Channel4. The Hospital. Liver problems.

Sky+ this last night and yet to watch it, still disappointed about last weeks programme!

Nigel

I didn't think I could cope with anything like another toe being amputated, so I didn't watch this week. I mean, there was no warning about bloody messes for wimps like me, so I gave livers a miss. They might have been going to chop them up and package them for Tesco.
I only watched the DB one, as I'd just published an article by a London doctor who is a paediatric db specialist who was writing about the emotional probs the kids have which cause them to become non compliant, so it was relevant. But I can still see that toe...
DG

DG - I haven't forgotten that toe either - it really makes me take care of my feet! :shock:

Thanks Catherine, that's better

It scared me a bit. Half a bottle of wine a night was described as a heavy drinker. Well that is (or was after watching that) me most nights.
My heart went out to that consultant who had to tell that gravely ill man that he had been deemed unsuitable for transplant by committe. I understand that there is only a limited number of available organs and they have to go to the person with the best chance. But still handing someone what is in effect a death sentance must have been horrendous.
I could have happily throttled ms fatty liver though.

I was quite shocked at the ignorance of the people featured in that programme. They just didnt seem to realise that to be sent to Kings in the first place did mean that their liver function was not at all good. To just come away from seeing the consultant and not really take on board what he was trying to tell them, left me gob smacked.

Unfortunately alcohol consumption on a steady basis often does lead to fatty liver disease and with it can also come type 2 diabetes because the liver just cannot function wonderfully well and too much glucose is released. Drugs such as painkillers taken over many years along with obesity also damage the liver. Once a fatty liver has progressed to cirrohsis, then lots of people do need to be considered for transplant as once the liver tries to regenerate, that's when the problems start

I hope that in time more people will offer to become 'living doners' and will be able to help friends and relatives the chance to be well again. I actually had to watch and support my cousin who died from liver failure at the age of 43. She enjoyed drinking just like those women in the programme, developed type 2, fatty liver disease then advanced cirrohsis at 39.

Wanna still carrry on drinking????? Go to a liver unit in a hospital and watch the people on death row, drowning in their own fluid as all their organs go into shutdown.

Alcohol should be banned from sale in the supermarkets and put back in the hands of off licences. It's way too cheap and is readily available in nearly all the leading food retailers.

Terrible, terrible ..........

I was randomly googling things and come across this forum group. I was one of the people who appeared on this episode and after reading a few comments, i had to comment ( even 5 years later) firstly, i wasnt aomeone that drank every night. I binged at weekends (saturday night only not all weekend) and like someone said previously they didnt think that a few glasses per night was a major problem. I was filmed for roughly 10 hours and they cut it and showed 15 minutes. Maybe wonder what was edited out for better viewings?