just an update on the queen sirkit hospital sattahip.i went to the hospital monday for a range of tests,mainly to check my liverwhich had been diagnosed two years ago in the uk as damaged due to my beer intake. after seven hours i got the results of my blood test the very young doctor told me there was nothing wrong with my liver!!! i was shocked to say the least as i had spent the last two years swigging away and was prepared for the worst. as i was to late for an ultrasound (14.15) i had the lab results copied and went on my merry way,in the car i perused the results in which both the SGOT(AST) and the SGPT(ALT) were over the normal range,so instead of going to celibrate in a bari decided a second opinion might be best. i only asked the doctor what he could tell from the test results,"your liver is very bad" "if you drink you will be yellow very soon"ect.ect. i don't know who is right but i decided to go with the uk drs the second opinion and the fact if you just read the blood test results you can see some figures are 100% over the normal range. so just a warning this is the second hospital i have been to in three weeks that have made a dogsarse of doctoring

Maybe the young doctor said your liver was "normal" because your results were the same as every other farang who lives in the area--ergo--normal.

Yep, quit drinking and get on a one year health kick. Clean foods, no booze, lift weights and ----arrgh---run a mile a day.

You'll feel better. Good luck.

You've known your liver is bad for two years, and you still drink - Darwin in action i guess.

You've known your liver is bad for two years, and you still drink - Darwin in action i guess.

Perhaps some things are better than living a long time, like enjoying oneself.

I'm sure it's possible to live a long life, but would you really want to?

You should probably be railing against the dangers of being an alcoholic rather than against the perceived poor quality of Thai doctors...