Bookmark This Hepatitis C Website !!!

[jmjm530]

Many of us have posted links to Hepatitis C web sites they have found helpful. Thought it might be useful to post our favorite Hep C/medical web sites in one place. Here's are some of my favorites:

1) http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hep_c/hepc_news.html
This link is a very comprensive and well orgainzed directory of hundreds of Hepatitis C articles. For example, if you click on "E" and then go to "EVR" you will say dozens of articles on EVR and related topics.

2) http://www.projectsinknowledge.com/
Projects In Knowledge -- lots of great stuff, including studies, treatment protocols, newsletters, presentations, etc.

3) http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/
Pub Med -- Searchable Database

4) http://www.hcvadvocate.org/
Lots of good info, including recent news stories

5)http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/Hepatitis/
Ask the experts your questions on Hep C -- the real experts :)
Heptitis Top Stories -- Keep up with Hep C News

6)http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hep_c.html
Keep up with the top Hep C articles

7) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html
Medline Plus Medical Dictionary -- look up those pesky medical terms yourself.

8) http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/index.html
Lab Tests Online -- Find out what all those initials on your lab reports really stand for.

9) www.google.com
Left the best for last. For those that haven't used it, just type in a few keywords and pull up tons of information.
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NOTE: Some of the above sites may require registration for access or full functionality. Registration is free and well worth it.

-- Jim

[dyce]

Thanks jim, I'm still battlin the sx's , how have you been?

[jmjm530]

Sorry about your sides. I'm generally feeling a lot better, put on some weight, feel a lot stronger, more stamina, etc, -- but lots of skin problems remain where I believe are autoimmune in nature and were caused by the long exposure to the interferon. Hope you feel better soon.

Speaking of skin problems, since so many of us have skin problems on treatment and post treatment is this web site:
http://www.dermnetnz.org/

Keep in mind treatments in New Zealand may be different or less current (or more current) than those here in the States, really not sure. Still a great resource for starters.

- Jim

[dyce]

Same here jim, got a mild case of psoriasis since starting the tx. I also can't take the sun very well here in beautiful pennsylvania. The riba does a number on us and I try to stay out of the direct sun, also been wearin more long sleeve shirts and the like which is hard to do in the summer.

     Not much red meat guy in the diet , alot of oatmeal , toast , easy to digest food. Can't wait to get off this stuff so I can eat a regular meal again.

[returntosender]

Just want to try something for accessing links. Trying to make a direct access from the post - not sure if I have this right but if I do it would be easier than cutting and pasting.  The first paragraph should highlight the link only and the second should highlight the text "this link"

<a href="http://www.medhelp.org">Medhelp</a>

1) <a ref="http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hep_c/hepc_news.html">this link</a>
This link is a very comprensive and well orgainzed directory of hundreds of Hepatitis C articles. For example, if you click on "E" and then go to "EVR" you will say dozens of articles on EVR and related topics.

[returntosender]

Sorry not quite right - Trying again here:

<a href="http://www.medhelp.org">this link</a>

[jmjm530]

I'm not sure how to code it so that the links are direct as you just did. Please feel free to re-copy my post with direct links if you like. Also, maybe you can give some of less technical folks a little primer in how to do it ourselves. Thanks.

-- Jim

[returntosender]

Final try - should figure out another way to test this though.  Sorry for wasting replies.  

1) http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hep_c/hepc_news.html <a href="http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hep_c/hepc_news.html">this link</a>
This link is a very comprensive and well orgainzed directory of hundreds of Hepatitis C articles. For example, if you click on "E" and then go to "EVR" you will say dozens of articles on EVR and related topics.

2) http://www.projectsinknowledge.com/ <a href="http://www.projectsinknowledge.com">this link</a>
Projects In Knowledge -- lots of great stuff, including studies, treatment protocols, newsletters, presentations, etc.

3) http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/ <a href="http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov">this link</a>
Pub Med -- Searchable Database

4) http://www.hcvadvocate.org/ <a href="http://www.hcvadvocate.org">this link</a>
Lots of good info, including recent news stories

5)http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/Hepatitis/ <a href="http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/Hepatitis/">this link</a>
Ask the experts your questions on Hep C -- the real experts :)
Heptitis Top Stories -- Keep up with Hep C News

6)http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hep_c.html <a href="http://www.hivandhepatitis.org">this link</a>
Keep up with the top Hep C articles

7) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html <a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html">this link</a>
Medline Plus Medical Dictionary -- look up those pesky medical terms yourself.

8) http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/index.html <a href="http://www.labtestsonline.org">this link</a>

Lab Tests Online -- Find out what all those initials on your lab reports really stand for.

9) www.google.com  <a href="http://www.google.com">this link</a>
Left the best for last. For those that haven't used it, just type in a few keywords and pull up tons of information.

[fishdoc]

I would add:
http://www.heptrec.org/treatments.asp,  these are the folks that responded to my question within a couple of hours. and for the vets onboard:

http://www.hcvets.com/index.html  truly some scary stats on our service men and women..

as always JMJM, your patience is truly inspiring... I'm with Dyce these days, dragging my @ss around in a wheelbarrow..... bloodwork next friday, two weeks since upping the riba dose...I am sleeping an average of 6 hours a day, plus 12 hours at night the last two weekends...

