Md - when are you having the US? You poor thing, i hope it's not anything sinister You might just have to fill your wine glass with Sparkling Grape Juice - at least you can pretend then.
Do you know what, i'm really trying to look on the bright side at the moment. Apparently it has to be three times worse before you start to get symptoms so I'm lucky it was even picked up now (due to my thyroid paranoia) otherwise I could've been chewing down chocolate and pills and sucking down champagne for another couple of years with nary a clue. So in a way it's good because realising there's an issue is the first step to fixing it. Plus I've known all year that I just haven't "been right" physically so it's good to finally have something specific to work on, kwim?

Anyway, I've developed a strong liking (during my pg) to San Pellegrino because it tastes dry like wine and goes so well with food, so i'm all sorted in the drinks department for now. But can you imagine my family at Christmas time...:

"Have a glass of champers, MD"
"no thanks"
"Go on, just one glass."
"no actually I can't, I've got this problem with my liver"
"OMG you're not pregnant are you?"
"no I'm not, I actually have a liver problem"
"Are you SURE you're not UTD?"...etc