Just ramblin'

[couchpotato]

Being that it is Saturday and it's always quiet on the board thought I would write in with an update. I'lm finding time to read postings occasionally and am always surprised at the number of newbies. You guys have found an excellent souce of support and information here and you'll find that regardless of the traumatic news that brought you all here, there is hope and love in abundance, all's not lost.

I had my 1 year PCR last month and I am still undetectable, so for me, it is over. Really, I didn't find the treatment itself all that difficult, sure, there were good days and bad, but all in all, it was completely doable.

Hubby had his 1 year (Nov. 16) post transplant exam on Thursday and has been given a clean bill of health! Well, when I say that, I mean he is as healthy as anyone can expect for all he has been through. He never had any rejection and now 1 year out, the chances are slim he ever will. We were hoping he would go back on tx this winter but the transplant team wants to wait because his liver enzymes have been normal for the past few months. They will wait and watch his blood work and then biopsy when (if?) things go wonky. I think there are differing views on that, but we have trust in this team.

So, on the 31st of Oct. we are flying to Mexico for 6 weeks of rest and relaxation! This is our reward to ourselves after the year that we have gotten through. Life goes on, right? Time to put some of this behind us and act like normal folks again.

Everybody, take care and keep the faith. We are warriors.

Mattie

[Amerabrit]

Couch:  Your news is wonderful to read, I don't get back here too much these days so seeing your post was really great!  Continued good health to you both and have a blast in Mexico:)

Cuteous:  You sound as good as ever! Just don't forget where I live:).

Mikesimon:  Hope all is well with you Mike it's nice to see you're still posting and helping newbies;  stay well.

[Amerabrit]

I'm sure most of you saw the ad but for those who didn't, myself included, it's great to know there was a full page Ad in SI about HCV; my husband just handed it to me.  Slowly but surely HCV is getting the attention it needs..

[chellski]

Sounds like good news for you....its always and inspiration to hear from someone like you and your hubby who've been thru this survived......thanks for posting and enjoy your vacation - you both deserve it!    

p.s. dont drink the water! lol!

michelle

[DRAGON SLAYER]

Hey Mattie,

Glad to hear that you're both well....I guess it's due to the  Arctic climate....:>). The Mexican fiesta will do you both good & it's long overdue.

Best luck to all,
Ben

[cuteus]

nope, have not forgotten, no sirie! are you still traveling to the City? let me know!

I just got another yankees visa card and got subscribed to SI unknowingly, I might as well take advantage and check the ad, which edition is it in?

[jmjm530]

Kalio,

Can't agree with your more. I am in that ad/marketing game and understand what the agency attempted to do. But it's a very bad/amaturish job. To compound the problem, most people only look at the headline and visual and don't even bother to read the copy. So now everyone knows what folks with Hep C look like. :)

Obviously, what they attempted to do was to copy a very good AIDS awareness campaign from some time back which I believe depicted a person with AIDS who looked very normal. The message there was that any one of us could have AIDS. That ad worked very well.

-- Jim