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I called my friend C. She's home from the hospital, did not have a heart attack, went into the ER on Saturday because she "felt awful." Her blood pressure was sky-high, her blood sugar was very low, and she's lost a substantial amount of weight recently (without trying). The diagnosis is, indeed, liver damage. She hotly denied that the damage is from, as her MD put it, "acute alcoholism." Said she might have a "little bit of scarring on her liver" from not eating well. I asked her if she thinks therapy could be helpful. She snapped at me about "not having a drinking problem"! Then she said her liver is damaged from stress. She did agree that an antidepressant could help.
I listened to her for nearly an hour, said very little (not much to say, frankly). Hopefully the case manager they assigned in the hospital will get her on a healthy track. I've done all I am willing to do. I won't get into an argument with her.
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