I ordered a fart machine from Farts.com several months ago, but they
never sent it to me.  I blew it off because I didn't want to make a big
stink about it.  
Yeah, I read about the gal lighting matches to disguise her farts. She

Is it common to experience a chronic cough during tx? With me, it's a fairly
dry cough and comes on intermittently. Once I start coughing it can be hard
to stop. It's as if my lungs are sensitive as deep breaths can trigger it.
Doctor checked me out with stethoscope and chest ...

Hey John glad to hear you completed the journey! I too finished up at
Thanksgiving and I wondered how you are feeling now that you are a few
weeks post drugs. I noticed fairly quickly that the hurt and ache all
over feeling subsided, the the brain cells started firing up again - at

Completed injection #9, #9, #9, #9...
Saw hep Doctor.  He said my skin rashes were ordinary rashes made worse
by riba but not actual riba rashes.  Numbers were good - looks like a
3-4 log drop.

Hi, gang.
Wishing you all a well and joyful SVR, this holiday season, or anytime
soon thereafter.
I'm a gt 2 but I can not say that this has been a joy ride, but I've

After my operation, from the knee down got swollen. It's gone done a lot
but they're still a little swollen. The Rhoids doc said it might be a
sign of liver failure. I also have a temperature nearing 38º C.
Thanks,

Twelve weeks into treatment here's my viral load update:
Initial - 3,074,450
4 weeks - 237,645
12 weeks - 37,907

http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=9&issue=20061213
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) had 9% of patients involved in clinical
trials for hepatitis C drug VX-950 drop out of the tests because of
adverse effects, including gastrointestinal disorders and rash. ...

#8 last Friday.  Weekend as usual was mostly okay as long as I drink
water and take it easy.
This week and last are the weeks of the itchy rash.  I've got these
raised bumps on my torso, not on the legs.  I'm wondering if I should

Having recently been on combo treatment for hepc (32 weeks, unsuccessfully),
I had to have hemorrhoid surgery while in treatment.  I know there are a
host of side effects with ribavirin and interferon.  Any evidence that
hemorrhoids may be one side effect that just hasn't been ...

A friend of mine sent me the following e-mail and I like to get some
responses here:
" I also talked to some chinese medicine people in santa monica where
all they do is

<<snip>>
it is orange juice--specifically, the juice of the Satsuma mandarin
orange of Japan--that showed the most powerful result: keeping
hepatitis-C infected patients from developing liver cancer.

Recently,  /greyhackles wrote:
"...one of the emerging "virtual biopsy" blood analysis...."
 I was waiting for a date with a liver specialist (being treated
through VA) and now I have to move (but the people will be more

Hi folks.  Cruising pubmed again :-)  Here is a recent study about rats and
milk thistle.  Milk thistle was beneficial to rats when their livers were
damaged from alcohol, but vitamin C was even more effective than milk
thistle in protecting liver health.

Is Ibuprofen safe to take to lower a fever?
Thanks,
Cody