stage four liver disease

[lostone2006]

HI MY MOM WAS DIAGNOSIS WITH LIVER DISEASE A YEAR OR SO BACK WILL SHE HAS BECAME ILL AGAIN AND SAW THE DR HE SAYS SHE IS IN STAGE 4 AND HER HEPATITISIS LEVEL IS VER HIGH WHAT DOES THAT MEAN

[ygatica]

my mom is 50 yrs old. she ws diagnosed with hep c and cirrhosis about 8 yrs ago. she had a treatment that consisted of 2 medications that made her very sick. but at the end of the treatment it did help her. it is now 8 yrs later and this year has been hard on her, for the past 2 weeks she's had alot of stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, and not being able to hold anything down really except for toast. i just took her to the er and they said her blood work came back ok. what now. what does this mean. dr says they can only really give her pain meds to keep her comfortable. any advice

[Eudora1011]

i just wanna share my story, since i always read all your post and it makes me feel better. i am 27 yrs old still single and im hepatitis B since born my viral load is 60million above im stage 1 grade 2, i had my injection for peg inteferon but it only lasted for 2 months since i cannot tolerate with the side effects its really ruin my mood everyday, i dont have any serious fever during treatment, its just im always bad temper, moodswing and migraine.
before i stop the injection i had my DNA test result and it shows that my viral load come down to 523,000. the doctor suggest me to continue the ijection but i refused. now he just wait for my answer to continue with necleoside treatment.

i just wanna ask to whom that already had the treatment, how to overcome the side effects and how long the side effects will be last? im thinking to continue the injection since its working.

[orlando245]

I have had Hep C and now Cirrhosis for 12 yeras now, was treated with interferon in 96, again in 2002 with the Ribo pill and again in 2006 for 18 months I must admit the treatment is very hard if you cannot handle it, I have failed all treatments, I suffer from bad knees, bad back, lost of eye sight, anixiety disorders, sleeping problems you name it I have it, but life goes on I still work , IM retired Army but whomever reads this, hang in there I have belivie me the treatment can be hard, but with love ones and their support you'll survive, think positive , IM in pain daily constant visit to doctors and all I get is no surgery can be performed due to Liver condition, as we know you cannot take Medications if you have Cirrhosis, I also think positive because I tell myself I'll live longer than the doctor, watch your diet, dont drink, live life chillin and tell yourself I'll be alright and SSI is around the corner for those who qualify, work stress does help and stress itself sure won't help you, and been thru hell and back and still hanging in there, and I hope all of us who suffer from this diease god bless us all.

[skippy01]

In 2004 my brother was diagnosed with Cirrhosis Hep C and did nothing.  We didn't know what stage or grade he was at that time.  He just block it out and never went back to a liver doctor. He has had other health problems in 2002 he had a heart attack that damaged 30% of his heart. He has had 4 back surgeries.  Since Nov 2009 he has been showing signs of the liver disease.  He was just recently in the hospital had fluid drained from his stomach for the first time.  His platelettes were low 35,000 and his INR was to high they had to go through his neck to get the biopsy. They had to give him alot of blood. Got the results this past Thursday STAGE 2 GRADE 2.  He's really jaundice spleen is enlarged, sleeps all the time and food does not taste good and dizzness. Also is taking medicine to keep the ammonia level down. Also his blood pressure is low 86/50. The doctor said he's to weak to take the treatments now. Should he be so sick at stage 2 grade 2?

[Bill1954]

The answer depends largely on how advanced the cirrhosis is; stage four can be classified as A, B and C under the CTP scale. Please consider reposting your question by going to the top of the page and clicking on the green (or yellow) ‘post a question’ button. This will open a new thread; the one you tagged on to was started in 2006.

--Bill

[needtoknow1176]

My mother has been diagnosed with stage 4 Cirrhosis.  Not well educated on this subject yet and was just wondering what type of treatment is out there besides transplant?  She has NO insurance and not sure what to expect...