Reading_Steiner
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I avoided alcohol for a long time with CFS, I was worried what it would do, would it increase the severity of the illness ? This year I tried some and didn't notice any huge negative effects, i've been drinking a few occasionally for a few months now, less than once a fortnight and generally about 1 wine bottle worth or less.
Yesterday I was having a campfire outdoors and I had a couple beers, no ill effect,
went back home to get more, stronger ones, 2 bottles 500 ml at 8.2% alcohol,
I drank these pretty fast, in less than an hour I imagine, started to feel really rough by the time I finished them, like I was going to die or something, ended up lying down for a while until I felt a bit better, I wasn't particularly drunk though which was strange.
I went back home about 5am and I ate most of a garlic bread and then I went to sleep, got up about 1pm, felt ok, bit hangovered and my memory wasn't great but I would expect that. The problem started when I tried to eat some cake and then 2 toasts, I started to feel what seemed like a 'stitch' but it was on the wrong side, the left instead of the right, it was a pulsing sort of ache, because I saw a Chubby Emu video this year about severe pancreatitis it gave me a clue about what might be wrong, stopped eating and drinking other than water and the pain went away.
Not sure what I'm going to do now, I've called the NHS medical helpline and they said to contact your GP surgery tommorow. I never heard this was a problem with alcohol and I am going to put it down to the chronic fatigue syndrome because of everything i've read about it causing problems. I used to drink a lot when I was younger and never had this sort of issue. I wish I was more aware about this before I got into trouble. Does anyone know more about this issue and what I might be able to do ?
Yesterday I was having a campfire outdoors and I had a couple beers, no ill effect,
went back home to get more, stronger ones, 2 bottles 500 ml at 8.2% alcohol,
I drank these pretty fast, in less than an hour I imagine, started to feel really rough by the time I finished them, like I was going to die or something, ended up lying down for a while until I felt a bit better, I wasn't particularly drunk though which was strange.
I went back home about 5am and I ate most of a garlic bread and then I went to sleep, got up about 1pm, felt ok, bit hangovered and my memory wasn't great but I would expect that. The problem started when I tried to eat some cake and then 2 toasts, I started to feel what seemed like a 'stitch' but it was on the wrong side, the left instead of the right, it was a pulsing sort of ache, because I saw a Chubby Emu video this year about severe pancreatitis it gave me a clue about what might be wrong, stopped eating and drinking other than water and the pain went away.
Not sure what I'm going to do now, I've called the NHS medical helpline and they said to contact your GP surgery tommorow. I never heard this was a problem with alcohol and I am going to put it down to the chronic fatigue syndrome because of everything i've read about it causing problems. I used to drink a lot when I was younger and never had this sort of issue. I wish I was more aware about this before I got into trouble. Does anyone know more about this issue and what I might be able to do ?
