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Problems with biopsy results

Hello to all. I have a question that I hope you guys can give me some advice on. Yesterday I got a letter from my docs office telling me that they want me to come in for another biopsy. The hospital where I had my biopsy done may have mixed up people's results during the time I had my orginial biopsy. I am on week 26/48 and I was seriously considering quitting treatment because I am having a terrible time with the sx. I thought I was Stage 0/Grade 0 (from orginal biopsy results), had a low vl prior to tx 208,000 and cleared at week 11 (Oh, by the way I'm geno 1A, had virus for 7 years). With those stats I thought I would have a good chance at SVR even if I quit early, but now I'm unsure because I may be a Stage 0/Grade 0 and I could have significant damage.

I wanted to ask you guys if I should let them do another biopsy, and how reliable will be since I've been on tx so long? Do you think it's just too late and I should just forget and stick with treatment until it's over? Eventhough I think it may be too late I really want to know how much damage (if any) I have.

Thanks to all.
Brooke

GOD BLESS
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107513 tn?1232286464
I'll try to drop ya a line!!
I just wish they published my leter in it's entirety, not edited. He even corrected himself by stating that "it is thought that sexual tranmission be almost zero"..Funny, I sent him the article. I sent him articles contradicting EVER statement he published, and evidence discrediting him..
But it okay, HE took notice..
Like the OOB gang always says, "awareness starts with just ONE"
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U know how to write HUH I saw that too and i thought that sounds likea fisherman i know
BTW email me
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I believe it...they screw stuff up all the time...look at how many women have pap smears or mamograms misread and die of cancer? I saw them mix up a CT scan, tell somebody they had something awful, call them back and say 'oops,sorry'. What about the poor guy that really had something wrong with him? Did he ever get the right reading? Or is he walking around thinking everything is fine? Very scarey...

And if everything is all mixed up, they'd have to do DNA testing on every sample till they found a match and doesn't DNA take a long time to get results? 6 weeks or something like that? probably expensive too and at their own expense...look how long it took them after 911...long time...Plus why are you getting a bx during tx like someone said above? Isn't that risky?...oye...
Cin
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