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[mycoldfeet]

I read that Pamala Anderson stated she has the Hep C virus but would fight it using holistic healing. I wonder if the virus believes in it, I hope that celibrities like her do not sway people from getting the tx they need by listening to that kind of garbage. Does anyone out there belive she hasnt got a high priced private Dr. for tx in between her "holistic healing" sessions. If she hadnt come out and stated it in the paper I wouldnt mention it, but there is a lot of scared people out there that take these celebrities too seriously.

[fullofhope]

Thanks for telling me about why you didn't get on TX right away...I am learning everyday.  I appreciate your resonses - everyone.

[lizzee]

I remember Jimmy Kimmel, who is a late night talk show host, on ABC, making a mean comment about hepc and pamela anderson.
It was more like a sexual, hepc,  comment.

He sounded so ignorant.It angered me..as he laughed about it..
PEOPLE ARE NOT EDUCATED ABOUT HEP C.
lize

[regmel]

The reason I waited to get treated?  I found out I had hepc in 1995.  The Dr. told me not to worry about it just get blood work every 6 mos.and every 6mos I got the blood work and was told all looked good. ff to 2001 dr. tells me all looks good not to worry, all blood tests normal except one that came back inconclusive (I don't know what that was). He resubmitted the blood work and the next thing I know I'm having a biopsy. type 1a stage 2 fibrosis.  So here I am on tx.  It took awhile because I had a change in insurance companies and I got on the waiting list for pegysas. If I was told I needed to be on tx earlier, I would have been on it. Also, I didn't know anything about hepc until after the biopsy and found these websites.  I was only doing what my dr. said to do.

[giddyup]

Congratulations! Thank you for sharing the good news.

[mycoldfeet]

Well if this isn't a happy irony, Im writing this a little misty eyed. I've been waiting for a week for my tests to come back after 20 wks of tx I'm Hep C geno 1 and the nurse just called me to say my viral load is <50 which as you all know is great news, I know I'm not out of the woodsand still have 28 wks of tx to go but thank yall that held their breath with me. but in one of the threads about what I wrote about Pam Anderson he asked where I read it this Sundays Parade magazine in the paper, and she stated she opted against the interferon tx after extensive research. but anyway thanks to yall and I'll be writing again.

[terriri]

I think one of the main reasons we haven