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.
Treatment/ Death
Is Hep C going to kill you before there is a better treatment? That is the question you should be asking yourself before you decide. There is serious risk with your decision. For those who cant wait you have no choice but to do treatment. But remember most people die with Hep C not from Hep C.
Most of you here have already made this decision and it will probably me a good a decision for you. If your already doing tx think positive and move forward. If your not doing tx take a long hard look at TX and the consequences. For those that havent made that decision please consider the serious risk. It goes way beyond the feeling shitty during treatment.
I had my biopsy prior to tx and I had minor scaring and inflammation. My decision was made because my Dr thought it was a good idea and I thought I should do it now before I get much older, For ME that was a terrible mistake.
Prior to tx I had Hep C for 30+ years but I felt great. 2 weeks before TX I climbed Mt Whitney in a day, a month before that I did a triathlon in one of my record times, a couple of months before that I swam Alcatraz to SF. It isnt that I was out of the ordinary but I lived and loved to do physical activity. Today that is all gone.
Today I am SVR but wish I had never heard of TX. I wake up in the morning and go to bed at night and spend all the time between feeling terrible and wishing I had never made that decision. I am trying all sorts of drugs and therapies but so far nothing has helped.
I went to a 3 hour seminar put on by Pegasys prior to tx. We took notes and asked every question we could think of. NEVER was there any discussion on life long after effects.
I am now in a quest to do anything and everything I can do to feel better. I have seen Rheumatologists, endocrinologist a phycatrists, homeopathic and acupuncturist and even a spiritual healer. So far I dont feel any better and my eye sight is deteriorating. I will spend everything I have to help find some relief
The drug company says they have never heard of this type of reaction. I call BULL Crap.
The Hep C Drs are not helping, the drug company is in denial, the insurance doesnt want to pay and I feel like hell- but I am SVR. I think if I had read this prior to tx I would be thinking it could never happen to me, IT DID! If you think I am making this up go off DS and do internet searches on post interferon side effects and read up on thousands of others like myself. Its real- its ugly.
Is Hep C going to kill you before there is a better treatment? That is the question you should be asking yourself before you decide. There is serious risk with your decision. For those who cant wait you have no choice but to do treatment. But remember most people die with Hep C not from Hep C.
Most of you here have already made this decision and it will probably me a good a decision for you. If your already doing tx think positive and move forward. If your not doing tx take a long hard look at TX and the consequences. For those that havent made that decision please consider the serious risk. It goes way beyond the feeling shitty during treatment.
I had my biopsy prior to tx and I had minor scaring and inflammation. My decision was made because my Dr thought it was a good idea and I thought I should do it now before I get much older, For ME that was a terrible mistake.
Prior to tx I had Hep C for 30+ years but I felt great. 2 weeks before TX I climbed Mt Whitney in a day, a month before that I did a triathlon in one of my record times, a couple of months before that I swam Alcatraz to SF. It isnt that I was out of the ordinary but I lived and loved to do physical activity. Today that is all gone.
Today I am SVR but wish I had never heard of TX. I wake up in the morning and go to bed at night and spend all the time between feeling terrible and wishing I had never made that decision. I am trying all sorts of drugs and therapies but so far nothing has helped.
I went to a 3 hour seminar put on by Pegasys prior to tx. We took notes and asked every question we could think of. NEVER was there any discussion on life long after effects.
I am now in a quest to do anything and everything I can do to feel better. I have seen Rheumatologists, endocrinologist a phycatrists, homeopathic and acupuncturist and even a spiritual healer. So far I dont feel any better and my eye sight is deteriorating. I will spend everything I have to help find some relief
The drug company says they have never heard of this type of reaction. I call BULL Crap.
The Hep C Drs are not helping, the drug company is in denial, the insurance doesnt want to pay and I feel like hell- but I am SVR. I think if I had read this prior to tx I would be thinking it could never happen to me, IT DID! If you think I am making this up go off DS and do internet searches on post interferon side effects and read up on thousands of others like myself. Its real- its ugly.
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