My liver MD told me today what I thought was riba rage was the
interferon.  He told me it works on your nervous system and it just
makes you go crazy.  He told me to consult with regular MD regarding
and more questions.  I almost like him now that I'M UNDETECTABLE!

Kicks off tomorrow evening.  I'll be working backstage at the festival
all day Saturday, Elvin Bishop and Johnny Winter playing in the evening
after the Cate Bros and Ana Popovic in the afternoon.  Shawn and Randi
are coming down tomorrow afternoon for the weekend and we're going to

I was driving over a friends house yesterday and a man named Doctor
Marshall came on a radio show and he was promoting reishi mushrooms.. I
couldnt quite believe what I heard.
He said (paraphrase) that reishi mushrooms were effective against all

An interesting article on Medscape entitled "Viral Kinetics in the treatment
of Chronic Hepatitis C".
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/543530?src=mp
If the link doesn't work and for those who don't have a Medscape signon,

Why does the BCLD always look at your hand?  Front, back, front back.
Do your hands indicate something?
Mags
being curious

Week 25 blood tests.
Alt levels down from 85 to 70. I started at 185. My alt levels have
declined steadily but not dramatically. Hemoglobin dropped from 11.7 to
11.3, which is the lowest its ever been. Its still dropping but not

http://www.expectingrain.com/dok/cd/2006/moderntimeslyrics.shtml
Cody

Has everyone had a bowel movement today?
"...Dr. Samuel H. Sigal and colleagues theorize that diabetes predisposes
a cirrhotic patient to hepatic encephalopathy and its exacerbation by
increasing ammonia levels as a result of delayed emptying of contents of

I was wondering what the consensus is regarding drinking non-alcoholic
beer. Is this a no-no?
I understand that there a trace of alcohol present...
Since I haven't been back to see my doctor yet before begining

All 48 shots and tones of copegus are consumed. First and last three
months the side effects were killing me.
Some of them (increased heart rate) stayed with me all the time, some
showed up for 2-3 weeks to be replaced by new ones but came back later.

My doctor recently ran a liver function panel and a hepatitis panel
after a routine  ALT test was slightly elevated.  The second ALT test
was normal but the Hep C antibody test came back positive.  The signal
to cutoff ratio was exactly 1.00.  Further tests were ordered but the

Just picked up the new Dylan album, Modern Times. Awesome and only 20
euros for the CD *and* a DVD. The music CD is completely unprotected,
DRM wise. Good to see someone finally doing something positive about
music piracy: offering good music at a good price of all things :-)

Other than procrit and the Naple Tomatoe Sauce has anybody heard
anything about other treatments for theapy induced anemia. Herbs?
Anything?

I recently found out I'm infected with Hepatitis C /genotype 1.
I am a 50 year old male, located in Kentucky.
I had a liver biopsy less than a month ago and it was determined that I
am between stage 2 & 3. I am to begin treatment in about 2 months.