Can I drink a beer?

[jphits]

I just finished a 24 week treatment for Hep c,- interferon, ribiviron, amantadine, folic acid.  I have type 2 and the virus has been cleared and I feel great! -as of now.  Normal liver function, etc.  For the last year I have stayed away from drinking anything.  So is it ok to have a beer?  My doctor has really hedged when I ask him.  Any thoughts?

[R Glass]

I am all male or the Ugliest Woman ever created. R= Ricky

[jmjm530]

Lady: jmjm- as for her reward for best post..... what ya' think...a '2 pack' of beer :}
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For some reason, I thought "RGlass" was a "he", but I stand corrected if wrong.

Forsee,

Just to be clear, you have every right to your opinion, but you can't re-write history in one post although I admit that in the last few months your alcohol thread posts have turned around 180 degrees. Prior to that, you practically called me -- or anyone suggesting drinking before SVR was OK -- an alcoholic. And to top it off, you suggested that any doctor who would allow a patient to drink with HCV was probably an alcoholic as well. It's all over at the Janis site as I'm sure you remember. Teriffic if you've changed your opinions. No harm or bad feeling, just wanted to set the record straight.

-- Jim

[Lady Lauri]

Shastri,- Agree, R glass agree (good post) , Forseegood-agree! It's all about the SVR, liver damage there AND a drink or too, NOT a bottle every day! Even with no hep, no tx, no damage, an everyday bottle a day drinker will end up with damage!
If you don't agree, don't drink. If you do agree, have a beer! (not now! AFTER SVR :}
Same thing for a pain pill, valium, etc. , use as little as needed. 2 a day, okay.....10 a day...no.
  D*M , it is that simple.
The biggest thing to remember in these post.....no stone throwing, judgements!
and AFTER tx, AFTER SVR, AFTER a bx telling me where my liver is at and IF okay...... I WILL have a wine at my sons weddings or my Halloween party beer :} just not 10 of them!! ( i could never handle more than a few anyway:}

jmjm- as for her reward for best post..... what ya' think...a '2 pack' of beer :}
Peace :}
                                                                  LL

[jmjm530]

Forseegood: .I've always essentially said what you said in your post
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Thanks for the chuckle :) I just don't see it at all. And btw, while I don't want to step on Rglass's words, he  did not say anything about "significant" damage or not-- just that you should access your damage and then make your own decision. Nor did he say anything about "before treatment" -- that is your spin and btw my doc -- as well as others -- allowed me to drink in moderation before treatment.

-- Jim

[Forseegood]

I just think sometimes that this comes down to presentation as well...the info in your post is what most of us have been saying all along...even though my posts (and a few others) are interpreted as "anti-alcohol" posts, and we're fuddyduddy's that want to take the zest out of life...or I've heard as much.......

I've always essentially said what you said in your post...and I'm sure your post is interpreted as a pro-alcohol post, and mine not, but we're saying the same thing! Presentation.

"Don't drink before treatment, or during treatment, if you're damage isn't significant, drink moderately after SVR...if you don't have a drinking problem." That's what most people say on this. Yet there's so much dispute, and it's so simple.

[jmjm530]

You have my vote for best alcohol post of the year.

Be well,

-- Jim