Fatty Liver? Well here goes….I was diagnosed with fatty liver in 2011, I loved a glass (bottle) of red or white wine after work, I would have a good cooked dinner, a homemade shepherds pie or fajitas to share sloppily. as I was living with my partner and he was an avid cook. I would drink all evening, this often led to heated arguments about nonsense as he would not like me drinking although I did not think it was a problem. I can still taste the vino in my mouth the next day with little “quality’ sleep, wake up with a mouth like gandhi’s flip flop and dry, red, sore eyes where I’d probably slept with one eye open, anyone get that? At this time I was suffering from a dull ache under my diaphragm not to the right just all over really, anyway I had loadsa tests, h pylori, scans etc couldn’t get an answer or diagnosis and it was put down as idiopathic gastro pain or something can’t remember…
I continued to drink throughout my 20s, then it was a codeine addiction as these were given to me for the pain. 3 days before my 30th, my mother died. .. I drank heavily and basically- went off the rails. Then, I turned up at my local pub with yellow eyes and face, basically they all said Marge Simpson had rocked up for a couple. I then presented at A&E with jaundice (Thanks to that person on the pub) was given an alcohol detox for 3 weeks, (Basically water) And chlordiazepoxide…for the shakes. I did not think of alcohol at all at hospital although I was taking frequent pops to the local shop near the hospital where I could easily obtain alcohol but I was buying flapjacks and muffins instead.You see the thing is with alcohol it’s basically a whole heapa sugar so I was craving sweet carby stuff the whole time.
I was discharged feeling great! I went home (I lived with my father then) and I got myself a big bottle of White Ace or some strong cider that has never seen an apple and continued my drinking journey for years after drinking whatever I could get my hands on. Disgusting when I look back. I was not yellow anymore but was basically told if I drink another drop I would die of cirrhosis of the liver. Long story short, I moved out , covid hit and during that time I had no help or support for drinking apart from a few phone calls from a place called Pathway to Recovery. They advised me to think of the drink as medicine, measure it down day by day and only fill up the drink when you can feel the withdrawal kick in, eventually my withdrawal symptoms reduced down to 8 hours, then 12 hours and eventually none. All the tests now of my alcohol enzymes etc are back to normal. I don’t think of drink when I wake up now I don’t know what it was or how I did it but I cured myself! It has been 3 years and I only drink occasionally.
I now drink tea and heaps of milk. No fatty liver. It was extreme and now it has repaired. You could say it’s a miracle. (The health workers certainly do) The liver is a remarkable thing, I am so grateful for it and would NEVER treat it so badly again, how hard it must have been working, I hardly drank a drop of water or anything else for about 10 years, all through the night too, so think about it, it could not keep up I imagine. No nausea, no dull ache, no back ache, no dry mouth, no excessive thirst, no sweating, smelling and dry heaving. How did I live like that? Disgusting. Fatty Liver is serious, don’t ignore it, if you are drinking, try to stop now. It will recover and you WILL feel better. Do it now.
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