living with liver disease, some of the symptoms I ignored before my cirrhosis diagnosis
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- some of the symptoms I ignored before my cirrhosis diagnosis
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I can't tell you how valuable this information is for the rest of us battling addiction, especially to alcohol. Hearing your personal account is enough for me to stop.
Thank you so much for telling me that! It's the exact reason I am doing this!!!! God bless😊😊😊
I was a hard core drinker until It almost killed me.I stopped on my own.I was sick of being sick.That was at the age of 45.I have not had a drop in 17 years now.I hope any of you that are ready to stop, find your way to get off before the damage gets to bad to reverse.
My daughter began throwing up blood suddenly, had 17 bags of blood transfusions. Surgery to stop bleeding. ICU a week. Passed away. They didn’t tell me at the time, they were really just preserving her because she was an organ donor. Month prior, Dr said 3 months to live. She gave a blind person sight & two people each a kidney. I miss her so much. I pray everyone knows Jesus as Savior! She & I were granted prayer together before they intubated her. That was Jesus, because it was seriously an absolute miracle they even let me in there!
I know now she’s in heaven, and that really is a blessing to know without doubt where she is now until we meet again!
Thank you for sharing & I pray you help many people survive & you are healed completely
I am so sorry.
i'm sorry for your loss, miss. i'm sure she is in heaven
I'm about 22 minutes in and I'm in awe your still alive dude.
Thank you so much! I still am myself!!! God bless😊
Yes he is too young to have experienced all this 😞
Everyone here are the best people I’ve never met in my life !!!
Kristen I couldn’t agree with you more. You are so encouraging. 😊
How sweet!
Kristen, you're the nicest person too
Ugh, couldn't agree more!! Love you 💕💕💞
@@amandaflaherty7528 love u right back Amanda .. been so busy
I miss you and think of u lots
Prayers for a good day.
This eclipse has us all runnin ragged lol
My brother is 56 and is going through all of this and refuses all help offered he is drinking himself to death thank you for sharing your experience God bless you
I’m so sorry that you felt so bad today. I could tell by your face that you were not feeling well. Hope you have a restful sleep tonight and are much better tomorrow.
Withdrawal is what always made me go back. The shaking was to easy for people detect and at work it was awful i had to have little on my lunch. Not for a buzz but to just look and feel normal.
I can totally relate. I would shake so bad, I couldn't hold anything in my hands. Thank you so much for being here! God blesz😊😊😊❤❤
@@liverdisease-qb6rk ive been following you i think for almost a year. You were the first one i came across that was open and raw about it. I respect that. Ever see the movie, 28 days with Sandra Bullock. That was me lol the party part. My sickness is always. Thats another reson they say once an alcoholic always alcoholic. Sickness stays foever till you die and one day at a time is everything can flip on a dime... regardless its with you for life and is very frowned upon. The dr told me its rising and will probably be the next number one 1 killer and cancer the second. You can get it in so many different ways. Some days i dont know if im living or am i dieing. I find that the more you smile people think you are healed or its gone. Since that day i almost died and for that 2 weeks in the hospital and two weeks in rehabilitation to learn to walk again and to get my levels somewhat right. It has never left my mind. Everytime i get just regular sick i worry im getting closer to goodbyes. So once a again, i pray, i smile, do what my body tells me to do and follow a strict diet. Im lucky yo be a hundred pounds my muscles are gone. I cant work again and eben though i have two dr letters that i cant and a very heavy file disability said no. I can stand and i can sit therefore im not disabled. I cant drive so i no more have a car. Theres just no help for.people like us. Thats why i am so grateful you have come into my life as well as others that just love this channel. Bless you everyone and always count your blessing and always keep the faith! Good song by Bon Jovi! Lol😇🙏🎶
I just told my doctor watching you videos is like going to Church for me.Thank you!
