
I had 5-6 years of regular binge drinking before I started to notice symptoms of potential liver damage: dark orange urine, easy bruising, spider web veins on my shoulders and severe pain in my upper right quadrant. During the first week of sobriety, I had some odd aches and pains...flu-like come to think of it, and nasty, smelly sweats. Those went away after about 2 weeks. I have yet to go to the doctor, but here's what I noticed in early sobriety: -short temper, easy to be angered -incessant urges for sweets -manic and depressive cycles that aren't debilitating, but rather inconvenient -GI upset -insane caffeine tolerance -uncontrollable bouts of sleepiness, not tiredness but a feeling of not being able to keep my eyes open -occasional difficulty concentrating I haven't seen a doctor because none of these has prevented me from living my life, but I'm thinking I'll go if I don't notice an improvement after 60 days; I'm on day 41. |
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