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Hello don't know if i have a bad liver but im concerned about it so thought i

would join up.

I have been a heavy drinker for the past 10 years drinking 4 cans to start with

and until just before xmas upto 10 pints of lager around 4 times a week or 8/10

cans of stella ,

Blood test for my liver are 170 what ever that means and the dr said it should

be 50 but he said this is because im overweight.

I have now giving up alcohol totally as lately i have been getting an ache

around where my livers is,

This was worse 2 weeks ago but since i stopped drinking it has become a lot

better, But is still there.

I went to the Dr last week and had a chat about it and he said if there was

anything badly wrong with my liver that it would show up in the tests, ? ALT i

think?

Anyway he is sending me for a scan to see if everything is ok, But the thing is

i have convinced myself i have destroyed my liver just a feeling i have got.

I know about people say that if you admit your an alcholic that its the first

step,

But i don't think i was, just a binge drinker, I never would wake up thinking

about drink but loved to go out with friends or go to there house at weekends

etc and look forward to doing so but now i have stopped it all to get my health

back, To be honest i have never thought about buying beer or going out, I have a

very addictive personality and have just switched to something else, Exercise

lol,

I have had high blood pressure for around 2 years and im on 32mg tablets, i also

weigh 24 stone 10 of which i have put on over the past 10 years since i started

drinking,

The Dr said i have a slight fatty liver but how can he tell just by bllod tests?

I was reading somewhere on the net that people can be at end stage liver

cirrhosis and know nothing about it even the tests are ok.

Can anyone give me some advice on detoxing my liver? any drinks or vitamins i

can take and what food should i eat or avoid, i am starting a diet this week.

thanks in advance steve

To: livercirrhosissupport

From: gadamscan@...

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:58:13 -0800

Subject: Re: Kerri &

Also, I welcome you to the group Kerri!! I've just completed my 2nd round

of treatment for Hep C and we are all still hopeful that the virus isn't hiding

somewhere, ready to raise it's ugly head again like it did the first time.

Elsie, thank you very much for joining us!! I'm sorry, I wasn't here to know

your son and perhaps be part of some of that humour Bobby speaks about.

However, your timing to come back and participate more is impeccable. My

husband and I are going through a very difficult time and are still not sure our

marriage can make it, simply because of the complicated matters of being the

caregiver... I realize now (always that hindsight) that my hubby was really not

prepared for my last treatment. Nor was he included in Dr's visits etc. all

along the way. The only information he was usually exposed to, came from my

lips. To some degree, it was his own responsibility to try to learn more about

the virus that changed our lives from day to night; but, perhaps even I should

have been sending a lot of the articles to him via e-mail. I dearly love the

sharing from the caregivers, because it sure does put a different perspective on

the suffering.

Also I'm realizing that most of the caregivers on here and other places are

" women " !!! Being a caregiver does not come as easily to a man (something he

can't just fix) as it will to the women. For most females, it was just born in

our genes.

Hmmm I'm doing a lot of thinking these last few days.

Gloria

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Hi Kerri.. welcome to the group.. I'm Elsie. Little Eagle's mom.. I've

been around since Eagle passed in Oct of 2008. This group welcomed me

from the very first moment.. You have got yourself into a wonderful

place.. You are family now.. You can now share the good moments and the

bad.. No questions are too silly, and what you are feeling can be

shared..

I always read the posts but I don't always share, but I made my self a

promise that after the New Year I would share more often.. Those of us

who are or were care givers know how important it is to have someone who

can understand..

Elsie..... Little Eagles Mom