Turn to Jesus He loves you, He is the healer of the body And savior of the soul, There is True Hope in Jesus, God protects Psalms 91, He is the God of miracles Acts 2:21 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved Jesus alone saves Trust Him with your salvation John 3:16
1 Corinthians 15 1-4
Moreover Brethren, i declare unto you the gospel which i preached unto you, which also ye have received, and with wherein ye stand
By which also ye are saved, if you keep in memory what i preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain,
For i delivered unto you first of all that which i also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures
And that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the scriptures, Take care
Your story then, in those awful, horrifying, terrifying days, and your story now are such a COURAGEOUS testament to the human spirit. Thank you & God bless you for sharing. 🙏 I could see the sadness in your eyes right before your daughter came in and it just touches my heart your willingness to share yourself and your story to others so that hopefully they may not have to suffer like you have.
I think alcohol is the worst, most insidious drug in our society. It is made to appear so “cool” and “harmless” and necessary for a good time. Nothing could be further from the truth. It’s all lies and it’s harmed, and continues to harm so many.
I’m so proud of you - I can see how when you think back to your addiction and how you had to force the poison down even when your body was telling you no - it makes you sad. It’s such a dark place that you ESCAPED from and for that reason ALONE, you should be SO PROUD of yourself! No matter what tomorrow brings your way, you escaped the demon that is alcohol. Praise God and may He bless you and keep you! And your family as well. 🙌🙏❤️✝️
Wow!!!! This is such a beautiful comment!!! You really can see right into my soul. You are so right. I almost start crying when I talk about this often. It makes me so sad to think about how deep into my addiction that I really was. Thank you so much for everything you have said here!!! This just really made my day!!!! God bless😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤
If anyone has ever made u feel less than let me tell ya
U are so much MORE THAN!!!!
U r GOLDEN
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You are so kind!😊
@@liverdisease-qb6rk I get it that’s all… you really are ya know
@@liverdisease-qb6rk ♥️💕♥️
@@liverdisease-qb6rk just keeping it real! U truly are
I hope, that with people recovering out loud like you do,that we can break the stigma towards addiction. 🤗
Absolutely!
I really hope so too!!! I hope you are having a wonderful day today!!! Thank you!!! God bless😊😊❤❤
Yessss🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I am blind. I am a interventionist. I am educated that money was paid. B u t because I choose to help those Recovery of hurt, habits and hangup in is not just substances. Could be sex for Joe. Food for Austin but cloths for Samantha. Anything in your life that is 100% interfering with a "healthy" lifestyle. I 100% get looked down upon by the secular and religion world. I am a Christian I follow God.
I.must.be __________(fill in that blank hypocrite) Weball have been treated ^different ^. It is called empathy with NO strings or conditions attached. You. And others like you=us!
#WErockTheWorld🎉
I could be mistaken, but it sounds like you were experiencing reverse tolerance. I guess it's when your liver/other organs are so messed up that your body begins to reject alcohol, and even tiny amounts make you really sick. Either way, that's definitely a huge red flag. I feel lucky because I gave up alcohol before I reached that point. If I kept going I would eventually be in the same situation. Your right about the denial though, we as alcoholics want to believe that everything is fine when clearly it's not!
Hey David Jersey girl here. It's crazy that you mentioned something about reverse tolerance. My last months of drinking, I remember a couple shots would get me really messed up. I never knew why. I used to drink at least 10 shots in one sitting. Thanks for that info ❤❤
It means the liver is shutting down.
@@cheryldeanley2074 You’re welcome! Yeah, it’s your body saying enough is enough when you can’t tolerate the booze anymore.
Oh LD I’m so sorry you’re not feeling good. I could just tell by hearing your voice.
I pray you start feeling a lil bit better tomorrow.
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Thank you so much Kristen!!!! You really are such a foundation to this channel. It would not be the same without you! I promise you!!!!! ❤❤❤❤😊😊😊
@@liverdisease-qb6rk wow I am honored to be a part of it.
If u post email let me know
a special shout out to Kristen , to you LD and It was Amber or Amy who texted me. Your sincerity means so much.❤❤❤❤
@@petervanderlinden9776 Peter you are way too kind. Wishing and praying nothing but the best for you!!!
Hugs and prayers
Kristen
Amazing you survived. Such a story!! Glad you prevailed and sharing your story.
