I take my Interferon shot on Friday night.
The sides are the worst on Saturday and diminish
to the point that I almost have all my energy back
on Thursday/Friday following.

some good news, and I hope it encourages those of you on TX or
considering TX right now...
just got my results from my 6 months post TX labs, and the tests
came back still negative for Hep C, so very probably I am cured.

I think I underestimated the importance of staying hydrated during
treatment.
I have been consuming as much water as I can for the past few days and
it

8 Months in to TX and side effects are kicking my butt.
Might have to quit TX, losing too much time from work.
I am on FMLA so I can't lose my job but I am not getting
paid for days I take off and I am averaging a couple of

One more shot to go, tomorrow night, then one more week of riba.
I started crying a little right after the 47th shot.  I've done 47
weeks, one day at a time.  I felt a lot of relief that I've been able to
stay with it.

I'd posted here at week 4 that my viral load was down from 600,000+ to
14,000.
I was wrong. It was from 1.5 Million down to 14,000.
Just found out today that my 12 week count was around 600...

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0%2C%2C2165396%2C00.html
New hope for hepatitis C sufferers
Denis Campbell, health correspondent
Sunday September 9, 2007

My doctor called, couldn't catch up with me, and send me the report of my
last MRI.  I need someone to put this into English for me, please!
Impressions:
1. Cirrhotic liver morphology, with several arterial enhancing foci, in

Okay, listen to this.  I was on this site named
AmericanWineCompany.comhttp://www.americanwinecompany.com Anyway, I
got into their wine club for half the price of anyone else on the web
plus my wine arrived on time for my wifes birthday

"Herbs for Hepatitis C and the Liver" - Steven Harold Buhner  ISBN
1-58017-255-5
   Chapter:  "Changing your Diet: Giving Your Liver A Break"
Page 94 (my copy)

I am a 35 yr old man who has always been overweight and just like most
of you Ive tried everthing out there but I just kept getting bigger
and biggger (sound familiar).
Well 5 months ago a friend whom I hadnt seen for a while dropped in

Hey all,
There's 100 different brands of this stuff.
What's a good brand? Where can I get it?
Would also appreciate other input regarding liver-friendly herbs,

It's been a long time since I've been here at ASH-C. I hope all of you are
doing well.
For the folks that are recent here and don't know me, my name is Russ, 52,
HCV positive, 1A. I treated in 1993-94 for 52 weeks, responded but relapsed

As I understand it, doc can tell at 12 weeks if you can clear the virus.
Husband's doc said last week that if he doesn't clear or show that he
will clear, treatment will stop.  (at 12 weeks)
I was wondering why people try tx again to clear the virus?  What are