Greetings. I think we are all a little freaked when we are diagnosed. It is just such a shock.
What were the results of your ultrasound?
What stage of fibrosis are you?
The stage of fibrosis is often one of the factors that helps us decide when we want to treat. The more you learn about the virus the more in control you will feel and the less hopeless. I personally think you are doing things in the right order. You have a lot going on right now what with school and getting married. imo Jumping right in with little preparedness or insight is the biggest mistake you could make.
Either way I know it might seem like it but HCV is not a death sentence. ☆Well, it does not have to be.☆
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You probably already saw this but here is a journal article from 2011
The future for the treatment of genotype 4 chronic hepatitis C
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1478-3231.2011.02704.x/abstract
I can only think of two people who treated and are Geno 4. One is named Zako and he is usually on line fairly often. He treated with one of the PI. Here is his profile:
http://www.medhelp.org/personal_pages/user/1759022
Another is someone whose user name is Bali who is G4 and is very knowledgeable. Here is his profile
http://www.medhelp.org/personal_pages/user/979080
Here are a few links:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/Genotype-4/show/1481222
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/genotype-4/show/1569801
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/Genotype-4/show/998854
This thread has a post that has the url for a slide show:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/need--a-treatment-for-Hepatitis-c-genotype-4-/show/1753576
This is an oldie:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/Hep-C-genotype-4-with-Cirrhosis-grade-A---51-years-old/show/1041864
Hang in there and be sure to let us know how you are doing ♫