So I used to drink heavily in my 20s im 35 now I quit drinking when I was 28 years old I didn’t know cigarettes messed with your liver as much. I quit smoking in February. I always knew my liver probably wasn’t in amazing shape, but I didn’t know it was cirrhosis until about two days ago and it’s very weird to sit with because I was my mom’s caregiver for the last three years of her life when she had cirrhosis/end stage liver disease and it’s just bringing back bad memories from that so that’s probably the hardest part. I wont go into detail but she didnt do what she was supposed to do to take care of herself and its just bad memories.
I didnt go to a doctor for the past decade other than ER visits for I dont even know why. Just indifference I guess but I recently started caring about my health. I’ve been working out exercising at least four or five times a week cooking all my own meals like I mentioned already quitting cigarettes so I guess getting this diagnosis right when I was starting this was a bummer.
But if I’ve gone seven years without symptoms and no drinking, I’m hopeful that the test will come ok I just wanted to post here because I didn’t have anywhere else to say this.
It really messed with my head when told initially but nothings changed from a week ago other than having more information so im trying to be measured about my reaction.
Hope everyones having a good weekend =]