Hep C Florida

[cbw36]

Hi,

Newly diagnosed with HCV about 1 month ago. 1b , VL 5mil.  Livery biopsy next week.
I wonder if anyone here is in Dade/Broward county and can recomment hepatologist?

[dabink]

I believe that there is a Boceprevir study site in Sarasota - look at Clinicaltrials.gov - for that.

[FlGuy]

The gastro I see is not the sharpest scaplel in the drawer. But, he can handle scopes like an Indian Fakir with a flute and a cobra in a basket.  He writes prescriptions well and he knows the value of a hematologists input when it comes to treatment.

The best thing he did was recommend that I have a consult with the liverheads at the the University of Miami.  It cost me some out of pocket but they came up with a plan that the GI was more than willing to follow.  I packaged up all the tests and stuff and the UM guys did the rest.  It was work the trip and the money.

[copyman]

Hi and welcome to the forum. Personally I would opt to treat with a Hepatologist. But if I had no other option but a Gastro then he would have to treat a lot of HCV patients.

Don't freak over the biopsy. It is over in 5 mins and the only pain you may feel is in the right shoulder (referred pain).

Keep posting in this forum and read some of the old posts. There is a lot of information on this site.

best of luck

[cbw36]

I am currently seeing a gastro doc who has lots of experience with hep c.  I actually like him, but I wanted to see if anyone in the forum was in south florida and had recommendations.
Yeah, it *****. Have you had a liver biopsy before?

[DragonHater]

You get also get treatment from a Gastro Doc..............soon new meds will be out soon... shorter time of treatment for us Geno 1's -----  Good Luck!!!   I lost my mind when I found out, hope your handling it better than I did.