gimme an advice plssssss... i am so worried..

[jhoy]

My problem is about my sickness.. i got a problem with my blood.. i got hepa b doctor said and result of my hepa test.. :( it was so sad coz my fiancee' he goNna petition me to US, im here at Philippines i am 25 years old...i am so worried.. do i have a possibility goin to US? or i got a problem with my papers?.. what should i do..

here's the result of my test..

HBSag  - reactive
HbeAg  - non-reactive
Anti- Hbe - reactive
SGPT (ALT) - up to 41.0U/L

Please giMme an suggestion or comments bout my problems thanks at all...

[Kalio1]

My doc uses CT scan to check for it. He is not big on biopsies if you have decided to treat. He figures it is a unnecessary risk ad ot as great at diagosing liver condition as we are led to believe, he always says to me "depends on the sample" you an get a good spot and miss things and vica versa. Every doc is different. Those who choose to wait he does wat a biopsy. He did do a US prior to check for any tumors fatty liver etc. which came out "perfect" his words..he didnt want to do a biopsy while I am on IFN at ALL and said CT scan is good at revealing cirrhosis, even better according to him than a biopsy where it can be missed. They have a big whiz bang new machine here that you probably have up there too. I think it is tomography? not sure. Takes all kinds of views of things. Plus they also looked at gall bladder, kidneys and all that junk too and all looked good, so that was good news! Also they can see the portal tract, bilary business and even blood flow rates I believe which are all relevant and they are all normal.

If you can get them to do a CT scan, it was painless and easy as pie to do but really since you are aready txing, it probably wouldnt change a thing you are doing.

I will email later on after 3 when I get back, I actually have an outdoor activity/visit today and I feel up to it for ONCE!

[sfbaygirl]

How accurate is the ultrasound to tell if you have cirrhosis? I thought the only way to tell was with a bx.

[Kalio1]

Yes, contracted it during a spinal epidural in 02/03 but unfortunately they thought it was a drug alllergy rather than acute hep that they think it was now, they can resemble each other.Unfortuately, contrating it later in life, esp geno 3 is a bad thing I have learned. It is what it is and I will go forward from here. I have read all that says it can reverse but the chances arent real good however I am a firm believer in anything is possible. You know me, I wont believe the new drugs will be here until they are and I dont figure I'd be one of the lucky ones to have a reversal at this stage but I am sure open to it occuring!

[FlGuy]

If goes where you are intimating, he better come up with the rose.  You bring up a good point about the champagne  - we haven't had a rousing discussion on alcohol and hcv in the last 5 minutes or so.
How'd little Goof (the child , that is) do on the trip?

[Kalio1]

You guys have probably see this but just to show I am ot a died in the wool pessimist, thought I'd share this.
It made me fee good about the og term tx as they seem to connect histological improvement of cirrhotics with longer term tx.

http://janis7hepc.com/cirrhosis7.htm#can%20cirrhotics

[Morgaina]

Babbled to you down at Return to Sender. Seems I was running around to much and lost my place. Peace to you