Can anyone tell me of the likelihood of the occurence of a peripheral
neurothopy due to Hep C?
I have lost a great deal of sensation in my feet.  Despite numerous blood
and urine tests my Doctors have been unable to come up with a conclusive

My Doctors office called and they had the following stats for me.  1b geno,
66 ALT, 60 AST, liver biopsy mild stage 1 and viral load 562,000.
Mentioned a study whereby you check your viral load at 12 weeks and if you
show a SVR and at 24 weeks you show an SVR you take your meds for ...

Almost gone, what will we do, where will we be...Working on the "gout
med diet". Am almost down to 150 from 185 last year at this time. ! meal
a day...The VA is working on cutbacks, beware! Have filled out paperwork
retracing my endeavors in 2003, which were actually puking and

I just went on thurs. and had my first round of blood tests as far as
genotyping and viral load, etc... My liver function showed normal,
although my doc said that it would show normal up to 75% damage, then
it would show different. He said that I might want to wait, dependig on

Well,
Things seem to be on the upswing for me again... Feeling pretty good,
Rashes are clearing up with a little help from this group, my BCLD and
my GP.

Hello.  I'm new to the bb so please don't be so hard on me.  I found
out that I had Hep-C after my son Michael was born and I got a bill
about it regarding him.  I was pregnant again a little while later and
asked the doctor to test me.  Sure enough I have it, and I got it from

I found nothing in a search of subjects here, so I thought I'd ask. One of
the problems of being on Peg-Interferon + Rebetol is that you're never
sure what are side effects (there are so many to choose from) and what
symptoms may be unrelated and need consultations with other ...

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It has been a while since I last posted. Now 12 weeks post treatment and
feeling great, more importantly looking great too.  I was clear at week 4
and continued to be clear through till the end of treatment, just have to
wait another 12 weeks for confirmation of SVR and I will be a ...

First let me say how scared I am.  My husband died in '89 waiting on a
liver transplant.  There wasn't treatment of any kind then.  I just know
that my liver enzymes were high when I had routine blood work not long
ago.  I have had a lot more blood work since then and am getting ...

I got baby gators running round the houze an had 2 fell the bath tub up
4 their play time. We gota green ones, an red gators and several yellow
spotted ones too.. Their so cute the spotted egg has not hatched yet it
know it is twins.

any new news pertaining to hcv? be it conventional or alternative.

Greeting Everyone,
I first checked in with this group when I began treatment about 5 mos
ago.  I have been lurking ever since.  Thank you all for the great info
and support. Now that I am about to pass the halway point (24 weeks) in

So the GI reviewed my records and bumped up my appointment from November 10
to September 12 - two weeks from Monday.
So far all I know is my VL is 5,160,000.
What should I expect to happen at this appointment?

OK So I am a total newbie here on the board, and recently diagnosed with Hep
C. I just got a call from my primary physician, who will be referring me to
a specialist. But not until November 10th???
My doc told me my viral load is 5,160,000. He described it as "not good" but