Words of Encouragement....

First of all I want to say thank you to everyone over the past well, almost a year I guess haha, for all of your support and advice.  Sorry you had to listen to my incesant raving...  I think I'm finally getting to the bottom of it though.  I've finally definitely ruled out HIV... so thats one good thing I suppose.  I though I had ruled out hepatitis too, but now I'm 99% sure I have it, HepB that is.  I just had a neg test for Hep C at one year so that can't be it.  I had a negative hep panel 5 1/2 months (165 days) post exposure.  Heres my theory:  I developed symptoms from HBV 2 months post exposure, which gradually subsided over many weeks. My body ALMOST cleared HepB hence why the HbsAg and Anti-HBV IgM were negative at 5 1/2 months, but not completely.  I think (again just theory, don't have test results back yet) that all of it was not cleared, and now a year later I have relapsed with it.  Symptoms are pretty severe at the moment.  I went to the doctor and asked for a Hep panel test and they ran a Hepatic function test instead, so when they called and told me everything was negative i stupidly believed i was in the clear and all was well.  So unfortunately when i went to pick up the results in person to bring them to my doctor to discuss further testing options to get to the route of my problem, i realized they hadn't ran the test for the actual virus after all.  So, i tested again, for real this time, and I am anxiously awaiting my results.  I sincerely hope that I am wrong and I am just overreacting, but somehow I don't think so...  I have a bad feeling....

My hope is that I did have HepB and cleared it, but that I somehow got HepA while out of the country in Panama during December/January and that is what is causing these new symptoms....

I just wanted to get that out.... I should hear back today or tomorrow, i think something is positive and they have to confirm it and thats whats taking so long, but that is just my speculation.

Thanks again for all of your support and for listening to me ramble for all this time!  I just hope that if it does come back positive that you guys are still here for me, I am going to need a lot of help accepting/getting through this if it is positive.... I wish everyone the best of luck and hopefully I'll hear back soon and keep you posted...

[meki]

Here's crossing my fingers for you.

Meki

[PennieLane]

Well the verdict is in:  HepB Core Ab: Negative  Hep B IgM Antibody: Negative, Hep A Negative, Hep C Negative....

Safe to say I'm good to go, or did I need the HbsAg to be sure???

(remember HbsAg was neg and Anti-Hbv IgM was neg at 5 1/2 months...)??

What do you think?

[meki]

I think it's something else.

I just KNEW you'd be all neg.

OK - now get your other tests... Especially at the gynecologist. You'd be surprised what some things can do to you. TRUST ME ON THIS ONE..

I had tumors, fibroids and adenymyosis. (sp) anyhow those things caused a lot of symptoms I would have NEVER thought were possible.

But it could also be just plain old fibromyalgia...

So you make sure you get some good tests --- and you take care of yourself --- OK?

Let us know!

Hugs,

Meki
PS. I'm so glad it wasn't any of the Heps...

[PennieLane]

Hey Meki thanks for all of your help/support!! I'm seeing a GI right now and hopefully ill make an appointment with they gyno soon, i just want to get this figured out!

Thanks again!