Interferon-Ribavirin support groups

I am a single parent of a beautiful talented daughter, and I was recently diagnosed with HCV positive(chronic). I have the kind of HCV positive(chronic) that does not respond so wellto interferon treatments.

I have choosen to try this Interferon-Ribavirin therapy regardless with hopes of getting better. I start this therapy soon after the new year.I live in Bend,Oregon and feel I need to attend a support group either for Interferon-Ribavirin therapy users or HCV positive(chronic) patients.
Do you  know if there are support groups in my area???? I have very limited resources and no PC of my own, I am using a friends today to contact you. Any advice of help you could offer would be sincerely appreciated!!!

Thank you for your time and consideration,
T./cleanliver

[Forseegood]

I'll get on it and see what I can find...I'm sure others will to, the best of luck to you...

[beamishboy]

allright!!! congratulations on undetectible status...big drop!-wish you all the best,Good Luck

[Karay]

Good luck with your treatment.  I'm a 1a - my count was 34 million when I began treatment back on 9/1/05 & I'm VERY happy to report that I was undectable @ my 12 week test (yahoo!!)  I will remain on treatment till the bitter end (48 weeks - treatment is a daily shot of infergen & rib 4x per day)  I find this site to be extremely informative - see what you can do about getting a computer as there are some great sites out there that can help.

[TnHepGuy_]

Here are a few websites with some places in Oregon that have support groups (though they probably overlap somewhat):


<a href="http://hepatitis-central.com/hcv/support/or/toc.html">First site</a>

<a href="http://herpes-coldsores.com/std/hepatitis_support_groups.htm">Second site</a>

<a href="http://www.scn.org/health/hepatitis/supportg.htm">Third site</a>


One of your best bets might be to call around to any gastroenterologist or hepatologist doctor's offices in the Bend area and ask them where the local Hep C support group is. Other places to try calling are the local hosptials in your area (especially if there is a teaching hospital nearby). Quite often the support groups meet in a hospital setting.


May God's blessings and mercy be upon you.


TnHepGuy

[Moniker]

Great news!!! Happy New Year!!!

[strator]

AWSEOOOOME!!! That is great news for you, thanks for sharing it with us. Gives me hope.
Don

[ASmile4U]

My best to you!  :)  I don't know how you do daily shots...I'm doing 3 weekly, 15 mcg, well actually about 18 mcg cuz I suck every last drop out of the vial...and it's about to kick my butt.  The day following the shot I am basically worthless, I sleep a lot.  It's going to be a long 48 weeks...I just started 12/2...hopeful it will get better as the weeks pass.  Anxious to have 4 week PCR to see if it's even working on me, perhaps an undetectable will make it a little easier to get through.  :)

[2irish]

Congratulations on your 12 wk!! that is awesome!  I was also undetectable at 12 wks.  I will do #14 thurs.  i know you are on daily shots (wow) what week are you on??

[2irish]

hey, i thought it was ME!  I kept looking for it because i wanted to reply and i can't find it.  that is crazy...now we have to figure out what was so offensive???  maybe a$$ was thrown in a few times??  Anyway, thanks so much to you & everyone elase for your good wishes.  I am wondering, truly, how are you doing now?  I know you are always so upbeat & that is so helpful to all of us but you also have a lot of sides, right?  how much longer for you??

[GoofyDad]

cleanliver - Welcome. A computer will be your friend in this. Adequate computers can be had for free or cheap - same with internet access as long as you have a phone line. Let me know if you want further info.

Kayray - That is so great! You must be on Cloud 9!

2irish - Congrats again to you, too. What happened to the thread where you posted your news? Are threads going missing, or am I cracking up?

[GoofyDad]

The vanishing thread syndrome has happened to me a few times in a couple weeks it seems. I guess poop-in-the-bed discussion has gone the way of the unmentionable female appendage. Or maybe it was the swat to the derrierre? Uh-oh - now this thread's in trouble!

Call me an idiot, but I'll take playful humor - misguided as it may be - over mean spirited name calling anyday.    

I'm doing OK, thanks. Better for your asking. Had a couple rough days last week with the anemia, but I'm limping along OK again. Looks like I'll get off light with 24 weeks - I'm at about 15 now. Hopefully I'll end the race at fulldose - but I wouldn't be shocked to see them yank a riba pill on me soon.

How are you hanging?

