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naomi judd

While I was at work I briefly skimmed over an article in AARP about Naomi Judd. I think I read that she said that she is in remission but will never be totally rid of the virus. Is this the way it is?
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179856 tn?1333547362
Someone yelling at Alagirl who was a good member of this forum for years and a friend to many who had been brutally raped and infected with HCV?

Wow.
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1148619 tn?1332010984
Yes, I also heard she treated after trying alternative then dr Weil jumped on the wagon and helped her with her SE with alternative care. I heard she had a pretty tough go of it but made it through and started singing again.

Mo
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1746242 tn?1318209702
I swear I saw her on Oprah and I swear she said she treated. That was the reason she had to quit.singing.
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I'm gonna go yell at my ex husband (who is now engaged to someone else) for something he did in 1989...I'm still not done with that argument...Ha, I'm sorry Will and OH, that's just too funny, ha...thanks for the laugh today!
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Ha ha....just ha ha!
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Makes you wonder who this person really is.
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163305 tn?1333668571
Hello, who are you talking to?

Did you see this post is from 2007?

Did you really just join this forum to insult someone who isn't even posting here anymore?
I suggest you open your eyes and read next time before bothering to type.
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I guess some folks don"t read the dates on these things....

tunelief:
Possibly alagirl will pop back in after being gone for 5 years and chat with you about whatever it is you are upset about.....

Thx. for the contribution to the group.....

Will

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Why not just stick to your own ideas without insulting others who have theirs? What the bleep do you know, to quote a very insightful movie.
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29837 tn?1414534648
With all these lingering questions about remission, omissions and other missions, I say if you feel well and the doctor says you're doing fine and your liver function is normal, then don't worry, be happy. I'm considered early stages Cirrhosis, but my liver functions are normal, with plenty of energy and  looking forward to treatment with the PI's simply because I want to give my liver a rest and to bring down the swelling.

Talk about swelling (AST, ALT), it's been lower than in years. I was first diagnosed in 1994, failed 4 treatments, but still here to tell the tale. After the last Liver Panel and seeing the drop in AST, ALT, and going from MELD 7 to 6, the doctor said keep doing whatever it is that you're doing.

What I'm doing is an 8oz glass of pure grapefruit juice daily, 1000mg Milk Thistle daily, 500MG Vitamin C daily, Alpha Lipoic Acid at 200mg three times per week, Wild Alaskan Salmon Oil with Omega-3 at 1000mg daily, and last but not least a couple of hits of marijuana daily (for Insomnia and Arthritic pain). So if this is an indication of getting these reading better, so be it. Otherwise, it's up to you...

Magnum
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1391695 tn?1298139789
When I was first diagnosed, I heard about Naomi Judd and I was under the impression she had treated with SOC. Does anyone know if she did or did not? On her site she says "I've been completely free from the Hep C virus since 1995 now and my prayer is for you to join me."
She never really says if she treated or not.  And she said that she is in remission but will never be totally rid of the virus?  What does that mean?
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1253246 tn?1332073310
You need to go to Post a question-not post a comment.That way you start a new thread with your question.This is a fairly old thread. That way everyone will see it.
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Hi My name is Kathleen & I have Hep C 1 too as well. Idk how I got it, but gave had it for 7 yrs, & found out when I donated blood at college in '03.
I might have got it from active duty army from dirty needle from shots,sex, toothbrush, or a razor. I've been going to Ms.Reed at the VA hospital in Temple for 6 yrs, & she just medically retired because her husband is ill. I have a Splty Hep C Dr now that is pretty good & we've been talking about Vertex. Have you ever heard of this yet?! I heard that it's really close to being passed by the FDA. I might take this trtmnt this yr because the Dr said that I'm an eligible candidate
because I'm only 32, not working right now, & my viral load is pretty low-850,000. I am doing a lotta
research & need some other Dr's opinions too.
I want to know first if this trtmt makes women & men infertile. I have no kids yet & want to have them someday. Do you or anyone else know about this medcn/trtmnt?! I need help, support, & advice please from anyone!!!!
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Hello, sorry it took me so long to get back on line.  I guess my definition of really sick is nausea, not being able to get out of bed, anxiety, headaches, fever. I don't really know what to expect.  Brain fog,is another one.  my highlest lft's were in april @ alt of 152, ast of 75.  viral load of 531,000.  Enzymes are still high, albumin dipped down to 3.5, but is now back up to 4.3.  Didn't have a biopys, just an ultrasound, which showed normal with a hint of coarsening.   bilirubin is good.

