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How I Got Mine
I'm curious to know how some people contracted Hep C. I had multiple hip replacements prior to 1992. Before 1992, there was no definitive test for Hep C in the blood donor pool.
I had several blood transfusions prior to 1992. I never did drugs or contacted anyone who was bleeding (no rough sex). So, the doctor deduced that the blood transfusion was the cause for my Hep C. How about you?
Magnum
I had several blood transfusions prior to 1992. I never did drugs or contacted anyone who was bleeding (no rough sex). So, the doctor deduced that the blood transfusion was the cause for my Hep C. How about you?
Magnum
wish i knew, but I just don't...it would answer alot of questions, like how long I have had this and how fast it is progressing, these are important questions to me...but I just can't be sure...i was never really in a high risk category as in IV drug user, tatoo's, multi sex partners, etc....I did do a little coke in the 80's, that was the riskiest thing I ever did...but to be honest i would think if I saw blood on a straw, I would have been grossed out, ha....but who knows...I did get very sick about 2 weeks after i had my first son, was very sick with the 'flu' lost all my my baby weight and more, so i could have gotten it when i had my son...or I took care of my mother who has hep C for a few years, she lived at my house, was falling down alot and would bleed if you looked at her wrong....or I could have gotten it randomly at a dentist visit or something, who know...anyway it seems I probably have had this anywhere from 10-30 years, unless i got it before that...at some point I had to just say i will never know for sure and just live with that answer...very hard for a nosey person like me, ha
Hi I like some of the others here. Never did drugs never had multable sex ptn's been marred to same man all my life.
I had some surgery in late 70's and I got 2 units of blood becase I hemmoraged.
The family Dr and my hemotologist seems to think this is where I got it to,
Like every one else here. I am one of the older ones but I had my first Inj on the 14 th Jan and am currently on Peg. and rib . 180 microgram peg 400/400 peg. So far my one side affect is mostly very tired cant sleepvbut what ever it takes I want it out my system. Praying this works for us all. God will see us through.
bbj
I had some surgery in late 70's and I got 2 units of blood becase I hemmoraged.
The family Dr and my hemotologist seems to think this is where I got it to,
Like every one else here. I am one of the older ones but I had my first Inj on the 14 th Jan and am currently on Peg. and rib . 180 microgram peg 400/400 peg. So far my one side affect is mostly very tired cant sleepvbut what ever it takes I want it out my system. Praying this works for us all. God will see us through.
bbj
When people ask me how I got it, I smile because most people that know me would never imagine the life style I had in the 80's. But I have never kept my infection a secret. When diagnosed in 2001, I called everybody I could find that I had used with, and begged them to be tested. I figure that when I confess the way I lived and the things I did, maybe, just maybe those people will spread the word to everybody they know not to repeat that behavior. My life is so different now that most people who know me feel sorry for me....LOL. No way to know for sure of coarse, but multiple tattoo's, before they were real clean about it, lots of IVDU, snorting, multiple sex partners (all female), about the only thing I didnt do was go to prison. Now I have a family I love dearly, and try to take care of myself (I don't all ways succeed. I have a weakness for food that is sweet). I dont talk about all that with my parents. Ni ether of them have smoked a cigarette, or drank in their lives. I'm sure they have a pretty good idea what caused all this. But to anybody else that asks me, I find the truth to be the easiest to repeat correctly every time. And its better for my addictive personality. Thanks for sharing!!
apparently i believe that i contracted hvc from the hospital while i was giving birth to my daughter. i need more info as to find out if this it true
Personally I think it is important to find out, if you can, how you were infected. Don't dwell on it but learn from it. I've been married something like 28 years, lost count. My husband IS NOT INFECTED! There have been many chances for it to happen, without going into details.
Had my appendicts out at age of 13 and my whole life changed. Doc left shavings from the surgical instruments in my 8-9 inch incision and, I believe, a few critters. Needles were reused back in those days. I have never been the same since. Always tired, started to sunburn, brain fog when I was an A-B honor roll student and my grades plummeted. Hurt all over. On and on.
