Hep C Discussion Forum

Trainhopper · Trainhopper

Hi my name is Robin and I have had hep c for almost 20 years. I was a street kid growing up so the only life I had been exposed to was a tragic one. To be honest when I first contracted it I kind of laughed it off. Hell... the old man who lived under the bride next to us said he'd had it since the early 70's. He was a dr...

Bombeni · Bombeni

Hi All-- i was was diagnosed a year ago, but haven't seen a doctor since. I know, stupid right? I just kinda thought well there's no way I would take interferon from the stories I've heard so I just hid my head in the sand. Now I've seen articles about a new drug that is much easier and has a high cure rate...

Jeanno · Jeanno

I started Sovadi/Olysio combo Tuesday. I am so grateful to start this therapy. I have waited eight years and finally got it after 3rd appeal, so I am very grateful. This is my first treatment. I am genotype 1b with viral load of 3,358,000, slightly elevated liver enzymes and relatively good health...

k2cmom · k2cmom

Have soooooooooooo many questions to try to educate myself as much as possible before the initial gastro appointment next week. SOS?

Trainhopper · Trainhopper

I received blood work results like 3 days ago... Ive made new appointments with my digestive doc to go over them, but when I try and look up the acronyms online... I get crazy jargon like computer code or some such non-sense. Can a knowledgeable person or three please help me to understand these acros -...

Angel67 · Angel67

My diagnosis came as a complete & utter shock...it still hasn't sunk in. Well the doctors picked up on Hep C by pure chance as I had some routine blood tests as I was feeling under the weather. Back in the eighties (before Hep C was even named) I was reckless once or twice with sharing a hypodermic syri...

Lawmatt · Lawmatt

Hi all this is really new to me from a active sporty person to dead lazy can't believe I could every sit still let alone want to sleep all the time. the first couple of week so so brutal ajusting to the meds but as I figured out force feeding is the key I guess the dragon diet Fight the meds with food and lots of...

Bernie · Bernie

Hello everyone! Have visited the site many times in the last year (after being diagnosed) and found the site/posters to be very informative. Was diagnosed with 2b last year during pre-op testing for thyroid removal due to cancer. My viral load at initial testing was over 5M and it seems I was infect...

New member · iconoclasticat

Hi everyone. I'm a 64 y/o guy who was an IV drug user in the "60's". In 1998 I was first diagnosed with chronic HCV at a free clinic. I hadn't used a needle in 20 years. My genotype was 1a and my viral load was around 3,600,000. After a long period of self improvement in which I went back to school at...

new member · JerseyGirl

Thanks for having this forum. Hello Everyone, I was recently diagnosed. I have Genotype 2. Ultrasound came back good, sending me for liver biopsy next. Trying to get on new treatment plan. Any insight to the liver biopsy which sounds scary and the new treatment?

agamemnon · agamemnon

Hello, I took the interferon and ribavirin treatment 4 years ago and was told by my doctor that I was free of hep c. A recent blood test showed that it's still in my system, and my Dr. (not the one who gave me the treatment said I'll always test positive since I've been exposed to hep c. Does anyone know if thi...

Brian1412 · Brian1412

Hi All, I have been busy trying to get the story of my diagnoses and this is something I have never really encountered. Aft about a month, I have had no success in getting a Dr. Some of it is Insurance issues, others it is system. I was able to get the reports today.. Besides the bleeding ulcer I had, ...

The dog piper · The dog piper

Hi I am new here but I have just started the sovaldi/olysio combo. 4 days in and no side effects. When I was diagnosed they told me my viral count was low and there was only a 50/50 chance of cure so wait. Since then I have been diagnosed with Congestive heart failure and at 48 need a heart transplant. Well y...

Peter M · Peter M

Hi All, I've been posting here and there for a while and never dropped by here to say hi. Soooo....hi! I probably acquired Hepatitis C sometime in the late 1960s. I was diagnosed in 1989 and my gastroenterologist, after a biopsy, said I should stop drinking and then forget about it as it would never deve...

MzmiffY · MzmiffY

Hello everyone, hoping today is a good day for you. This is my first attempt to reach out and be part of a support community. I have had hep c 1a for 9 years. I am almost 5 months into treatment (boceprevir). I began treatment following the news my liver is cirrhotic. I am really encouraged to have found th...

anurse1985 · anurse1985

Hi. Not sure how this forum works. I am on week 5 of Sovaldi/ribavirin. Labs at week 4: <15 iu. Prior to treatment:>40000000. Should I be excited? Diagnosed in 2000; genotype 2a -- Edited by anurse1985 on Wednesday 20th of August 2014 06:30:56 PM

RonH · RonH

Hi everyone, I am Ron and i am new here. I am Hep C positive and have been for about 6yrs that I know of. My Genotype is 2 and my viral load on discovery was 14,000,000 and at last testing 1 yr ago 10,000,000. I have just started treatment today with Sovaldi 400milgr and Ribasphere 400milgr morning and 400mi...

