Wine! Priority Post. lol

[Gardengirl44]

Winding down on the V and O fun - and see an Italy trip in my horizon. To Wine or not to Wine, that is the question? Will be on 4 V pills per day but that's it.

[MistyMountainHop]

My sister is in mid flight from Venice to London, as I write: albeit a work trip....... Maybe with a bottle or two, of 'lady petrol' (wine).

[jijic]

My specialist said there was no good reason that I couldn't drink wine moderately while on V (after ramp-up of course). And so I did, and nothing bad happened.

[lankisterguy Volunteer]

Hi Gardengirl44,

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You may want to read this posting from 2 months ago:

healthunlocked.com/cllsuppo...

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My suggestion is to ask your Hem/Onc to consider whether your liver is in great shape ( e.g.: eGFR and Creatine clearance) and whether you have some planned event when your liver could be stressed by treatment.

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Unless we are going into a clinical trial, most of our CLL experts seem to say "all things in moderation"

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Len

[Alex830 in reply to lankisterguy]

My understanding is that eGRF and creatine are indicators how well your kidneys are working, important also. You could ask for a liver function test, ALT, AST, ALP, albumin and total protein, bilirubin, GGT, LD and PT are the most common.

[thb4747]

It’s never been an issue for me! I’d say go for it — in moderation of course…

Wine

[Dawson21]

I think you've been missing out - my consultant advised at the outset that there was no reason to stop drinking alcohol, just in moderation as usual.

[thompsonellen2]

Dr. Byrd (who likes wine) told me ok to drink, but never more than 2 glasses a day.

[J1015]

yes. Eat, drink, and be merry!

[MistyMountainHop in reply to J1015]

for tomorrow may never come.....

[Flute117]

I drank an occasional glass of wine (maybe a glass every other week or so) while on V. My specialist said an occasional glass of wine was fine. I used to have 3-4 glasses a week (a nice addition to dinner), but I cut way back because I just wasn’t enjoying eating or drinking much during treatment.