Hep-c  

Group: alt.support.hepatitis-c Date: Sun, Nov 7, 2004, 12:52pm (CST+1)
From: barfly006@webtv.net (Lonesome jones)
Thanx for the replies,,I,m somewhat calmer now,but still very disturbed!
Naturally,I,m expecting to hear the worst,,after all the
test,,scope,,blood,biopsy,,etc,,Guess the 60s,and all the sex,love,,rock
n roll got me,,lol. I,m Not gay,but have always lived an alternative
life style. Your replies mean a lot to me,and i,d like to hear from more
of you.,,,,Tim
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What's an 'alternative life style' if you're not gay?  Sorry, does that
mean you do horses and pigs and stuff?  Inquiring minds want to know.
Personally, I like milk cows.  They're sooo contented.   And if you
whisper sweet nothings in their ear, the moo for you.  
Elmo

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Shortly after the time I found out I had HCV antibodies (and freaked)
I read an article in the newspaper called "Hepatitis C: The Silent
Killer".   The subject of the article was I guy my age who had been
infected for about the same time I forecasted for myself.  He had got
his through a blood transfusion.  He was diagnosed after coming in
with symptoms and got bad news.  Decompensated cirrhosis.  His liver
was quitting on him!  He got lucky (if you want to call it that)  and
got a new liver transplant within 2 weeks and they showed his picture
with his wife after the transplant.  He said the immunosuppressing tx
and new lifestyle weren't that great but it sure beat the alternative.
But the article freaked me out bad and I assumed it was the same for
me.  I'm doomed.  That bastard got my liver!   Out hussled me.  So I
got some labs drawn and informed my primary care physician that I was
dying.  He laughed and said my examination and bloodwork tell a
different story.  That I can't be that bad and to relax.  And he was
right.  The guy in the newstory was the exception.  In most cases
you're not in too bad shape when you find out you have HCV.  But you
have to find out what's going on and decide whether treatment is right
for you.  I even caught a bit of break when I found out I was a
genotype 2 and only needed 24 weeks of tx with about an 80% shot at
SVR ("cure").  Get all your blood workups and stuff.  You'll be fine.

Don