Ekkiemom · Ekkiemom

Ok well I'm in Ca and was diagnosed 2 yrs ago with HCV GT1a for about 30 yrs now. Was on interferon poison and lasted only 5 wks due to multiple hospital visits and transfusions....it was the closest to death I had ever felt.....

Huey · Huey

As the ATL, Go down, the Glucose goes up. This effect is the result of the RVR. showing the meds starting to work,

Lavender dragonfly · Lavender dragonfly

Greetings all! I've been reading your board for info on the new treatments, and have found it very helpful. By way of introduction, I have genotype 1A contracted through a 1981 transfusion. The hospital wrote to tell me my donor had passed in 1986 of "complications arising from non A non B virus...

Brian1412 · Brian1412

Hi All, I just found out I have Hep C and not the gall bladder issue they thought it was.. I found out when I had to go to ER for Gall Bladder.. This was kind of the beginning of a whirlwind for me ( and I am sure others). I am not sure which type or damage etc etc. I do NOT like my Drs. They seem totally disintere...

Hope4 · Hope4

Starting tx next week (Inf, Riba and Sovaldi 12 wks)

Kittycattsmtl · Kittycattsmtl

Hi I will be starting tx next week. has anyone gone through tx while using weed? Thanks in advance for help on this one -- Edited by hrsetrdr on Saturday 2nd of August 2014 09:53:13 PM -- Edited by hrsetrdr on Saturday 2nd of August 2014 09:56:01 PM

Doni · Doni

Dear All, I would like to say hi to everyone and introduce myself and my situation in short. A month ago I started having low grade fever in the evenings and mornings, to which fatigue was added further. The doctors have done loads of blood tests and found CMV, EBV and Hep C in my blood. Hep C was confirmed w...

pyratenomad · pyratenomad

Hello all. New member here from Boise, Idaho. I likely became infected in the early 90s and will be seeing a doctor next week to discuss treatment options. I had a liver biopsy a few months ago and there was no cirrhosis. I am unsure of what to expect, so I joined this forum to compare notes, learn a bit and c...

namringcharles · namringcharles

I'm an old-timer with this dragon, picking it up in a blood transfusion from the olden days....been hibernating for a decade waiting for effective treatments, and now waiting to become rich enough to take the water. ~sigh~ anyway, I've kept up a dedicated practice in art and music (when I'm not nap...

MarshallW · MarshallW

Hello I'm Marshall from Colorado. Last August I went to see a gastroenterologist and I was diagnosed dx with Genotype 1A Hep C. Having been infected through blood transfusions during my open heart surgery. Been through a lot of depression this past years. I have so many questions and I think joining...

econ · econ

Hello all i will be starting treatment soon with peg/rib/solvaldi and was wondering if anyone else is a diabetic type 1 or 2. Does this treatment affect your sugar levels and if so in what way? I have read many of your posts and find your info very helpful. I am very worried how this will affect me as i work 5...

drexelpbp · drexelpbp

Just got my labs results back. Still Undetected 4 weeks after treatment stopped on Sovaldi/Olysio. Keeping my fingers crossed for SVR 12. Relapsed 6 months after treatment with Peg Interferon and Rib in 2006. Praying I lick it this time Gary

