just wondering what area your cancer was in/what type and what specifically was done as far as any real 'treatment" possibly done to alleviate it? if you were not having this very same reaction to alcohol before it(depending how 'young' you were then), something 'could have" possibly been changed with certain types of cancer treatments too? just one possible that came to mind.
something else i also wanted to ask you here. when i mentioned if you had ever taken and or had any simlular reaction to tylenol based meRAB before? in the US it is simply called tylenol, but i do believe where you live, acetaminophen is actually called like panadol or something like that, but not the brand name tylenol? do you know what i am talking about there? its just the very basic "acetaminophen" i was asking about in general and not specifically just 'tylenol' itself? did you ever actually get sick from ANY of the pain meRAB that i am assuming you had to take when you actually had the cancer actively going on?
and as far as the liver and other organ functions go, whether or not ANY actual labs change is totally up to when the overall 'functions' of that specific organ suffer enough real damage or affectation to actually change/impair functions. so just as another 'possible' here, i would most certainly have some labs run on your liver just to make certain that all the liver functions at the very least are simply running up to par right now. tho there CAN be other areas as was mentioned, like the stomach that could also make you feel like you do too when consuming alcohol, but the liver, considering the much later onset of illness, just would seem much more likely? and even that pancreas in certain people can also be something that can also do what you had happen. but that is usually with other underlying issues or usually seen in much older people than you appear to be here tho.
another thing about lab functions with organs too is they CAN most certainly change over time. esp over a two year period if that IS the very last time they were checked? your doc can also order an "abdominal" ultrasound just to get a good look at the liver itself(texture, size among other stuff), all the bloodflow and the bile ducts just to really kind of 'see' what that looks like in there? and this can also check out other areas too esp in that upper GI area? its all kind of an 'interconnected" area(the vascular and bile ducts are the bigger connectors there) when its up above that somach in the upper GI level. from stomach on up?
trust me here when i say that you CAN actually have some really great labs with alot of organs and actually have some more specific types of real disease or condition 'processes" going on in any that would NOT show up in any real 'labwork" until that threshold limit of impairment just gets hit/starts occurring too(the threshold level is where any given damage just gets to the point where it impacts the organ functions enough to show up with changes in the nurabers?).
this is/was my case with my 'version' of what is an actual kidney disease that has also impacted my liver too in very big ways with huge solid cystic formations that have actually enlarged both kidneys and liver and destroyed alot of healthy tissue too. but the insane thing really is that up til last year, all my labs were absolutely perfect. i am NOW getting the 'lab' changes that are being created by the damage that was actually going on all my life, i just had NO real clue that we even had this condition actually running in our family til my son got very ill back in 1999 and we all had to be tested. only becasue he got the disease from me or my hubby, but his 'version" just actually 'mutated into something worse. i was right around 39-40? when i found ALLL of this out in me.
the very BEST way to really just know or see how ANY organ is truely 'doing' in us is to actually have the blood/labwork done ALONG with also having at least a good ultrasound done or some other type of scan that would also allow that good actual inside 'look' at it as well. many disease process in people could be found out MUCH earlier on in their course if BOTH the labs and the US were simply done well before lab changes start occurring from real damage and impariment. in some cases, it could make all the real difference in the world. but in other disease processes like mine(PKD), it really does nothing to know since there just IS no real treatment for what i have and absolutley no cure either. there are just conditions we can have that truely DO remain rather "silent' only til that underlying impact upon labs is seen or it just happens to actually show up upon having some type of abdominal scan like CT MRI or US for a totally different reason? its called at that point 'an incidental finding' thats pretty important.
i am not trying to freak you out here at all, just letting you know the real need to simply have your liver at least fully evaluated just to see if that most likely organ may have some type of real issue that neeRAB ruling out or in as the reason for your being ill after alcohol consumption.
is there ANY and i mean ANY other drink or food that you have EVER ingested in your life(and esp after the cancer was successfully treated) that actually had anything close to this type of a reaction to in your past? and i were you here, i seriously would find out just exactly what actual impact or effects of any of the possible 'treatments' you had for the cancer that could have also possibly have created this too may be(just another possible). since some particular forms of chemo or other really nasty meRAB that are just used to try and remit cancer can impact other areas of our bodies too. it all depenRAB, ya know what i mean?
but, as others have mentioned here too, this really also could be your stomach/gastro area or like i mentioned before, just a very real "reaction or sensitivity" TO something in particular more to do with the components OF the alcohol itself too. if this actually IS some type of the reactionary thing, it would take some very different types of testing to really figure it out. alot of people CAN have reactions to even the grains that are used(like barley, wheat... among other stuff) or what comes out of the actual fermentation process too, depending. since that fermentation DOES change things in the overall initial make up to even become an alcoholic beverage?
this is all just some 'possibles" that do need to be checked out and then ruled out or in as the underlying reason for your pretty intense reaction you are having to alcohol. there just ARE ALOT of real 'possibles" unfortunetly. but this is what your doc is supposed to try and help his/her patients with anyways. finding out the things that are making us sick, for whatever reason, esp if this IS more involved with the liver here. and it CAN be the enzyme thing too.
just make certain that your doc DOES take this all seriously since there are so many real possibilities here as to the actual 'trigger' that with some, are a bit more crucial to find out than others? simply telling you to avoid alcohol is NOT good enough, you need to know the underlying 'whys' of what just IS causing this here too. good luck with finding this all out. and please DO let us know what you find out too hon. FB