Thank you so much!!! There was a point where I didn't think I would. God bless😊😊
I'm sorry to hear you aren't feeling well today. We know what you're talking about. My sister-in-law will get a new lease on life. Her daughter at 23 is a perfect match to give her mother 50% of her liver. Her surgery date is may 8. Without surgery she had 1-2 to live. I'll let you know how it goes. Her daughter is giving the ultimate gift. 🙏
wow that is amazing, prayers 🙏for them both
Amazing news!!!! Prayers answered
Oh wow!!!! That is so awesome!!! Yes! Please let me know!!! Can you give me there first names by any chance so that I may say a prayer for them both? I understand if you are not comfortable with that. Thank you so much for keeping me posted!!! God bless😊😊😊😊
I'm about 11 minutes in and this sounds mortifying. Sorry you had to go through this
LD, while this hurts me deeply, knowing how much you have and are suffering from this, it still amazes me what the body can endure. You have been intentionally saved(literally)to bring awareness and possibly to save someone else's life through your experience. What a gift you have been given! The struggle is real. I, for one, have been enlightened to the impact alcohol has on the human body, but the will to live through this is even stronger. We all love you so much LD. I pray you start to feeling better soon. ❤❤❤❤
I live in North Carolina my wife had all the symptoms that you were talking about. It’s just that hers happened within a couple of months went from being OK to having a liver transplant. She had her transplant at Duke University hospital. The transplant was successful, but she still has complications. She hast to take 70 odd pills a day, but I thank God every day for the donor and the surgeons for saving my wife’s life.
My son Ron had all of that. Doctors were talking about removing the whole spleen. You bring back some scary memories. Ron's bloodwork was always off. Varices, ascities.. even filled scrotum. You have really been through it LD...
I am so sorry again about Ron. You are a very strong person to be able to handle that. I don't know how you do it. Thank you so much! God bless😊😊😊❤❤❤❤
@liverdisease-qb6rk not strong, just had no choice. I post about Ron so others can see it can affect anyone.
@@RonsMom40-pu1en2gj4p I completely understand. Thank you for sharing your son's story so that others might decide to take another route in life. You are saying lives!!!! God bless you!
Howdy all. Thank you LD for your channel and all rhe info you give us. Thanks everyone for the comments and support. It is making a huge positive impact on my life
Hello!!! You are so welcome!!! I am so happy to hear that these videos are helping you!!! Everytime someone tells me that, it motivates me so much, so thank you!!! God bless😊😊😊
@@liverdisease-qb6rk Thank you . Your struggles and bravery are so welcome, no matter the length of our sobrieties. The evilness of alcohol never tires of trying to touch us. Prayers to you my friend.
Denial is part of tne disease. I am very good at it😢❤
🙏 for you.
I know exactly what you mean. I am so sorry. I hope that you are doing well today. Thank you so much for watching! God bless😊😊😊
Y kniw
God is on y side
I could add so much commentary to what you’ve said here based on my experiences with my husband. He refused to accept any thing was wrong with him except GERD. Even after his hospitalization the first time. He fought me on taking meds and anything to help him. He died 7 weeks after his diagnosis. You’re very lucky to be alive and the Lord has for sure spared you to spread your story. I comment on your posts all the time so people can see that death is a real possibility. I’m grateful for you.
i remember those first few days of sobriety, starting back on december 11/23, and up to this point, even though i had been drinking 15 beers/day for years (prob 15 years in total, with a 2 year break of sobriety), i had no visible symptoms, like the ones you discuss here LD. however, during those first days, and i don't know if it was my reduced mental capacity from withdrawal, but i thought i had many symptoms. it turns out, after a visit to my doctor and lab work, my paranoid self-diagnoses turned out to be all for naught. i am thankful. i would like to add though, for months leading up to dec 11/23, i had made the decision to drink myself to my final end. had not whatever gave me the 'something' to quit on that dec 11/23 day, i suspect, if i had a YT channel, and had i not gone on to my final end, i would be sitting in front of a camera and recording a video much like yours here LD, eventually. it was also in those first few days that i came across your initial video, from march of 2023. you are impactful here, LD. i sometimes mind-wander, and wonder what it would feel like to have thousands of eyes on me, rooting for me (and each other), like you have here with us. it must be an amazing feeling and privilege. i have never been on any channel where community engagement is so high. and yup, i'm the MOD, man! see you saturday.