Thom · Thom

Hello everyone- I was made aware that I am HCV positive in September 2013. I will start treatment in August of 2014. I will get Interferon,Ribavarin and Solvaldi for 3 months. I have likely been infected since the early 70's. I have bad joint pain and fatigue which rises and falls in severity. Nobody se...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Bio Fibrin.... is it a real medical treatment or just mumbo jumbo? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Hi my name is Robin and I have had hep c for almost 20 years. I was a street kid growing up so the only life I had been exposed to was a tragic one. To be honest when I first contracted it I kind of laughed it off. Hell... the old man who lived under the bride next to us said he'd had it since the early 70's. He was a dr...	Trainhopper	97	9566	Oct 5, 2014 by Trainhopper
	My first post... (Preview) Hi All-- i was was diagnosed a year ago, but haven't seen a doctor since. I know, stupid right? I just kinda thought well there's no way I would take interferon from the stories I've heard so I just hid my head in the sand. Now I've seen articles about a new drug that is much easier and has a high cure rate...	Bombeni	47	2715	Oct 4, 2014 by Milliganus
	Started Solvaldi/Olysion Treatment (Preview) I started Sovadi/Olysio combo Tuesday. I am so grateful to start this therapy. I have waited eight years and finally got it after 3rd appeal, so I am very grateful. This is my first treatment. I am genotype 1b with viral load of 3,358,000, slightly elevated liver enzymes and relatively good health...	Jeanno	15	1182	Oct 3, 2014 by Dzdayscomin
	Newly Diagnosed (Preview) Have soooooooooooo many questions to try to educate myself as much as possible before the initial gastro appointment next week. SOS?	k2cmom	2	796	Oct 2, 2014 by Dzdayscomin
	I am new to reading blood result panels (Preview) I received blood work results like 3 days ago... Ive made new appointments with my digestive doc to go over them, but when I try and look up the acronyms online... I get crazy jargon like computer code or some such non-sense. Can a knowledgeable person or three please help me to understand these acros -...	Trainhopper	5	986	Sep 26, 2014 by Huey
	Diagnosed yesterday. (Preview) My diagnosis came as a complete & utter shock...it still hasn't sunk in. Well the doctors picked up on Hep C by pure chance as I had some routine blood tests as I was feeling under the weather. Back in the eighties (before Hep C was even named) I was reckless once or twice with sharing a hypodermic syri...	Angel67	27	1849	Sep 25, 2014 by Angel67
	New to tx 7 weeks in (Preview) Hi all this is really new to me from a active sporty person to dead lazy can't believe I could every sit still let alone want to sleep all the time. the first couple of week so so brutal ajusting to the meds but as I figured out force feeding is the key I guess the dragon diet Fight the meds with food and lots of...	Lawmatt	15	1864	Sep 24, 2014 by Isiscat2011
	Decided to stop lurking..... (Preview) Hello everyone! Have visited the site many times in the last year (after being diagnosed) and found the site/posters to be very informative. Was diagnosed with 2b last year during pre-op testing for thyroid removal due to cancer. My viral load at initial testing was over 5M and it seems I was infect...	Bernie	6	1014	Sep 23, 2014 by Bernie
	New member (Preview) Hi everyone. I'm a 64 y/o guy who was an IV drug user in the "60's". In 1998 I was first diagnosed with chronic HCV at a free clinic. I hadn't used a needle in 20 years. My genotype was 1a and my viral load was around 3,600,000. After a long period of self improvement in which I went back to school at...	iconoclasticat	3	950	Sep 23, 2014 by iconoclasticat
	new member (Preview) Thanks for having this forum. Hello Everyone, I was recently diagnosed. I have Genotype 2. Ultrasound came back good, sending me for liver biopsy next. Trying to get on new treatment plan. Any insight to the liver biopsy which sounds scary and the new treatment?	JerseyGirl	7	1207	Sep 20, 2014 by Huey
	Tested positive after pegasys (Preview) Hello, I took the interferon and ribavirin treatment 4 years ago and was told by my doctor that I was free of hep c. A recent blood test showed that it's still in my system, and my Dr. (not the one who gave me the treatment said I'll always test positive since I've been exposed to hep c. Does anyone know if thi...	agamemnon	6	1167	Sep 7, 2014 by mallani
	It gets stranger... (Preview) Hi All, I have been busy trying to get the story of my diagnoses and this is something I have never really encountered. Aft about a month, I have had no success in getting a Dr. Some of it is Insurance issues, others it is system. I was able to get the reports today.. Besides the bleeding ulcer I had, ...	Brian1412	18	2090	Sep 6, 2014 by Brian1412
	4 days into sovaldi/olysio treatment-my info on side effects (Preview) Hi I am new here but I have just started the sovaldi/olysio combo. 4 days in and no side effects. When I was diagnosed they told me my viral count was low and there was only a 50/50 chance of cure so wait. Since then I have been diagnosed with Congestive heart failure and at 48 need a heart transplant. Well y...	The dog piper	10	2036	Sep 5, 2014 by Angel67
	Hello...S/O eot July 3 - UND eot +4 - Now Waiting (Preview) Hi All, I've been posting here and there for a while and never dropped by here to say hi. Soooo....hi! I probably acquired Hepatitis C sometime in the late 1960s. I was diagnosed in 1989 and my gastroenterologist, after a biopsy, said I should stop drinking and then forget about it as it would never deve...	Peter M	2	1274	Sep 4, 2014 by tgcd78
