Alcohol levels
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I’ve been a binge drinker for about 16 years. I used to keep it to weekends and rarely drunk in the house. I have always kept myself fit playing golf / footy etc.
7 years ago I suffered a near fatal car accident and during my recovery I stayed off the alcohol although it slowly crept back. Not having the same drive in my career I moved into a sales role and 1 year to the day after my accident I lost my grandad. He was my rock throughout my recovery and it was hard hitting losing him. The stress of sales too was a hard juggle.
During the last six years the drink was starting to appear mid week every now and again. Maybe 4 cans every other night. And this last year it changed to 1 or 2 big bottles of beer with a glass of red. This would be at least 3 times per week and maybe 4 times.
After getting Xmas out of the way I haven’t touched a drop since. The dull pain in my upper abdomen is being investigated. Bloods for kidney liver and Pancreas are normal. I had a ultrasound scan in Nov which came back with Debris in my gallbladder (not stones) and a small tumour in my liver (Hemangioma) and I’ve been asked to go back for a repeat scan in 12 weeks. Progressively the dull pain has become more consistent and is present between 1700-1830 and 0300-0430 regularly with gurlgling and a raw sensation from within. I even had an endoscopy on same day as my ultra sound scan which came back normal.
At the moment I’m taking omeprazole and am wondering if they have missed something on the endoscopy or if all this is coming from my liver (from the demon drink) or the gall bladder (from the debris).
Other small niggles are across the top of my stomach under the ribcage and achy feelings in my flanks although these are every now and again. Itchy skin and sore legs have been new too.
Rather than wait another 3 weeks for a docs appointment or pester nhs24 I would appreciate any input.
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pistal666 BRH1981
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Hi BRH1981, You have had a lot to contend with over the last few Years but I must say that you have done really well to keep things together, not letting the Drink get to much the better of you. The Omeprazole should help you with the Raw sensation, as it sounds lie you have been having trouble with some Acid re flux. Don't get this mistaken for Heart Burn, the symptoms can feel quite different, sometimes even coupled with chest Pains. It is also quite common to feel the itchy skin after you have stopped Drinking, this is due to the inflammation of the liver and more often than not should subside after a couple of Weeks max, this is also the cause of those niggles just under the lower Rib cage (sometimes might even feel a little pop or feels like it tares a little now and again). The good News is the amount of repair the liver can do, and by the sounds of it, there is good functioning to the Liver, ensuring things will get better. The main thing you have to sort out are the results for the Tumour, but everything is being done that can be about that at the moment and it is not a particularly violent Tumour. Are you finding yourself wanting more to drink, or are they just current health concerns? I hope there is someway we can help on here. Are you on a lot of meds and how have you been coping Mentally since the start of all your troubles. Keep us posted, AL.
BRH1981 pistal666
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The only tablet I am on is omeprazole although I’m due to start a new one when I pick the prescription up which is something similar to buscopan. I can’t remember the name of it.
Ref the tumour the doc hasn’t said anything about growth and seems to think quite lightly about the outlook. He was more concerned with the deposits in the gallbladder. As a 36 year old male this is unusual he said.
The good news is I have no addiction feeling for alcohol but the circles I am in now compared to 3/4 years ago are so very different.
Mentally I have tried CBT and it didn’t work. After my accident I even seen a neurologist / psychiatrist for 2 years again I felt no further forward. I’ve shut a lot of memories of my accident out to be honest and the bereavement too. I think cause I’m ex-forces I have a natural mechanism in me to do so. I can flare up tempers, agitation, lack of concentration, wanting to be alone, have no filter in what I say to people at times. I appreciate that alcohol can cause all this too not just the backlash of an RTA or death of someone close.
sheryl96253 BRH1981
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I know we lash out and act differently than we did when we were in our old normal. I'm trying to stay on track with the Sinclair Method, but before Christmas my mom was killed in a robbery. Our family is fractured and my program is on and off. I'm hoping that when I apply it correctly, the method will work for me.