wow!  i didnt realise i had been away from this site so long.  my last journal entry was at the end of november, just after my thyroidectomy.  sorry guys for not being there for you all during that time.  i'm back now tho and i'm here for you.  hope santa was kind to each and everyone of you cos you deserve it and i hope that this year will prove to be the best ever for you all, healthwise especially.  make this year THE year, YOUR year and the year you kick all this crap out of your systems.  i pray for that for all of you my wonderful friends.anyway, this year's gonna be a good one for me.  we had a new year's do and i just went through the motions of it cos the meaning behind it meant nothing to me.  in fact i was dreading it.  i told me son that i wasnt looking forward to 2008, that it was a working year for me cos i have a job to do in 2008, but i really am looking forward to 2009.  the job i have is to oust this dragon and i will.  i'm determined.my breast op went ahead on 8 jan as planned and i go back on 30th for results.  i believe they'll be good.  i saw my liver guy on 15th and am referred once again for more tests, i.e., special scan and biopsy.  he's looking for cancer again.  he confirmed advanced liver disease, cirrhosis, portal hypertension and varices, but i already knew all that, so it wasnt a prob.  i go back to see him on 12 feb, my son's b'day, grrrrr!, but when u gotta go, u gotta go.  the good news is ???????????  he's prepared to treat my hep c!  previously, i had been told tx was unlikely in view of the presence of cirrhosis and everything else thats going on in my body.  but thats not the case.  if, when i see him, all the tests come back clear and i'm cancer free, he said he's gonna start me on tx immediately.  so, fingers crossed that i am now cancer free cos i really wanna kick ass.  although i'm genotype 3a, he tells me i will need the 48wk tx cos cirrhosis doesnt respond well to tx, but whatever it takes is ok with me.  i will deal with it.i guess thats about all my news so, as i have the nurse arriving soon, i best go an get ready.  she's taking my souches out today.  i bet you really wanted to know that eh! lolanyway, i will love and leave you my friends.take care all and try to keep smilinglove ya