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10-26-2010, 12:25 AM | #1 | |||
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My brother began drinking as a young teen-ager. He is now 43.
After a number of failed attempts at rehab, two years ago this month, he nearly died. 22 days in the ICU with a number of rounds of dialysis, and three additional weeks in hospital, he was told: A) only about 10% of patients who are admitted in his original condition make it out of hospital alive; and B) he can never drink alcohol again as it WILL kill him. He has chronic pancreatitis now, and has been in and out of hospital multiple times. He is in foreclosure, hasn't worked since June of this year, and is now in hospital again, although swears (like usual) that he hasn't been drinking, and has been sober about sixty days. I guess I just had to unload....my parents are a mess over it, and I really have no where else to turn where this story and its effect on those around my brother can really be understood. Thanks, Kim
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Kimberly M. Fowler Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game. -- Voltaire dx'ed w/Young Onset Parkinson's Disease May 2006 at age 43. Symptomatic since 1997 or earlier. DBS June 22, 2010 dx'ed w/TN on right side 2007. GK x4, last GK 02/2013 |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | tamiloo (10-26-2010) |
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