Yeah bored or stressed out, one or the other..anyways...y'll know them
there orange things at the end of the C-rin-gies? (-:
http://tinyurl.com/pl7po
Maitake

I haven't been here in a long time. I read and occasionally posted to
ash.c awhile back, but when it became clear that I'm not sick (yes, I
have HCV, it's just not doing my liver any harm yet), I decided to think
about other stuff in my life for a change. Just now I took a peek ...

I just got back from Lexington for my 12 week check up and am negative
at 8 weeks.  I am taking 4 more weeks just to be on the safe side and
then go back in 7 months from today to make sure blood work is still
negative!!

It's a short one folks.  Shawn asked me to tell everyone he says, "HI".
Got off the phone a little while ago with him, he'll be checking in soon
enough.    
Randi and Shawn just picked up the keys to their new house in Mexico,

Any help here?  I have been itching all over my body for several
weeks.  My private doc says my liver functions must be up.  I don't go
back to the VA for tests for another several months.
I have 1a and have not started treatment.  I have been pretty much ok

Hey gang....
I don't know where to begin. My gastro and his assistant both told me it was
there policy not to fill out disability insurance forms. The gastro did
write a letter on my behalf stating all the issues I was having with tx. I

A sensitive topic, for me as well, but I need to ask.  I completed tx
7 weeks ago, long enough for my bloodwork to return to pre-treatment
levels (RBCs, platelets).  Physically, I haven't felt this good in a
long time.  No more shortness of breath or fatigue.  My problem is a

my brother in law, Fuzzy the Mugwop, passed away 2 weeks ago.
He was rushed into emergency surgery after finding blood in his stool.
He went into a sort of hepatic coma and later succumbed to liver
failure a week later.  He had been virus free for three yrs following

S1588. Liver Injury Related to Complementary and Alternative Medicine
(CAM): Compared with Conventional Medicine-related Liver Injury.  
[...]
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is generally considered

Although I haven't posted in some time, I do occasionally lurk. From this, I
read a post that implied that I stopped posting because of Cody's posts
about religion, war, etc. etc.
Wrong. I actually enjoy Cody's take on things, and I admire the way he

Looking through the threads here, I'm beginning to think I'd like to
increase my ribavirin dosage--I'm now into week eight of Tx for HCV
type 3.
Given the care available to me, I think my provider will not prescribe

Vertex to launch human clinical trial for hep C treatment
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. has launched a broad midstage human
clinical trial to test a promising hepatitis C treatment and will begin
a dual effort in June.

http://www.therapeuticsdaily.com/news/article.cfm?contentValue=927291&contentTyp
e=sentryarticle&channelID=29

Hey ChefX.Where is the Carmichael bldg. located?I plan on being there June
1st.
Thanks,
BrianD

I wonder what the full text .. says ..
The American Journal of Gastroenterology
Volume 97, Issue 5 , May 2002, Pages 1264-1265
doi:10.1016/S0002-9270(02)04074-1