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READY FOR SEX DO I TELL ABOUT HEP-C
I HAVE BEEN DONE WITH TREATMENT FOR A FEW YEARS NOW. I WAS MARRIED 16YRS. FOR THE PAST 2YRS I HAVE BEEN SINGLE (WITH NO SEX/DATING).I AM READY TO HAVE SEX. IT IS NOT A IN LOVE RELATIONSHIP JUST DATING. DO I TELL HIM I HAVE HEP C OR DO I TAKE ALL PRECAUSIONS AND SAY NOTHING. FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS I HAVE AVOIDED SEX TO AVOID THIS ISSUE. THE LACK OF LIVING/LOVING ISOLATION IS JUST TO MUCH ANY MORE. AND IF I TELL HOW DO I DO IT AND WHEN? SCARED AND CONFUSED
B the way, RTS had a false positive test, he was and is clear of the virus according to several tests he had subsequently.
I didn't in any way say she shouldnt tell if she is not SVR however if she is SVR there is nothing TO TELL because she can not pass on a virus she does not have and she no longer has HCV. She was unclear on that issue but if her PCR's are clear, she is fine .
You can indeed KNOW you are SVR and not infectious one year after she is SVR on her PCR she is done with it. You can know to a great certainty at 6 months but to be absolutely sure, one year.
As to the extremely low low chance of it returning after a year, nothing in life is 100% but the chance is so rare she would be more likely to be hit by lighting while winning the lottery.
Aside from that, sex is not a likely way to contract HCV, if it was, it would be considered a sexually transmitted disease and it is not a sexually transmitted disease.
There is already enough stigma and misinformation surrouninding this disease, we don't need to add to that by suggesting it is possible to pass on this virus once you are SVR. It is not medically possible to pass something you don't have to another person. Once you are SVR, you do not have to notify anyone of having this unless you decide you want to tell them for another reason, not because you could pass it to them.
You can indeed KNOW you are SVR and not infectious one year after she is SVR on her PCR she is done with it. You can know to a great certainty at 6 months but to be absolutely sure, one year.
As to the extremely low low chance of it returning after a year, nothing in life is 100% but the chance is so rare she would be more likely to be hit by lighting while winning the lottery.
Aside from that, sex is not a likely way to contract HCV, if it was, it would be considered a sexually transmitted disease and it is not a sexually transmitted disease.
There is already enough stigma and misinformation surrouninding this disease, we don't need to add to that by suggesting it is possible to pass on this virus once you are SVR. It is not medically possible to pass something you don't have to another person. Once you are SVR, you do not have to notify anyone of having this unless you decide you want to tell them for another reason, not because you could pass it to them.
When are you SVR? 6 months, one year, two? You cannot answer that. In fact we cannot even be 100% confident in the PCR results, as evidenced by what RTS just experienced.
This is not something to be withheld from an intimate partner, period. Strangers, co-workers, the milkman, the mail carrier? perhaps. But, to suggest the concept of "don't tell" when it comes to having sex, promotes irresponsible behavior.
Since I don't have HCV, I can speak for those of us who would be at risk from a partner who does not disclose the truth, even if those odds are nearly non existent. We have the right to go into this with our eyes wide open.
Obviously we don't see this issue in the same way, so let's just agree to disagree. I hope you and yours enjoy peaceful and hopeful holidays.
Debbe
This is not something to be withheld from an intimate partner, period. Strangers, co-workers, the milkman, the mail carrier? perhaps. But, to suggest the concept of "don't tell" when it comes to having sex, promotes irresponsible behavior.
Since I don't have HCV, I can speak for those of us who would be at risk from a partner who does not disclose the truth, even if those odds are nearly non existent. We have the right to go into this with our eyes wide open.
Obviously we don't see this issue in the same way, so let's just agree to disagree. I hope you and yours enjoy peaceful and hopeful holidays.
Debbe
No disrespect, but I emphatically disagree with Kalio. When is one actually SVR? There is much speculation and debate about that, and as long as questions, any questions regarding SVR persist, it is misleading to proclaim that there is no risk involved.
As I stated above, there are just too many unknowns. No one has the moral right to expose another person to risk without informing that individual, regardless of how minuscule the odds are. It has to be their choice, not yours.
As I stated above, there are just too many unknowns. No one has the moral right to expose another person to risk without informing that individual, regardless of how minuscule the odds are. It has to be their choice, not yours.
Once you are SVR you can NOT pass this virus on to anyone. There is not one shred of data showing you can. SVR means you are no longer infectious and no longer able to give it to anyone in any manner.
If Laytex is SVR, then she does not have the virus, so she has nothing to tell. She cant pass on a virus she does not have. She needs to use condoms for OTHER reasons but not due to her having cleared HCV.
If she wants to tell him that she had it in the past but has cleared it and is no longer HCV positive, that is a different story.
If she wants to tell him that she had it in the past but has cleared it and is no longer HCV positive, that is a different story.
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