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I just found out i have hep.c.
I don't hve time for this. I am young and busy and I take care of myself. I think i have type1. If I stop my weekend drinks you think I can wait a few years? i feel fine. i am not ready for this.
I don't hve time for this. I am young and busy and I take care of myself. I think i have type1. If I stop my weekend drinks you think I can wait a few years? i feel fine. i am not ready for this.
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Hi Roseyroo. if you have Hep C - you need to stop drinking NOW! Lots
of people with Hep C feel fine. Thats the problem because its ill effects
progress and you don't even know its happening. I didn't have time for
Hep C either nor does most people. You really need your doctor to further
evaluated Your Hep C before you can say how long you can wait. A liver biopsy and blood tests would be a good place to start.
of people with Hep C feel fine. Thats the problem because its ill effects
progress and you don't even know its happening. I didn't have time for
Hep C either nor does most people. You really need your doctor to further
evaluated Your Hep C before you can say how long you can wait. A liver biopsy and blood tests would be a good place to start.
Have you had liver biopsy? Hate to say this---you should stop drinking immediately. Hep c and cocktails are not going to make your liver happy! If you didn't get liver biopsy you don't know what stage your liver is at. Ultra sound will probably be done first. Since your young you have a good chance of fixing this, as you might not have much liver damage. You will be fine, it's not the end. Tell us about biopsy. ??
thanx.
No biopsy. I told him i wanted to wait and he said he thought i had time. i just want to know what kinda stuff i hvae to take and i dont think i had this long. c
I am sexually active, not monagomaus always use protection and i had a tatoo and i did some coke a few times.
I can stop drinking but the loco weed is alright isnt it?
No biopsy. I told him i wanted to wait and he said he thought i had time. i just want to know what kinda stuff i hvae to take and i dont think i had this long. c
I am sexually active, not monagomaus always use protection and i had a tatoo and i did some coke a few times.
I can stop drinking but the loco weed is alright isnt it?
I can't tell you what to do. But this is your body. Why do want to wait on biopsy?? I'm sure your dr is correct. But still!! Do you know your geno type??
NOBODY wants this virus !!!
Like it or not, this is reality. If you want to keep your liver healthy you need to stop drinking all alcohol now. Drinking with hep C is like pouring gasoline on a fire.
First, find out positively what condition your liver is in. If you are below stage 2 you do have time to wait for the new better treatments to come available.
If not, then you'd better consider if being busy now is more important than possibly facing a liver transplant in the future.
And yes, you use weed. Coffee ( at least 3 cups a day) is recommended as it helps to slow the virus from replicating.
Like it or not, this is reality. If you want to keep your liver healthy you need to stop drinking all alcohol now. Drinking with hep C is like pouring gasoline on a fire.
First, find out positively what condition your liver is in. If you are below stage 2 you do have time to wait for the new better treatments to come available.
If not, then you'd better consider if being busy now is more important than possibly facing a liver transplant in the future.
And yes, you use weed. Coffee ( at least 3 cups a day) is recommended as it helps to slow the virus from replicating.
Roseyroo, you need to get a liver biopsy. It tells what stage your at. You
could be 0-1. That would be great for first finding out you have hep c.
Maybe even 2. Either way you need to liver biopsy so you know where you
stand in waiting for treatment.
could be 0-1. That would be great for first finding out you have hep c.
Maybe even 2. Either way you need to liver biopsy so you know where you
stand in waiting for treatment.
Are you worried about pain or is it the time. I don't know if it has scarred others but I don't have one.
You have received some great advice and I agree a biopsy or at least some sort of fibro test is in order, I would like to point out one thing, as most of us, you really have no idea how you contracted HCV, nor do you really know how long you have actually had HCV, so if it were me, I would want to know exactly where I stood as far as the condition of my liver, no alcohol, weed in moderation
Have a great day
Have a great day
Thanx.
I won't drink anymore for sure. I have another question. Since condoms are nonnegotiable with my prtners do i have to tell them i have hep c?
I won't drink anymore for sure. I have another question. Since condoms are nonnegotiable with my prtners do i have to tell them i have hep c?
Wow! Could you repost that last question on a new thread? It's a great topic question.
Hepatitis C is not an STD, but my question to you is this. If the roles are reversed would you want to be told? Personally, I tell anyone who touches my body; that is my barometer. My hairdresser was one of the first that I told.
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Cheers,
C
Learn everything you can about this disease.
Cheers,
C
please take the above advice about drinking nobody wants hepc but you have it so you need to make time and take the advice from your doctor.Even though its very rare to get hep c through intercourse it can be possible so i suppose that only you can decide what is the best thing to do if you in a serious relationship and decide to have treatment then really you will have no choice. Anyway please think long and hard what you want to do, talk to doc and take it from there,just remember it wont go away the earlier you treat the better then you can get on and enjoy the rest of your life. Best of luck and let us know what you decide to do
HCV is not an STD plus coming out and saying "By the way I have a blood borne infectious disease but transmission via sex is actually rare" might kill the moment.
See the search box next to the Hepatitis C Community heading? Type
In " Is hepatitis c an STD". You can see what more people said about your question.
In " Is hepatitis c an STD". You can see what more people said about your question.
Fantastic answer! 1swimmer very good!! I was the same. Told hairdresser & pedicure people. Anyone who drew my blood. Now that I'm und it's less of a concern. But you must do the treatment to become undetectibal. I also put the pedicures until I was und.
Don'tworry that's a good one to start a new thread!!
Don'tworry that's a good one to start a new thread!!
i think the question is answered so i won't bother you a new question.
hep c is not an std but it is possible to get it by sexual intercourse.
I do not have intercourse without a condom so i dont share my blood or fluids with my partnrs. i think they are safe but i want to be sure i am not putting anyone at risk.
Why would I tell my stylist and manicurist that i have a disease? no thanks.
hep c is not an std but it is possible to get it by sexual intercourse.
I do not have intercourse without a condom so i dont share my blood or fluids with my partnrs. i think they are safe but i want to be sure i am not putting anyone at risk.
Why would I tell my stylist and manicurist that i have a disease? no thanks.
I see how young you are, I'm sure you get the mani/pedis. If you don't want to tell them just ask them to wear gloves. And make something up. But I have been nipped several times in 15 years. Please think about that one. Good luck
If you have been nipped then maybe it isn't safe to get manicures. I think once i was jabbed when i got a pedicure. If they know you have it do they do anything differnt? Special cutters for ppl with diseases?
not trying to argue i am still trying to soak all this in.
not about to change my life and be treated like im dying just yet
not trying to argue i am still trying to soak all this in.
not about to change my life and be treated like im dying just yet
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Follow the advice you received from the above posters. When I was told the doctor who told me told me I had approximately 30 days to get my affairs in order. I immediately said find me a doctor now who is progressive because I just do not have time for this crap. I worked 80-90 hrs a week...was EMT and bartender...had 3 kids in IU and I just had stuff I wanted to do. Sure didn't want to be "sickly" all the time. I wasn't..I worked through treatment...good and bad thing about Hep C is you can have it and look normal and healthy.
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