First I would just like to say that I am so proud of you!!! Second, I am so happy that we met! You are such a nice and intelligent Individual! I really do cherish the fact that I can call you my friend. I am so glad that you quit in time before you ended up with any problems. Thank you so much David!!!! I will see you on Saturday!!! I know you will keep the trolls at bay!!! God bless😊
Hi LD. Hope you feel better soon
That was about as concise a video as anyone can expect when it comes to symptoms of liver disease. Hopefully many out there will listen to the message and act.
91 days sober.
congrats joseph. hard to believe, but on april 11, i start month 5.
Hey there!!! Long time no see!!! So happy to talk to you again!!! Man.... 91 days is so awesome!!! I am so proud of you!!!! Thank you so much for letting me know!!! I hope that you are having a wonderful day today! God bless😊😊😊😊
April the 11th ill be thinking about you Dave. My birthday is on the 11th!!! Congrats for the up and coming 5 months !! @@david_fl507
@@liverdisease-qb6rkThanks LD. Hope you are feeling better.All the best as always!
This hurts my ❤ to listen to again. God has you in his palm. I don’t like hearing a friend has been so deathly sick.
Thank you so much Kristen. It's why I talk about this everyday. This is such a horrible disease to have. I don't want to see anyone else have to go through this!!! God bless😊😊😊❤❤❤
@@liverdisease-qb6rk ♥️♥️♥️
I think I missed this video. I don't know how because it looks like it was uploaded a month ago. I have ignored symptoms and it is not a good idea. I understand the logic/illogic of it - you are afraid to hear something bad and all the anxiety that goes along with it. I am glad you are doing a lot better. You look healthier now than in this video. You don't look bad, just a bit thin. I lost a lot of weight over a bad relationship, drinking and poor eating. Whenever my appetite went I knew I was in trouble. If I end up in a detox situation I usually can't eat and that usually lasts about three and a half days. Then it comes back with a vengeance. In inpatient detox, I see people come in drunk and talkative if they aren't too bad off. Then you might not see them for the next two days because they are withdrawing and mostly in their room sleeping. It's amazing to see what people look like upon admission and about five to six days later how much alive they look. I got wheeled in by wheelchair the detox before last. Everyone was like, "Dude, you should have seen yourself when you first hit the unit. You were drooling and looking half dead." I had terrible nausea and vomited for about an hour and a half and that was it. This cool alcoholic guy got COVID saw me come in and we talked a bit. He got medically discharged and had to leave. I thought maybe he had moved to the next stage of treatment (28-day-program) and out of the detox unit. I got up really early one morning and went to the TV room and he was in there and I am like, "Hey man, what happened why are you back here?" He didn't know who I was. He kept asking what I was talking about. During lunchtime he came up and said "B. I had no idea that was you. You look so much better. I am glad you feel and look better." It's amazing to watch people come back from the dead. It's also kind of a guilty pleasure to hang around when "new meat" comes into the unit - I am sure I was one of those fun ones to watch right after intake.
It's great to pull these topics back up because the channel's growing so fast! This video is so informative. I'm just so sorry you went through it. Keep killing it, LD and god bless you!! ❤🙏
❤ Aman
@Kristen10-22 hey Kristen!! 💕💕
@@amandaflaherty7528 ugh time to get up..
lol
Time to make the donuts and train the dog again lmao
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@@amandaflaherty7528 I hope LD is better today Aman
@Kristen10-22 hahaha time to make the donuts!! How very 90's of you 🤣😭
Also, I feel really stupid asking, but are you currently training your puppy? Or were you alluding to something with that time stamp? Either way, I want to hear more!! 😄
Thanks for the vid these are the best ones
Thank you for making these videos. It must take a lot to talk about this stuff but you’re helping so many people in so many different ways.
You are so welcome!!! It can be tough sometimes, especially when I am not feeling well, but it's my mission now and I can't let anything hold that back!! Thank you so much! God bless😊😊😊❤❤
Yes, I know exactly what you’re talking about my dear LD. It was so so so very bad. Love you always.
Love you too!!! Thank you so much!! I hope you are having a great day! God blesz😊😊❤
It’s so true
We are so afraid if we speak it it’s true.
