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Originally posted by ThrashersFan
And WTF is up with this talk of "elevated liver enzymes"?
This is why I hate going to the doctor -- they always bring up shit that I then go around worrying about which increases my stress level which in turn probably fucks up my health.
I am secure in my drinking and then you people bring up this liver enzyme crap and now I have to worry about it. If you don't say it or write it where I can see it then it can't possibly get me. Shut up already. Next thing I know you will say the fucking "C" word and -bam- I get a tumor. Stop It!
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The enzyme test is a fucking unecessary insurance company pushed test to determine who's a high risk person. Some actuarial sitting ina cubicle made the determination that alcohol consumption is a good indicator of other high risk behaviors. They use impossible behavior baselines. Then the AMA puts out these ridiculous baselines like "If you have more than 15 drinks a week, you're in grave health danger." Ridiculous. Its amazing people live to be 80 these days, considering that these wonderful baselines did not exist when these old folks started swilling booze and smokin butts in the 50s. Hell, you couldn't eat eggs for a while because of some shit some asshole scientist said.
We get too much nancy-boy the-sky-is-falling infor about our health these days, and most of its contradictory and fucked up by the press. Life's terminal. Enjoy what you want within reason and take care of yourself as best you can and you'll live as long as your genes permit. Quality, not quantity. I don't want to see 80 because I know I'll be arthritic - its in my genes. Pass me the fucking bourbon.
