Hey, remember me? I've been so bummed by how long it took doctors to
do all my pre-treatment tests that I haven't written for a while.

Here's the story. My liver doc, who's allegedly a really great doctor
(the head of hep c research at a major hospital in NYC) is telling me
not to do the treatment.

From visiting this group and reading the messages, I had decided that
treatment was the only way to go, no matter what. But the biopsy
showed only an inflamed liver, no fibrosis/cirrhosis. The doc is
saying I may never have to be treated, given the slow progression of
liver disease. So he says I should forget about it.

When I said no, I wanted to do the treatment, he tried scare tactics
on me, saying "people die on this treatment!" and "you could have
heart problems for the rest of your life from treatment."

I feel like a yo-yo. I've been geared up to start treatment from the
outset, and you know how that affects your life view. I've been
depressed about it, but my determination to do the treatment never
subsided.

Now the doc, who's a friend of my brother who's also a big-cheese doc,
called my brother and now my brother's telling me I'd be crazy to do
the treatment.

This is not how I figured things would work out. What do you think,
people? What should I do here?

Keith

PS: Is there anything the doc could give me that would help the
inflamed liver? Because it hurts every day.