I've begun weening myself off Prednisone and can feel the inflamation
beginning to return. I just won't go back on Prednisone, short or long term,
to manage the inflamation.
I was wondering if any of you know of any decent OTC products that may help

Well I cant believe it but the insurance company has agreed to pay ,
they are mailing my TX meds to me for just my copay and I should be
recieving it in about a week.
I have mixed feelings its a blessing to get the meds, but I dread the

He had his surgery to insert the shunt yesterday morning.  All went very
well, he was in surgery for about 2 hours.  They made three
incisions....one behind his right ear, another on the back of his
shoulder, and the third lower on his back.  He's in intensive care today

My God! I had no clue you guys still have that post. An explanation is
in order here. That post I sent on 09-17-2003, and labeled "HepC: Who
cares!" I posted right when I first realized how deadly this disease
is. I was feeling nothing but anger and hate and took it out on

Please remove my photo from your "family" web page.
Thank you.
Cody

Hello group.
My name is Fuzzy and I became virus free about 3 years ago with
treatment and alot of faith.
I was genotype 2B which here means about an 80% responce rate.

It's 3:30 and the Prednisone is showing it's ugly face again. <<SIGH>> (No
sleepy time for me)
I'd thought I'd drop a note and let some of you know that I've dropped my
gruesome chronicles of myself and decided to accentuate the positive. Let me

I've been on prednisone for the last few weeks becuase of my thyroid. During
this past weekend I've developed blurry vision and found that predinisone
can cause this. Off a whim I bought a cheap glucose test and found that my
glucose level is up to 350. Which can also cause ...

ok last week was a breeze but of course I was on Lorecet and Pcillan
due to absess tooth.  I havent felt that good in MONTHS.  However,
today I woke up after my shot and feel like crap.  I am even running a
101 temp with the chills and all that great wonderful stuff.  I called

Spontaneous HCV Clearance More Common Than Previously Thought
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 19 - Spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C
virus (HCV) after chronic infection is thought to be a rare event, but
new research suggests that clearance rates as high as 8% may occur.

ok  This is my story in a nutshell.  I experimented with drugs in high
school, IV.  Fast forward 20 years... I start vomiting once a month for
no reason, have right sided dull ache that never goes away, confess to a
doctor about my past and get tested for Hep C and BINGO ...

Has anyone ever had or currently had a chronic b19 condition, what were the
symptoms and how long did it take to get over it.

Hemoglobin   12.9
WBC          4.5
The nurse says my leves are down but not a problem yet. She also
indicated most people hemoglobin count goes down and then stabilizes.

Happy belated birthday, Dort.  I've got a 'special' present for you and
will give to you when we get together at the Hilton.  :-)
elmo
http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile