About blood tests.

[Hellchild]

This is in relation to my last question. Last summer, doctors found a tumor in my back (a type of non-hodgkins B-cell lymphoma). I have went through the chemo treatments, and they tell me that the tumor is gone and I am currently in remission. But while I was recieving chemo, I had to have my blood tested before each treatment (which was every 3 weeks). So my question is this: If I had contracted Hep C, would they have noticed something wrong with my blood and known that I had it then, or is Hep C the type of thing they need to be speifically looking for to find? The reason I'm asking is because my last treatment was Dec. 20th and since then, not only have I not had sex with my girfriend very often (maybe 3 or 4 times because we split up for a couple weeks), but we haven't had anything but normal, vaginal sex since then. So I was  thinking that if they didn't notice anything unusual with my blood during the treatment, and was clean then, then I probably have a pretty good chance of being clean now. Would that be a false assumption?

Thanks for your time,
Hellchild

[can-do-man]

I don't think you have anything to worry about, but like whats been said have your doctor test you for it or you will drive yourself crazy wondering.

Also since your new here you wouldn't know this, but if you have any other questions you can just add it to your first question by going down to where it says "post a comment" on the thread and ask away. We only get 6 to 8 new threads a day here. Its also quite all right to jump in on a thread thats already open and ask a question. We don't care cause we do it all the time. Good luck to you and if you have anything else to ask please do so.

Just so you know where not doctors here but we sure like playing the role.

[jaroman]

Yes, hepatitis C must be specifically tested for. Yes, I think you are probably negative(at least cause of the girlfriend), but just get tested/no need to stress yet.