Hi can someone please help? UPDATE! Got my results already.

You guys the thought has just struck me that in a few weeks I will be looking after my baby and that should certainly help keep me occupied and make me motivate myself hope to have had a few answers by then though.

Well I've spent some time today checking out stuff to do with weddings as I'm getting married in a few years. Haven't thought about anything positive like this in months. And now I'm going to clean the apartment ok its not unkept or anything but theres a few jobs ive been putting off for a while. I have my doctor's appointment tomorrow and I am going to ask for more blood tests.

Had a touch of morning sickness today which is rare for me as I haven't had it since I was about 11 or 12 weeks gone. Even that didnt dampen my spirits. I'm also avoiding mirrors, I have looked once today for a few seconds while brushing my teeth and that's it

I still wouldn't mind doing some work from home. We are finding it a little tough surviving off one income and as I am and will be at home most of the day now and when baby arrives it would be a good thing.
Had an argument last night with my fiancé, after everything was going so well yesterday. Of course it was one of those arguments that starts over something so small yet eventually everything gets dragged up. We haven't argued in a long time. I was so upset I cried all evening. He apologised to me and said he had forgotten I had my doctors appointment and was stressed enough as it was without all that. And even though we had made up we were still awkward with each other. So I didn't get much sleep last night.

So I've the doctor app later on today. I really hope he can either shed some light on this and hopefully give me another blood test/ examination.

Hi everyone,

I have not posted anything for quite a while.  This is for those needing to work at home.  I have done medical transcription at home for the past 15 years, but that work is all but gone because doctor's are transitioning to using Dragon for that and electronic medical records.

I found another job at home with a company called Parameds.com.  I call doctor's offices across the country and request that they send medical records.  All you need is a computer and high-speed internet.  The pay is not great but otherwise it is good.  It is extremely easy.  They make direct deposits every two weeks.  If interested, all you have to do is go to Parameds.com.  The position is called a records retriever.  It requires about 6 hours a day.  This is for insurance companies.  When people apply for life insurance or long-term care insurance, the insurance company requests their medical records so that the underwriters can determine their health status.

Just thought someone could use this information for a little bit of financial assistance that allows them to still be at home.

Georgia.

LFTs come back very quickly as it is a very common blood test and is all automated. The precise time depends on what lab it is taken to and distance. At my GPs if you have blood taken in the morning, all the samples are collected at about 1200 and taken to the local hospital lab. If the test is done at the hospital then the sample gets to the lab much quicker of course. Results are usually sent back to the GP electronically. When mine have been very high I have had a call from a doctor that afternoon as the lab highlights very wild readings (after double testing them) to the GPs. Normal or 'abnormal but not wild' readings usually come back overnight but then need to be reviewed by a doctor before giving instructions to the reception staff as to whether a follow up appointment is needed or not etc etc. Most places tell you to leave it a few days before ringing for results or collecting a copy. I'd ask tomorrow when you should call for the results.

Ann

Ah ok there's no online service between by doctor and his patients. I guess I'll just have to ask the nurse tomorrow so it will likely be Monday or Tuesday when I find out :-(

Here's hoping!

Hugs,
Connie

I woke up this morning and began to worry again. On Friday the nurse told me my result won't be back until Wednesday so this morning I thought ok I will call the doctor just to see if by chance the result was in, though I wasn't hopeful.

The doctor wasnt around and so a nurse came on the phone and looked up my records on computer. She said yes your results are here and the doctor has left a note on your file saying that your liver is functioning normally and that there was nothing wrong with your blood. I couldn't believe what she had said so I asked her to repeat it. I remember shouting thanks in complete shock.

The first thing that I did was message my fiancé who was at work, he was thrilled then I called my mum and told her everything. I hadn't done this before through fear that she would be very worried. Our little baby who hasn't moved much in the last two days is really wriggling around right now letting me know she is ok too and I'm in tears as I type this (good tears this time, not bad).

All I can say is thank you to everyone who had some really great advice and very kind words it was much appreciated over the last while
The Angioma is related to my varicose veins and the yellowness around my mouth I still don't know what the cause is there, it could simply be like my doctor said, "A lot of pigmentation discolouration" I'm just going to have to seek out some good make up to cover it (though I hate the stuff!) It looks hideous but its not my liver or kidneys that has caused it so I can live with that!

One thing is for sure I mean what I say I'm not going back to my old ways, no way!

So from the bottom of my heart thank you all.

Awesome news !!! I hope you enjoy being a mommy

Excellent news! Now you can focus on the remainder of your pregnancy and preparations for the new little member of the family.