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Hi my
Friend i understand you very well i got same thing but for us is too late only think i can hopefully fight and maybe continue fighting and get little better
But if people still drink heavy and watch the story of you and if still drinking you got be nuts.this very very true hard and painful special if you have family. Thank you this eric from Michigan. Lots of my friends in Poland watch you and they start waking up about cut down the polish poison garbage vodka
...Thankyou
Hi LD 😢 I’m weeping hearing all this. I don’t know how you did this but it certainly made you strong to tell your story and speak awareness to thousands of folks . I’m inspired by your resilience and determination . 💚💚Stay strong to keep up the work. I can see on your face you’re not feeling so hot today, nausea is horrible! I personally hate it . I am so shocked how ill you were. The staff really did an amazing job taking care of you you are such a kind man !!❤🙏🏼. You are my friend, my brother and it’s difficult to see you ILL or hear this story of how critical you were . Dont have regrets, just move forward. I’m thinking about you and praying for you always LD . Good night and thank you for And I love you too ✝️💚💟🙏🏼🫶🏻 Gonna try to watch your live Saturday. 🤞🏻
Bro sorry you went through all this. I am a longtime alcoholic. Your story makes me wanna quit for good! I have fatty liver for years and i am playing with fire.
You can do it
My fatty liver went on for 15 years and then turned to cirrhosis. Stage one compensated at this point, but I also have diabetes too. Haven't been on for a while. Good to see you again. ❤
I gotta agree with you LD...Regardless of what I think about Scott he is DEAD ON when it comes to the symptoms and the sneaking of drinking. I can't tell you HOW MANY TIMES I've forced the lq down at about 9am and tried not to puke it back up. Never drank 1st thing when I woke up but 9-10am I was downing my 1st half pint of the day......can't believe I was doing that
You're such a good dude now.
You Sir aren’t going anywhere period end of story! U hear me! I’ll come to SC climb a pine tree & I’ll scream your name until u hear me. ❤ Plz sleep 💤
Love u LD
Hahahahaha!!!!! I know you would!!! You really just made me lol!!!! Love you too!!!❤❤❤❤❤
@@liverdisease-qb6rk gotcha lol
@@liverdisease-qb6rk idk how to contact u
Hey LD your story is such an important one that depicts the damage alcohol can do to our bodies when used in excess. I’m so sorry you and your family went through all of that. And continue to. The more stories I hear from others on this channel I’m understanding that there really isn’t any way to know what a “safe” limit is. It infuriates me that alcohol is still very glamorous. Why?? Do they not see the catastrophic effects it has in our society. I hope that one day that changes, it won’t be in this lifetime maybe the next generation gets it right. I’m sending you healing energy that you continue to get better LD. I know today will be a better day. I care for you very much. You’re an amazing person. 💜
Thank you so much for this! I have to say, if I had not of gotten sick. I would not have this channel. I don't know how many people have quit due to watching my videos, but it's a lot. From what people have told me. So, it was all worth it in the end. My life has been changed dramatically since all this happened, but I can use that to finally do something good in this world and something that I hope one day.... my children are very proud of their father for doing. Thank you again! God blesz😊😊❤❤❤
@@liverdisease-qb6rk❤❤ absolutely your legacy will be remembered. You have impacted so many, that’s huge LD. How you’ve grown in followers in a short period of time. That’s a life and they are sharing your message as well. On your toughest day, take a deep breath, and let that sink in. You’ve saved many, me included. I’ll always be grateful to you for getting up off that bed even when you wanted to give up. And your family sees that too.
@Micru866 you are so nice! I am so blessed to have so many wonderful people here, including you! Thank you!
Sending love and light and comfort and healing intentions🙏♥️🔥
Horrible what you went thru😢😢😢
So sorry you didn't feel well today. I hope you feel better soon. You frequently look and sound very energetic--to the point that I sometimes forget you are battling serious illness every day. I am sorry you are dogged by such major health problems. I hope you soon have a long-term turn for the better. Wishing you well!! 🙏🌷❤
Bless you ❤
Good morning. Thank you for a other great video
Your honesty is refreshing.
Dang Boss Man!!! U been thru it. 😢 Sending well wishes to you!! ❤
Praying for you. You are so amazing you have to get better. ❤
Thanks LD, sending you best wishes and prayers from across the pond. Feel better soon.
