I don’t usually buy these magazines but I’ve got an essay to do and wanted to use something that was ‘easy reading’ to break up the time.
There’s an article in there a mother 42 has liver cirrhoses, after just a few years of drinking, a short time (weeks) of drinking two bottles of wine per night during a nasty break up but just a couple of glasses of wine a night before and after that, over a space of just 6 years. And now she won’t live past 60
I’ve had an unhealthy relationship with alcohol since I was 17! I was in the pub with friends every night.
I’ve never got as bad as two bottles on wine in a night but I drink most nights and when shit hits the fan, I tend to drown my sorrows.
I’m 35 now and recently experienced a bereavement and I turned to wine. It got bad briefly so I sought different things to help instead, counselling etc and cut down.
However, after reading that article I’m shit scared that all my years of drinking have done irreversible damage! Especially since I seem to have done significantly more than the woman in the article.
I stupidly thought cirrhosis was caused by people who drank spirits straight and from they wake up until they go to bed.
I had NO idea it was so serious.
I want to call my GP tomorrow and ask for a liver function test. They already know about me turning to alcohol during my bereavement and have been very helpful in changing that for me so they know my history.
Would that test be a good idea? If I’ve done damage then better that I know now?
Just last night I had two mugs of mulled wine and I was going to have a glass of wine with tapas tonight and now I’m feeling terrible and guilty and ashamed.
Has anyone had a test after years of drinking?
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DingleBerries · 14/11/2017 14:43
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