having sex and kissing with nonhep c partner

Hi, this is Hope, I'm a chronic Hep. C Survivor.  I got Hep c in the 1980's from a blood transfusion. About 3 yrs ago, I took treatment for a yr.   After that I felt better.  I met this guy, right from the start, I told him he must wear a rubber.  We had unprotected sex several times. Well several months pass, then I seen him at the mall.  I asked him How's he's doing?  He responded by telling me he's dying.  I really feel bad, I have strong feelings that are are growing ea day for him.  I figured since I don't have sex quite often, and after taking treatment of Pg and Cop that I wasn't going to give him Hep C virus.  I never intended to get him sick. He loves kissing me a lot and I pull away from him, He tells me why am I dodging him all the time.  I'm afraid that might be dangerous to kiss.  Is it bad to kiss on the lips.  He hasn't told me he has Hep c or if I gave it to him.  He tells me he has a digestion disease and can't drink milk prods.  I'm dumbfounded.  He also wants to kiss my private area, and I always dodge him.  He tells me he's getting bad vibes from me ta I don't like him.  Is it safe for him to kiss me and taste me down there.  We don't talk anymore, He thinks I'm bipolar.

He tells me He has many girlfriends, he has had many sex partners in the past.  I feel bad ta he never liked to wear rubbers

[Bill1954]

Whew; where to start…

Kissing doesn’t transmit Hep C; regardless of how or what body parts get kissed. It’s possible to transmit Hep C sexually, but it’s thought this only rarely happens.

There *are* diseases, including Hepatitis B and HIV that are spread via sex… condom use is always recommended for causal sex.

Be safe—

Bill

[jusjames]

sound like you need to protect your self! from him, not the other way round

[Marcia2202]

1. You say you went through treatment. Was it successful? If it was and you don't have hep c anymore, you cannot give it to anyone in anyway.

2. If you treatment was unsuccessful and you still have hep c, you would not be able to transmit it that way. It is a blood borne disease.

3. If he has many sex partners, you definitely need to protect yourself, there are all kinds of diseases which can be transmitted that way.

You need to protect yourself girl!

[Marcia2202]

check this link

[Marcia2202]

http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/index.htm

[chuckles333]

My wife and I have both been HCV positive for about 30 years. We only found out about 10 years ago and began regular liver function tests that always returned in the normal range. The doctor didn't think it necessary to pursue any further course of action until my liver enzymes returned at about 10 times normal. I underwent treatment that, so far, has proved successful. My wife, on the other hand, was still coming back normal in her blood work. I pressured our doctor to arrange for her to see a hepatologist and proceed with treatment so that we would both be clear of the disease. Imagine our surprise when we discovered that she had a different genome type from mine. You would have thought that we both would have the same type or both be infected with multiple types, having cross infected each other, but this was not the case. I did not give my strain to her nor did she give hers to me. In 30 years of living together, sharing, kissing enjoying unprotected sex, we never infected each other. This should illustrate how hard this disease is to transmit. Blood to blood is a total requirement. I wouldn't beat myself up too much about this but please be careful about the unprotected sex, there's a lot of STDs out there.