[2irish]

i am with you, goof.  and the unmentionable female appendage thread was the best laugh i have had in some time!  laughter is the best medicine, yes???  anyway, i am doing surprisingly well & am afraid if i talk about it too much, i might jinx myself!  afterall, i am only on #14/48 (tomarrow night).  so far, it is doable, after the anemia issue was cleared up.  But what i wonder is your hgb is still pretty low & obviously, you are pretty tough to be limping along at full dose.  since you cleared at appropriate times, couldn't you lower it a bit?  for comfort sake?  when they made me lower mine from 1000 to 800, i felt worlds different.  then again, you have only 10 more weeks to go.  i am sure you know what you are doing but i think you keep a lot of your complaints to yourself and just hope you are doing as well as you sound!  we need you!

What is the deal w/the missing threads?????  Anyone??

[Forseegood]

What unmentionable appendage thread? awwww, you guys didn't tell me about this???maybe I should go back to work,ha ha! Goof, rather be in an "idiot's paradise" then a boxing ring any day....

[beamishboy]

thanks for the laughs

[2irish]

angie!  i did call yesterday twice, you were biz...didn't leave a message.  are you in tomarrow?  i have a day home.

[GoofyDad]

Thanks for the concern - I'm not going to let 'em deep six me just yet. As long as I'm not asked to walk or think, I seem to do OK. 'Course that does limit one's activities.

Too bad about the zapped thread - I think I may have had a pithy response to forsee's glad-bag humor, but since that was yesterday - I don't remember :(

Hey how about that clever 'To' tag to the left? Who said I'm not running on all my cognitive cylinders? Huh?

[Forseegood]

Hey, don't they screen calls in Chicago? he he...you gotta say it's you on the line...for all I know it's some ex-boyfriend foaming at the mouth about his blown up car or something, ha ha! On my trail with bared fangs! Oh, I loved not wisely but too well....

And I'm getting blind as a bat over here so I can barely read the caller ID! Old age, who invented that?? maybe the guy who wrote Logan's Run was on to something!....I think I'm drifting into the arena of the unwell!!!better sign off... Can you imagine me on tx! YIKES!

[GoofyDad]

Hi, May I speak to Angie? It's 2irish calling.

Two Irish? Is this a conference call?

No. Just me. Listen - just tell her it's 2irish on the phone.

It's a remarkably clear line - are you sure your calling from overseas?

I'm not overseas. I'm 2irish. TWO-IRISH.

Listen sweetie, you're not too Irish at all. You can't help where you were born. And to be honest, you sound more mid-western than Irish.

Listen, I want Forseegood.

Yeah. Me too. Call an optometrist - we can't can't help you. And besides, Angie's having a tryst right now.

[Forseegood]

Clever boy, clever boy....

[2irish]

angie!  i did call yesterday twice, you were biz...didn't leave a message.  are you in tomarrow?  i have a day home.

[2irish]

cognitive cylinders working just fine!

[sheesh]

Hi, I have HepC of the worse (hardest to cure) type 1.

I have been on two trials over the past 3 years - one for 52 weeks and the other for 48 weeks.  Unfortunately, both times after 3 months, the virus was no longer detected.  After 18 months the first time it came back and after around 6 months the second time, it came back.

I am now at a standstill, as there is no other treatment/trials running currently and doctors will not justify putting me back on a trial unless I get scerosis of the liver.

It is very disheartening, as I caught this virus through being severely beaten and raped by a junkie.

Is there any other treatment/trial for this disease, as I really don't want to have it.  I get sick alot, so the side effects from the interferon and rybavin didn't really worry me too much.  I guess I also believed it was going to work which helped.

If someone knows of any other treatment available, I would be very grateful for your ideas/info.

Thank you

[GoofyDad]

Hey, great name!

Sorry your treatments didn't stick. That's a lot of hard work! It's likely that you helped you liver during the time you were on treatment, so not all is lost by any means.


There is a promising new class of drugs called Protease Inhibitors currently in early trials. There are high hopes they will prove to be a more potent and body friendly alternative to today's standard of care. PIs may be generally available in 4 years or so, give or take.

Meanwhile, there are a number of people here who have treated more than twice with today's drugs. Infergen is a type of interferon that can work better than what most use. Also, sometimes people use higher dosages. This treatment may not be available in trials, but the drug company's may provide free meds if there's financial need.  

Try introducing yourself up top in a more recent thread - many will be interested in helping you if they see your post, which they may not way down here.