I hope you feel better soon. I’m praying for you and your family💚
Your comment on nausea and knowing but still continuing is spot on.
Thank you for sharing! You are helping people! Praying for you so much!
What a blessing you are to all of us.
Sending prayers 🙏 I hope your days get better every day, amen
I've had vomiting for years... several exploratory surgeries when I was younger, but I don't drink. I was given medications, etc.yet nothing worked, and many medications made it worse.
Many years later, I was diagnosed as an MZ Alpha-1, and suspect we need to check for Hemochromatosis as well, but doctors simply don't listen, and sadly, many don't care...
I'm hoping to see an Alpha-1 specialist soon, with yet another new doctor. I hope this one is better. If not, I give up on the medical profession, unless it's a last ditch effort, pain or whatever. I'm on my own either way if this next doctor doesn't work out.
I'm pretty fed up with the horrific treatment I've had in the medical industry.
I have family who have already for all intents and purposes have quit going to doctors.
This last go-around a few weeks ago, I had liver failure. I was given Tamiflu, and they're telling me that is what set it off.
They could've checked and spared me the near-death experience. I'm angry and certainly cannot trust that office, not the ER again... Long story, but scary experience.
I'm so sorry that you've been through such a horrific ordeal. 😢
I've been through the mill, too, just for different reasons.
Seeing my hands turn blue and thinking I've never going home is one heck of an experience. I'm still not back to normal. I, too was transferred twice (3 hospitals total) when all this happened.
Thank you for being brave enough to put your story online. Most people don't have a clue what bouncing in and out of hospitals, being so sick, and being ignored is like.
It's comforting to hear someone talk about this stuff. Most "normies" people can't handle this stuff.
It's lonely when you don't have people to share these things with.
I'm still hurting from all the phlebotomy, the IVs, & the throwing up.
All the best!
Thank you! ❤️
It's good to not be alone with this.
Hope you get some rest and feel better. God Bless! I always have my nausea medicine close by.
Yes, this video is very important. Thank you for sharing what I know was hard to share.
You are a shining example to those who need to hear it! Thank You...very much.
You are incredible LD❤. I am sorry today has been rough! It’s sucks when you don’t feel well, especially the nausea! I have had vertigo and I felt like cutting my head off! The nausea & dizziness kills me! Hope you feel better tomorrow❤.
Hope you feel better soon too.
Thank you so much. We are all very happy about this. It's super that you are a survivor. Such good people on these videos. Much love. ❤
May God bless you for helping us all!! ❤
You are so honest and articulate. My heart goes out to you. You are helping so many. Awesome.
I'm an alcoholic combat vet. I feel your pain and I know it's important for you to present this information. However, and please take this as gently as possible : As you know our attention spans have shrunk. When someone sees a run time of 30 minutes it's highly likely they think : 'uh, too long'... I have. Having said that, thank you for sharing and I wish for you the best possible outcome.
I am so sorry you had to go through all this. I am so glad you made it through. Thanks for sharing with us and God bless.
This is very admirable man. Thank you so much for talking about this.
Youre a month ahead of me! I was October 2022 when i found out and rushed to hospital
Prayers for you as well ❤
@@Kristen10-22 thank you💜
@@rondavezina7755 of course 💕💕💕💕 huge hugs to you my friend xxxx
I am so sorry. I am praying for you. How are you doing now? Thank you! God bless😊
91 days sober from my last relapse. Your channel helps me to keep going. Love you, LD❤❤
That's so awesome!! Thank you for letting me know!!!! You are doing great!!!! Love you too!!! God bless 😊
Don't beat yourself up about relapse 😢😊... the way I beat alcohol is that I started to treat alcohol as the poison that it really is...
Stay strong my friend. You will beat this. Thank you for being so honest and sharing your story.
Love you too bro!
Thank you for sharing this. I listened to the whole thing. I truly hope you get better. I want to get better too. I know I can! Thank you!
You are such a good man. Truly this is an example of the best that UA-cam has to offer. I would have never made this connection without it. Pray for you every day brother.
Sorry ur not feeling well man. Keep pushing on. You are a strong guy and a survivor. You'll be good. I know it is hard. I get it. I used to wake up viciously hungover EVERY day and could barely function and would more to get through the nightmare of a day that was ahead of me. Sober over 7 years now.
