I'm still in denial as I do not have symptoms of cirrhosis. I think the hospital has just done this with the results to scare me out of drinking. (I'm not drinking anyway) going AA and haven't drank in a week. Few months ago I had mild fatty liver diagnosed by ultrasound. I may have drank 8-10 times very hard vodka since both ultrasounds.
The attached US is 7Apr, previous one which showed mild fatty liver was in Feb 2025.
Glad you are now heeding the warning and working towards long lasting sobriety. Sadly cirrhosis is known as a silent condition with damage being done with little to few symptoms till wham loads of symptoms and serious ill health and your aim now is to stop and prevent it getting to that stage. You are very lucky they are still saying early cirrhotic change. You really do not want it to progress.
Your liver does 500 different jobs and as it starts to struggle it reduces the number of these tasks leading to various smaller symptoms which are easy to miss or put down to other issues.
When I met my now hubby in 2010 he was thin, having sleepless nights, was tired a lot, having nosebleeds and gastric pain - his then GP said it was stress (he was caring for Dad with dementia whilst doing a heavy full time job). As he was t-total no other investigation was done. Less than two years later he was chucking up and passing blood and had decompensated cirrhosis diagnosis.
Late stage cirrhosis is verh much to be avoided and at this time only you can prevent that from happening.
I do hope you can remain totally abstinent because every sip of booze from now on would be like chucking petrol on a bonfire and lead to more damage.
Best wishes.
Katie
Everything Katie has said is so true. My husband didn't heed the warnings of fatty liver nor even for a few years after his cirrhosis diagnosis. He collapsed crossing the road and a few months later got Peritonitis. This was what finally led him to stop drinking. I know it is so hard to do, but it really is the best thing you can do for yourself now, plus getting regular check ups , eating healthily and exercising. I wish you every success with your sobriety and well done for taking the first steps towards this.
I never had any symptoms of liver disease until I vomited up nearly all the blood in my body causing a stroke, never had any other symptoms, bloods were ok, nothing on CT scan, ultrasound. A few years after the massive bleed my consultant suddenly said my bloods had changed and I needed a transplant, I felt perfectly fine, not ill at all, it took several doctors to persuade me to meet the transplant team who agreed I defiantly needed a transplant. Until I woke up in ICU, to be told I had a new liver I never believed I really needed one.Trust your doctors if they say you have cirrhosis then you do, forget about alcohol, change your lifestyle, eat heathly, you should do everything possible to help your liver before it's too late. It was too far gone when I was diagnosed and I couldn't do anything, I don't want anyone to go through what I have.
Hilary x
Since 2015 I've treated my Liver like a God. I've looked after it, been sober for nearly 11 years, exercise as much as my Arthritis allows and eat well.From 1L of Vodka a day to Zero.
No surprise I have Cirrhosis.
Listen to your Consultants and heed the warnings.
Cirrhosis isn't fun and comes with all the usual complications. Bouts of extreme fatigue being the most debilitating.
I'm on 6 monthly Cancer surveillance with blood tests and Ultra Sound.
My last blood test showed a slight raise in my Bilirubin level after 10 years of it being stable and my last Endoscopy showed erosive Gastritis but no varices.
I never rest on my laurels as keeping my Liver in a Compensated stage is my only goal.
I wish you well but please listen to and heed all the advice you're given.
I like your description of treating your liver like a God. Since being diagnosed with MASLD and Hemochromatosis last year I think of my liver as a best friend. I try to give it lots of things it likes like healthy liver foods and exercise and rest. It has responded with more energy, better digestion, faster metabolism and a good cholesterol panel. Followup fibroscan this summer will let me see if the fat has been coming off. When you think of your liver as a good friend, you don't want to hurt it.
I doubt the hospital gave you a diagnoses of cirrhosis to scare you from drinking, medical professions wouldn't do that, they will simply tell you, if you keep drinking you will die. Maybe, your'e not having any symptoms because you only been sober for a week, sometimes when ppl are drinking, they don't notice the itching, pain in the stomach, muscle wasting due to the alcohol covering up the symptoms, I see, you have been back and forth with getting sober, i hope this time with your diagnoses ,you stay sober and take your diagnoses serious. GL
I'm not quite sure how an ultrasound picked up early cirrhosis. It also says on my report that it may be early sign of fibrosis/cirrhosis but on the top it states 'cirrhosis - confirmed'. I'm going to be getting a fibroscan soon to find out the extent of the liver damage. I've been sober for over a week now and don't really have any symptoms of liver disease. Thank God.
The fibroscan will give you a kPa score that is a measure of the degree of scarring. With the kPa the cause of scarring factors into what level is considered cirrhosis. In the meantime, great job stopping the drinking. Keep that up!
You have only been sober for a short while ,therefore you probably have a lot of inflammation, i think you should wait before getting fiboscan until you have been sober for 6 months, this will give your body time to get rid of the inflammation.
It's weird that on top on the discharge letter it states 'liver cirrhosis confirmed' then in the report it says it may be early inflammation/cirrhosis. I'm planning to get a fibro scan by the British liver trust on the 31st of April as they are doing a road tour near me.
Okay, but your main goal at this point is to stay sober and just maybe you can get a diagnosis of inflammation not cirrhosis, but this will require you to be sober the rest of your life, gl
I was diagnosed with cirrhosis in 2002. I had no symptoms for 14 years but they eventually arrivived. I was not a drinker having given up in 1988 when I learnt to drive. However 2 years after the symptoms arrived I had a transplant which saved my life.
Your medical team will not lie to you but people live with liver disease for many years so I suspect that may be what is happening but it will get you in the end
Trying this again. Questions about Fatty Liver. 
Fatty liver infiltration and boy am I miffed!
What about alcool if I reverse an alcoolic fatty liver?
Fatty Liver (Non Alcoholic) I think
New to this -liver issues 