	Hello (Preview) Hello everyone, hoping today is a good day for you. This is my first attempt to reach out and be part of a support community. I have had hep c 1a for 9 years. I am almost 5 months into treatment (boceprevir). I began treatment following the news my liver is cirrhotic. I am really encouraged to have found th...	MzmiffY	30	4136	Sep 1, 2014 by mallani
	Newbie (Preview) Hi. Not sure how this forum works. I am on week 5 of Sovaldi/ribavirin. Labs at week 4: <15 iu. Prior to treatment:>40000000. Should I be excited? Diagnosed in 2000; genotype 2a -- Edited by anurse1985 on Wednesday 20th of August 2014 06:30:56 PM	anurse1985	4	1207	Aug 21, 2014 by Milliganus
	Newbie (Preview) Hi everyone, I am Ron and i am new here. I am Hep C positive and have been for about 6yrs that I know of. My Genotype is 2 and my viral load on discovery was 14,000,000 and at last testing 1 yr ago 10,000,000. I have just started treatment today with Sovaldi 400milgr and Ribasphere 400milgr morning and 400mi...	RonH	6	1051	Aug 21, 2014 by wmlj1960
	HCV TX (Preview) Ok well I'm in Ca and was diagnosed 2 yrs ago with HCV GT1a for about 30 yrs now. Was on interferon poison and lasted only 5 wks due to multiple hospital visits and transfusions....it was the closest to death I had ever felt.....	Ekkiemom	2	850	Aug 17, 2014 by mallani
	my chart (Preview) As the ATL, Go down, the Glucose goes up. This effect is the result of the RVR. showing the meds starting to work,	Huey	0	814	Aug 17, 2014 by Huey
	Here we go again! (Preview) Greetings all! I've been reading your board for info on the new treatments, and have found it very helpful. By way of introduction, I have genotype 1A contracted through a 1981 transfusion. The hospital wrote to tell me my donor had passed in 1986 of "complications arising from non A non B virus...	Lavender dragonfly	10	1748	Aug 13, 2014 by Lavender dragonfly
	New Just found out (Preview) Hi All, I just found out I have Hep C and not the gall bladder issue they thought it was.. I found out when I had to go to ER for Gall Bladder.. This was kind of the beginning of a whirlwind for me ( and I am sure others). I am not sure which type or damage etc etc. I do NOT like my Drs. They seem totally disintere...	Brian1412	19	2171	Aug 8, 2014 by Brian1412
	Pegasys, Riba and Sovaldi nest week...New here... (Preview) Starting tx next week (Inf, Riba and Sovaldi 12 wks)	Hope4	13	2328	Aug 8, 2014 by Lavender dragonfly
	Treatment and weed (Preview) Hi I will be starting tx next week. has anyone gone through tx while using weed? Thanks in advance for help on this one -- Edited by hrsetrdr on Saturday 2nd of August 2014 09:53:13 PM -- Edited by hrsetrdr on Saturday 2nd of August 2014 09:56:01 PM	Kittycattsmtl	2	1463	Aug 2, 2014 by Isiscat2011
	Confused with my new diagnosis ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Dear All, I would like to say hi to everyone and introduce myself and my situation in short. A month ago I started having low grade fever in the evenings and mornings, to which fatigue was added further. The doctors have done loads of blood tests and found CMV, EBV and Hep C in my blood. Hep C was confirmed w...	Doni	98	7087	Jul 27, 2014 by Doni
	Greetings from Idaho. (Preview) Hello all. New member here from Boise, Idaho. I likely became infected in the early 90s and will be seeing a doctor next week to discuss treatment options. I had a liver biopsy a few months ago and there was no cirrhosis. I am unsure of what to expect, so I joined this forum to compare notes, learn a bit and c...	pyratenomad	13	1466	Jul 27, 2014 by pyratenomad
	greetings from Alaska and HCV Diet (Preview) I'm an old-timer with this dragon, picking it up in a blood transfusion from the olden days....been hibernating for a decade waiting for effective treatments, and now waiting to become rich enough to take the water. ~sigh~ anyway, I've kept up a dedicated practice in art and music (when I'm not nap...	namringcharles	8	2119	Jul 23, 2014 by zavr
	Newbie from CO (Preview) Hello I'm Marshall from Colorado. Last August I went to see a gastroenterologist and I was diagnosed dx with Genotype 1A Hep C. Having been infected through blood transfusions during my open heart surgery. Been through a lot of depression this past years. I have so many questions and I think joining...	MarshallW	7	1173	Jul 22, 2014 by Huey
	starting treatment soon (Preview) Hello all i will be starting treatment soon with peg/rib/solvaldi and was wondering if anyone else is a diabetic type 1 or 2. Does this treatment affect your sugar levels and if so in what way? I have read many of your posts and find your info very helpful. I am very worried how this will affect me as i work 5...	econ	9	1370	Jul 19, 2014 by Huey
	Undetected at 4 weeks EOT on Sovaldi/Olysio (Preview) Just got my labs results back. Still Undetected 4 weeks after treatment stopped on Sovaldi/Olysio. Keeping my fingers crossed for SVR 12. Relapsed 6 months after treatment with Peg Interferon and Rib in 2006. Praying I lick it this time Gary	drexelpbp	8	1230	Jul 17, 2014 by Fireman Rob
	New guy (Preview) Hello everyone- I was made aware that I am HCV positive in September 2013. I will start treatment in August of 2014. I will get Interferon,Ribavarin and Solvaldi for 3 months. I have likely been infected since the early 70's. I have bad joint pain and fatigue which rises and falls in severity. Nobody se...	Thom	14	1603	Jul 12, 2014 by Huey
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