Thank you so much for continuing to do these videos. And ..... this weather, I can't believe it's so cold in our deep South haven, I thought it was spring! Big hugs, prayers for you this morning.
This video has been the most brutal wake-up call yet about the consequences of alcohol. It saddens me deeply to hear about all the terrible things you've been through. It brought tears to my eyes, and I had to pray to calm myself, for you, for me, and for anyone suffering from this disease. I sincerely hope you feel better soon; you are so precious. Sending love to you, my dear LD♥♥♥
I know you've heard this a lot but it cannot be said enough. Thank you for bringing the awareness that we need towards alcoholism. I struggled alone for so long and it really really makes a difference when people see and hear you speak openly about the struggle. Thank you. Wish nothing but great things for you and your family.
Thanks for all the information. Love your fireplace, is it new? Stay healthy.
God Bless.
I think you are very brave making these videos. It is lovely how you want to help others. I am sorry that you still get nauseous and all your other ailments. I also wanted to add that your letter saying goodbye to alcohol was so poignant and really touched me. Take care x.
Watched an older video of yours with my husband tonight from December and you've lost alot of weight since then! Hope spring break is going good!!
Excellent Video!👍💞
Thank you!! God bless😊😊❤❤
Hey Chef have you been affected by the hurricane in Kentucky? I am so sorry that you are not feeling well today. Thank you so much for making videos for us. Really do appreciate you & the effort that you put into it. I can’t imagine how bad you must have felt… during this time of your addiction. So happy that you are sober and happy and healthy..
26 minutes in and I wanna say this is the most wild stories I've Ever heard, your one strong dude that's all I gotta say most people would have prob not survived this. When I see u, you look great, super healthy, u really look super good man, I'm so curious to see what you have looked like at your worst Compared to now.
Hi LD, sorry to hear you're feeling poorly. I just wanted to say hello from Ireland and a big thanks for your remarkable candour and courage to tell your story. Your videos, as well as some soul seaching on my part led me to see my doctor this week who agreed to prescribe me naltrexone. I've spent months going back and forth on what relationship I want with alcohol, but this week I said enough is enough.
I too was getting that dull RUQ pain you described after drinking or eating a fatty meal for several years now. It freaked me out, although admittedly not enough to stop drinking as you described in your video. I'd read that dull RUQ pain can be due to gall stones or pancreatitis, but I had an abdominal ultrasound two years ago just after I started getting the pain, which showed my gall bladder and pancreas looked normal.
A few months before I started getting the pain, blood tests showed elevated AST/ALT/GGT liver enzymes so I had something called a "FibroScan" which is a non-invasive alternative to a liver biopsy that measures the stiffness of your liver, as liver stiffness can indicate inflammation or fibrosis/cirrhosis. There was no scarring or fibrosis, but I was diagnosed with NAFLD. My Hepatololgist explained a few months later that the pain probably isn't coming from the liver itself, as it has no pain receptors, but instead may be coming from the "Glisson's Capsule" which is the the membrane that envelopes the liver and can get stretched as the liver enlarges from inflammation.
There is intergenerational history of alcoholism in my family, and I don't want to cut my life short by 20 years like what happened with my Dad and grandfather who died before I was born. I'm nearing 40 years of age and I'm sick of always worrying about what my alcohol consumption is doing to my body. It won't be easy quitting, as I'm living in Ireland, where there's a strong cultural expectation to drink at social occasions, to the extent that if you're not drinking, you're viewed with suspicion and people assume you're either pregnant or alcoholic, so that stigma and feeling of exclusion is quite powerful.
Even still, I'm hoping Naltrexone will lessen my interest in Alcohol and break the psychological association I've made between alcohol and being relaxed, although I had already noticed before I was prescribed it that I didn't even enjoy being drunk any more. I was drinking mechanically and ritually, just medicating the cravings at this point. I've noticed some side effects like nausea and low mood/irritability which can be caused by its slightly stimulatory effects on Kappa opioid receptors in the brain so finger crossed I can overcome those and take it long-term!
