3 weeks ago had a stabbing pain...
in my abdomen, went to see the Doctor on Tuesday morning and was on a ward Tuesday afternoon, turns out my liver had given up on me. Yes it was booze and I'm under 40.

Cue a barrage of blood tests, scans, x-rays, gastroscopy, sonogram.

I was on a drip 24/7 sometimes saline, sometimes I haven't got a fucking clue what was in them by it was all a detox course.

When I saw the consultant, he said to me "If I'd seen you in 6 months, you'd be on daily dialysis waiting for a transplant or dead"

So that's my lucky escape - apologies for no funnies.
(Speshal, Sun 7 Jul 2013, 1:22, 8 replies)

Lightweight.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Sun 7 Jul 2013, 8:43, closed)

^^why I love this site
you terrible cunt :D
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Mon 8 Jul 2013, 11:05, closed)

lol shitorgans

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 7 Jul 2013, 8:50, closed)

Out of interest (and not fear, honestly), how would you describe your drinking up til now?

(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Mon 8 Jul 2013, 11:18, closed)

^ Scientific curiosity seconded.
I know not everyone is the same, but I will admit to being curious as to how much alcohol it takes to make a man's liver cark it before he reaches forty.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Mon 8 Jul 2013, 12:21, closed)

there are guidelines widely available
about what the safe amount of alcohol intake is. You know those pesky unit things**


**the ones you halve when the doctor asks you how many you drink in a week ;)
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Mon 8 Jul 2013, 16:57, closed)

I don't drink my alcohol in units
just pints
(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Tue 9 Jul 2013, 11:51, closed)

Yes,
but I am after a first-hand account of whether these guidelines correlate with reality, and to what extent you have to exceed them before this kind of situation occurs. I mean, I know the average man is supposed to drink no more than 21 units a week, but without any personal experience of the matter I wouldn't think that drinking 30 units a week (for example) would cause catastrophic liver failure. However, since I have no personal experience, I could be completely wrong.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Tue 9 Jul 2013, 13:46, closed)