Best wishes for good health.  

    

[Hepa-Friend]

Hi Sheesh I To have Geno-type 1 and have been on a Clinical Trial Since June 2005.  I use an Interferon Called Albuferon. I inject once every two weeks plus I take 600 mg of Ribaviron 2  twice a day. This has been fairley good for me. I have been able To tolerate the side affects pretty well. After my 3rd week on treatment my test results have been HCV Non -detectable my last test was Dec 6 2005 and I was still non- detectable. I am on a 48 week Trial and all I can do Is Hope for the best. I work In Construction and I am able to work every day. I just found this site and it seems like everyone has the same side effects. But there is some interesting topics talked about here so I will be back   Thanks and good luck to all

[cuteus]

it sounds like you are doing really good, I hope for you that coveted SVR. Med Help is a great site for info and support, nice to see you found it.

sheesh; sometimes treating a little longer than 48-52 wks help clear the virus. If you have no severe damage, maybe there will be new drugs in 5-7 yrs like my doctor said, and you can wait for them. Or a trial with the new drugs might be available at
clinicaltrials.gov

[Nikchick72]

My mother started and finished her interferon treatment for a year. They said she was cured, it's been almost a year since she has been off of this horrible drug that has seemed to hurt her more then help her. My mom, Tammy, has had every symptom in the book and to a level 8-10 degree. She has no energy/ legs are always hurting/ always freezing cold, even in 115 degree weather/ can't sleep for days/ horrible headaches with vomiting... Does anyone know what this is.... what we can do.... any hope for the future. We have no other ave. the doctors just keep referring her and referring her to someone else. All they say is "we don't know" ... my email is ***@**** please subject it" Tammy if you know anything/ have gone through it... anything thank you for listening....  God bless you all and anyone who goes through or knows someone going through this.

[Nikchick72]

My mother started and finished her interferon treatment for a year. They said she was cured, it's been almost a year since she has been off of this horrible drug that has seemed to hurt her more then help her. My mom, Tammy, has had every symptom in the book and to a level 8-10 degree. She has no energy/ legs are always hurting/ always freezing cold, even in 115 degree weather/ can't sleep for days/ horrible headaches with vomiting... Does anyone know what this is.... what we can do.... any hope for the future. We have no other ave. the doctors just keep referring her and referring her to someone else. All they say is "we don't know" ... my email is ***@**** please subject it" Tammy if you know anything/ have gone through it... anything thank you for listening....  God bless you all and anyone who goes through or knows someone going through this.

[merryBe]

I'm not a doc, but have been reading up in anticipation of tx beginning next week.
It's possible her headaches and cold effects are because the interferon has pushed her into, or further into diebetes (diabetes). Does she monitor her blood sugar? Pain in legs is also a symptom of this. She may need some oral med like Glyset, or injectible Byetta both of which don't hurt the liver, but could bring her blood sugar back to normal. Low energy can be from diebetes (diabetes) or the anemia the drugs bring on, or the hep itself. Have her see an endocrinologist to rule out pancratic or thyroid changes.
Also, ask for an IFG-1 test to see if her pituitary is still functioning. HCV people have low pituitary often, which also leads to extreme exaustion. Also get her to ask for procrit if she needs it. this will help the exaustion by boosting her blood count allowing her to oxygenate again.
the nausea can be helped with oral meds as well, such as phenergen, which does tire one out, but sometimes this is better, being sleepy, than always sick. Also, simple easily digestible drinks like ensure can allieviate nausea somewhat.  Whatever you do DO NOT take marijuana for the nausea as this can lead to 7x more liver fibrosis, which is what she is trying to cure.
If your mom is only seeing a gastro guy, you may want to find a hepatologist, even if you have to drive a couple hours to a big city, it's worth having their expertese. they are more likely to help her mitigate her side effects effectively.  PLEASE get her to an endocrinologist right away though, you need to know if the tx is bringing on diebetes (diabetes), which may reverse when treatment is over, but needs some attention NOW in order not to damage other organs such as brain, eyes, pancreas and heart..
Hope this helps.

