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Old 01-18-2024, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby View Post
What advice does your liver scan and EKG offer you? If your liver and heart are healthy, then enjoy. If not, you can decide for yourself if the risk of spending your last weeks of life suffering in a hospital or having to endure dialysis is greater or lesser than the reward of enjoying a few drinks every day.

Of course - if it's truly a concern, you could just try cutting back, have one drink a day, and see how it goes from there.
The older I get the more I believe in numbers. My DR has me do a very comprehensive blood test several times a year and that guides me in many ways as I want to see my grandkids grow up.