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[Magnum]

I know how difficulot it is to get a thread going. So go ahead and use this one...

Magnum

[sidey]

I have started  9 shots ago and with the pegasys and the rebitol, aka ribavirin.Was told not to take seperately. But thats just me and have never heard of taking it alone.By the way im a hcv #4 originates in africa, go figure. How did I get it from there? Former I.V. user 15 years ago . Have had hcv for 22 years, only found out 2 years ago.All those broken arms , legs and scrapes and bruises and not one test for liver, or hcv's. I do realize they only discovered hcv 10 or so years ago. All the sweats and chills wen't away from me at 3rd. shot, now just 24/7 nagging flu. Stay up and exercise and drink plenty of water before and after injection . It sure helps me. Shot yesterday, and don't feel a thing. When your sick stay in bed if its that bad, but overall, get up and do something, it allways goes away eventually. Stay Positive !!!!!!!!!! And think healthy...........Sidey~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!

[sidey]

Thanx for the open threads magnum, they really help a lot. I just spilled my beans on N.Y.Girls thread and want every one to hold yor head high, the sides do go away eventualy and it's worth it, realy it is . Be positive exercise and stay out of bed when you can, that can be very deppresing and detramental to your recovery. Thanx once again. Ive been there and only on injection #9. Signed Sidey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ good luck everyone and thanks for the open thread !!!!!!! Your service is of great value !!!!!!! 43 male and have had all the sides. If anyone would like to have correspondence thru Email let me Know ....................Sidey

[MrsOckert]

Hey there Hope -

To answer your question about where could the virus hide during the time one is undetectable.

Well, the short answer is in your bone marrow.  But usually that is during TX and will breakout after TX is over within a relatively short time 1 to 3 months.

I do have a friend that was undetectable for 7 years and then tested positive again.

[hopeisalligot]

Thank you everyone for your support. God love you all! Cuteus....Did you finally clear after 72 weeks? I am going to see a different specialist that engages a study using smaller amounts of Interferon weekly (0.05 I think) to stave off further liver damage. I would like to try the whole TX again and see if I clear after 12 weeks though. I used Pegasus and I understand that Pegintron sometimes works better. Also, I was wondering if I reinfected myself by not changing toothbrushes and health products enough. I work so hard with my family to protect them from me, I stupidly should have looked at myself as a non-HCV person in terms of this while on treatment.
The beauty of a board like this is that 100 non-HCV people can say "I'm sorry" to you for the situation you are in. But getting a response, from all of you, that are going through this, is a much deeper experience. Thank you for the support. I hope I can help give support to all of you in the future.

DM

[Mister beagle bailey]

I am so sorry to here what your going through.  You can retreat like many on this site has.
This is just a thought,but maybe it's something else to do with the liver.  I think you should see another Dr. just to be sure, also labs do make mistakes, maybe another blood tst is in order.

Please feel free to post any questios you may have.
My prayers are with you,

  BB

[cajunlady]

I posted on Mondays threads.  If you could take a look instead of repeating on this site. I'll learn I guess where to post as I go.  Be Patient with me please.

Sorry for the misspelled Kalio on the other comment.

Cajunlady