$18 an answer

[Idyllic]

I unblocked Firefox Ad Blocker and that 24/7 Ask a Doctor is the first thing I see on every page on here.

It has advertisement written under it but it seems more than an ad. It goes to a site called Health Care Magic *******.

From the Washington Post

InteractiveMD and HealthcareMagic offer subscriptions for access to their services. InteractiveMD charges $10 per month (with a $15 enrollment fee) for unlimited questions, but the magazine found that it provided little guidance. (“In young women, memory and forgetfulness is often a function of how busy you are!” was one reassuring but not particularly useful reply, the magazine said.) HealthcareMagic costs $18 per question or $15 a month for unlimited questions.

While the site received kudos for its prompt response time, the magazine found that its answers were too broad to be helpful.

[dontworry_behappy1]

I know that thread was funny.  You have to laugh at some of this stuff.  Or at least remember you still can laugh.    I ate so much junk food with the 20 grams of fat ( Incivek requirement).  It's a wonder my right arm didn't turn into
a chocolate cupcake.   Whom ever thought 20 grams of fat was a good idea
should have included some healthy choices.  Not just turn us loose to eat whatever which included finding what is 20 grams of fat and then eating it 3 times a day.   Then you actually had to get to the grocery store.   That was a whole day of planning how you were exactly going to accomplish this journey into the unknown... going out your front door.   Final just had my friend bring me stuff.  I remember talking to my friend tell her that "Little Deb" cupcakes
are not food.   Then I started drinking olive oil.   Omg...who thought of the requirements for that treatment. : )

[Dee1956]

Hi I remember that thread, it was so funny we all wrote down silly things we did while on tx.  I was thinking of that the other day.
I did a lot of dumb things.  I brushed my teeth with bengay argh,  sprayed cortisone in my mouth instead of benadryl spray.

[dontworry_behappy1]

"gag"!  don't want to change the real effect.  typo

[dontworry_behappy1]

This social side needs to lighten up.  Remember that women who wrote about her treatment experience back in the Incivek day.   She was a great writer and it was really funny.  If anyone could find that and provide a link.  
I know I would love to read it again.  That was so funny about things you sure weren't finding to funny when it happened.  But after the fact ...we could see the humor.

I ate so many Costco covered almonds with Incivek doses.... I now gage every time I pass them when I shop there.  Yuk :)

[Dee1956]

Sorry they were called the expert forum, they have been closed been down since some time in June

[Dee1956]

That is interesting to know.
I have missed the professionals on here where you could ask a question.  There was at one point a place here where you could ask medical questions. After I relapsed I asked Dr Dietrich a question, paid $25 and he was very helpful.
I also miss the pathology interpretation.

I have been told that they closed all for review.

I am glad I have the ads blocked, what a mess that could be :)

DWBH, your sign reminds me of Lucy fro Charlie Brown :)

[Idyllic]

Ha very funny.
Being bored and on line late at night I read tons of favorable reviews on two different review sites. There were so many positives it made me uneasy.


Then I realized that most of us on here have an above average knowledge of how to research a medical condition/complaint thanks to the difficulty in treating Hepatitis C (back in the day, that is).

On the other hand there were LOTS of reviews that commented

1) It is not entirely clear that you are signing up for a $15 monthly subscription. In other words, you have to read the fine print to avoid this. A lot of people apparently do not.

2) You could pretty much get the same results from Wiki.