What is that stuff to fix your mouth.... Mary is about to beat me with a
plastic spoon,,,,she's getting the full effect, she loves her weekends now
--
Peace, Mike

Selenium Preventative and Therapeutic Benefits, by Dave Cowan
It is challenging to isolate one particular nutrient among the 90 or
so that we need on a daily
basis and look at in isolation. When it comes to Selenium, however, I

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Student dies in spitting contest
February 25, 2004
A student fell 11 storeys to his death during a spitting contest on his 20th

Looks like I'm going on half dosage of Pegasys for the long term.  I'm
officially off the Copegus now.  So hopefully start feeling better and
this damned rash goes away.  The doctor didn't know of any new trials
that were accepting anyone right now, but did mention one that is

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

Went to the local CVS pharmacy to pick up my drugs today. I had dropped the
prescription off last week, to make sure I had them before my start date - this
Friday. The girl at the counter pulls them from underneath of the counter. I
tell her that one of the prescriptions needs to be ...

I've been here off and on over the years, but it has been a while since I
last peeked in.  I have finally decided to go thru with interferon
treatment.   Looks like it is really a great list right now too.
I have type 2b, stage 2 fibrosis, last viral load 126125.  Alts are usually

Last shot of Interferon today, last dose of Ribavirin next Thursday.
Won't be sorry to see the back of the bloody itching etc.
Apart from 4 weeks during Nov/Dec, when my hg dropped to 7.2, and a drop
in dosage of the riba subsequently to 600mg I have maintained compliance

Several years ago, I noticed that I was having violent retching, usually in
the mornings.  I was unable to figure out what caused it, but thought it
might be related to Hepatitis C.  Finally, by process of elimination I
discovered that these retching episodes followed ingestion of ...

Hi Group,
  Yes, I'm still here.  Been lurking for quite a while but didn't
want to get into the middle of all the fighting.  Had enough Riba Rage
thank you very much.  But still keeping up with most of the posts, I

Man, I am SO angry at his office.  I have an appointment March 4.  I was
told by my BCLD's office if I didn't receive a package from the by February
12, I should contact Dr. Gitlin's office (he's the one who's running this
clinical trial).  Contact his office?!  Ha!  All I've done ...

Well  folks,
    Been on traetment (interon + riiboviran) one year today. have had
an undetectable viral count since september. Saw the Dr. this a.m and
he says "NO MORE MEDS!" , no more !@#$~!@#$~@#$ injections NO MORE

My friend this weekend asked me to come up with a top ten album list. I came
up with 40 and had to just start eliminating because they just didn't affect
my life as much as these. I realize it is a very limited list, but it is my
list. We are on a quest for new (old) music that we ...

Got news today that my viral load is 634,000 after 48 weeks of pegasus
and riba. Ended treatment Jan. 9, 04. Original viral load was
13,500,000, Type 1-a. See liver doctor on Fri 27. Don't know if I can
handle another round of treatment anytime soon. I have talked to the

Got the news today, at 24 weeks Viral Count went up slightly since the
12 week test.  I go in to see the doctor tomorrow to discuss my options.
 Starting treatment again for the third time just doesn't sound too
appealing right now.  Must be in shock, I'm not mad, just numb.  ...