Way ta go Russ!!!!!!!!!!! All our best wishes!!!!!!!!!!

We remember the fallen WWII Americans who gave their lives so that freaks
in far off countries could have their rights to be freaks.
Well...honestly, so that decent honorable people would have an opportunity
to raise their children in a free society.

I was just newly diagnosed with Hep C when having routine pre-surgery blood
tests for a gallbladder removal.
I have heard too many horror stories about Interferon tx and have opted not
to have it plus I have many other health issues plus I am genotype 1a and

Use of Dronabinol for Treatment of Common Side Effects of Chronic Hepatitis
C Therapy
Common side effects of treatment with ribavirin (RBV) plus pegylated
interferon (PEG IFN) for chronic hepatitis C (CHC), such as anorexia, weight

Well, I'm half way there just about.  Did number 12 yesterday.  I'll
be away a few days next week so will be having my VL check at start of
week 13.  I anticipate that the virus will be undetectable by now
(geno 2 pre-tx VL 91,000) but you can never be totally sure with this

I suspect I've had HepC for 20-25 years. What kind of survival rate is
there for such a long term?

Yep, I'm heading out for church this morning down at the 1st Baptist and
have time to fling a few cow turds at Cody before I leave.  I'm getting
pretty good at throwing crap around.  Well, it's off to church now.  
Have a wonderful day!

I just finished week one of a 48 week ticket.  Actually, it wasn't as
bad as that for which I had braced.  I had some body cramps in my
glutes, abdomen, and lower back that were uncomfortable... but mostly
mild to moderate *discomfort* (as opposed to pain) and they responded

HCV May Respond to Herbal Concoction, Including Mistletoe, When
Interferon Fails
By Karla Gale
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters Health) May 19 - Treatment with a mix of herbs that

I was diagnosed last night with hep-C. The details were sketchy due to
just getting over a colonoscopy. My wife took most of the details over
the phone.
I'm a 45 year old male.

Ever wonder why Alan n Two sh.ts were so attracted to hoofie?
Here's why, the picture is in alt.binaries.test.
How Hoof feeds...........
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Hello, all,
Hope someone can help explain this weird stuff that's happening to me,
or say it happened to them in some form, or something ....
Going to give new blood tomorrow and must wait for my doc to get back

hey guys!
I was very fortunate to have found  this newsgroup several weeks ago.  When I
went through tx, I did not have much of a support group in terms of
communcating with others who had hep c.  As I mentioned when I first posted

Hi all about 6 years ago i don the Inteferon / reba  cure fore a year.
I live in the Netherlands , the cure ,one of the first trials over
here , but ath the end i am stil infected whit hcv.
The doc how treated me in the Hospital told me in

Peg-Interferon Treatment During Acute HCV May Prevent Chronic Infection
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters Health) May 20 - Pegylated interferon alpha
(peg-IFN) appears to be as effective in the treatment of acute hepatitis
C (HCV) as it is in treating chronic infection, according to a new