How did you find out you had Hep C?

[jdwithhcv]

Rocker's thread about annual LFT testing got me wondering.  How did you learn that you had Hep C?

I was tested after my cancer surgeon noticed scarring on my liver when he reviewed my annual follow-up CT scans.  Later I learned that my PCP (former) had ignored elevated ALT and AST for more than 25 years.  By the time I was tested the liver damage was stage 2/3.  Good thing the surgeon ordered that test and asked questions or I would not have gotten tx!

jd

[R Glass]

  Your my hero.
I bet it went something like this as you went into the room.
Oh man, Hepatitis C, what am I going to do, HEY PORN!!!!!!!!!!

[Tippyclubb]

Then, literally 5 minutes after being told about the hep,  I was shown into a little room with some porno magazines to produce a sperm sample.

Actually, I am quite proud to say that I delivered the goods in normal time despite being in a state of shock.

I reckon I am probably the only person ever, who on being told he had hep c, was jerking himself off five minutes later.
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Well, I have had my good laugh for the day and my eyes are tearing up from laughing.  The way you worded it, is just too funny. I started to visualize it but then decided not to go there.

[bajawoman]

I was just dx this past summer FINALLY as when I first was dx was in 1963 with Hepatitis but C didn't exist then  In May of last year I was very ill and was in bed for days getting weaker and weaker I thought I had broncitis and finally was hositalized for a week I was told I needed me gallbladder removed and not by laproscopy new proceedure but the old way as I had blockage in my bilary ducts?  

I went for a second opinon with a GI  after an hour of consultation and examination telling him my complete history of relapses of the HEP in my 20's and 30's he ordered the tests and my results came back positive for HEP C with a viral load of 47,300,000  Never too late (didn't have my gall bladder out
Since then I have had many tests the latest being a CAT scan  first was a ultra sound twice  fibrotest, Fibroscan  and lab work which proved I am
IR  Living with HEP C with IR and doing all I can to learn so when it is time for me to treat to have the best success possible
baja

[MYS]

My office was having a blood drive in 1998.  They offered raffle-style prizes, including a day off with pay.  I didn't win a prize.
A few weeks after I donated my pint, I got a big thick letter from the Red Cross, saying I had tested + for Hep B and C, they were throwing my blood away, putting my name on a 'Do not donate' list and warned me not to try to donate again.  
I ran to my PCP, who did some more tests and determined that I had had Hep B at one point in my life - and I don't know when, as I never turned yellow, never got sick - but only had the antibody, not an active infection.
I did have Hep C, tho, and ended up taking more than 1 day off work for that when I was on treatment!
MYS

[dawn1973]

I found out in Dec 08 after a breakup my bf, I went to get checked for all STDs and hepc bc I found out after our relationship had started that he had the desease, he told me it was not a STD when we broke up I found out differently and went to the Dr for a full workup ...that is when I found out I had it.  I am new to this site as of today there is no support gruops in my community and I stumbled here on accident..I am geno 1 and I go for my biopsy this coming friday, ironically I did go with my ex to his so I do know what to expect and I am still scared beyond belief about the biopsy and the whole hep c thing.  It is hard when you are so alone in a situation as I am sure most of you can relate to, family tries but they never treat you the same after and they always just seem to look at you so different,and not to mention your worries are exagerated.

[Max60]

Found out during my yearly physical exam in Oct '07. My ALT was 66. . . . 'normal' range was up to 65. The doc called me back and suggested antigen tests. Was positive for hep B antigen (had cleared) and hep C virus positive.

Only remarkable items: my GP was right on top of things. . . he followed through immediately.

I had hep B in 1967 and hep C probably at the same time although certainly no later than early 1971.

Preliminary results: geno 3a; vl 330k; bx grade 1 stage 2 (Metavir)