Hepatitis C Support Group

Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral disease which can cause liver inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is spread by blood-to-blood contact with an infected person's blood. Many people with HCV infection have no symptoms and are unaware of the need to seek treatment. Hepatitis C infects an estimated 150-200 million people worldwide.

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For all the "cured" people

Brigid13
Brigid13
I'm hoping to join your ranks soon and am wondering, does the anxiety go away? I've had this my whole adult life (I've known I had it for most of that time) so living with that doom cloud is just how I've lived. Does all that erase? Maybe it's different if you didn't know about it for very long. I'm trying to imagine being a healthy, whole person rather than a "person living with a life-threatening illness." Not that I ever felt very sick (except for one acute liver episode I was hospitalized for) in terms of symptoms, but every time I saw a dr., I felt sick. I did have periods of not seeing drs and ignoring it, which was better.

So tell me, cured ones, what is it like?
Brigid13
Brigid13
Ooo, What kind of skin and dental issues? Glad to hear so many lose the anxiety. looking forward to it!
happyharvoni
happyharvoni
YES it can go away. Once you get those svr labs, you relax a little more each time. you start to think to yourself. I can go on with my life, I am not one of the few that the new drugs didn't work on. I really don't know if I have liver damage, as I couldn't get a biopsy and I hear that the fibroscan might not always be accurate. I do hear the liver is the only organ that can regenerate itself in some respect???? but I try to eat right, exercise, never do anything bad to my liver and just be happy things aren't getting worse...
Brigid13
Brigid13
Happy, The liver can regenerate, so even if you have damage, now that the virus is gone, it can be healed.
kookie2
kookie2
I too am struggling with anxiety. I talk to my pharmacist frequently as there are soo many good supps to take. I have found melatonin helps alot and i can even take L tryptqphan for sleep and wow it relly works.
Since there are alot of supps that may not be the best to take with your meds as they can take the same pathways depleting the effectiveness of pills, and if they are not real sure, they have recommended to me to not take vitamins and supps at the same time as my treatments but hold off 4 hours before or after.
I am on the viekera pac with the riba, which has caused me sleep problems, anemia, and on and off iching.