This forum is for questions about medical issues and research aspects of
Hepatitis C such as, questions about being newly diagnosed, questions about current treatments, information and participation in discussions about research studies and clinical trials related to Hepatitis. If you would like to communicate with other people who have been touched by Hepatitis, please visit our new
Hepatitis Social/Living with Hepatitis forum
But if you ended treatment in Aug of '06, and you're still PCR negative, then you're odds are extremely good that the virus is gone for good (like 96-98%). Welcome to SVR-sville!
Clarify this issue, because maybe he is talking about some other test entirely. I just do not understand the logic at all.
DoubleDose
FYI: I did find out that there are two different kinds of antibodies: IgM and IgG. IgM are present when an infection begins. IgG are present in a chronic state. My doc was concerned that if I had IgM antibodies present, I could have been reinfected from a recent emergency surgery. Thankfully that was not the case!