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Swollen painfull legs & Ankles.

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susan60053
susan60053

Hi my friends.Sorry that I have not posted for a while-too busy Drinking of course ! ! Not bothered too have shower for over two weeks.Thown out of restaurants because I'm drunk.Home in a mess etc .You all know what it's like. Every morning I say ' won't drink today-then i don't have the willpower to carry it out-the craving seems to win.I'm in bed now because my legs & ankles are so painfull i'ts difficult to walk.Anyone out there have any idea what is causing this agony(it's probably the wine because it gets blamed for everything unfortunately ! ) Love Susan X

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  • rainbow2014
    rainbow2014 susan60053

    Posted

    thinking of you Susan ! Like the others have said , please find a a way of getting water and lots of it !!! Let us know how you are in the morning 

    Rainbow with love xx

  • roger15081
    roger15081 susan60053

    Posted

    Swollen legs and ankles is water retention due to the onset of liver failure.

    My doctor and I were chatting the other day and she hasn't yet prescribed any sellencro, I got offered it but declined as what I've read on here it seems to be completely pointless.

    whats actually is the point? Don't we drink to get drunk?

    may as well not bother & drink coke ( or smoke it) .....

    i havnt drank since June last year.

    prior to this I had over 2 years sober, then fancied a vodka one day for no apparent reason. 6 weeks later I woke up in detox & completely broke, no job, you know the drill. 

    I checked my PayPal after the third day & was so happy to find £700 in there, thank god I had my phone stolen at some point on my blender as this would have been gone too.....lol

     

  • RHGB
    RHGB susan60053

    Posted

    "Swollen legs and ankles is water retention due to the onset of liver failure."

    See what I meant about, sometimes ignorance is better?

    • Sober_As
      Sober_As RHGB

      Posted

      You are right, RHGB.  I am always checking for signs... a little knowledge is indeed a dangerous thing !

      Alonangel 🎇

    • roger15081
      roger15081 RHGB

      Posted

      Ignorance is bliss, but this is someone's life here......
    • RHGB
      RHGB roger15081

      Posted

      I don't think Susan is in the right frame of mind to comprehend it at the moment. Plus there are varying degrees. I imagine you, like myself, didn't get told it on a forum.
    • roger15081
      roger15081 RHGB

      Posted

      True, but we are here to share what we know, or we may as well just pat each other on the back everyday until there's no one left.
    • Sober_As
      Sober_As roger15081

      Posted

      Play nicely, boys.

      We are all here for each other... in the best ways we know.

      Take care.

      Alonangel 🎇

    • RHGB
      RHGB Sober_As

      Posted

      We are playing nicely, we were just about to start a game of top trumps. I was going to meet his oedema and raise him ascites.
    • Sober_As
      Sober_As RHGB

      Posted

      Oh Heavens !  This is a very serious situation..... but I have now just hurt myself laughing.  
    • RHGB
      RHGB Sober_As

      Posted

      Hey, look, when you've got it, you can either get depressed about it or laugh about it. I choose the latter, because one thing you cannot do, is forget about it. If Richard meets my ascites, I've loads more cards to play.
    • Sober_As
      Sober_As RHGB

      Posted

      It's Roger...  for your game of top trumps.

      Beware,  he might have a pack of diuretics up his sleeve !

    • roger15081
      roger15081 Sober_As

      Posted

      I use capachino. 

      Anyway, I'm not playing, it my ball & my bat, I can't be out or I'm going home.......

    • Sober_As
      Sober_As roger15081

      Posted

      We are all going to have to behave now..... or the Big Moderator will put us on the "Naughty Step"!!!
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