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Hepatitis C (Expert Forum)
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Answered by
Douglas Dieterich, MD - Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
The Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York - NY
Questions posted in the Hepatitis C Forum are answered by medical professionals from The Mount Sinai Medical Center.
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by proud48, Oct 09, 2008 08:41AM
Dr. Dietrich,
I saw a surgeon last week and I told him I had completed the 48 weeks of tx and was SVR and he said "there is no cure for HCV and I would be putting everyone at risk in the OR". I felt so embarrassed and dirty. Just have to get over it and put it out of my mind.
Thanks so much,
proud48
I saw a surgeon last week and I told him I had completed the 48 weeks of tx and was SVR and he said "there is no cure for HCV and I would be putting everyone at risk in the OR". I felt so embarrassed and dirty. Just have to get over it and put it out of my mind.
Thanks so much,
proud48
Doctor's Answer
by Douglas Dieterich, MD, Nov 10, 2008 07:33AM
, Nov 10, 2008 07:33AMTo: Proud
You need to see a non-ignorant surgeon! He is wrong and if you had an SVR you are indeed cured! Find another surgeon or let me enlighten him for you ! DTD
You go and enlighten that doctor!
What a pig --- and what an uneducated doctor that was - eh?