My doctor tells me I mustn't drink anymore :/?!

A nodule on your thyroid may be causing the thyroid
to make more of, or less than the hormone needed to
control your metabolism. This can affect the liver, as
the liver is the main organ of the body for metabolism
to take place. The doctors can do blood tests to see
if you have hypo or hyperthyroidism from the thyroid
problem. However, you mentioned the liver being
swollen. You probably mean that your liver is
enlarged in size. This can come from having the
kissing disease known as mononucleosis (in which
case your lymph nodes may be swollen in your neck
area)...or it can come from the liver cells becoming
damaged.
Many things can cause liver cell damage:
alcohol consumption, medications toxification,
chemical exposure, fatty liver disease,
biliary obstruction/malformation/infections,
viral infections (like Hepatitis A,B,C,ETc),
parasite infections, metabolic disorders
(like thyroid problems or the liver not making
certain enzymes), hereditary problems,
cardiac/vascular problems, cysts/cancer/growths/tumors,
and other things.
What happens is that when the liver cells become damaged,
the immune system of the body responds to this and causes
inflammation inside the liver which will cause the liver to
enlarge in size. The doctors can see this on an ultrasound
or Ct scan.

The liver makes bile. The bile flows through tube like structures
(known as ducts) to the gallbladder to be stored and
concentrated. When we eat and the food moves from the
stomach into the first part of the intestines...hormones are
released to cause the gallbladder to contract. This pushes
the bile into the common bile duct that connects to the
intestines. The pancreatic duct meets with the common bile
duct right before it connects to the intestines. The bile flows
to the intestines to help emulsify the fats we eat so they
can be digested and absorbed.
Sometimes, gallstones form in the gallbladder and move
into the ducts and can become stuck there. It can happen
even where the pancreatic ducts connects to the common bile
duct and can cause infections, blockage,etc. there.
Since the bile cannot reach the intestines because of this,
it can back up into the liver and cause damage to the liver cells.

Your thyroid problem may be totally separate from your
liver/biliary/pancreatic problem...or it could be connected.
It depends on what your testing does show.

One of the best tests to check out the liver/biliary/pancreatic
problem is an ERCP (endoscopic retrograde
cholangiopancreatography) They numb the throat and use
a scope (with light and camera on the end and that can have
very tiny instruments inserted through it) and ask you to
swallow the end...then you are sedated. They will move
the scope into the esophagus, through the stomach, and
into the first part of the intestines (known as the duodenum).
They can go over to where the ducts connect to the intestines
and shoot dye up into them and see if there is a problem there.
They can break up or remove any obstruction, widen the
ducts if necessary, and be sure what is really going on in the
area. This procedure is usually done on an outpatient basis.
http://www.gihealth.com/html/education/e…

You may want to be with a gastroenterologist and
endocrinologist now.

Anyone who is a liver patient is told, "no alcohol" and to
be sure that the only medications that they take is
approved by or prescribed by their doctors. The reason
is, that any liver cell damage can cause the liver to
be unable to handle these efficiently now and some things
may have to be stopped, changed, or adjusted according
to how much damage there actually is to the liver.

If you want to look up hypothryoidism or hyperthyroidism...
or more info about the thyroid...here are some links that
may be of help:
THYROID SLIDESHOW: http://women.webmd.com/slideshow-thyroid…
http://www.allthyroid.org/disorders/inde…
http://www.thyroidmanager.org/
Thyroid problems can have an effect on your hearts beating and it
rhythm. Medications can be started to help replace the hormone
that the thyroid isn't making or to reduce it if it is too much.
However, it takes some time to adjust the medication to suit
each person and time for the medications to build up in the
body before the patient will notice a difference.

The cysts on the ovaries has little effects on the other conditions
mentioned above.

I hope that you will start to become better soon.
Don't ever be afraid to contact the doctors office and ask
to speak to the doctors nurse there. You need closer contact
and evaluations until you start to feel much better.
The nurse will inform the doctor how you are doing and may
recommend to see you sooner if more problems takes place.
Best wishes to you.

Have thyroid problems and also a caregiver to a liver transplant
patient

I'm sorry you have to feel this way and hope you get better,but if your doctor says to stop drinking then its probably best that you stop because you are already having health problems unless you just want to keep drinking and make your self worse its up to you but I hope you do what's best for you good luck with everything keep your head up and stay positive.

My wife went through this. She found out her large blood vessels were enlarging even more to accept the alchohol and cause nthem to expand. She went through migrine headaches tlike you wouldn't belive.
Finally she had to give in and forget the booze.

so are you allergic to alcohol? im confused cause this was in allergies? I too have a thyroid nodule it sucks feel better