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Does HEP C cause Water Retention and Weight Problems?

Does hep c if your not on tx cause water retention and weight gain?.  Has anyone had any problems with this?....I don't drink soda.I drink only water and decalf coffee..I do Taebo and walk everyday and I do the South Beach Diet...but have had a horrible time with weight gain...I've gained 20 pounds since last summer with no explanation except the hep c.....If anyone has had this problem can you suggest anything that has worked for you besides...eating watermelons-heard thats a natural diretic...but has not worked for me ...frustrated.....jewels
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86075 tn?1238115091
Mr. BB, youre such a nice person...anyway, I think it was already said, then I'll put this puppy to bed, ha ha! It doesn't matter what Mr. Spaces circumstances are in circumstances like these...I feel for the fact that he has treated a bunch of times or whatever..that cant be easy and I don't know from what about treating...

Even if the meds have effected his emotions, that's really awful and I feel for him and I hope when all is said and done he clears and feels better...I mean that sincerly....

But that's not the point...the point is that if me, you or Santa Claus is rude to a person...especially a newbie who doesn't know from anything as far as these boards....people can and will call him/her on it (hopefully) if they feel the need....

So the newbie or whomever will feel comfortable coming here and not feel like they will be unduly critisized if they are having a bad day or whatever...I've had to apologize for rude behavior, so have many people on this board...it's a way to self police and keep the place civil or you get things going way, way out of hand...

Personally speaking, I like the fact this board is more civil then it used to be...and I'm not talking overly sentimental and too gushy...just civil...
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hey dawg..you probably aren't running no rabbits...hgb gonna hold til the end?? i read yur progress reports-Fresh blood!!! i want some of that..i don't care what the spacecoast posts..." life is nasty,brutish and short"...pity pots don't hold water and we generally reap what we sow...heck how bout "too often the courage about dying is cowardice about living".......but if i had a choice i would rather hear a good joke then be told to "buck up" or suck it up or whatever....either way and all things being equal,my own behavior is greatly affected by my fondness for gettin la!d.......
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I hear what your saying.  You may remember him as Kalio2 months back.  I offered him help and he's go's under ground.  Just don't get it.  

BEAGLE
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86075 tn?1238115091
ha ha, so you figured that one out too! ha ha, like I've said before, you don't have to be Columbo to figure that one out...anyway, you take care and stay well...no more transfusions, for you, okay??? just surf to the finish line, we're all pulling for you!!!
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yeah i remember multiple manifestations...and i useta enjoy most of the banter-still do-i was sorry to see him go last time,felt like we was makin progress-lol-this desease & these toxic meds should allow us a lotta leeway on the behavior charts...i am certainly no mother teresa...i merely chimed in cuz,well ,my procrit must have kicked in!!!
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86075 tn?1238115091
Like Napoleon Dynamite says...LUCKY!!! where's my fondness for getting laid? you got soup? Why didn't I get any soup? Where's my soup!
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