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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Hepatitis / May 2008CRAP! CRAP! CRAP!
It seems my daughter may have HCV. AFAIK, she hasn't had it from birth but doesn't have any glaring risk factors in her background. She does have multiple ear piercings and had one short-term (3 months) relationship with a sleazebag, but has never used drugs and has no tattoos. She used my razor once. I figure it's either the sleazebag or the piercings. Get this: She found out today when someone called from the place she donated blood last month. The guy calls and wants to know if she's "under treatment for her Hepatitis C." Naturally she freaked. If I could get my hands on him I think I could cheerfully throttle the fool. Anyway, she's going in to the health department for further testing and the nurse there did say they have had "false positives" (although she did not specify what kind) from this organization in the past. We're hoping like crazy it's another false positive. This is the same daughter who was in the house when her loving father chose to blow his brains out, and quite frankly, she's been through enough. /rant over > It seems my daughter may have HCV. AFAIK, she hasn't had it from birth but > doesn't have any glaring risk factors in her background. She does have [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > /rant over Thip, you and your daughter have my prayers. This is one of my worst nightmares. I found out about mine in about the same manner. I know you don't need my help, but I would gladly assist you in teaching the insensitive fool some manners. I hope it is just a mix-up in the lab. Dwight >> It seems my daughter may have HCV. AFAIK, she hasn't had it >> from birth but doesn't have any glaring risk factors in her [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Dwight they must use the same lab my dr does... remember, my last vl test came back pos, but turned out to be a false pos too. Let us know? I just can't believe she has it tho.... hugs S > It seems my daughter may have HCV. AFAIK, she hasn't had it from birth > but doesn't have any glaring risk factors in her background. She does [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > /rant over Thipper, I'm so sorry to hear this. And, I'm completely and thoroughly disgusted at the way so called "medical professionals" communicate with their patients and the general public. There really needs to be some serious education in the field because stories like yours are all too common. Arrogant, ignorant, insensitive motherf..kers! /rant over Try to focus on the positive-- she's young, it's probably a relatively new infection and she's got a mom who is better educated in hcv than a lot of doctors... plus, one that won't take any crap from the bureaucracy! But let's hope it's one of those mysterious false positives. Take care Thipper, and take care of your daughter. I know, neither of you need this. (((hugs to Thip))) > It seems my daughter may have HCV. AFAIK, she hasn't had it from birth but > doesn't have any glaring risk factors in her background. She does have [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > /rant over Thip, woa!, that sucks! sorry for both of you. hope it turns out false positive. I am wishing things turn out better for you. TC Thip, you and your daughter are in my thoughts and prayers... I went thru the same sort of "worry" when I was first diagnosed, and told I had probably had this for 30 years, and had had three children, Two have been tested. The other one, who spent four years in the military, 15 months in Iraq, and has multiple tatoos has not been tested yet but says he will soon. I was so scared that I may have passed it on to them at birth. While I cannot say for sure what my "contact" was, I can only say that I worked as a dental assistant to an oral sugereon as well as a medical assistant during the 70's.. I also was married to a "questionable" man for many years, and never thought about things like sharing razors etc - so many possibilites. Wishing you daughter a clean bill of health, a false positive determination - and if worst comes to worst and she DOES have Hep C I wish you/her a short duration that is easily treatable or can wait for better treatments to come along... >It seems my daughter may have HCV. Hope its a false positive or at least just the antibodies and no vl. If not she is young and probably hasn't had it long so her outlook should be good. Don > It seems my daughter may have HCV. AFAIK, she hasn't had it from birth > but doesn't have any glaring risk factors in her background. She does [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > /rant over Thanks, all of you. I really needed to vent. I called that idiot who told her today and found out Georgia has some sort of tracking database. They plug in the people who fit the criteria--20 to 30 years old and a few other things--then place these calls. What was SUPPOSED to have happened is that this donor organization was to have contacted her first with the good news. They didn't, so he just went through his little spiel about "you have HCV and here are your options" like a bull in a china closet. Sheesh. I tried to get him to see they need some sort of backup system so these things don't happen, as well as a method of tracking the false positives so they can target which organizations are doing sloppy work. But since he's a State worker, he's just a little drone muddling his way toward retirement and has lost the capacity to think outside the box. I'm a State worker too, by the way, and people like him are a dime a dozen. I just happen to be an independent, freethinking old.....witch. Anyway, we're going to have all the tests re-run in a week, and then we'll take it from there. How loud can we all yell, "SNAFU!" [...] > How loud can we all yell, "SNAFU!" About as loud as we can all yell "FUBAR!" Either way, I'm hoping for a false positive, Thipper... /greyhackles |
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