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- i am told my liver is functioning ok even with it being severely cirrhotic, but because i am at fibrosis stage 6 (isak scoring) or stage 4 (knodell scoring) i am concerned that my liver with decompensate. does anyone know what signs to look for to...
- i have just started tx. i have cirrhosis, portal hypertension and varices. yet i have never had a biopsy of the liver. i asked about one and was told that the tests quite clearly show the damage and that the sooner i start tx the better. then i...
- after quite a while offline, i'm back and rather than write individual hellos to everyone i know on here, i thought it was easier to do it this way. so hi to all my special friends on ds. hope ur all doing well and on ur way to beating ur dragon. ...
- i havent been online much over the xmas period, cos i've been laid up most of the time with damn flu, but hope you all had a really wonderful christmas.anyway, my brother sent me this link. ...
- who's gonna join me in wishing her a very happy birthday???? hope its the best honey. enjoy and BE HAPPY!love ya
- i'd like to know if cirrhosis continues to develop with no additives like alcahol or drugs. is having hep c enough for it to continue developing on its own? also, if cirrhosis is present, can tx still be done? does tx halt it? what else can be...
- i recently received results of viral load and dont understand if its good or bad. from what i understand, the uk measurements are the same as in usa, i.e., iu/ml, but it still doesnt mean a thing to me. my viral load is 919000 iu/ml. can anyone...
- in the uk viral load is measured in IU/ml. is this the same type of measurement that is used in the states too please? i really dont understand all these numbers. lolthanks and be happy:)
- when viral loads are measured does anyone know if the numbers represent different measurements in the uk to the us please? i am also diabetic and the sugar levels are measured differently by our two countries so i thought it possible that the viral...
- i have a lot of pain, yet my gastro said it is not normal with hepc to suffer continuous pain. he thought i may have cancer, but the mri with contrast said not. other than that, he doesnt know whats causing the pain. i do have cirrhosis, although...
- i'm having a thyroidectomy on 17 november. does anyone know if having no thyroid has an effect on the liver or tx? being as the thyroid controls the whole metabolism, i wondered if no thyroid would cause probs with tx.also, i am having breast op...
- i have a preliminary date set for three weeks time and until now, i have researched about the probs themselves and post-surgery tx, but i have overlooked the op itself. can anyone that has recently had a complete thyroidectomy please enlighten me...
- i just wanted to say that the visit to my endoc yesterday was quite fruitful. he has agreed to do my breast op and thyroidectomy in one single op. now i dont have to go through two recoveries. i can just look forward to moving on to the next...
- does anyone in the uk know if hep c sufferers can get DLA or motorbility? does anyone in the uk wanna swap stories? we might be of some help to each other with this wonderful system called the nhs. ha ha!look forward to hearing from you. take...
- i am soon to have thyroidectomy cos of two nodules (one has grown significantly in six weeks) and they dont wanna wait and see what happens next. biopsies were inconclusive both times, which i'm told often happens. that puts you all in the pic...