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HELP Recently diagnosed...high viral count
3 weeks ago I had some blood work done and found out I am positive with Hep C. I just got the results today on my viral load and its 2,250,000 (copies?) I understand this is high. I'm also Genotype 1 (no a or b?)and already on medication for depression. My Dr feels I wouldn't respond to treatment well, being Genotype 1. I've decided I will have a biopsy done to see what kind of damage might be going on in the liver.
My question is: I need hope and something I can be doing to help myself. I'm at the point of trying Homiopathic (spelling?)products. I've been reading as much as I can about Hep C and I'm having the hardest time understanding what all the numbers mean! I hope my insurance has a good liver specialist. If anyone can try to help me understand the meaning of the numbers and what I want to be looking for in them, I'd appreciate it. Also, my local health food store owner suggested these products to help the Liver. Has anyone used these or heard about them? Milk Thistle, Articoke capsules, Lysine 1000mg 3x a day, Grapefruit Seed Extract 6 drops in 8oz water 3x a day, vitamin c 1000mg 3x a day and MSM 2000mg 2x a day. Thank You, Please respond
My question is: I need hope and something I can be doing to help myself. I'm at the point of trying Homiopathic (spelling?)products. I've been reading as much as I can about Hep C and I'm having the hardest time understanding what all the numbers mean! I hope my insurance has a good liver specialist. If anyone can try to help me understand the meaning of the numbers and what I want to be looking for in them, I'd appreciate it. Also, my local health food store owner suggested these products to help the Liver. Has anyone used these or heard about them? Milk Thistle, Articoke capsules, Lysine 1000mg 3x a day, Grapefruit Seed Extract 6 drops in 8oz water 3x a day, vitamin c 1000mg 3x a day and MSM 2000mg 2x a day. Thank You, Please respond
Sorry to meet you this way but welcome to this forum. I may be off base here but by reading your initial post I think maybe your doc is basing non treatment on your history of depression. In cases of severe depression I don't believe tx is recommended because the drugs themselves can cause very sever depression for some. You may want to ask him if this is the reason. Just by reading your post my guess is that's his reason, of coarse there may be many other reasons he knows we don't. I would ask him for more details on this reasoning. LL
WOW...How cool was this to wake up, come to this site, and see all the posts from caring people. I'm so grateful to have you ALL! I will be going to the Dr office today after work to get "MY" results and look at the numbers! I will be able to understand them now using the sites you all gave me! This is a blessing for sure. As I mentioned in the other posts, I felt like I had NO HOPE, now I see I do! I turned my life around about 13 years ago. I do the best I can to take care of myself now. I don't drink,(never did that) but did alot of other things. I've limited myself to One cup of coffee in the a.m. and the only thing that I take is my prescription depression medication, as directed! Once in a while, some asprins, but not often! I am however seriously thinking about using MILK THISTLE to do some repair work on the liver, or whatever it's supposed to help with?
Any suggestion on this?
You all have a great day...see ya later, Annette
Any suggestion on this?
You all have a great day...see ya later, Annette
When I get to the point of taking (getting)the tx to kill the little bugs, will I be able to work? I see some of the side effects can be a bit harsh! Any answers for me? Annette
Well as you can see you have found a great place, no..the best place. Plenty of excellent info and I can't add to it except that I also agree, the homppathic stuff us great for the little stuff, Hep C is the major league, hardball, big time. You need the big guns to get it. The world medical organizations have spent millions of $$$ and some big brains and the biggest gun right now is peg interfurion and ribavarin. Go to the pro's on this one and welcome to the family
I have no data that herbals help, period. Milk thisle is currently being studied in trials but I have no data to help you make the decision. Vitamin E may have some protection against fibrosis.
The best thing you can do instead of wasting money on unproven therapies is to:
1. Avoid alcohol completely
2. Avoid iron supplementation
3. Avoid uncooked seafood (a wierd virus that attacks the liver can be in this)
4. Get Hep A and B vaccines
5. Eat a well-balanced diet, 30 minutes of exercise most days.
GI.PA
The best thing you can do instead of wasting money on unproven therapies is to:
1. Avoid alcohol completely
2. Avoid iron supplementation
3. Avoid uncooked seafood (a wierd virus that attacks the liver can be in this)
4. Get Hep A and B vaccines
5. Eat a well-balanced diet, 30 minutes of exercise most days.
GI.PA
Call me a stickler, but having an undetectable viral load at 12 weeks into to or at any time durin tx. I think we are doing new folks a disservice by using that term so loosely. SVR is supposed to refer to an undetectable viral load 6 months post tx.
From http://www.hcvadvocate.org/news/reports/AASLD_2003-3.html
"Sustained virological response (SVR) was defined as HCV RNA negativity by PCR (<50 IU/mL COBAS AMPLICOR
From http://www.hcvadvocate.org/news/reports/AASLD_2003-3.html
"Sustained virological response (SVR) was defined as HCV RNA negativity by PCR (<50 IU/mL COBAS AMPLICOR
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