Age of hepitus C

[btsmith]

   My GI doc says my Hepatitus C is very old.  Have they always been able to determine the age and if so how close can they get?   I asked him if mine is 37 years old and he said probably, in which case I can pinpoint it to my one and only i.v. drug use.  I know the date as we were listening to the new "Sticky Fingers" album by the  Rolling Stones.  Is this possible?

[btsmith]

  I hope your not asking me as I wouldn't have a clue.  
  Be careful how you talk about my boyhood idol Keith.  When he came out with those manditory anti-drug commercials for the BBC, after getting popped for drugs,  that everyone should say no to drugs,  all my friends said yea we HAVE to say no to drugs, because he took them all.
  I stick by that one time usage though,  but then again that's all it took.

[pjhep80]

and speaking of keith richards....

just read the thread on here from someone who seems to have spontaneously cleared on there own... i have heard that this only happens in the acute phase (1-6 months after infection).... if you do not clear it then, you become chronic and have it for 20+ years like just about everyone here

i read an interview with kr recently wehre he claims to have cleared on his own recently ... which makes no sense if you know anything about him, his heavy IV drug days were in the 1970's after his arrest in '78 he supposed cleaned up, left his long time girlfriend anita because she wasnt ready to stop (who by the way also has hep-c, as does mick jaggers old girlfriend marianne) .... i think mr richards is full of s**t ... haha ... i think maybe he treated and got rid of it but the story that he got rid of it 'just by being keith richards' makes wayyyyyyy better copy...

my question is this, is it possible to spontaneously clear hep-c after 20+ years of infection?

im thinking no....

[pjhep80]

my one and only i.v. drug use.  I know the date as we were listening to the new "Sticky Fingers" album by the  Rolling Stones.  Is this possible?



let me guess, was the song Sway???

haaaaa not funny i know

i blame my teenage infatuation with keith richards from my hep-c...

LOL

[Marcia2202]

hepatologist - liver specialist

I just wanted to say that I really wish for your best and that the doctors will be able to find the best way to take care of your medical situation.

Will be thinking of you,  Marcia

[btsmith]

hemotologist.  One thing I have noticed is that just when I was starting to make sense of my labs, and asking about them, copies stopped coming to my home.

[btsmith]

   Yes I went to my primary care physician (PCP) today and he spent alot of time with me talking about how to address my current side affects from HVC, you know the itching, fatique, shortness of breath and joint pain.  This has to be taken care of befor I can do anything more.   He seemed a little puzzled that the GI doc deceided not to tx.
They both work at the same clinic but I have the highest respect for both of them.
    I did call him on why if I have had HVC for 35 years, and I have been going to that clinic for 25 of those years,  then why wasn't HVC picked up in my many labs taken.  I also brought it to his attention that I had myself checked for aids after finding out my sweeties ex was in a rock band.(1993)  I was diagnosed in 2004.  His answer to all of it was that unless you are ordering or specifically looking for the HVC virus that you won't find it.  Anybody?
   My thoughts right now are to get strong, wait till the new year and then maybe start from scratch with a heptologist or hep-whatever their called and see if he or she comes up with the same answer.  But I really gotta lick my wounds for a while.
thanks for the thoughts
btsmith