Supposed to be Day 1. Just had test results
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Supposed to be Day 1. Just had test results
My test results have come back. My liver isn’t doing very well. Need to go for an ultersound and some more tests. Doctor recommends i stop drinking completely immediately
trying to process this without getting stressed and going to buy alcohol to cope
trying to process this without getting stressed and going to buy alcohol to cope
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Hi Al
As you'll hear from people who've been there - the liver can be pretty resilient - if we let it heal.
Buying booze might contribute to more damage & it would only make you worry fret and panic more later.
Do the wise thing and stay sober
As you'll hear from people who've been there - the liver can be pretty resilient - if we let it heal.
Buying booze might contribute to more damage & it would only make you worry fret and panic more later.
Do the wise thing and stay sober
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AI34, it is a physical certainty that there is that one drink that puts your poor beleaguered liver past the point of no return and then you are in trouble. Nobody knows when you will drink that drink that could end your life, but your docs are telling you that you are in the general neighborhood now. Let's not test that and let's back away from alcohol altogether, and for good. You have to leave it behind now AI34.
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I would take your doctor really seriously. I don't think he would tell you to quit right away if it was not a serious situation. Like Surrendered said, you never know where the point of no return might be. I think we all understand how overwhelming the thought of quitting forever is, but we all also know of people who didn't quit in time and lost their lives because of it. I had a close friend who didn't make it. Not trying to be super negative here, just telling you what's at stake, for real. Please quit.
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This is indeed very serious. I sincerely hope you take the steps necessary to stop drinking now--ask your doctor for help or find a detox center before you take another drink.
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Drinking sure will not help that situation, will it?
There are a lot of things you can do, take, or drink (non-alcoholic) to help repair the liver. It is possible. If you put the alcohol down now!
Life or death?
I know someone who has been on the liver transplant list for 3 years, he is often yellow, in and out of the hospital. That is no way to live.
Be well,
DC
There are a lot of things you can do, take, or drink (non-alcoholic) to help repair the liver. It is possible. If you put the alcohol down now!
Life or death?
I know someone who has been on the liver transplant list for 3 years, he is often yellow, in and out of the hospital. That is no way to live.
Be well,
DC
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Sounds like it is the right day to stop drinking and to let you body start to recover. It's usually some sort of awful fright or realisation that brings us to the quit day. You'll feel so much better in general after a little while sober
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The liver is very kind within reason. I had a fatty liver diagnosed by ultrasound. An online search will tell you lots of people have a fatty liver, but for me (as a drinker) it was very bad news indeed. It meant I’d reached stage 1 of liver disease which would’ve almost certainly progressed to scarring and then cirrhosis. If your liver packs up, that really is your lot.
So I quit drinking and had a fibroscan 6 months later. All that fat had gone! I didn’t do anything except not drink, and my liver did all the work. The doctor did add that I’d done the absolute best thing by quitting booze, but he warned me to keep it that way. I have so far.
Whatever stage your liver’s at, stopping drinking will be the one biggest help you can give it. Your doctors won’t be able to do anything more than that one thing. They’ll be speechless to hear you’re still drinking and so am I.
So I quit drinking and had a fibroscan 6 months later. All that fat had gone! I didn’t do anything except not drink, and my liver did all the work. The doctor did add that I’d done the absolute best thing by quitting booze, but he warned me to keep it that way. I have so far.
Whatever stage your liver’s at, stopping drinking will be the one biggest help you can give it. Your doctors won’t be able to do anything more than that one thing. They’ll be speechless to hear you’re still drinking and so am I.
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Sorry to hear about your liver results but as others have said it is a tough organ and can take a beating.....up to a point!
Don't come to the stage though where there is no come back. Staying stopped will make sure this wouldn't happen. Best of luck.
Don't come to the stage though where there is no come back. Staying stopped will make sure this wouldn't happen. Best of luck.
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