Always looking for the reason my health changed. Epstein Barr? No. Lymes disease? no. Chronic Fatigue? No. No, instead, doctors began labeling me. Yet here I am, along with the rest of you. Guess knowing or believeing I know, gives me back some of my own credibility. I wasn't a hypocondriact after all.
If it took the med community til the 90's to identify HCV, what else is out there we still don't know about that will explain the symptons of the person next door? Best not to pass blaim or judgement but to move on, as has been said. If nothing else, it helps us to try to stop the spread of HCV, with what little power we have. Together we can make some noise!
The anger is a very real stage I went through. It is still there but I am also on the road forward. Only the future is in our control, not the past. The past is an education to be learned from.
(I am lousy with names, forgive me) I am truly sorry for your loss. Please find someone who will listen to you while you get through this.
Goofy--Congrats to you. Didn't know we were about on the same week of tx.
Bless you all! May your sides be minor, at least for a couple days.
MissMiss
Had my appendicts out at age of 13 and my whole life changed. Doc left shavings from the surgical instruments in my 8-9 inch incision and, I believe, a few critters. Needles were reused back in those days. I have never been the same since. Always tired, started to sunburn, brain fog when I was an A-B honor roll student and my grades plummeted. Hurt all over. On and on.
Always looking for the reason my health changed. Epstein Barr? No. Lymes disease? no. Chronic Fatigue? No. No, instead, doctors began labeling me. Yet here I am, along with the rest of you. Guess knowing or believeing I know, gives me back some of my own credibility. I wasn't a hypocondriact after all.
If it took the med community til the 90's to identify HCV, what else is out there we still don't know about that will explain the symptons of the person next door? Best not to pass blaim or judgement but to move on, as has been said. If nothing else, it helps us to try to stop the spread of HCV, with what little power we have. Together we can make some noise!
The anger is a very real stage I went through. It is still there but I am also on the road forward. Only the future is in our control, not the past. The past is an education to be learned from.
(I am lousy with names, forgive me) I am truly sorry for your loss. Please find someone who will listen to you while you get through this.
Goofy--Congrats to you. Didn't know we were about on the same week of tx.
Bless you all! May your sides be minor, at least for a couple days.
MissMiss
Any invasive medical procedure that involves blood can be considered a vector for HCV infection. Messaging to those at risk has always used the IV drug user, often with the little message if you did drugs when younger, those who received a blood transfusion prior to 1992 ect. By doing this they are leaving millions at risk for severe liver disease. The infection rate among dialysis patients is much higher than the mean level. As you suggested anyone receiving medication via IV are equally at risk. Anything inserted into you at anytime has the ability to transfer the virus. My opinion is at times we are our own worst enemy by moving the assumption one's infection came from the misuse of drugs somewhere in one's past. In 2005 if you are injecting drugs with used equipment, then your chances of being infected with a number of diseases are quite high.
Reality is that one can still this day be infected with HCV in the United States via a blood transfusion. The risk is low, but it is still there. As for many employed in the medical industry, those responsible for ensuring the safety of equipment used are usually low on the pay scale. Most hospitals have very good programs to ensure the safety of equipment, but means of compliance and surveillance in the dental industry are very weak.
As it stands now, there are few studies dealing with the rate and means of HCV infection, either historical, or current. Until we have data to work with, speculation and assumptions will guide those funding programs that deal with HCV. Until the
Reality is that one can still this day be infected with HCV in the United States via a blood transfusion. The risk is low, but it is still there. As for many employed in the medical industry, those responsible for ensuring the safety of equipment used are usually low on the pay scale. Most hospitals have very good programs to ensure the safety of equipment, but means of compliance and surveillance in the dental industry are very weak.
As it stands now, there are few studies dealing with the rate and means of HCV infection, either historical, or current. Until we have data to work with, speculation and assumptions will guide those funding programs that deal with HCV. Until the
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