Have any of you been given Ribasphere (generic for Ribavirin) as
opposed to Ribavirin. Is there any difference between the two?
I started my treatment with one pharmacy and switched to my
insurance's pharmacy because of the cost. The new pharmacy is giving

I have a liver doctor and a kidney doctor.  Some of the labs they want
are the same.  I also live about an hours drive from the hospital.  I
have been combining trips, but I think that might not be a good idea.
A couple of weeks ago I went for a dual visit.  I had just gotten over

Whoa-
I stumbled on Elmo's old websites http://community-2.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum/
and http://community-2.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile/
It's been years since I last posted here on the ash-c group. I still

My wife is 54, always has very healthy, never been to the doctor except when
she had our children but now she has been dx with HCV. We suspect her
tattoo(s) she got back in the 70's. Anyway,  She originally went to the MD
because she was always tired. A liver function test showed ...

Just call me happyface.
From: http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hcsp/articles/gish-2.html
Minimizing the Impact of Neuropsychiatric Effects During Chronic HCV Disease
and Treatment

Just went for my 6 month after treatment visit.All clear.What a long
strange road it has been for me.Dr informed me she has a new clinical
trial treatment program.It is a new drug along with pegasys and
ribavirin.I believe she said the meds are free.Email me if you are

Myrtle,
Since I publicly flogged you, I will publicly apologise.
I'm sorry and my ownly excuse was that I was wrong
to take something in my life out on you.

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY ... REACTIVE (10.11)
CUTOFF RATE IS ... 1.0
KINDLY HELP ME...
Above metioned is my latest report before 4 months the rate was 19.68.

Hi, A friend of mine gave me this link: http://www.yourdnacompass.com/
to a website about a company that designs vitamim/mineral supplement
based on an anaylysis of your DNA.  He said he did it and he feels a
lot better.  Granted, he is not a hep-c'r, but I was wondering if

Wow, where did all those bad feelings come from?   We have some
hoarders in the group I guess!  I'm here to ask that we all try to
work together and make this the best damn NG on the net again!
Shouldn't be too hard, all we gotta do is let bygones be bygones, and

I am amazed at you people.
Here you are, most of you struggling with treatment and we all know that no
one, absolutely no one, can understand that kind of craziness unless they're
in the middle of it themselves or have been to the dark side of the moon and

Not wanting to continue the other thread because it isn't beneficial to
the reason we come to this group and there isn't anything new being
said, can we move on now?
Dwight

I had a viral load done at 4 weeks and found out the results today. This
summer it was a little over 7 million. This last one the results were
196. Is that good progress?

I want to wish everyone a great 2009. Hope that all of you that are
fighting the dragon success and those of you about to start a smooth and
successful journey. For the rest of us I hope a silver bullet will come
over the horizon soon. Here's hoping that one day people will be ...