Concentration and memory

[dheana]

It is wellknown that the Hep C virus induces neurological problems. For those of you who cleared the virus and finished the tx, do you feel an improvement in your memory and concentration comparing with the situation before tx when the virus was active?
I ask that because I have a very demanding job in terms of concentration and memory.

[terriri]

Hi deheana & Tallblonde, I am female, 43, & was 1a. I will be six months post TX at the end of November. Before my diagnosis I would tire very easy & had a hard time focusing & following through with certain things. Like commdude, there was about three months there that I knew something was wrong & finally went to the doctor. I had always been very active so it was strange to feel so lazy. During treatment I went through many different sides stages, bone pain, bad periods, ect. At the end my reds started dipping, but not dangerously so. As far as fogginess, I don

[dheana]

did you complete the treatment or just stopped?

[Tallblonde]

There seems to be several interesting parallels with our situations.  My listening problem is definitely hardest for me in group settings.  I began a master's program in journalism six years ago and couldn't seem to follow or understand the classroom discussions.  It was the weirdest thing!  I ended up with a 3.85 GPA for the program, but I can't remember a damn thing I learned!

I don't understand how I can have such prominent symptoms for years, and yet have such a low viral load and virtually no liver damage.  Can someone explain that to me?  In addition to my usual brain fog, my joints and muscles are particulary painful today. These symptoms have been going on for 6-7 years!

Ampz...what is your VL and genotype?  Did you have a biopsy?  What were the findings?  Are you just postponing treatment, or are you saying you don't need it ever?

Susan

[Ampz]

See, I always forget something!
I'll be 52 on the 28th.
Ampz

[Tallblonde]

Thank you for sharing your story.  Wow, I thought my VL was low.  You sure topped me.  But this is what I still don't understand...how on earth can you have so many symptoms for so long and have such a low VL and no liver damage?  That's what I'm trying to figure out with my situation, too.  From what I've read here, some of these posters had little or no symptoms prior to being diagnosed and then found out that they had servere liver damage and VL's in the millions!  How can that be?

Can anyone offer an explantion?

Susan

P.S.  Ampz...do you also have trouble founding the plots/dialogues of movies or TV shows?  I drive my husband crazy because I'm constantly asking him:  Now who's that?  What just happened?  What does that mean?  It makes me feel like I have the attention span of a gnat.  

[Ampz]

Oops! See what I mean by 'fog'. I was confusing your time you've been diagnosed with tallblonde's.
Sorry all!
Ampz