[kj370]

Hello everyone,
I am  25 years old i got Hep c  through a blood transfusion
when she was born.  i am now diagnosed at Stage 4 : cirosis.  The doctor has suggested and is highly recommending peg intron and interferon therapy... I have mixed feeling after looking up the side effects
and reading some of the stuff on Lloyd website, I am questioning my own beliefs.I am scared, and uncertain of what to do. oh and i'm type 1.
kj

[Peggy31803]

HI,

I have a dear friend who is on the Interferon-Ribavirin  Treatment. I am very concerned about her physical and mental condition.  She has had 5 laps in treatment.  It is my understanding that she should have finished the treatment about one or two months ago.  I don't understand why her Doctor still has her on the treatment. She is very ill and I believe she needs more medical attention than she is getting, however, I was told that to admit someone in the hospital you nearly have to be on your death bed. How can I help my friend?

[mpace6983]

Peggy, you didn't say specifically what your friends symptoms were,only that she was very ill. the peg/copeg will make her very sick. the problem is,at least with me, is that the symptoms and the severity of the symptoms change sometimes hourly. if it gets so bad that your friend cant stand it,the dr can reduce the dosage or as a last resort stop treatment. either of these options reduces the chances of success. What has helped me is pain meds and something for sleep. thes drugs in combo should help agitation. if not ask dr. to add some antianxiety meds. also try to drink 1/2oz of water per lb. of body weight. ex. weight 200 drink 100oz water per day. i know its hard sometimes but your friend needs to walk around some (not just from the couch to the bed) i dont mean to run a marathon just go shopping aor out to eat every day. I'm not a health professional and you know about following dr advice. these are just some things that help me im getting ready to take inj #24 with no breaks in treatment. this is sometimes really hard,but your friend may very well be fightng for their life. good luc and God bless.

[angryhepc]

im nearly 29, a former drug addict (although i still use sometimes, i never bang up these days) i cant be quite as cool as a lot of msg's i seen sent, saying i got it from a transfusion/mother etc. it was my fault, and at the time i didnt care.
i feel awful now, for what iv done to me.
im due to start interferon/ribaviron on mon 7th, and now im scared ill relapse. to be honest, i want to drink and use more then ever. to top it all i had my money stopped, my boyfriends a ***** i isolate myself fron any remaining friends and im really scared, scared to the point of wanting to vanish and not b here. now, thats not a great way to start, is it?
i thought id done with with na/counselling blah blah, but its not nice to b alone on a friday, wanting to join 'every other' young person out there, who i prejudicailly assume to be on drugs.
does anyone else feel left out on life?
mines got smaller and smaller.
i have 48 weeks to endure, and i am a little ******* weakling. i wonder if iv conned my consultant to spending all this money on me.
AM I ALONE IN THIS?

[jdwithhcv]

If you are using drugs and alcohol there is very little point in treating for HCV, and if your doctor knows you are not clean he/she should be hesitant to put you on tx.  

When you begin taking treatment drugs you will have to be faithful about complying with the treatment regimen, exen though you feel awful and would rather not take your meds on any given day.  Are you prepared to do this?  Treatment can be very difficult and if you are not going to see it through then why start?  

I suggest that you speak to your doctor and come clean about you drug use.  Get his or her opinion about treating while using drugs.

Grow up.  Get a job and you won't be alone on Fridays - you will be at work.

[MomOf2LiLGirls]

I started my treatment 5 weeks ago at first I felt great I had no side effects at all. I'm basically a single mom of two with no help. And have now started having stronge anxiety attacks, irritability, no energy, and simply feel like I've been hit by a train! I dont want to move everything hurts I'm on 24 and feel like I'm 75!  WILL IT GET EASIER? Please just some one to talk to it's like no one understands!

[jusjames]

sounds like depression get some anti depressants, theres no shame it is a tough experiance, its normal to feel bad these are heavy drugs your on

[WriteItDown]

It does get easier for some people, you can't really predict how you will respond to the treatment. But I agree with jusjames, if you're having strong anxiety attacks and irritability you might want to ask your doctor to prescribe you some antidepressants, they might help you out. The no energy thing -- well, that's pretty much par for the course, sorry to say.  But you will likely have some good days where you're not as tired.

This board is a great place to come for support and advice. Most of the people on here have either done the treatment, will do it, or know someone who has.  So make a new post whenever you feel like it and you'll get responses.  You are not alone!

