Hep C Discussion Forum

New to the forum and have had HCV for at least 14 years that I know of, probably came from a dirty needle stick that occured in 1977 when working in an ICU. I spent 37 years working as a Critical Care RN and in the early years we never used any precautions like gloves in dealing with patients, so the number of times I had someones blood on my hands was numerous. I am very very glad that Universal Precautions were put in place in all the health care facilities, should have been done a long time before it was. I've had 3 liver biopsies done the last about 2 years ago and reported as having mild fibrosis/cirrohsis. I was started on Harvoni on 26 Dec so we'll see what happens, so far only SE is some marked fatigue, I feel sleepy all the time and hope this will pass as I get used to the drug. I've never had any real issues with HCV and have been using several homeopathic products for a number of years. I've been told to stop all the homeopathic stuff when on the Harvoni, which from my perspective makes no sense, the rationale was "we have to try to duplicate as closely as possible the clinical trials to make sure its effective." After a long time working in health care, I have a healthy scepticism about any drug since I beleive they are all a form of poison and knowing how big Pharma, the AMA and FDA are all in bed together makes me even more sceptical. Like I said I'll see what happens, I refuse to take Interferon since I've had friends who did that and ALL stated they would have never done it if they had known how bad it would be. That's all for now, I pray everyone stays helathy and happy and hope all obtain SVR. Thanks.