Wow! Ya know, one of the best things about blogging (for me) is that it's a bit like keeping a diary! As with a diary, when you need a little inspiration, you can look back over some of your old stuff and very often you can sometimes amaze yourself. And that has just happened to me. Like many people, a new yea...
Has anyone had a weird sensation of dead and painful hands after tx? I can't really straighten them and they feel as if I've been sitting on them for hours. My doc says it's because of the drugs but my nurse says no. I want to get it sorted asap as I am finding it difficult to write and type. Hope you are al...
I took old Jackson my 12 year old yellow lab to the Vet today. His liver is inflammed and she told me he has Hep via ultra sound. As we all know dogs don't get HCV. She said it was probably age related. Anyway I'm sure you can relate to the look on my face when she told me.
Hi Folks, For what seems like forever, I have been saying Once Im better, Ill be able to! What? Get back to normal? Carry on like nothing ever happened? Put it all behind me? Well, the first two of those (get back to normal & carry on like nothing ever happened!!!) will never happen. Its not that Ive le...
One year on, A Strange New World... (Hepatitis C / Liver Transplant (Hep C) HCV Blog) Monday, 27 December 2010 On this run up to the New Year and with Christmas just behind us, as with many people, it has prompted me to sit back and take stock of the year and to cast my mind back over the highs' and lows' of 201...
Hi Everybody i have been pretty quiet, just getting along the best i can. I spent christmas in Scarborough, house sitting my daughters apartment only minutes from the beach ...yum swimming... Great news ... i went to the hospital pharmacy just before christmas and as it turns out this is my last box as...
Celebrating all Those Who Reach SVRSomehow it came, we dont know quite when, Chances are from a stranger; perhaps from a friend. Often its hard to know who was the giver, Receiver, we know, is always the liver. Do the tests; get reports; slowly you learn Interferon and riba are cause for concern....
Hi. all my name is mehmood and i am resident of pakistan i have hcv positive since 1999 and hyperthyroidism since1998 after have both diseases i was hopeless and stopped taking any treatment now in 2010 i have contacted to the doctor gestroentralogist for interferon treatment but he refused and said...
Hi. all my name is mehmood and i am resident of pakistan i have hcv positive since 1999 and hyperthyroidism since1998 after have both diseases i was hopeless and stopped taking any treatment now in 2010 i have contacted to the doctor gestroentralogist for interferon treatment but he refused and said...
Went to clinic today, got to finally see the top guy, hooray!. Finally feel as though I am getting somewhere this afternoon, in a good mood now . I was told that I had genotype 2 but I don't, its 3a so basically the same, still only the 6 month treatment. Biopsy results were in, not too bad just band 1 scar...
Hi all got p***ed off being unable to find reply so un subscribed now calmed down so am resucribing. Finding things hard at moment .never mind move up and move on all the best eddie xx
I'm now 5 weeks post-tx, and generally feeling much better. I had my appointment with an eye doctor yesterday to find out more about the damage to my eyes almost certainly caused by the interferon. The doctor was very thorough and found the cause of the problem, which wasn't detected by the previous do...
It worked :) PCR <12 and liver function is really good. I think I'm in shock. I thought it had come back because before tx I had dry patches on hands and feet where the skin peeled off. During tx this stopped but started again after finishing tx. I want to thank all of you here for your support. With...
I have known I was Hep C Positive for around two years... around the second month I found out I was sent to a specialist who checked my viral levels I guess and they were very low, almost undetectable. So I didn't have treatment, two years later for the past week I have had horrible pains in my liver area, I...
I am so confused/annoyed/po'd right now. The last time I visited the liver clinic & spoke to one of the Dr's there he told me that my next appointment there, scheduled for the 16th Dec, would be my starting date for treatment. Just the biospy, which I had done, then a visit to a shrink (which the clin...
I have wrote before of discrimination and how I was afraid of it happening to me...well.. & I may be wrong but I believe it may be happening at work. I work for one of the top 5 star hotels here in outer Sydney, been there for quite a while now & enjoyed the status of one of the top (preferred/reliabl...
Hi Everyone Not posted before as I'm new to this forum, but was advised that Laurie might be able to help? I've been asked whether I can provide any help with a heartbreaking situation. A young boy (7 years old) who acquired HCV as a consequence of vertical transmission from his mother. He is now being b...
After all of the visits to the liver clinic, doctors etc I still haven't really been told what to expect during the TX treatment. I know what I have to do, how long it's going to take etc etc but no-one has discussed the side-x's with me. I have asked & all I recieved is a booklet that really doesnt tell m...
hi everybody i just had my wk 39 shot which makes me in the single digits ....9 to go... hooooray!!!!! hope you are all doin well .... love to all Elizabethxx
Hi, I am looking for a lab where i can get a viral load test performed. I have had hep C before so the existence test will always be positive. Where can i get the viral count test performed, in confidence? I am worried about a recurrence and do not want anyone to know it is back. thank you!
I have not yet started treatment, but am suffering from symptoms of acute hep c infection. I got infected 9 weeks ago and have been having fevers, fatigue, high abdminal pain, and now my urine has turned orange. My AST and ALT were 10 times normal at last test. Anyway, on Saturday I got extremely fatig...
Hi all, Have been trying to shake off a chest infection for coming up to 6 weeks now. on 3rd lot of antibs but xray shows I still have "bulk" in the top of my lung in the Hilum area. Of course I go straight on the w.w.w. as never heard of the hilum. Now i.ve frightened myself reading the worst scenar...
Is it just me or do others also suffer from anxiety issues....? I have in the past had terrible panic attacks ending up in hospital a couple of times...had a fair amount of counselling and ended up sorting myself out and have been ok for the last year. In fact more than ok, really on top of the game.....how...
My mother has Hep C and I am interested in having her do a Cleanse to improve her overall health and liver function. Unfortunately, her Hepatologist knows nothing about herbal or alternative remedies. I have tried the Advanced CleanseSmart kit and was wondering if it is safe for people with Hepatit...
I searched this forum, and came accross nikki's excellent thread regarding the Social stigma that those that have contracted Hep C have to deal with. Basically, I see lim...
I had my post tx appointment at the hospital today, and was expecting the same 4 to 5 hours of tests, scans and x-rays I had just before starting tx. French hospitals are nothing if not thorough! I got there at 8am, and didn't escape until 6.30pm. Good news first, the fibroscan test showed a big drop in the...
I just found out yesterday that I contracted Hep C 1a from a needlestick (actually a needle assault!) 7 weeks ago. My viral load as of last week (my first follow up blod draw) was 13 and a half million. I have my first GI visit scheduled next week, so I'll get more info then I'm sure. But my PCP said that she's...
Hey James i just went to the doc and he upped my dose of Zoloft .he said i would need more ..i was on 50mgs for 3 weeks i was slightly better but my head was still a mess , now starting 100mgs ..if its ok to ask.. how much did they put you on ? i tried so hard not to go down this track but it all got a bit to long and inten...
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