[Vic1967]

It is hard but I am in my 36th week of treatment and for me it did get a little easier.  It was the worst in the beginning. The 4-6 months were hard.
You should talk to your Dr. to check for low red blood count (anemia) and anti-depressants. A lot of people used them although I'm not.  Remember, there are good days and bad days. Try to look at as a season and life and that it does have an end.
I STRONGLY recommend drinking a ton of water, it really does make a difference, and not to fight the fatigue too much.  I know that it is really hard with kids and we are used to doing everything tired or not.  But this is a different kind of tired.  Lay down when you really have to.  I found that when I keep pushing myself when I felt bad and tired I always end up "losing it".  Your kids just want to see you well.  
I kinda live in my bed. When I feel good i try to do as much as I can.
Post a new topic and you will see just how much support you have here.
We all get it and want to encourage one another. Also there are a lot of people here with good medical and practical knowledge that can help.
You will be o.k.
Vic

[MomOf2LiLGirls]

I've been on intreferon for 1 1/2 monthes now. At first it felt fine I was happy to be getting heathier! Now I wake up everyday I feel like I was in a horrrible car accident and I have a 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 year old yelling at my they are hungry. I look at the eggs and want to puke half the time if I can I eat rice cakes, other days nothing at all till I wake up every night faithfully at 4 am and have some appitite. I have atleast 2 panic attacks every day and have no support! After 1 1/2 mnth I am already undetectable but feel so alone! Please someone say they understand!

[MomOf2LiLGirls]

Thank you so much for all the responses! It helped just by that. I know somedays are better than others. I feel like I am the glue that holds my family togehter and lately I feel like I'm falling apart. Today was a horrible day and my therapist has been using me as a guinea pig and I dont like. it see my gasterologist put me on lexapro which made me more depressed, then see gave me xanax which help but not enough than she gave klonopin and I had horrible memory lose I forgot my whole day! Xanax 1mg seemed to help but I had to go to the emergency room to get help. I feel better now just knowing I am not alone! Thank you so much! I know now I am noy alnoe!

[Joey_M]

You are not alone on this board although I know how isolating it was on treatment. It is key to remember and keep telling yourself that it is the drugs doing this to you and it is not you. I would imagine floating outside of my own body and watching me like I was on TV - sometimes it would make me laugh. Also, yoga and breathing helped me through the panic attacks. Of course, anti-anxiety meds like ativan came in handy when things got really bad. Sending a big hug your way,

Joey

[tornada]

Good luck to you.

[medicmommy]

Hi Mom!
Listen, it may be just the meds giving you a nasty race, but the interferon can freak out your thyroid and heart, and can cause panic attacks, chest pain, rapidly worsening anemia, very rapid heart rates, and spiked blood pressures. If you continue having panic attacks, can't sleep, and heart palpitations, get in immediately to your Dr and have your thyroid levels checked. (You'll want your TSH, Free T-3 and Free T-4 levels.) It's rare, but thyroiditis (hyperthyroidism caused by an inflamed thyroid) can cause a thyroid storm (can be fatal if not treated) which can cause a heart attack or a stroke. Check your pulse rate after laying quietly for several minutes. If it is over 100 while at rest, you need to be seen. (Like we need one more thing to worry about, eh?) If it isn't your thyroid creating the problems, you just do treatment one day at a time (sometimes one hour at a time..) Let others help and don't try to do everything yourself. Housekeeping will get done eventually. During treatment, the most difficult lesson I had to learn was to slow down and ask for help when I needed it. I was always the one who took care of everyone else and it was a hard pill for me to swallow..Do what you can when you can, pace yourself, and rest as much as you need to. ((((((((((((((((((HUGZ)))))))))))))))) ~MM

[IMstacie]

This is a strange post - starting in "2005."  I guess at this point we are responding to Mom's post of December 11, 2009 ??

[MomOf2LiLGirls]

Wow! I guess I'm really not alone. It's great to have this site. Everything everyone said is exactly how I've been feeling. Today was a better day though I still feel alot of anxiety, confusion, and I always set my standards to high but it's getting easier to deal with day by day. I just can't wait to be back in my own mind and body... but healthy. You are all so awesome. Thank you!((HUGS)))

[raml123]

I just want to post this to say that I have been on my treatment for Hepatitis c virus now for 8 weeks and the doctor told me that my blood does not show any signs of the virus. I am still on the treatment though. I have to finish it I have 4 months to go.

[medicmommy]

Whoo hoo! You are on your wayy!!!!!!~MM

[MomOf2LiLGirls]

Thats so awesome Congads and good luck!!! I myself can't wait to say that and then it's on too a healthier no pill to take me! LOL!

