Hello everyone, i'm fairly new to this forum but in a way it puts my mind at ease to read up on things.
I've been an alcoholic for quite some time, I've had periods of drinking and long periods of abstinence. Been 2 year sober and due to the whole corona fiasco I had a relapse for about 3 weeks. The last day that I consumed alcohol was the 14th of may and felt pretty bad next morning with pale and yellow stool and ruq.
Quit drinking instantly and i'm still sober. 2 days later I went for blood tests and they all came back with no signs of a bad liver, still I was feeling my ruq and back, my stool was on the darker side of yellow but quite solid. Being the hypochondriac that I am my mind was still not at ease so I called the doctor and went for an echo and it also came back with no signs of liver damage. Today I had a CT scan because I'm running up the walls from worrying, I have my results tomorrow and hope for the best.
My stool gets darker every day and the ruq and backpain comes and goes, I also have a acidic taste in my mouth from time to time, doctor says I don't need to worry about it but it's difficult.
Changed my diet and already lost some weight so that's positive and I don't feel like I have low energy.
From what you've said I'm sure your test results will be fine. Just goes to show after a period of abstinence, your body is telling you it really doesn't like alcohol hence the return of the pain. So stay off it, keep up the healthy diet and lifestyle and gradually those pains will go again so you can stop worrying.
Not being a drinker, l do have a problem understanding why people have felt the need to drink during this coronavirus pandemic. Is there something in alcohol which is going to prevent us catching it? ....... No. Is it going to cure us if we catch it? ...... No. Does it make you feel better? ...... No . All it does is make people who had previously given up feel rubbish for having fallen off the wagon and worry they've made themselves ill again. Still, if the government think it's an essential commodity during a health crisis who am l to argue !
Good luck with your test results. Let us know how you get on
Like Laura I don’t drink I have done as a teenager and over indulged on the odd occasion and hated how it made me feel and that was the end of my experimentation. I am sorry you felt the need to turn to alcohol it doesn’t sound like it helped you very much at all and it is good that you have stopped.
It does sound that all your tests are coming back ok so keep up the good work and remember how worried you were the next time having a drink seems like a good idea.
More and more teenagers are turning to alcohol nowadays it’s quite scary, luckily I have managed to educate myself on the consequences on drinking at an early age but most people don’t...
Thanks for the support!
I know it was really really dumb to have a relapse and I am so angry and disappointed at myself for it. But I need to look forward and make better choices in life.
Went to the doctor this morning and my CT scan results showed I had a fatty liver and my doctor told me I should lose weight before real damage is done. It's all in my hands now and i'm determined to make it happen, lost 5 kilo already by eating healthy and drinking water.
It's like a weight lifted of my shoulders since I was thinking the worst.
Hopefully your doctors can help support you in your abstinence from alcohol and your liver can start to recover.
It is also a good idea to ask them to monitor you going forward and have some fibrosis testing which can estimate the level of stiffness in your liver.
You’re being very harsh on yourself and definitely not dumb. I quit a year and a half ago, but those urges do reappear from time to time, so any ex-drinker can relapse, especially in these bizarre times. I’d just draw a line under this hiccup and carry on as you’re doing. You’re doing something right to be 5kg down whilst everyone else seems to be going the other way during lockdown 👍
What I thought was strange is that my doctor did not referred me to a specialist. Would late fibrosis show up on a ct-scan, or can they judge this and refer me if they seem it's necessary?
The more i think about it the more I start to worry again and ask myself the question what if.... It is so exhausting to continuously have doubts about this.
I have been in similar situation myself. Its my alcaholic mind. Listen to Dr. Chances of liver damage is small based on your results. Stay safe, take one day at a time. Best of luck.
Yeah at some point the mind may play some tricks when you worry to much. For a few days now I have the feeling my muscles are going to cramp up but it never actually happened and i'm feeling an itch over my body. It's close to a month now that i had my last drink. Ruq pain is nearly gone. I should go get a fibroscan but I suppose it's smarter to let my body heal for a few weeks so I get a better reading on the fibroscan?
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