My first tx is 11/2, so i guess i am getting a little nervous, but really want to get it over with.  Trying to be cautiously optimistic about the treatment.  Appreciate everyone's comments and any positive feedback about the treatments is really appreciated.  Thanks, Donna
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How you doing girl :) I know you've got a lot on your plate these days but wondering if you at least got a call in to find out what weeks they will test you for viral load and what tests they will use. The earlier you get some firm answers, the more time you have to get the tests you want, assuming they weren't going to give them to you. I also strongly suggest you have your hemoglobin tested no later than a week after you started the riba, even earlier if you feel tired. That said, probably nothing dramatic will happen with the hgb until at least week 2, assuming something dramatic will happen, which hopefully it won't.

All the best,

-- Jim
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146021 tn?1237204887
Glad to be here adn to hear from you both!
I believe in acupuncture, tho I've never tried it...guess that's faith:)
Hugs,
Bug
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264121 tn?1313029456
In Alabama you can have even a suspected rapist tested.  However.  I also live in a town that has maybe 10k people in it and I'm in a business that makes food.  So...  It would tend to blow my cover that I'm in chemo for the tumors in my liver, ya know? lol

Anyway, they are still prepping the case for grand jury, and it is taking a long time.  Which is ok, because he's in jail on other charges.  Theft or something.  I forget, did I mention that four days after the rape I found the screen off of one of the downstairs windows and there was a full gascan right next to it?  I kinda thought it was a message...  You know.  Don't go to the police or something like that.  Naturally, I went to the police.  They didn't seem to take it very seriously.

Anyway, then I started feeling bad and then worse, and then a few weeks later I found out why...  And since then, pretty much I've been much more consumed with my health than the criminal justice system.  After all, I've got a good treatment window for this virus, but there's no statute of limitations on rape in Alabama.  I figure they have plenty of time to do what they need to do to him.  And I have a lot of loaded guns in the house now, lol, so I'm not worried about him coming back here.  I am not as traumatized as I feel like I should be.  I was attacked in my sleep.  I knew who the guy was.  And when I woke up, someone I knew had undressed me and was raping me.  I screamed at him to get away from me and he left.  That's a short version, but the point is, I wasn't struck or knifed or injured.  Unfortunately, he is a profound and severe IV drug user (hence all the burglaries, to finance his habit apparently), and also unfortunately for me, I have had several surgeries on my urethra, such that intercourse allows blood contact easily because it is much too short.  In fact, I have antibiotics I am supposed to take orally after regular intercourse every time.  

That's the only thing I can figure in terms of transmission.
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You are so funny! I l think I'll look for your posts to start each day with a laugh. Good to see ya!!
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86075 tn?1238115091
promise I'll shut up, but here is a recent study from the Journal of Internal Medicine...in the study (saw this on a news program) the sham acupuncture is acupuncture, but not in the traditional Chinese Acupuncture points....

Randomized, Multicenter, Blinded, Parallel-Group Trial With 3 Groups
Michael Haake, PhD, MD; Hans-Helge Müller, PhD; Carmen Schade-Brittinger; Heinz D. Basler, PhD; Helmut Schäfer, PhD; Christoph Maier, PhD, MD; Heinz G. Endres, MD; Hans J. Trampisch, PhD; Albrecht Molsberger, PhD, MD
Arch Intern Med. 2007;167:1892-1898.

Background  To our knowledge, verum acupuncture has never been directly compared with sham acupuncture and guideline-based conventional therapy in patients with chronic low back pain.

Methods  A patient- and observer-blinded randomized controlled trial conducted in Germany involving 340 outpatient practices, including 1162 patients aged 18 to 86 years (mean ± SD age, 50 ± 15 years) with a history of chronic low back pain for a mean of 8 years. Patients underwent ten 30-minute sessions, generally 2 sessions per week, of verum acupuncture (n = 387) according to principles of traditional Chinese medicine; sham acupuncture (n = 387) consisting of superficial needling at nonacupuncture points; or conventional therapy, a combination of drugs, physical therapy, and exercise (n = 388). Five additional sessions were offered to patients who had a partial response to treatment (10%-50% reduction in pain intensity). Primary outcome was response after 6 months, defined as 33% improvement or better on 3 pain-related items on the Von Korff Chronic Pain Grade Scale questionnaire or 12% improvement or better on the back-specific Hanover Functional Ability Questionnaire. Patients who were unblinded or had recourse to other than permitted concomitant therapies during follow-up were classified as nonresponders regardless of symptom improvement.
Results  At 6 months, response rate was 47.6% in the verum acupuncture group, 44.2% in the sham acupuncture group, and 27.4% in the conventional therapy group. Differences among groups were as follows: verum vs sham, 3.4% (95% confidence interval, –3.7% to 10.3%; P = .39); verum vs conventional therapy, 20.2% (95% confidence interval, 13.4% to 26.7%; P < .001); and sham vs conventional therapy, 16.8% (95% confidence interval, 10.1% to 23.4%; P < .001.


