Howdy-
Well another interesting bus ride from Puno to Tacna. In Puno there
wasn´t much to get excited about. It was cool being on the lake
Titicaca. In the 50,s. I spent two days there and bought a bus pass to

I'm back, got my brakes on for this corner ISP, 40 dollars cheaper, and me
tweaking to speed it up. Spent the day with my buddy, he's doin unbelievably
well. a few mood swings from the steroids and anti rejection stuff, but for
some one who just got a "plant" this guy is ...

I am due for my 3rd injection tomorrow night and have just got my blood
tests back. I had been expecting my blood levels to drop but some things are
actually going up.
My heamaglobin started at 15.5, dropped last week to 14.8, but is up to 15.

A friend of mine relapsed a while ago after attempting to treat a non
1 genotype (24 weeks tx).  The virus was undetectable at the end of tx
but it made a comeback.  The main reason for this was probably due to
his platelet levels. Even before tx his platelets were around 100 as

Russ is recovering from a 15 hour bus ride from Lima to Arequipa in the
south of Peru that seriously raised his adrenaline levels, necessitating a
trip to a "farmacia" for some "calmantes."
Regarding a sheer cliff drop outside the window with the bus barrelling

It is my first time participating in a group discussion online. I
thought since i was doing the other first time of HCV treatment I may
want to venture out a bit. I have great friends for support, but when I
read some of your entries I felt like this may be a nice place to post.

I've been reading with respect and admiration, the postings in this
group and would like to ask a question if I may.  My daughter (17) was
just tested positive for Hep-C, twice.  Once at the Red Cross, and the
second at our doctors. They are now doing the RIBA test to confirm, (I

    first of all, happy new year to everyone.
Hope you had a nice time lately.
I've been reading one of the last days' posts (it was "Daughter") and
Elmo's reply:

This newsreader is driving me nut. I keep changing "view" "rules" all kinds
of stuff and can't for the life of me find posts, posties who writ what
etc.. So anyways, made it through another year, my buddy actuaully called me
Saturday morn, after he staggered through the hallway ...

On morning after my thirteenth Interferon shot,  I had the following results
from samples taken on that day.  PCR VL readings come next week.
HCV 1b  combination tx   pegetron (INF a 2 b) plus ribavirin at 1200 mmg
daily / 48 weeks

I'm done with tx.  Had my last shot and pill and hopefully they'll be
no more need for that stuff in the future.  Happy f*cking New Years
everybody!  I am so glad to be finished.  At one point it didn't look
like I'd be able to.  Now, I'm waiting to start seeing the benefits of

Cj
I expect this has probably got a little out of hand <G>
but some more "well meaning advice"
If your "K" is low and your tired of "smoking"  banana's <G>

Well, my buddy Marty is home!!! Got back yesterday. !) days!!! Docs say they
never seen nothing like it. However, he must return to Boston every Monday,
which means leaving here on Sunday afternoon and staying over nite. He also
has to get labs Tues and Fri which are immediatly ...

    I read this group a lot, but don't post too much. Finished 6 mos. tx in
September and PCR was negative. I am looking forward to getting my 6 month PCR
done in February.
     Has anyone tried to get disability insurance after achieving SVR? I have

There seems a lot here:
http://janis7hepc.com/Latest%20Treatments.htm
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