Michael, I'm going to be in Seattle next month for a cruise to Alaska.
If you hear a shout from the direction of SeaTac airport or the pier,
it'll be me shouting at you.
Dwight

A dear friend of mine has Hep C and drink beer like a fish swallows
water. I tell him it is the worst thing for him, but he seems not to
believe me. Can someone in the know respond with definitive info or
links so that I can show him what awaits him if he does not stop

Anyone have any info as to the damage if any to stents.  Do you think
peg is toxic enough to desolve a stent. Any stent from aorta to
heart?  I have never heard this subject come up.
Ron

Here's the parts of the 48-week routine that's not on the pegassist
site, (and actually it's survivable):
- "where's my meds" calls to the sympathetic person at the pharmacy who
always helps me out.

I have an average health insurance policy at work.  Will insurance help
pay for tx?
Thanks...Deb

The clinical trial continues. Today my passion is discovering if I revived
THE drug. Each day my conclusion changes. No sides other than what I know so
well- can't have it. I am exactly where I anticipated being on the anemia
curve and the irritability slide. Wait my depression ...

My friend Kevin is dying. No sense in pulling any punches; he's lasted much
longer than his doctors ever thought he would.  Now he's decided I'm the
Queen of HCV (because I've hung out here a lot and learned a lot, and
because I'm not too far behind him physically) and he will ...

I am on treatment and blood is taken often. Sometimes the vials are put in
ice water and sometimes not. Does anyone know why?
clueless

Now who to .. believe .. the researchers who find .. "The treatment of
hepatitis C with the combination of pegylated interferon and ribavirin
is still both problematic and costly, has suboptimal efficacy, serious
side effects and a high level of intolerance, and is contraindicated

Had the 3rd shot of Peg-Intron (120mcg) on Friday (4 days ago). So
far, have taken every shot and every pill of Ribavirin (1000mg/day) as
prescribed. Not feeling too bad at all--occasional stomach discomfort,
some diarrhea, moderate fatigue and need to sleep at least 8-10

Has anyone undergone Intravenous Vitamin C treatment for Hepatitis C? Dr
Saul promotes it in his book "Doctor Youself".
The Bible Man

I just read the Snag #1 thread, about pharmacies improperly storing peg-ifn
and nurses giving misinformation about storage temperature.
There is no known reason why some people are cured (haha, I used the C word)
and others are not.

Why not start Tx off with a snag:
The nurse that went over injections with me today said the Peg-Intron
pens could be kept at room temp.
I got home and all the lit. said refrigeate.

My tx starts tomorrow adn I'm concerned about something.
Ever since last August, when I started taking an anti-depressant, I'v
ehad almost constant pressure in my head--sufafed gets rid of it when
it real bad and Acetaminophen when it's just "normal" (although I

So today hit me by surprise. Feel bad today. Last week's CBC revealed
WBC/RBC going down. 1.8 to 1.6 (WHB) & RBC's down to 3.88 from 4.15,
hemoglobin up .01 from 13.3 to 13.4.
Need a visit to the eye-doc, too (vision blurrier). Lucky I didn't