Recently, myself and other forum moderators noted that we had a problem member. This person, when privately messaged about his behavior, which some of you might have not noticed, made it a point to copy and paste my...
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Hi - welcome to the Hep C Discussion Forum. ... ... Please take the time to familiarise your self with the Forum. Please edit your profile, state your country of residence, your genotype, your stage of treatment OR pre-treatment/post treatment. ... ...
Does anyone slse see ever-expanding white circles in front of their eyes? It is because of the anaemia isn't it? It's very difficult to teach when you look over the room an...
I have spent a great deal of time in A&E over the last 2 weeks as I must have caught a virus which then got aggravated by the meds. My whole medical team were away on a conference and there was no-one to ask for advice. An A&E doc told me t...
A big HE LLO to all my new friends . There is strength in numbers,and it is good to know that there are lots of someones out there to talk to when the going gets tough. I have Geno 1a and will be starting tx in a couple of weeks ,it feels like gett...
Does anyone else have this problem - I find it really difficult to do the EPO injection. 30 years ago I used to hurt myself more so I'm not looking for sympathy but can anyone recommed any kind of quick destressing techniques that I could use before...
Hi everyone. Another new member here for a while. Only just found out I have hep C after giving blood. Now the journey has begun. My husband is clear and my 2 girls know nothing yet until after a resit at uni in just under 2 weeks. Then I have t...
Help, help! I am now itching continuously especially at night. I am a teacher as well and I'm sure that my poor students think that I have scabies or something! Is it food related? I've changed all my soaps etc but nothing seems to work. Will it...
This is my second lot of treatment because I wasn't big enough to take the full dose of Ribavarin and so after a long battle with the PCT I got the go ahead for treatment + EPO. I'm only 1 week in and just can't eat properly. At the moment I'm livi...
My name is Sarah Jane, I am a new mom and happily married I recently got tested for life insurance reasons and was denied, and since my newborn son was to be on my policy he was denied as well. What a way to find out I have hep c and that I passed it...
I am Genotype 1a with a viral load of 700,000. I found out taking a blood test for Life Insurance. I have no symptoms and after the ultra sound, cat scan, and Biopsy my Dr. said I was pretty much healthy with minimal scarring except the virus in me. ...
... Hello everyone. My name is Katie and I was diagnosed with hep c in September 08. I found out after I had donated blood at a local blood drive. I am genotype 1a. Im assuming Ive had it for at least 15 yrs as I have been clean at least that l...
... Hi Everyone, ... ... My names Heather Mack and I'm a research student at Lancaster University UK. ... ... I'm currently working on a research project for my PhD on how Health and Social Care professionals (i.e anyone from GP, Key Workers, C...
... Hi, I would like to introduce myself, I am a married mother of two children, age 55. In March 2008 I was taken ill where I became very lethargic and swollen joints which lasted up to 3 months. After numerous tests I was diagnosed with Hep C ge...
As im new to the forum,well ive posted once,i thought it only pollite to introduce myself i achieved PVR in 2005 after having the virus for between 10 and 15 years but im now having a few worries after some recent bloodwork,unlike in the US here in E...
Where do I start??? ... ... I am from Australia, living in a suburb just south of Sydney. ... ... My history is that I used IV drugs from abt 16 to 33, on and off; never heard of needle exchanges until after everything was over and also passenger i...
Hi All, ... Geno 1b, Tx started Oct 12, 08. Undetectable since Jan 4, 09. Sounds pretty good I know, but I am taking an irregular beating at the moment, hanging on like we all have to. Today I may feel I'm gonna do it no problemo, but I know tomorrow...
Hi, I have been checking out your forum, reading some threads for the last few weeks. ... ... I want to say, first of all, thanks to everyone for posting. I found many answers to questions just by browsing around. ... ... I was diagnosed about 6 mo...
... Salutations to all, I am glad to have found you. ... ... I was diagosed with HEPC type 1 in Nov last year, I was unaware of the condition and had been told that my failing liver was due to...
... Hi all I have read several post and decided to join. I was diagnosed in December 2008 and have been devastated ever since. I have done tons of research, looking for alternative soulutions for treatment. Althought there are other alternatives not...
hi im new to this but noticed what a good friendly forum , im about to start treatment this thurs and dreading it but reading on here as helped , thanks...
I have been reading a lot of the posts here and I am glad I have somewhere to ... go and ask questions. I was diagnosed last year, by way of having other symptoms. I was having pain on my right side right at the bottom of my ribs, they did x-rays, ...
I gave blood @ a blood drive back in 2001 and guess what ... Well I wouldn't be posting here if the answer was something different. ... I went to my family doc same doctor that gave me physicals when I was a kid. I showed him the paper with the gen...
My name is Erica & I'm 32 years old. I am a mother of 3 boys as well as having a step-daughter & step-son. I was diagnosed w/Hep C on 5/8/09. I knew there was a possibility that I had contracted Hep C because my husband had it. However, I...