[returntosender]

Got to give credit to Willing for this - he posted these instructions some time last year I think:

From Willing:

below is that how-to-html post. Be sparing with animated images or befud will get on your case... those interested in the

anti-fibrotic effects of IFN should take note of the recent study madbyron posted above.
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Everything we type into the "post a comment" window actually gets turned into HTML by the medhelp site-management software.
HTML is a a way of describing what a web page should look like. Often it's mostly text, but every once in a while there's
something called a "tag" that tells the browser to display something unusual. Tags usually have the form "<X> text </X>"
where "X" is some tag name.


For example, the "strong" tag is used for emphasis: if you type <strong> emphasize this </strong> in a post, what people see is

emphasize this .


The tag used to display a link to another web page is named with the letter "a" (for anchor). In the opening part of the tag you

insert the URL address.


For example, if you type <a href="http://www.medhelp.org">this link</a> what people will see is this link.


The tag used to display an image in the midst of your post is named "img". Once again you reference the URL of the image you want

to display, however the format is a bit different. For example if you type <img src="http://www.medhelp.org/images/logosm.gif">;

what people will see is , the bitmap that appears at the top left of the medhelp screen.


A caution : if the fog is piled thick and deep, which it often is for me, it's easy to stumble while typing the tag opening or

closing. Unfortunately, the software that manages this site is not very robust about detecting HTML errors in a post. In particu
lar, if you leave out the closing " while typing in the href="web address" no one else will be able to post to that thread, as I

discovered a while back.. Hope this helps. If you want to see what the actual HTML for a web page you're looking at try "View|
Frame Source" in Netscape or "View|source" in IE.

[dyce]

Ha fish, how are ya? The 10.3 hmg put me down but not out. It's hard to work like this fish but somebody gotta pay the bills and 2 teenage kids , theres no layin down. It keeps the constant sx's outta my mind a little too . Took a break from the puter , anemia headaches make it hard to look at the monitor. Lookin forward to next year.

[fishdoc]

ditto.  I am anxious to see if the extra riba has affected my hbg, I know this has been a bad week.  I know its getting harder, but hang in there, the reason your suffering is not for you, but for them.  Always keep the objective in sight, especially as the breadwinner in the family, they need you healthy, not just this year, but from now on.  Take care, and look over the veterans site, pretty interesting..

[dyce]

I'm anxious too there doctor fish , seems the more anemic we are the better the results . Have youe sx's gotten worse since upping the riba? I remember jim had to do a couple trips to the emergency room from the higher doses . We'll probably both be on procrit before it's all said and done.

[lilmoma]

Thanks for the links, I knew about a few of them, such as the lab tests and the hcv advocate, which are great sites, but I cant wait to check out the others!!
I am always googling (sp?) I learned alot about the "numbers" and what they are looking for on certain tests.
It's empowering when you understand whats an "okay or acceptable result" from all these tests we go through.
I dont have enough confidence in most docs to give me the answer in laymans terms.
I hope you are doing alright,...I have read you are feeling stronger, and that is so good to hear.
My better half is anxious to start feeling back to his old self, but like I told him, everybody is so different. I have read where some didnt jump back for 6 months, then others felt better right away.
lilmoma

[amirtracy]

You guys hang in there...and make a little room for me in that wheelbarrow fish. right there w/ ya on hmg/anemia sx's. been dizzy since yesterday. well dizzier than usual. ;)   tracy

[dyce]

Thanks tracy, same to you. Hope ypur feelin better later, rest girl seems is a must . I have to drag outta bed in the mornin , so I've had to let some chores go and get to bed earlier . Whatever it takes to get thru. The paxil seems to be starting to help , been takin it for 11 days now. Take care.

[GoofyDad]

Hopefully this will disply so correctly. This code will make a clickable link:
<table width="100%" class="ex" cellspacing="0" border="1">
    <tr>
      <td>
        <pre>&lt;a href=&quot;url&quot;&gt;Text to be displayed&lt;/a&gt;</pre>
      </td>
    </tr>
</table>

Just replace 'url' with the url you want to link to (wrapped in double quotes) and replace 'text to be displayed' with you text.

[GoofyDad]

What's in the box above is eactly what you want to type/paste in the submit window. Once the code you have submitted is built into the Me Help web page, the members' Internet browsers (i.e. IE) will strip out the gooble-dee-gook and make a nice clickable link.

[jmjm530]

Thanks guys for the tutorial. Here's a try:
<a href="www.google.com">Click Here For "Google", Hopefully :)</a>

Anyway, hoping others would post their favorite sites, but maybe it's just a slow Sunday. Hope this finds everyone well.

-- Jim

[jmjm530]

Ughhh!!!

[jmjm530]

Maybe the smiley messed things up. Last try for awhile.

<a href="www.google.com">Second try for Google Link</a>

[GoofyDad]

sorry JIm. Didn't say you need the whole http:\\ thingie before the www thingie.... all that gets wrapped in quotes

[jmjm530]

Thanks Goof -- That's like the woman telling you a police car has been following you after the sirens go on. LOL.

Last try for today cause don't want to waste an entire thread on this:



<a href="http://www.google.com">Last try to reach Google</a>

[jmjm530]

So what are your favorite links -- in nerd code or not. LOL.

[SJL]

Hey JIm-Thanks for posting all the info sites together. It sure makes it easier. I sure hope everything is looking up for you-what a time you've had. I have been off interferons now for about a mth. Other than having a Colonoscopy last Thurs., I feel so much better. I did not clear and do not intend to try again, but I think the Colon cleansing really helped to rid my body of alot of toxins. I am going to ask about a Liver cleanse when I go back to my Hepatologist on the 7th. Wishing you the best and keep the info coming.