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mindlesley 
10:37pm, May 30, 2009
Have had the Hep since 1967, when I had a bad case of jaundice, non- A, non B later to become C. Believe it or not, I was a (Lowly) lab assistant at the Red Cross in the team that discovered the Hep B antigen (once called the Australia Antigen). 'So what' , I hear you shouting. Well I was very pessimistic about clearing the virus at 12 weeks because i'd harboured it for so long, had diabetes, kidney failure, couldn't take ribavirin, and had to take only 135 micrograms of IFN (Pegasys) per week. Surprise, surprise on PCR - NIL VIRUS DETECTED. So, unless the pathologists have been saving government funding by falsifying test results by throwing dice instead of doing tests, I have a good chance of clearing (evicting) my unwanted guest virus after 32 more weeks of treatment. Not without side effects: yesterday my legs felt like they were made out of rain forest hardwood, maybe ebony, but after getting this result, I'm sure they will get lighter. Must be because all my cells are below normal but not critically so. Luckily enough, I take darbapoeitin (red cell growth factor) and as my hemoglobin is 99 instead of 119, I think I'll take an extra shot with dialysis today.
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Wonderful news!
SockFuzz
GOod news! Hang in there>
rbm
take care and best wishes, gail
butterflyzrfree
Mindy this is Great news to hear! *doing the happy nil virus dance*! ....=]
KneeDeep
Good for you!!!.....maybe a silver lining???
AWOYENI
YAY!!! im praying for you Mindy.
xox
moonstar