Please stop drinking. You have a chance to live. My husband ignored the fatty liver diagnosis in 2019 and continued drinking and “treating” symptoms with over the counter meds. It was to late for him and he died but it’s NOT to late for you. Please continue to watch these videos and do the work for your sobriety!! I pray for you.
I realized alcohol is the norm in Ireland. But put yourself first. Do whatever you need to take care of you and get you off the drink.
Try yoga or mindfulness or exercise. If the drinkers are sus of you so be it. Tell them you are on health programme. Or avoid them after all what are you missing. A load of people pouring a drug down there gullet.
Good luck
Stay safe.
I truly believe God put you through that so you could do this.
Keep fighting ❤
Thank you so much for sharing. I really wish you the best. It's very kind of you to think of others and help us all in this way... I am sending you all the very best from Scotland, and I hope you feel my prayers for you and your family from across the seas. Keep strong, and thank you again. You really are a genuinely good person 💛
You are so welcome and thank you so much all the way in Scotland!!!! God bless😊😊😊😊
Thak you LD hit home really hard . Much love and prsyers hope today was better for you . If you are still drinking after you hear DLs story im afraid if you dont stop its a heck of ride so please as one that is going through so much of the please stop for yourself and your family . It does not and will not get better. God Bless with prayers LD and all .
Man... you are so right. It does not get any better. Thank you for saying this!!! God bless😊😊
Thank you for telling us about this. Thank you to all the blood donors out there ❤you make a difference and save lives.
Even the ones donating spike protein contaminated blood?
Love these videos. You inspired me to start my UA-cam channel. I’m pretty newly sober after having pancreatitis. I’ve made a coupon videos already. Thanks for sharing this
Woah how awesome!!!
Pay it forward! Prayers and health to you
Thank you so much!! That is so awesome! I will check your channel out! That is so good to hear that you have gotten sober. Sorry to hear about the pancreatitis, I know how horrible it is. God bless😊
Good video
Thank you!!!!😊😊😊😊 God bless
10:14 During the withdrawal process you get that knot your talking about which is the swollen spline. It takes a few months for it to go away and taking anti-inflammatory meds during this time is very hopeful. I know exactly what you’re talking about.
LD make sure your getting enough sleep & rest.
Don’t over do it
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I have the sa
Illness as you from ireland, still drinking but know the pain is getting worse 🙏🏻🙏🏻
My sister-in-law is janie and her daughter is Dannika. Thank you so much for your prayers LD. Such kind people. We're also praying for you LD. we want to see you feeling improvement.😊❤
My hubby passed away in December from complications of a liver biopsy. He had liver cirrhosis and couldn’t figure out what caused it. He never drank or smoked ever. After biopsy his blood pressure was super low. Doctors tried to bring it up for hours and hours. After intubation due to pneumonia his whole body started shutting down. I’m sad that he may have been in pain for a long time without telling anyone. Just pushing through.
My LO takes Zofran so much somedays because of the nausea! It was so debilitating 😌
Big ❤
Has you wife thought about doing a video channel for herself to talk to other women or men that are going thru this with their partner?
No. She isn't interested in doing this. She is very shy. Thank you! God bless😊
Drink mild ginger tea. Get the ginger root grate it put a teaspoon in a small pot and boil it.
I’m sorry Brother
I pray you are doing ok ❤
Hey Kristen. I am doing ok. I haven't been feeling very good and it's been one heck of a day today. I couldn't get to the comments until now. I'm sorry. Can you email me? I would like for you to be able to contact me if I am not on here. I have been so nauseous the past two days. Thank you so much for being so caring. God bless
@@liverdisease-qb6rk sure however I don’t have your e mail
Plz take it easy
@@liverdisease-qb6rk take the day off
@@liverdisease-qb6rk I’ve tried the
warriyo before but no response
@@liverdisease-qb6rk Idk your address
I have been fighting end stage for over 4 years. 2 years 8 months in a bed. What saved me is a organic diet treatment consisting of chillies. Stew on med heat thai red, scotch bonnet and jalapeno in olive oil for one hour. Eat in large doses 4 times a day with assorted raw vegetables (water only). Two weeks later my ascites was gone and has not returned. This treatment was so successful I have not seen my liver doctor in 6 months. I maintain this diet to this day. If you are suffering try this method it works for me everyday.