Well, that was my point. I was under the impression that I could drink whenever I wanted and only have to worry about the hangover, if I overdid it (I never drank to the point of getting sick). I didn't know there was any such thing as liver/kidney/nerve damage. It just didn't occur to me. Imagine my surprise when the blood tests came back indicating liver damage. I felt fine. I didn't have any external symptoms that would catch a doctor's attention and there was nothing that indicated to me that anything was wrong. Not everyone experiences symptoms. Some people don't begin exhibiting symptoms until the damage is permanent and extensive and they start going downhill. Rather scary.
After a biopsy, (that was NOT fun .. there's just something about having an 1/8 inch steel rod shoved into one of my major organs that just creeps me out .. not to mention the interesting sensation that goes along with it) they decided that the damage hadn't reached the point of being permanent. They determined that a sensitivity to alcohol was the problem. Now, I stay away from as many liver toxins as I can. No more alcohol, no pain killers, etc etc. I am happy to report that all of my blood work is back to normal and has been for a long while now. The whole problem was that I didn't know anything like that could happen and yet it was happening and I still didn't know it. Oh .. and something else to consider ... because of that whole mess, I haven't been able to get an individual insurance policy, even though the docs say I'm 100% back to normal. *sigh* all that could have been avoided if I had just had the slightest indication as to how serious the situation could get. How many of you know that smoking damages your liver in addition to your lungs? Smoking while drinking also increases the stress put on your liver. Doing both at once causes more damage than doing both, but separately. It's little things like this, that no one bothers to tell you, that get you in more trouble than you think you are getting into. :) Todd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 6:44 PM Subject: RE: And we Americans are sue happy? > Todd, > Alcohol is not bad for you. You may well be more intolerant to alcohol. > Asian people have low intolerance due to the way they dealt with purifying > water over the centuries (they used tea, the west used alcohol). > > Drinking alcohol to excess on the otherhand is bad for you. Your body tells > you it is bad for you: > You puke, hangover, kidneys/liver can ache (never take paracetamol after > drinking large amounts to cure hangover. Paracetamol has a bad effect on the > liver, which is having a difficult enough time dealing with the alcohol). > > At this point I would like to point out that excessive drinking of Water can > kill you. Somebody on a stupid diet ended up doing this to themselves. > Completely mad. Just litres of water. > > Like most things, doing them to excess will usually cause complications, but > certain things in small quantities are good for you. Take vitamins and > minerals. Eat too many of them in one go and watch your body throw a loopy. > > Adam ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
