Thank you shadow ..stuff we mostly now but nice to see it in a visual. I like flow charts :)

I just read it. Stressful read... yes agreed..To treat or not to treat....(and I will add) . . . that is the effed up question. What a cruddy illness and effort to move through it. So sorry we have it. The worst part of being 24 weeks in treatmeht now...is that I have 8 more to go and won't know if this works for certain until 8 months from now. Or I could find out much more quickly than that sadly too. Yup, Betsy, HCV sucks, HCV treatmeht sucks and so sorry you/we all have it.

I never wanted to be an interferon pioneer. I guess I will be in likely just a few years from now when it's not used for this.

Thank you for posting ImKramer. This explains clearly to me pros and cons of tx *now v. later.ie; symptom relief, family support and insurance coverage, all are major factors in 'takin the leap'...

I so wish decision making was as easy as choosing white meat over dark...such is life.... Happy T-Day.

For me treatment was a no brainer.I put my trust in the professionals after all tests were done at the beginning.What it is is what it is.I don't stress about it anymore.Probably get hit by a bus first then dying of liver disease.

No Mike. The sequence goes first you win the lottery and then you get hit by a bus the next day. Lol

Lol. so true Kram

Mike, if you win the lottery just send me the money for safekeeping.

Your the first on my list Nancy.

But also don't forget your friends out west. See how the Lotto thing plays out?

Mike I don't know how u remain so positive after 42 weeks is it? Interferon has messed with my moods and mental state like nothing ever before. I am not used to this at all. I don't have mental illness but I swear I've felt bipolar at times on it. Def the lows especially.

To treat or not to treat? Well I'm in a diff situation than most but it made sense for me to tx immediately. I was on tx before I fully understood what all was happening and what I needed to know but from this vantage point I'd do it just the same. Wow it has been challenging though. I kept reading pre-tx from many that tx was the hardest thing they've ever done. Well I can throw my hat in that ring too and I'm not even done with it yet. It has been more challenging than I thought in ways that I hadn't expected. If I don't clear I will not treat on a similar course but I will wait. One time at this rodeo for me is one too many.

Yes its been 42 weeks.I only started getting a few good days after around week 38.When I do get a good day I embrace the day

How often have those been lately? You can share here amongst friends. I can have a great day and crappy day all in the same day.

Early mornings and afternoons are good then down hill.

Mike you've been the great public non-complainer. That's admirable at some level. Glad you save it all for me behind the scenes. Lol

Sorta kidding. This morning I feel well. I went to a dinner party last night but after going for a light workout at the gym and doing a nice walk. Was a good day. It helped my mood. If I do little, which is what I feel like doing, then I tend to feel more medication depression. The sunshine and being outside def lifts your moods. Less than 2 months left here on treatment.

flow charts make me CrAzY. However, this is good stuff, laid out in this manner (I just can't look at the arrows too long). If just considered at the "black and white" of the factors, I am no doubt one who would and should treat. Soon. But there's a lotta gray stuff goin' on with me. Not happy with the older someone is the less likely it will work. But nothing I can do about that (this lifetime, and I will NOT have this beast use me as a host in a future one). And it's a certainly that I will keep getting older each second, right? Right? :)

ECC - in a way, you're a lucky one - like you said, before you even really knew what was going on, you were diagnosed and on tx. You were essentially spared the decision. I'm just the opposite - ten years of knowing I have HCV, ten years of trying to ignore that fact even though I did all my 6 months tests and labs that entire decade (but no "red flags" so I could pretend again), then finding out six months ago that the red flags were waving, and I do need to make this decision - when my liver is in relatively bad shape. I have never ever taken this long to make a decision about anything in my life - but I'm glad I'm going about it the way I am - it's the only safe and sane (I'll get there) way to do so.

I try to go through life like wearing a loose garment.Another words I don't give a fu#k