Hi babes !! I am a super cuddly 60 year old Grandma, who is ex-services....and, in my day, the Royal Navy floated on a Sea of alcohol !!! Both my husband and myself like a drink....but we re NOT talking drunken silliness.....far too old for that !!! My husband knows, as I do , that he s on borrowed time , due to kidney/bladder cancer and MAJOR heart problems. He s recently gained a Heart pacemaker / defibbulater/ plus an extra wire added for fluid retention, as he also suffers from psoriacis ( feet ) plus anything else you could possibly think about. THIS GETTING OLD LARK IS CRAP !!!! Anyway, obviously this situation is stressful, but I m not excussing myself. I m disabled myself, double patellectomy & major arthritis flaming everywhere, so I take heavy duty painkillers ( oxynorm 5mg 3 x 4 times a day ). I had an upper abdo. scan today, & found that my liver ( understand that ) and SPLEEN are enlarged. I know from a recent blood test, that my platelets are down, so I m one hell of a bleeder , but please, what is going on with this spleen thing....as in causes, prognosis, and whatever wisdom you can impart please ? Thank you in anticipation !!!!