long term tx affects

[clhndluke]

Hello, I have read a little, about the sx,of treating, am getting ready for biopsy, 14 ml, vl load, 7.14 log, geno 1A,
would like to be somewhat savy when I talk to the doc again,
if I tx, what are the long term affects of these med's on the body,and to what organs, ultra sound was not too bad,have almost consant ear ringing problem, some,itching, and bad afternoon fatique,but can live with that,but with odds of svr around 30%
wondering what damage to other organs would be,have gotten the diabbetis under control with diet and exercise,so was able to stop the metformin, but it just seem's that since I found out I
have this stuff and went on the wagon it sure has hit a lot of hole's..lol but it does put thing's in life in prospective, as I
am sure you all know...thanks..L

















igot on the wagon, it has is sure

[timedog]

Interesting. I wish it was as easy for me as it sounds like it has been for you, I mean in terms of controling our diabetes. You can be pretty sure there is a direct relationship between hep c and diabetes. I pretty much have cut out drinking and what I call white foods and eat a pretty healthy diet. My wieght has always been ok. I will say I went up a bit when I stopped treatment. I think the meds really slowed my metabalism down. Now with summer here and garden work to do I hope to back down to fighting weight.

Anyway good luck with treatment i fyou decided to go that route.

[clhndluke]

my diet? well first,for years I drank several time's a week, and ate fast food for lunch almost everyday,coffee for breakfast, big dinner's sweets, at night, when
I wasn't getting together with the hamns bear,(lol) anyway decided to get a
little healthier, all I did was start eating a little beakfast, cereal, banana, toast ect,and wife started packing a lunch for me, sandwich, some fruit or vegitables,
fake chips,ect sugar free candy,dinner is about normal but don't eat as much potatoes,whole wheat breads skim milk,and still have low fat ice cream but with sugar free pudding,instead of choclate over it,when the wife makes chile or stew makes it with ground turkey,and makes turkey burger's, but still have real cake and ice cream at birthday's special occasion's, but I stopped all alcohol,all pop, all fry's,when I eat fast food a chicken wrap or somthing like that
doesn't seem to affect blood sugar, just trying to eat heathier, with wife's help,
and I drink a lot of water, as for exercise,I really like my recliner,but basically,
I do  a little walking at work,but spend at least half of the day sitting and doing paper work, of pretending to..but I bought a exercise machine at a garage sale,
but there again not a fanatic, I do a bout 15 minutes of stair step gizmo, until I start getting a little out of breath, then lift some of the weight's for about fifteen minute's,and that is about it, but everytime I exercise,my blood sugar is a lot less that evening,so there must be something to all this exercise advice, and also started taking vitimins, c,b-12, silineum,vitimin e,and omega 3 fish oil, and try to eat baked or  bb'q fish once a week,  I was not obese,but 6'2" 250
lb's now about 200 lbs, in 4 months,I think my diabettis is somehow related to this hep c ,anyway l think just a change in life style and attitude helped, I just
hope that my new hep c test's are better too. thats about it,hope it helps..

[timedog]

as some one who suffers both from hep c and diabetes I would be interested in hearing more about your diet and how much excerise to get of the diabetes meds.

[ladybug52]

I was lucky that I didn't have symptoms before txing. I sure did notice the effect of the meds on my body, and I quit early and am taking my chances. So far, I think the tx sides are gone. It took about as 1/2 as long as tx to get rid of the sides. 16 weeks of tx, 8 weeks to get rid of tx sides. Sorry for the ones who tx  7 times or for 72 weeks. Even 48 would not have been doable for me.
Good Luck,
Bug

[working dog]

i'm going to get a biopsy too...this friday...i have geno 1 and have had sx for about 8 years...didn't know what i had till march of 06...almost stopped drinking (that was tough)...got down to 1 or 2 beers a day until this feb. and i wasn't feeling good at all...then i found this forum and stopped drinking all the way...i wonder how much you drank and when you stopped???untill last week i didn't know i was hypoglycemic ...finally i started eating potatos at night and that has made me feel a lot better...i still get real tired sometimes...mostly in the afternoon...i'm going to try to avoid tx if i can...the vx 950 sounds much better to me...i'm 55...it will be interesting to hear what you choose to do...do you have a date for your biopsy???money is also a problem for me right now and something i have to weigh out while making a decision to tx or not....anyway good luck and i will post when i get my biopsy results and hopefully get advice from folks here...billy

[bobbyullc]

i am one year post tx ,did svr but still have side affects. my memory is shot , i have fatigue i never had before tx and still have depression and skin problems. this does not happen to all who tx but is a possibility. if you do not need to tx right now you amy seriosly consider waiting several years till the new generation drugs are approved. they should be much more effective and have many fewer sides not to mention shorter tx time.

[susan400]

I did have a doctor tell me once, during a post treatment problem I was experiencing, that, there's a lot that's not known about the long term effects of these meds.  I appreciated his honesty with me.  I still treated a whole bunch of times.   I think everybody has to make the decision to treat, or not to treat based on their individual situation, their amount of damage, their doctor's advice, etc.   Nobody is definitely 100% right with either argument, pro or con.

Susan