I am a 49 year old male.  6 ft 1 in and 255 lbs.
One page of my labs show kidney results.  Here is a link to my GFR
page.
http://i35.tinypic.com/r8fsd4.jpg

I ran into a friend I had not seen in 25 years.  HepC came up because
he had heard I had it (lots of our friends do).  His ex-wife also has
it.  He said he had tried IV drugs a few times back in early 80s, but
only a few times.

I'm new to this group, and was wondering if anyone can
explain a few things I have on my test results that I don't
understand???
The specialist said the results were bad, but didn't go into any

I'm not trying to be morbid, just needing to be fully armed with info
so I can plan ahead...
What are the "known" lingering conditions after TX?
and/or

I have HepC.  I cut myself with a knife.  I wash the blood off the
blade and wash it in the dishwasher.
Next day, family member cuts themselves with the same knife.
How much risk is that for the family member?

My mother-in-law had hepatitis C.  She underwent 5 months of treatment
in 2005 and one test later showed that she was HCV-.
We are visiting her, and this morning, I got up, not completely sober
and I brushed my teeth with her toothbrush because we both had the

http://investors.vrtx.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=314874
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Steve

I'm new to this group -- this is my first post.
Boy can I relate to the stories here.  I don't know where my HCV came
from; we think it may have been a tour in the Army during Viet Nam,
but who knows.  I was at stage 4 (entering cirrhosis) when we first

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20212667,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines
Natalie Cole Diagnosed with Hepatitis C
By Brian Orloff
Originally posted Wednesday July 16, 2008 07:00 AM EDT

I suggest a far better non-drug therapy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lvU-DislkI

Well, on 06-02-08 my hemoglobin was 10.0
And on 07-09-08 it was 9.9
Despite 60,000 IU of EPO/week.
Moving from 40,000 IU to 60,000 IU of EPO a few months back did

I just learned that headache, fatigue, kidney disease and more are
side-effects of colloidal silver therapy:
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/alerts/silver/#c

It's like a band of malicious vagabonds is wandering around inside your
body. "Gee, what shall we do today? "Diarrhea diarrhea!" Comes the cry from
the assembled hooligans. "But first," says their leader, how about a little
nausea?" A louder cheer goes up, and  they start off to do ...

Hey WS I was touched with what you wrote about your friend. I am going
thru a simiar situation with a dear coworker - has dropped at least 40
pounds in the past six months, and turned into a tangerine - some days
are worse that others but the jaundice is horrible - some days her

After reading the numerous posts to you and your responses in the For The
Newbies thread, I've come to some conclusions...
1. You do not want to undergo a biopsy to determine the extent of your liver
damage.