[MomOf2LiLGirls]

I have written before I am a mom of two young girls. When I first started treatment they had to put me on xanax cause the stress was to much trying to keep up with normal family activities. The whole time my joints have been getting more and more swollen, he has me on celebrex but the pain is so bad! Has anyone ever gotten their doctor for pain meds to help manage the pain. I asked one day and he said try motrin I'm on tramadol for a back injury but nothings helping! I really can't take this pain anymore I tried hot showers, hot pads, bath. I don't even want to move my body hurts so bad! Whta should I do?

[MomOf2LiLGirls]

I'm now doing okay with the anxiety and am detoxing off them. Do u think theres any chance he'll give me something to help the pain? It's so unbearable some days.

[MomOf2LiLGirls]

Please help any advice?

[Vic1967]

Hi Mom,
I am sorry to hear about your suffering.
You might get a quicker response if you post this question on a new topic.  To do this start at the top of this page.  There is a green box that says "Post a Question".  Try asking your question there and it will start a new thread with this topic.  More people will see it that way.
I am sorry I cannot offer you advice to your pain.  I sympathize with you as a mom in treatment also and understand how difficult it can be.  I hope you improve.  I found I had good days and bad days. Try to rest when you can and keep up on your fluids.  The dehydration seems to make everything worse.
I am sure there is someone who understands the pain you are experiences and can help you better than me. I hope you feel better soon !
V

[nygirl7]

Yes Mom people don't realize that you are making a new post in here because if you look at the date it's from 2005 (the year I started back in the dinosaur days of hepc treatment).

If you post a new question (or post) people will see it and respond much quicker. We're just lucky that Vic saw that you were posting on this one and told you what to do.  We don't want you to think we are ignoring you!

You can post all of your questions in one thread and people will be more than happy to help.  Personally my doctor gave me some percocets but it was rather limited because it's not good for your liver to be taking them every four hours - gotta give the stressed out liver the biggest break you can.

Treatment really shouldn't cause you that much unbearable pain.  Most often it's the neupogen that some have to take that causes the severe bone pain.  Otherwise it sounds like you (like me) have a history of back pain and injury - I hope you can find some releif.  Personally painkillers never really did it the more I took the more I needed until I was on them at great amounts.......now I don't take them any longer and find that i have less pain.  Go figure!
GOOD LUCK.

[youngladywfear]

i am a 28 year old female about to start pegasys and ribofavrin for type 1a. i am in college and am hoping to be able to cope with the side eeffects well enough to stay in school. i'm a pretty strong and positive person and will do what i have to do, even if it means holding off on school for a while. my BIG FEAR is that the treatment will cause serious side effects. when i was in active addiction i had given myself a heart murmur. it went away and the EKG test thta my doctor just had me take came up normal, but i'm still really worried. i already have regular fears about my heart and i'm pretty sure it's still pts from my days of using. i read online the side effects of the medication and i'm just really having a lot of fears. i'll be discussing them with my dr. of course but i'd REALLY appreciate any support on not being so afraid of something happening when i start the treatment that will cause me to die. that is my fear and i need help getting past it so i can start this treatment. please, any support.

[bubblesmike]

I am a new patient just startinting interferon 4 days ago I have had just one bad day so far, any information or personal stories would be appreciated. Thank You !

[VaHarleygrl]

I used Lexapro after a tragic car accident years ago.  And honestly I didnt do well at all.  I forgot days at a time. and I went from feelings that were over whemling to not having any feelings at all.  I take cymbalta 65 mg now, and it really is alot better, it also helps with some of the pain.  Also just because a Doctor prscribes a medicine for you, you dont have to take it.  if your having proplems with it have them change it.  If they are not willing to listen find a new Doctor, remember this is about you, not them.  I'm on week 7/48 on Friday of the interfreon/ribvatin.  Its been hard but I'm hoping things will get better soon.   Good Luck to you!

[diesel1959]

Hi I am a recovering addict also I have been drug free for over 30 years and found out that I have hep c. I am on my 2nd treatment, I was on 72 weeks of double treatment, this time the Dr added new med Incevik and I completed the 12 weeks and will be on double treatment for 10 more weeks, I just wanted to share with you that you are lucky that they have the test and meds to treat this problem. I went untreated for 28 yrs as others have also. I noticed this post is 1 year old and hope that your therapy is going well and that you stay positive and thank God that you are young and you are getting 2nd chance,make the most of it! good luck! stay well