life expectancy hepc

[rockey]

i was diagnosed with hep c when i was 20 im 25 now i also have gout in the feet im a social drinker on average what would be the life expectancy of a person in my position

[LipStick1959]

Well, I didn't pass...lol It didn't work. Now the Dr. wants to put me on daily shots for 3 months, then will know if it's working. I guess Geno 1 is tougher to cure. I'm soooo tired & weak & scared. {But I haven't relapsed back to Drugs!!!) ;) I just don't know what to do or expect now... any clues? LipStick

[meki]

"I am too ashamed to tell.  Re-reading this I feel like a loser, but today, I am a loser with HOPE... "

Hope is a good thing.

Don't be ASHAMED --- Ever. It's a learning experience. We ALL have something we keep in the closet. Or in our Past. For each of us it is a different thing. For each of us - we guilt ourselves for what we think is something awful.

For example --- when I was a little kid... there was this other kid that had built a sandcastle on the beach.

I distinctly remember being so jealous (as a 3 year old - that was REALLY jealous) that this other kid could build this castle and I couldn't.

Now - being a billion years older ---- LOL - I realize that that lumpy bunch of dirt clumps and broken sticks was nothing but a pile of sand... But to my little kid... that castle was the greatest thing on earth... And I didn't build it.

So --- I went on a rampage and stomped on it --- and made that other little kid cry.

And I felt happy about it.

Until I got older and that memory surfaced --- and I felt like a schmuck.

So --- I guess I learned from that experience. I was ashamed that I could have done something like that - ever.

But I learned never to do it again.

I can't really compare drugs or addiction to my sand castle stomping experience. But I wanted you to know that sometimes it's not WHAT you have done that is bad... But sometimes it really is only how YOU --- view it.

So - try viewing it a different way. Instead of saying... Look how awful I am... Say.. Look - I'm really trying - check me out!

And Hope is awesome!

Hugs,

Meki

[meki]

*SNICKER* Twinkie... OMG --- thank you for the giggle. (Know that one of the major things I craved before DX of HCV were Twinkie, DingDongs and Anything with Sugar - so that made me laugh like heck - cause I don't drink very often. I'm not a teatotaler - but am not even a mild social drinker - 6 drinking nights a year... or something like that for me... all of my life... But SUGAR.... woohooo --- SUGAR.... well now... we're talking a serious addiction. LOL!)

Could you pass the Twinkies please. (grin)

[pigeonca]

Reading your last post, I know you can make it.  I don't need to reiterate all the usual "one day at a time" mottos, 'cause you know them, I'm sure, and they're all true - esp. the serenity prayer.  Treat yourself well - pretend your home is a spa.  Bubble baths and long (slow if necessary) walks are terrific.  Get help with the household chores, read and watch TV.  Whenever you're depressed and want to indulge in your bad habits, do something else that's nice for yourself.  Ice cream is a terrific replacement for booze, BTW, as is dark chocolate.  Please keep us posted as to your progress.  We're all rooting for you.  Love, pigeon

[triggertime]

Its the same ol Q. Go drink or No drink. I see it like this....You know in your heart whether you are strong or weak. I was a "social drinker for many years. A 12pack or more a week. A couple magnum bottles of wine a week. Lots of partying with beer, wine and hard liquer every weekend. When the hepCrud came along I decided not to drink. I have not drank since. I found many years ago that when I quit smoking (for the last time back in '76) I can do any thing I want to do. I am in control of me. Its a matter of how you see yourself. If you perceive to be strong and in control you will make the right decision. The sx you endure will make you stronger. Yeh it sux but thats the way it is . If you perceive to be weak you are weak. I think of it as inner strenth. Do as you have to do. Its up to you. Many of you will most likely disagree and I dont care if you do. Just do it. Face to the wind, One step after the next. BE IN CONTROL.
May God bless you with wisdom and discernment.

triggertime
keepdafaith&don4get2giggle

[LipStick1959]

Thank you both very much for the Words of Wisdom. I have to admit to becoming wet eyed as I honestly felt "HOPE" come back to me as I read your posts. As for the 1%... I went on the treatments in Dec 05, but within weeks landed in the ICU for a 10 day stay due to pneumonia, which I have been prone to get most of my Life anyway.  I had to switch to a specialist because my reg liver Dr. dropped me like a hot rock... And I started again Sept 06. My viral count went from 8 million down to less than 2000 by March of 07.. I got to feeling better, half *** took my meds, drank during my one week vacation & fell off the wagon on a cocaine binge...Sooo stupid... I just never dreamed that a two week party would knock me down so fast. I went back for my 3 mo. check up & my count was back up close to the million {875,000} so the Nurse practioners said "We are gonna take you off, after the 6 mos..I'm climbing back..yada, yada" It was at that point that it hit me way harder than even being told I had the virus, if you could imagine that. I knew I had probably ruined the only chance I'd ever get to kill it, be cured... So, seeing how I couldn't have felt more stupid, I dropped to my knees, cried like a baby, begged like I wouldn't see tomorrow without it... and even though I saw her roll her eyes, she wrote the prescription with nasty rudeness, that I welcomed..:)... and told me after speaking with the Dr. he may call and take me off anyway... but he didn't. I received a cc of the letter he wrote to my 1st Dr. as he sends a report every 3 mos. and he said .."Even tho she was told of the 1% chance of this working, Mrs.. X still insisted she continue the full course treatment" and that he would follow up in Sept with he results.  Yes, I know what you are thinking... I was an IDIOT! My excuse was that I was so tired of being sick & tired... but now, as with drinking, I have to ask myself, "Are ya really tired of LIVING"? One look at my grandbaby and there's no doubt..Bring on the side effects, shove those fruits & veggies I can't stand down my throat, I'll help!... I want to LIVE!!! And now I believe I just might.
I'm going to write a letter to my Doctor, try to sugar coat what I did, & pray the new results will show a significant improvement. Otherwise, I will be back to square one, but with more Hope than I've ever had before. Thank You.  As for DoubleDose...It could be! I drank 7 days a week for 6 years on the national womens pool league circuit. I was very good with the Crown Bottle & the cue... ;) Prior to that I drank often. Then fell "sick & tired with pain" searching for 4 years before the diagnosed me withHepC.  I no longer can sip a drop due to the BURNING in my stomach... Wish it id the same to me with the cocaine.. I'd be "Home Free" Tho I pray I'll never touch either ever again, I sadly report I've heard my own self too many times. My son is the only one I admit this too, and he reams me almost to the point of doing it again, my daughter..I am too ashamed to tell.  Re-reading this I feel like a loser, but today, I am a loser with HOPE... I've never travelled that Path. NA says I will always b "recovering" I say "No.. I will be free from this Demon, I know I will" Have only been trying since Igot the news, and I have done great on my own. I moved from all my old friends, changed my number, lost theirs. And as I said, my kids hover over me in a good way. If I'd stay out of Walmarts I'd never be found from "Bad habit Buddies" ..but that ain't gonna happen.. Hopefully I have gotten a second chance and will make it.  Thank you all.   LipStick