Conclusions  Low back pain improved after acupuncture treatment for at least 6 months. Effectiveness of acupuncture, either verum or sham, was almost twice that of conventional therapy.

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146021 tn?1237204887
I love this thread.....so much going on and it's all critical info....to the person doing the talking:)
I respectfully disagree with all....and I'm on everyone's side too!
I can see both sides of the discussion......just wanted to get in the last word....ha! Fat chance:)
Hugs to all...peace...
Bug
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212705 tn?1221620650
Well...there is no "good" way to get it...but that's just awful. How are you doing emotionally with this? Is the pycho in prison...and has he been tested? I believe more charges can be brought against him, if they haven't already. You've had your fair share...that's certain. The one good thing is, thankfully, you did catch it in the acute stage....and pretty darn low vl. I understand you have a better chance at SVR. Would any of us have ever guessed what was in store...years ago? It's certainly a trip.
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264121 tn?1313029456
I love baths!  I took a warm one last night and it helped some.  A lot of times a hot bath helps my migraines too because the heat dialates your blood vessels.  So I took a lortab then got into the tub.  I know when I got hcv because I had negative tests quarterly last year, then in december of last year, april of this year, and then on 6-21 of this year.  (took hiv and hepatitus screens each time and negative for both).  Then I was raped on 7-1.  I had planned to do both the hiv and hepatitis screens anyway, due to the rape but about three or so weeks after the rape I had flu-like symptoms and became progressively more ill.  I got an ulcer on my leg at about that time too that still hasn't healed, I still don't know if that's part of it, but anyway.  So I did the HIV and HepC screen at the end of August (almost two months after the rape) and it came back positive for hepC.

I made an appt to see a specialist for two weeks from that time but due to all the smart people on this board I went ahead and got a viral load and genotype done.  My viral load was I either 182,000 or 187,000 (mind you, this was in the first week of November and I haven't had it taken since and I just started tx yesterday.  And my genotype was 1b.  Unfortunately, the lab longer than usual to return the results.

I have had difficulty voiding urine, pain up under my ribcage, and just general exhaustion and severe nausea that would not go away with phenergan while in the acute phase (before treatment).  My liver enzymes, which have always been in single digits, also went up for the first time in my life.  To complicate things a little, I have too much iron in my liver because a previous doctor od'd me on it intraveneously and I have three tumors in my liver.  I forgot to add that the acute episode seems to have caused me to have a little more problem making blood.  Anyway, they did a catscan to check on my liver and the tumors Friday.  If they haven't changed size, and I'm sure they're prob fine, all of that is cool.

Due to the massive amount of past bloodwork I am able to rule out having had hepc previously.  Oddly, its my ignorance about hepc that led to the bloodwork.  Since I have anemia I catch things easily.  I had a partner at the beginning of 2006 that I learned wasn't faithful.  The relationship ended but I worried about possible transmission of anything so I decided just to be safe to screen for hepatitis and hiv quarterly.  My last test would have been the 6-21 test if I hadn't been raped.  I forgot to mention.  My rapist was an IV drug user.  I don't know of any other exposure I could have possibly had.  Fortunately, I was already vaccinated for the hep a and b prior to the rape.  eek sorry that was so long.
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212705 tn?1221620650
Now that I'm thinking about it...Salt might not be good...could dry out your skin...hummm. Maybe just soaking in a warm tub...
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212705 tn?1221620650
Maybe try soaking your hands (your body) in warm water and Epson salt? Sorry to hear you are already feeling the sx.. Some people start off with heavy sx and then their bodies adjust to the meds..after a number of wks..they are feelin' better. Hopefully, you'll fit that category. What are your stats? vl, genotype etc... Please explain "acute phase"? How long do you think you have had this virus?

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