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5 years in with PMR AND GCA. GCA in remission or gone for good.🤞Just put on MTX with tapering Pred 15 mg 👇very slowly .I realize alcohol while in MTX is not recommended but I have a very active Social life and wine is definitely a very enjoyable part of it.
At 77 years old I want to continue doing what I like and not worry about impending liver damage. If I was in my 50’s I think I would be more diligent about the alcohol restriction . Any thoughts on this appreciated.
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If you are concerned about alcohol and your health
conflicting with social drinking there are options.
I saw the need to cut back with the newer thinking on inflammation and concerns about my cognition in my 70’s.
I limit my intake to a drink every second or third night.
Without empty calories it helps to control weight.
Socially I am very comfortable with tonic and a lime
in hand. I have really acquired a taste for Bud Zero
and some of the non alcoholic IPA.
Dry January is usually a slow social month.
I always enjoyed a glass of wine or a mixed drink in the evenings. I would have one pretty much every night. I enjoyed the few moments of relaxation. I was not on MTX but I was so sick with PMR before being diagnosed that alcohol didnt even taste right. Once I started steroids my life settled but when I would drink I found I felt sick afterwards. I still have an issue 2 years after PMR. So mine is not so much whether I its good for me but seems my body doesnt want to tolerate it. When I have gone out I drink seltzer water and lime. Yeah its to bad we dont know what our check out date is going to be. Make planning a little easier. You might live a very healthy life for another 20yrs. They say an active social life is key to longer life. Enjoy.
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I do not have much of a social life but always liked having a glass of wine with dinner. I'm now taking pills at every meal and alcohol is not an option for me. For awhile I was buying Welch's sparkling cocktail, different flavors, and pouring it in my favorite wine glass at dinner time or while cooking. I gave up on that because of the sugar but will still buy a couple bottles during the holidays. There's non alcoholic wine I think and don't most restaurant drink menus have fancy cocktails without alcohol? My advice to myself has been to only have a very occasional glass of wine to celebrate something special.
Moderation is what works for me. I'm 75
and not willing to give up 'everything' I enjoy eating. Foods I should not be eating I go with the 'three bite rule'. Never thought about a ' three sip rule'.
For now, I'm okay with my limited indulging.
My opinion is to keep using your wine glass filling it with non alcoholic facsimiles as much as possible.