Hugs,
Connie

 Sue , I love me some limey's . Don't know if the mods do that but sure they will let you know . You can of course allow your mail address to be seen when she clicks on your name in a post , Only logged in members can see that info if you allow it . She can do the same .

 A. Ziffle

Hi everyone I just came back cos I noticed a few replies on here since my last post.
My thing with alcohol is and always has been a weekend thing, I never even think of it during the week but come Friday night up until last April I would have just automatically ran to the shop to get some in, then I would have happily drank both Friday and Saturday nights. It never bothered me until between late 2011 and early last year when I realised that I needed to change and lose weight, plus I had got to the point where I was no longer enjoying it. I'm not saying I don't have an issue with alcohol, I'm just saying 80-90% of the time I don't even think about it, but Friday and Saturday come and I do think that I miss it, but then I switch the tv off (alcohol ads should not be on tv!) and the feeling does die down.

I'm removed from the drinking scene these days anyway, I haven't been clubbing in a couple of years, we aren't pub goers and if we do go out its to the cinema or a meal once in a while and as my fiancé doesn't drink on such occasions himself I do find it a lot easier to handle than say I went out with a bunch of girls.

I think I'm going to find getting married an issue though and I'm worried that my abstinence will be severely tested when the time comes what with the hen party, and actual wedding etc, oh and babies christening. I'm Irish so the alcohol will be flowing on those occasions and saying no thanks repeatedly will be very tough. This Christmas was easy because I'm pregnant but I don't think next one will be quite so easy. I know take it slowly and don't think too far ahead but yeah I will cross those bridges when I come to them.

The main thing though that is making me want to stay away from the stuff is our baby. I am determined to make things right for her. I want to jump out of bed on a Sunday morning when i get the day off work (after i get a part time job) and the three of us go do something together as a family. she won't want "hungover drunk mummy" instead. Time with her will be precious and I fully intend to be there for every moment.
I've been reading up on help groups, AA and all of that. I avoid the alcohol aisles in supermarkets like I'd avoid the plague and there's one shop in particular where the alcohol section is at the till, well I have stopped going in there.
The government here have now introduced a new law where cigarette stands must be covered up and the tobacco signs at the top of them have to be smaller. Why can't they do the same with alcohol? And why is it that retailers can display bottles of beer and wine etc on the ends of aisles that are not alcohol aisles? If this was addressed and acted upon I certainly would find walking around a shop on a Friday/ Saturday evening a lot easier.

 Liver disease and alcohol do not mix . I honestly can't say what the effect of a one light mixed drink , Beer or wine in a social setting would have on a person with a damaged liver . The general consensus is that's it's not gonna help and typically nobody has just one in a social environment , Be they a alcoholic or not . I see drinking as not being a option , I'm not afforded the choice of one drink at all . My liver is too far gone and I worked too hard to get to a point where I no longer live in constant pain to go back .

 My brother about 4 years ago turned forty . His wife called and asked if I was well enough to travel and come to his party to surprise him , I hadn't been around alcohol in a year and he and his friends are heavy drinkers . I was hesitant to immerse myself in that environment again even though I knew I had no desire to drink , In fact I was still going through my pretransplant evaluation and one slip would forfeit my ability to receive a transplant .

 I went anyhow despite my reservations and my wife lectured me continuously for the 5 hour drive there . I looked and felt like warmed over death but we made it . My brother was indeed surprised , and the party started that evening with everyone getting drunk most of the night and began again at breakfast the next morning until early A.M that night when they all passed out . I was miserable the whole time feeling like I was babysitting a bunch of children and not to mention still firmly in the grips of the sickness this lovely disease brings , I put a smile on and made it through the party . 

 My wife and I sat amongst 30 people swilling down alcohol for 2 days while we drank ginger ale's and iced tea's . Oddly enough beyond the first hour or so after watching the shenanigans my desire to participate diminished to nothing and a real distain for alcoholic stupidity overwhelmed me . I love my brother but I was ready to get the hell outta there when we left . As we drove home I looked at my wife and said " Tell me I didn't act like that ". She smirked and said " Now you know how I felt for the last few years ".

I don't condemn folks who choose to drink socially or alcoholically , Brother , friend or foe . I will however tell any of them it's a very risky behavior and if someone has liver disease of any form , well ........ I feel it's my obligation to tell them it's suicidal . Nobody knows better than the individual who puts the bottle their lips if the are a alcoholic , Getting them to admit they have the problem is the real challenge .

A. Ziffle