Warning: Your Liver may turn on you at any time .. and it could be fatal.

[greeneyes]

Warning: Your Liver may turn on you at any time .. and it could be fatal.

42cat;921183 wrote: I've been completely AF for a few weeks and don't miss it at all. In fact, knowing that I can't drink again, ever, is a very "freeing" feeling. I can do anything I want to do and will never have to plan it around having a drink, or worry that I will run out just when I need one, or what-have-you. My focus is on health and home, and happiness.

I wish this would show up in neon when you open the MWO website!!

You are awesome too 42cat!!

[crazyforwine]

Warning: Your Liver may turn on you at any time .. and it could be fatal.

So glad to hear this! You really are amazing!

Ann

[hillsidetime]

Warning: Your Liver may turn on you at any time .. and it could be fatal.

I am glad that you are feeling better and on the mend. Hang in there,
Hill

[looking for peace]

Warning: Your Liver may turn on you at any time .. and it could be fatal.

Hi Cat, I just wanted to find your old post about your hospital stay due to liver damage several months ago and find out how you are doing and if you are still around. I did indeed bookmark the page and have reffered back to your post several times. It has stopped me from picking up a drink. I just wanted to know if you are recovered? Let us know.

[scottish lass]

Warning: Your Liver may turn on you at any time .. and it could be fatal.

Thank you for posting this - this is not a scare tactic, it is the truth - sadly, I work in helath care and in the world of transplanation - and even seeing the results of drininking, all it did was scare me, but not enough to stop. This tale is a lot of peoples reality - and young people die daily because of liver failure - and you will not get a liver transplant unless you have been AF for a period of time, if then.
This is a good wake up call for us

[lolab]

Warning: Your Liver may turn on you at any time .. and it could be fatal.

you know, when I first was scared into actually stopping, it was because of my health. But as time goes by, you forget how scared you were...

I worry about setting a poor example for my son, for not keeping the house as clean as I want it, for not being a good partner in my marriage, about wasting time, about not sleeping well, about if anyone else knows, and on and on and on, and now being AF I worry about what my friends will think when I don't drink, will I be tempted, and will they even think I'm fun anymore......

but this is really about life and death.... making a choice between living and dying.

Thanks cat for posting your story - I hope you're doing well. And to lookingforpeace for bumping this. I hadn't seen it before.

[Meech]

Warning: Your Liver may turn on you at any time .. and it could be fatal.

Thank you for this thread. It is soooooo important that you shared this with us. Re-affirms how deadly this poison is we drink. And we never know how close we are to death.

Huge wake-up call.

[madmans]

Warning: Your Liver may turn on you at any time .. and it could be fatal.

anyone that has not watched this should, it really opened my eyes https://www.mywayout.org/community/f9...ary-37717.html

[42cat]

Warning: Your Liver may turn on you at any time .. and it could be fatal.

Hi guys. Wow - I was surprised to find my old post had been bumped ... thanks for remembering me. . Hope everyone's doing well. I do still log on to MWO every couple of weeks or so... I'll never forget MYO - so many fine and understanding people .. tons of support. Thank you all.

I've been AF since July 9 last year - over 10 months now. I got so bad for awhile that I needed morning drinks to stop shakes (had to throw up the first one before another would stay down) and I had to get up every couple of hours overnight to top myself up so withdrawals wouldn't set in. Add to that, all day/night drinks (even at work) and very little food. Did I think my liver was invincible? Yup - denial is like that. Before I ended up in the hospital, I actually "cut down" on how much I was drinking ... not necessarily because I was getting smart, but moreso because my body was rejecting it (and everything else I tried to put in it).

Today, I feel about 90% recovered. Maybe 95. I haven't had recent bloodwork, but I'm sure it's OK, based on the last ones. No cirrhosis (no biopsy, but it was the specialiat's opinion that there wasn't). The tingling or numbness in my hands is almost gone - yes it took this long. I also had numbness in my feet, but that disappeared fairly quickly.

I don't crave drinking at all anymore. I eat really well and am very aware of what's going into my body. I have lots of energy. The panic and anxiety I used to is gone.I look awesome (in my opinion, compared to 'before'). I sleep fantastically. I enjoy so much stuff now that I don't have to plan my days and nights around getting and consuming booze.

To anyone wondering if their body is being affected, keep an eye on yourself. Your body might be crying for help. In hindsight I had clues besides the yellowing eyes, shakes and such. My urine was darker than it should have been, BMs were not normal (both in color and consistency), my hair was thin and brittle snd stopped growing, I had tingling in hands and feet, my skin was red and/or grey, I couldn't stomach much of anything, my memory was getting worse, I often felt confused, my fingernails didn't look healthy, teeth began to chip, tongue looked weird, annoying lump in my throat, mucous (sometimes bloody), tiny red spots on my skin, odd bruising, I sometimes had little body shivers or zaps (for lack of better description), I was always tired and never really felt 'right', and even my eyesight was not right. There are probably other things I'm forgetting here. These were all little things that were easy to deny as I tried to pretend to be normal, but these things should have been clues that my body was struggling. Your body talks to you .. Your liver is not invincible. Just thought I'd pass that along.

MWO and you all played a large part in my being able to understand this disease (or whatever it is) and to not feel alone in my battles.

Thank you all for caring (and for putting up with my long posts!) .. May the force be with you.

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

Warning: Your Liver may turn on you at any time .. and it could be fatal.

What a heartwarming post Cat, its so great that you have turned your life around. Inspiring.

[42cat]

Warning: Your Liver may turn on you at any time .. and it could be fatal.

Thanks ktab.

[scottish lass]

Warning: Your Liver may turn on you at any time .. and it could be fatal.

Thank you Cat - well done, I am so impressed and so very motivated! You Rock!! :l

[42cat]

Warning: Your Liver may turn on you at any time .. and it could be fatal.

Thank you! You all rock too. No one else knows what I did - not that drank to that extent, not "why" I had jaundice, and not that I found my "way out". I've become AF quite privately (just as I drank -privately). The only pats on the back I have gotten are from you great people. Thank you so much!

[not tonight]

Warning: Your Liver may turn on you at any time .. and it could be fatal.

To anyone wondering if their body is being affected, keep an eye on yourself. Your body might be crying for help. In hindsight I had clues besides the yellowing eyes, shakes and such. My urine was darker than it should have been, BMs were not normal (both in color and consistency), my hair was thin and brittle snd stopped growing, I had tingling in hands and feet, my skin was red and/or grey, I couldn't stomach much of anything, my memory was getting worse, I often felt confused, my fingernails didn't look healthy, teeth began to chip, tongue looked weird, annoying lump in my throat, mucous (sometimes bloody), tiny red spots on my skin, odd bruising, I sometimes had little body shivers or zaps (for lack of better description), I was always tired and never really felt 'right', and even my eyesight was not right. There are probably other things I'm forgetting here. These were all little things that were easy to deny as I tried to pretend to be normal, but these things should have been clues that my body was struggling. Your body talks to you .. Your liver is not invincible. Just thought I'd pass that along.

Hi 42cat,

Your story is both inspiring and a wake up call to the fire we are playing with when we abuse our body with alcohol. I was also taken aback by the list of symptoms you had rpior to your eyes and skin jaunduccing. I have or have had at least 4 of those listed. To be forwarnded is to be forarmed right? Thank you so much. And I am so glad to hear you are doing so well. Keep in touch!

[42cat]

Warning: Your Liver may turn on you at any time .. and it could be fatal.

Hi not tonight. Thanks. Even though some of those 'symptoms' I listed weren't specifically or completely liver-related, I think it's kind of all related.

All the best .. and thanks again!