Booze

[miked]

Ok...for the gajillionth time.

Is booze always off limits after successful treatment?  Last year there was a woman here named "BritGirl" who moved to Brazil and was looking forward to having an occasional glass of red.

Today I read about a person with SVR who rotted out their liver.

My doc has told me that because I have mild damage and no inflammation that a beer or glass of wine now and then is fine (ever without SVR).

I'm sure that anyone with a healthy liver can drink it into oblivion over a course of time.

Can anyone point to a study that gives data about HCV patients drinking modest amounts; both SVR and non-SVR.

Someday I'd really like to have the occasional glass of wine with dinner and/or social settings.

OK...I have braced myself for the wrath of Revenire, etc.

I'm hoping to be normal again someday.

Mike

[miked]

from Monto article....."What does this mean for our patients with HCV? It seems to this reviewer that the stern warnings we have previously given about the possible dire consequences of even modest alcohol intake now must be tempered. Alcohol abstinence may be the safest course of action, but an occasional drink appears not to harm the liver in those infected with HCV."

This is contrary to other posts.

We socialize with culinary people and a glass of good wine over a great dinner is truely missed.  

[Penelope1911]

I found my brother dead on June 14th, as many of you know, from deciding to drink a little even though he had liver damage. His liver could not filter it so the alcohol poisoned him.

I have one question. Not for me, but for you. WHY TAKE THAT RISK??

I miss him so much, and that was one deciding factor in my own decision to treat because I NEVER want my family to go through what they have been through since losing Jeff.

[chcnme]

I'm so sorry about your brother.  I was just teasing (in fact teasing 100% because I'm an alcoholic and believe it was the decades of being alcohol-free that saved me from advanced liver disease and dieing from ESLD and Hep C complications.) I pray I never ever pick it back up.  I have a friend who can't put it down, though (he has cirrhosis).  It's very sad.  I'm so sorry about your brother.

[Forseegood]

I guess I didn't understand... you want to drink *while* having this disease? Even in this article it mentioned, "while abstenence is probably the safest course of action, etc." Why wouldn't anyone take the "safest course of action" while having a potentially life threatening disease? Even if there is some small dispute about it? That's what I could never understand for myself...But like I said, we all should decide for ourselves what the best course of action is....and what our priorities are.....after everything is said and done. If I misunderstood you, I apologize in advance.

[cajunlady]

I have been told by my doc that once I am done, I can go about my life as normal. (Which is about 5 house parties/outings a year.)  Do as I normall do when out.  MODERATION is the key, and ALWAYS what state you as an individual was in/ damage etc.  Each person I am sure is different in their answer from the doctor.

My doctor told me this more than once while in treatment.  If doctor/s are stating this then they need to be EDUCATED if this is wrong.

Just repeating what I was told by my doctor.

Cajun

[GrandOak]

Why worry about a study?

These days it seems that one can find a study somewhere which can justify about any conclusion they want to reach.  If one really wants to drink then they can see 50 studies which say no, but somehow forget all of them if one is found which says yes.

I don't quite understand why this thread keeps starting over and over again when the archives are chocked full of previous threads on this subject.

A word of advice, if one finds themself beating a dead horse, dismount!!