Hi cured4real. WOW you are climbing a mountain and i am on the downslope of a small hill in comparison. I feel like a total idiot complaining about my troubles when I read yours. The government does...
hi cured 4 real, you have much insight into so much of these problems it astounds me. thank you for your reply. i am just an old lady who has had this son of mine drink for 30 yrs. after a while you...
my son, who has end stage liver disease has had a cold/cough for about a year. he also has congestive heart failure. lately his glands in his throat are very swollen, making it difficult to swallow....
To Lerie, You were there for me at all time and set my mind at rest about my sons alcoholism. I pray that God is looking over you now in your hour of need. Thanks for everything. Chris...
thanks Barbara. I know he can;t remember too well and forgets things that are important. It is just that he seemed to be making strides toward being better. I am planning a trip with my DIL for the...
To All, I haven;t posted for a while as things were status quo but now my son has a very bad cold which will not go away and he is sleeping some 20 hrs a day. Can anyone give me any explanation for...
to all, I haven't posted for a while as the last time my son had paracentesis it hasn;t come back so now he feels like it never will and is doing what he wants to including drinking his 12 beers a...
Thank you Teresa for your replay. It just boggles my mind that one can get so sick as to nearly die and then be almost normal. The doctor told my DIL that he was a very sick man but now that he feels...
my son was unconscious in July, in the hospital for a month, very weak , had paracentesis twice and looked like he wasn;t gonna make it. In the last month, he no longer has ascetis, is getting...
Hi everyone. Well the tough love is working and my son seems to be coming around. At least some of the hostility is gone. What you said about the denial is absolutely right. he cares not one wit what...
To Everyone, Thanks for your input I think this tough love is working. He gave up his so called fishing and bar hopping trip, and is much more respectful when I talk to him. I always felt that I did...
Hi to all you wonderful people. I have learned so much from this forum, i could read a zillion books on this subject and still not get the honest, sympathetic replies I have gotten. I feel so much...
hi TDT. Thank you for your kind words. We are sort of in the same boat, watching and waiting and praying altho my son does not seem to give one hoot about his health. I have done what Lerie has told...
hi Lerie, I hope this last day of January finds you feeling well. i think that I have it bad but when I read the threads of the forum members, i find solice in them and wish each and every one good...
Hi Lerie, Man you hit the nail right on the head. Even my doctor, who knows the situation has told me to get away from all this for a while. His ex-wife who does most of the caregiving had just about...
hi lerie, thank you so very much for your reply about my son's condition. one problem that i did not mention is that he continues to drink, altho not as much as he was but even one is too much. you...
hi, I am new here. my son has been drinking since he was in high school and is now 47. he would go thru 30 beers a day. about 4 months ago i received a call from the hospital that i had better get...