I have always drank, before and after diagnosis. No doctor has ever cautioned me about drinking in relation to MM. In the last couple of years I have curtailed my drinking due to some liver issues, and I've cleaned up my act in other ways, losing 30 pounds, walking regularly, etc., and I feel much better about myself. For myself I won't stop drinking because I enjoy it. Alcohol does thin the blood, yes, so there may be a slightly higher risk for a hemorrhagic stroke, but not enough for me to worry about.

I enjoyed toasting to anything I could think of to toast !

but,  am now on anti seizure medicine, and other meds, that preclude drinking.

I asked my neurologist if I could have a small glass of wine occasionally and was told it is ok...but the combination of the meds and the wine make me icky feeling.

This is defiantly something you ought to ask your neurologist about.

MM is a delicate issue and not something that friends, or people who don't know about how your body reacts to blood thinners (or any meds/alcohol), can casually talk about.

Congratulations on all the work you've done Meyhem! good job!

Cheers!

Linda

I asked my neurologest what he would recomend. I was told to enjoy a drink every now and agian. Don't drink to excess and never drink when i am taking medication that says don't drink, becasue it is a blood thinner. My recomendation is to ask your neourlogest.
Becky