Worried on bloods

[Triple131415]

Hi guys, I am a little concerned on my liver function test. I had bloods done in 2013 and the Alt was 35 and now it is 51, my ggt now is 66 and both should be 45, I have drank quiet heavily for about 5 years. Carton of beer and a bootle of bourbon a week. The doctor didn't seem concerned and booked more bloods in 6 weeks and I am abstaining for that period. Should those levels go down with some changes and time? I'm really concerned 😳. Thankyou for listening

[Porphyrogennetos]

It is a great decision to stop drinking so much. Ethanol is a toxic substance. The body (most of all the liver) can only deal with a certain small amount before it must work extra-hours.

Your health will certainly improve greatly. That's pretty obvious. I mean how should it improve or even only remain unchanged if you administer a poisonous substance to your body for a lengthy period?

If you do not feel well at first, this is because your system has gotten used to being poisoned every day. It must adapt to the new situation. Don't let yourself get fooled into thinking that you'd be better off drinking.

Good luck,

P.

[Triple131415 in reply to Porphyrogennetos]

Thankyou, I have no plan on going back to drinking and just want my body to go bck to normal. I will make it happen!😃

[Miche49uk]

Hiya, I totally agree with Ps post, if all goes back to normal please don't take that as a green light to drink... my tests always went back to normal but over time and with occasional massive bashes at the poor thing it got fed up enough to turn me yellow... I'm 49, female and I don't drink... end of.. these days it's trendy not to, other than the prosecco brigade my end and whilst on hols with my daughter I always did prefer the kiddy cocktails

At worst my ALT some years ago was over 500... but that's just me, took a while but returned to normal eventually.. I didn't listen to my body, it didn't scare me enough and I was ignorant about how the liver works, I suppose it's a bit like telling your child not to kick a football near a window but not explaining why.. eventually the window gets broken!

[Triple131415 in reply to Miche49uk]

If you don't mind me asking, how much a day were you drinking? And for how long?

[Miche49uk in reply to Triple131415]

Hiya

I am not going to write how long or how much I drank because I don't want to give anyone the idea of comparing those figures and somehow thinking they're ok and heavy drinking is ok because we are all different. One person may drink the same amount and be fine, the other may not. When asked that specific question it's usually to compare. I have no desire to give anyone the idea that drinking in any kind of excess is ok. It isn't.

All I can say is these were at crisis points, certainly not for pleasure, never daily for years and I wish, quite frankly, I'd had a different coping mechanism as that one never helped any situation and with anxiety anyway it was the worst thing to do.

Take good care,

Michelle