What does 'PING' mean?
PING is an acronym for 'Packet Internet Groper' (or, sometimes,
'Packet Internet Gopher'). Ping is a basic internet program that lets
you verify that a particular IP address exists and can accept

Just got the news today, after 12 full weeks of combination therapy for HepC
1b, (using Pegetron INF a2b and Ribavirin >85 kg) my PCR VL test showed at
least a two log drop, from 1,700,000 copies down to 3,105 which is
encouraging and means we got the buggers on the run.  We also ...

Oh my God.....I think im going to make this...........
Thanks everyone for being here.
Don

I hope you all had a nice Xmas and New Year.I finally have a chance to get
back to my pc.I recently spent 6 days in the hospital. Can you believe this
crap? On the morning of Dec. 30, at about2:30 am, I fell down in my own
bathroom, broke my leg, and remained on the floor for ...

Meta-analysis Results Suggest High-Dose Vitamin E Increases All-Cause
Mortality
News Author: Peggy Peck
CME Author: Charles Vega, MD, FAAFP

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4066923.stm
Bye, bye biopsies?

I came home from work last night and my wife was asleep so I left her.. this
morning she was still out but could speak to let me know she had taken an
overdose of Temazapan 20 x 10mg and 20 dehydracodene (s) She is Hep C ..
therefore 22 hours ago I made her drink 2 litres of water ...

For the third day in row, I've been feeling pretty darn close the same
as when I was doing interferon and riba.  I think they call it the flu.
Boy, i feel like sh.t.....glad it's only for a few days!  Had a flu
shot, must be a different strain.  

Elmo-
Having a blast here. When I first got to Lima, I noticed a wierd smell
about at times. I wasnt sure what it was till after 3 days of Peruvian
cusine, then I farted and realized what the "smell" was,

Called around yesterday to all the liver doctors I could find and I
found a strang happening.  There were none and I mean none that were
taking new patients. The reasons they were giving was hep-c people took
way to much time with all the follow ups and lab work and explaining

From http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hepatitis/hepC/comment_period.htm
Social Security Proposes Changes to Hepatitis B/C Disability
Guidelines
Christine Kukka

NATAP - www.natap.org
Medicinal Herbs for HCV (oxymatrin), Part I of II
This report contains several recent publications of a clinical studies
in

Outta 24.. WOO HOO..
Fun fun for the weekend...
Monday's the big day.

Hey again folks. For those that don't know me I donated blood for the
9-11 Red Cross Blood Drive and got a yellow POSTCARD in th email saying
"We regret to inform you... you have a possibly fatal blood disease so
never donate again."  I went crazy. (This was 3 years ago.). But I

Well, he just took the first shot and we feel terrible because we
goofed when giving the shot. He had to plunge twice, and we lost fluid.
It felt like an ordeal.
The literature made a big deal out of pulling the plunger back slightly