Update / Question

[Chris-harris]

Was looking on the site and re-read my post from last year, gave me a little nudge to look on the bright side and update a little.

I've had a pretty bad start to 2019, mainly down to anxiety rather than my liver, that appears to continue to plod on with the absence of any alcohol, not managed to stop the burgers and cakes yet though

I started feeling bad post xmas and began stuttering / struggling to talk / walking difficulty etc, off to the doc's I went assuming that HE was taking a grip.

After various bloods and mri's etc they all came back ok and the diagnosis was anxiety, one that I understood with regards to my speech but couldn't quite get my head round why I had difficulty walking.

Anyway spent a few months thinking I was going nuts then tripped up a curb, hit the floor face first (didn't put my hands out for some reason) and broke my jaw. In an odd way that seemed to be the start of a recovery, as if falling over was confirmation it was not all in my mind and that something was going on.

DR prescribed me anxiety tablets and whether a coincidence or not I now feel 100% better, have been on holiday and back at work trying to make sense of everything.

I still slightly struggle with talking in that I have to concentrate to ensure I don't slip up but walking is pretty much back to normal.

Has anyone experienced anything like this before, it was a very odd period in my life and not one I want to go back to anytime soon, I just wonder if I can do anything to help me avoid it again?

This illness is a pain in the backside and a new "feature" seems to pop up every few months or so, I know I am very lucky to be here though and reading many stories a lot of people are much worse so I should be thankful, it's just a pain at times.

Illness aside though life is good, still out and about and don't really miss drink at all, all I have to do is think back to the weeks in hospital and a nice cold cider doesn't sound so good.

Hope everyone can smile through their rubbish, there is a lot of good in this world and sometime it's hard to see

take care

Chris

[Laura009]

Ouch!! I bet that hurt !! Great to hear your positive outlook on life though. We all need to smile through the tears don't we and be grateful for and focus on the good in our lives and not dwell on the bad but just work steadily through it.

I wish you well with improving your ongoing health issuses and continuing your happy life

Laura xx

[TT-2018]

Chris,

I had several falls during my journey through decompensated cirrhosis. One was identical to yours, flat on my face but minus the broken jaw. Another episode in the back of an ambulance. I think that it is common with cirrhosis and not necessarily down to anxiety.

Like you, I look back and think about exactly where drinking to excess got me, a transplant.

I am slowly getting over things now but it is different and your outlook changes.

I am grateful for the opportunity to move forward and when I think back, I realise that I am in a better life.

Best wishes with your recovery,

Mark

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Hi Chris

I've just this second finished reading your story of all your struggles and knocks life has thrown at you which must have been horrid!

I'm so happy to read that things are now improving and that you no longer crave the demon drink😁.

Take care my friend enjoy life as it flye by so quickly !,

Love Trish

[davianne]

Hi Chris, thanks for a positive post, and I'm glad you are managing this awful disease OK. I had lots of falls pre diagnosis caused by blackouts. The Doc thought it was my heart, but after tests proved negative, a blood test plus US showed it to be cirrhosis. i do stammer occasionally, but it seems to be HE, as I'm struggling to find words. I have trouble walking sometimes, but I think it's my varifocal glasses, as looking down at kerbs ans on uneven pavements, they are out of focus, and I sometimes stumble.

David