sounds like it is the damage to your liver before tx.there is not a way to reverse the damage,but since you are/and have been clear,you should have no more damage.as you know i am not a doctor,so you might want to ckeck w. him/her on that...

that was 6years ago I have no GI anymore

Well you could always do another byopsy, to see where your liver is at today???

You are a perfect candidate for a blood test called Fibrosure or Fibrospect II, I had mine done through Labcorp and it was worth the information. The test is best for those with advanced fibrosis and necro inflamitory ratings (doctors may say the test is not a good indicator but I found it was true to my biospy.

I always like to look for the positive in things, so we are a pretty lucky bunch to have a virus that affects the liver - because the liver can repair itself, unlike other organs. Well, except maybe our skin.

Now grade 8 sounds to me like the Knodell grading system, so 8 out of 18. Not good; not bad.

So you had that biopsy years ago, and you did tx and cleared the virus.
Excellent!

Now provided that you are babying your liver and not doing things to harm it, you liver has been on the mend since that time.

Keep up all your exercising ( but don't overdo it), and eat well, eliminating all the bad fats and other evils.

Can you make a request from your dr for the fibrosure test? I would not recommend it to someone with Hep C in place or a real biopsy, but it may be good enough for you to get, just to see how all of you healthy efforts have affected your liver. I bet if you had the test, you would find that you're well on the road to a much healthier liver!

Best of luck in whatever you decide.

Thanks Blue, I don't know if they provide that test here in the states. But, like your advise your friend

Hey grayeyes,
You and I are pretty much in the same situation.
Like Blue says, grade 8 fibrosis bridging is not good or bad, but since you are clear and no longer drink alcohol, and live a healthy lifestyle there is some chance that your liver has regenerated itself, maybe not completely, I do not think this is possible, but it had a stop from further damage.

Upon my biopsy, I had fibrosis bridging, did my 48 weeks journey, cleared the virus, since almost 4 years now, and never drank alcohol again and like to think that I live a pretty healthy lifestyle, but.....

In January of this year, I went for a ultrasound, for other health issue, and the tech didn't know that I had had hep c and bla bla bla, and I asked her if she saw anything wrong, she only replied that I had a damage liver, which my doctor later confirmed.

Unless I go back to my gi, and get another biopsy I won't know if it's worst or not, so it's hard to say if the liver do regenerates itself or not if the damage is already set in, I've always beleive that the damage that is already set in will stay there, even if I no longer have hep c.

What do you think?

I am currently dealing with other health issues, but in the near future, I will get my gi to give me another biopsy, if possible.

Thanks for bringing this up.

Mckenzie
one day at the time