Has the meds helped anyone?????

I"m new here and just wanted to know if there is anyone here satisfied that they did the meds for hep c. All I hear is negative response.  I'm suppose to start next week for 6 months I'm genotype 2b....

thanks for any info

Welcome I, I am sorry I don't know anything about the meds you are talking about. My husband has had Hep C & Cirrhosis of Liver since 2001. His condition is remaining stable. We thank the Good Lord for this. There are some great folks here who I am sure can help you. You take care.............

My thoughts & Prayers are with you!
Blessing's to All
donajean

Hi and welcome! I was diagnosed with hep C in '93 and tried 2 courses of interferon A, which was the only med available for treatment of hep C at the time. I was taken off the first round after about 2 months, due to very low white count. The same thing happened the second time, after about a month, and I took myself off that time. Since then, other (better) treatments have evolved. With the interferon A, the remission rate was 50%, and of those 25% had a recurrence. So only 25% actually stayed in remission. The combo has much higher success rates, with many people clearing the virus from their systems. However, that treatment takes a year and has very bad side effects, from what I've heard--rendering many patients unable to work while undergoing treatment. There was a new member here the other day who mentioned a "cocktail" which would be taken for 6 months. Perhaps this is what you have in mind.

I would encourage you to get some kind of treatment, though. I never received any additional treatment and now have inoperable liver cancer, as a direct result of untreated hepatitis. No matter how unpleasant treatment may be, it can save your life. Just find out all you can about the specific treatment you will be getting, so you know what to expect.

And be sure to come back here for tons of support. :)

Connie

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Post Edited (hep93) : 2/20/2006 3:35:54 PM (GMT-7)

Welcome to the forum."I".  this place is filled with loving, caring people.

As usual you have good advice lerie.  I have stopped the ginger, and mostly my liquid refreshment is water.  I haven't found any info on carrots and celery (apart from what you told me) but i am limiting my intake.  Stil having lemon juice every morning. 

Marg.

Hi Marg, lemon juice is excellant for the liver! As well as kidney's , bladder & skin.Hugs, later...

Lerie (and all), I woke up early yesterday morning coughing up green junk again. So I need a different antibiotic. I will call and leave a message for my oncologist today, to see if he will go ahead and call in the Levoquin that he originally wanted to prescribe, without having to go to Mayo to see him. I spent some time yesterday just throwing out old things I no longer want to keep. Went to sleep around 6:30 p.m. and didn't wake up until 4 this morning, coughing. I'm going to try to get a little more sleep.

Yesterday was a holiday here (President's Day), so I wasn't able to do much, even by phone. I am going to give my neighbor a call later today to see if he can set up my laptop for me. He has done this for my VCR and my DSL. It's worth paying him a little to do this and save myself the aggravation. I'm not very good with technical/electronic things.

Hope everyone is doing okay.

Connie

After I coughed up so much junk yesterday morning, my lungs now seem to be completely clear!     So maybe that was the last of it.  I will see how it goes before putting in a call to the oncologist.

I did call the radiation oncology nurse that I've been dealing with, regarding the TheraSphere treatment.  I had to leave a message, but she will get back to me when she is able to.  I just want to find out if she has heard anything as to how much longer the wait is.

I have an appt. tomorrow at Shands to renew my clinic card.  I've made and rescheduled about 4 appts., so hopefully I will get to this one.  Our weather has turned much warmer and I am feeling a lot better, as far as the bronchitis goes.

Hope everyone is doing well today.

Connie

Thanks for your concern, Lerie. How are YOU doing?

No, I haven't been able to reach my neighbor yet. He is generally working on a few different items at one time, so it may be a week or so before he can get to me AFTER I can reach him.

Connie

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TO "I" and everyone else on Tx for HCV.

A year ago I completed 48 weeks of the "treatment". Thats a shot a week of pegalayted interferon, and 5 ribavirin capsules a day. I have just tested "clear " again! :)
Now this was Hep C genotype 1, the hardest to clear. All I can say to you is the treatment works! Hard sometimes, but it works!

Thanks for the info Steve Thats what I needed to hear right now just did the 4th shot (a little rough) does the weakness get better or does it go up and down?.....

Eileen

Hi Trish,Cirrhosis does caught a lot of fatigue. it also cause a lot of insommia & reversed sleep pattern . Anything but normal sleep anyway & rarely ever feel rested. its like a roller coaster ride sometimes. take care. my thoughts & prayers to you & your hubby. later....

Hi Marg.cirrhosis cause a lot of differant sleep patterns as we do not have normal liver functions & Toxins,ammonnia etc in our systems. unfortunately every thing but normal sleep. I forget what a good solid normal sleep is as I'm sure is the case in all liver patients regardless of the cause for the diease. then when we sleep we never feel rested anyway. glad the info helped you & you now know what is causing you sleep patterns Marg. take care. My thoughts & prayers are with you. Love & hugs. later....