Hep C ,

[Loopy Wafflehead]

Curiously enuff I was wondering if a person can contract Hep C from giving or recievein g a sucker bite/hickey.

[dyce]

I don't know guy . It could be she is out pitchforkin some1 . She was a growlin yesterday.

[can-do-man]

Funny thing is only when the moon is full. Wonder if theres summin to that? Wheres fishdoc today? Must be playing hide and seek.

[dyce]

Barkin na , have heard ya do alot a howlin though .

[can-do-man]

Let us know how things go. Plus the odds are he has plenty of time to think about it.

If you don't mind. Just how in the heck you come up with that screen name?

[can-do-man]

i said.....were such a pretty girl, meant to say ARE. After i reread that didn't sound quite right. Must be open mouth and insert foot today.

[can-do-man]

Angels yes we are, but since you were such a pretty girl then a sister you can't be. Wouldn't be right for me to have all them thoughts.:)

[NYgirl]

Ooops it didn't hahaha I apologize I was trying to make sure it DID turn in to a ***** so I put a whole bunch of curses like I was thinking them and there it is in PRINT.  HOLY COW that is such a mistake!  I am SO SORRY (jez this could ONLY happen to ME I can't take it I need to go to bed)

Need that word deleted please someone at MH I am sorry I was TRYING to get it ***'d if you can believe it!!!!!!!!!

Oh man. I can't believe it.

[NYgirl]

Yes we are, friends who can disagree and I wouldn't even be so dayum pissy if this disease didn't kill my friend last week.

You know oddly it didn't affect me that much THEN but I heard an old song he used to play on the radio the other day and had to drive to the side.

It's such a STUPID disease and it CAN be treated and that is what is upsetting. He DID to treatment and DID have a transplant but continued to drink and get high and konked out.

If your bf had CANCER would he just say "well I know I have it but I feel fine...I'll let it go".

I never was freaked about having this that much until it killed someone I knew intimately well. Now...I hate this disease (and the alcoholism that really most likely did him in) more than I have words.


I wish to God that everyone who had it was being treated or monitoring it. But with 3million Americans with the disease and waht is the number 150,000 treating...........those numbers just aren't so good at all.  Sadly they don't even KNOW they have it most of them.

I love you CanDo - thank you for dealing with my problem with such class. I'm just straight up pissed at this crapassbastardmotherfucker disease.

HA I'm pretty sure that ten word long utterance will get **'d!

[can-do-man]

First it was no comment you made that upset anyone, He should be happy to have some like you who cares. And don't feel like your ignorance. Your just like the most of us when we found out about hep-c. Just glad you found this site. As for upsetting any body, na, Me and nygirl are good friends here and like all friends we don't always agree. Nygirl is one of the most caring people here. And for the most part i don't bark. Maybe you can convince him to at least find out where he stands. But you can only do so much.

Sorry it was your post this happened in, but please don't let that keep you away. Shoot if i could i'd give nygirl a big hug.

[Loopy Wafflehead]

Ny Gal , Candoman , You all are great !  hehe I git the cute lil posts in me schtuff. Lovin it. WEll dont git me wrong , I dont have HVC  , jist the BF...yes  I wish he would take a look & see that his health means alot to me as well & take care of it. I can only lead a horse to water I cannot make it drink , but mayhaps I can git him informed enuff to be drawn to sip the water???

[Capt82]

"I found the delphi forums a bit melodramatic at times, and the signatures ending each comment can be a bit much. I like the simplicity of Med help. And is SOOO addictive!"

"Melodramatic", you are being far to kind using a word like melodramatic. i find it to be more like a daytime soap opera or Jerry Springer.

There is one site; "HCvets" which I find to be the most tame in this area and somewhat more informative then the others.

MH has always been the most informative, concise site. where actual cerebral discussions take place, in a give and take arena. It has always helped me to make a well informed decisions.

I don't post much but I read here daily.

Capt

one year Qual. was detected & repeated, detected. Then Quant. <50 undetected. Found good info on MRV here, going for the Heptimax.

[FlGuy]

To take a small step back, and before you fill you head with a bunch of HCV stuff, How is it that good ol' Beau knows that he is HCV positive?  Are there specific tests, and they exist, that he has had to confirm hcv?  One of the worst things that you can do is self-diagnose.  Which tests and what were the results?

[Loopy Wafflehead]

He tells me he had blood work drawn  , is that not an accurate test?

[FlGuy]

It depends on the tests and results that were run with that blood draw. Many times docs will run liver panel tests and enzyme tests that may hint at the presence of hcv. But the conclusive test would be a 'PCR'.  If he had that test, your beau may or may not be familiar with the term 'PCR'.  Another result that is possible is that he has the hcv antibody which may indicate that he had the virus, but his immune system fought it off.  You should ask a few more questions, if he's willing to discuss.

[cuteus]

good to hear you are around.  HCV vets is a pretty good site, I agree, and they are involved with the Wash, DC March coming up soon. I don't know if I can make that one, but I will try for the NYC one on the 18th.
Good luck on the heptimax and please post the results!

I did get tested for the rheumatoid factor and it is still present. My friend Ina said we will always test positive for it even when SVR. Plus I am going to pick the rheumy's brain this wk, to see if she has any knowledge of the arthritis progression post hcv tx. She thought it was all HCV related. Hah!

what was that you were positive in the qual? was that post tx? did your system fought off the remnants or was it a false pos? please expand on that puzzle, but do it when the Heptimax is in.

good luck and take care

[NYgirl]

Well honestly nobody in here knows whether he is going to "drop dead" or not.  Until he has a biopsy to see what condition his liver is really in - nobody here nkows.  While it is a REALLY slowly progressing disease...it DOES progress. There are people in here with cirhossis and who have had liver transplants.

You have to remember that little fact = nobody in here knows what Stage his liver is in.

My exhusband won't do anything about his hep either. It drives me CRAZY. But he wont. I even put him on MY INSURANCE PLAN so that he would do something about it but instead he got hooked up on drugs again and well you know he's not too interested in the condition of his liver if he's doing that.

It's a shame.

But most likely your bfriend isn't going to "dropdead" but none of us can honestly or really say that for a fact.  Maybe if you explain it to him that way it will help spur him on?

[can-do-man]

nygirl says..........Well honestly nobody in here knows whether he is going to "drop dead" or not. Until he has a biopsy to see what condition his liver is really in

Hey now, theres some of us stage 4 in here and i DON'T like them blanket STATEMENTS of DROPING DEAD. I kmow of at least one person who won't come here anymore because of hearing that ****. What the hell doe's a bx and droping dead have to do with it. People can and do live a long time with cirrhosis. So before we scare or make more mad either look it up on cirrhosis or don't try the SCARE tactic. Enough stress with this c*ap.

I tend to believe my hepatologist.

[NYgirl]

"dropping dead" their choice of words not mine.

I am just trying to say that NOBODY on the earth can guess what is going on with the boyfriend - nobody knows WHAT condition they are in liver wise. They could have end stage liver cancer cando - how can we advise that they are "fine" and it's a "slowly" growing disease?

I had a friend die just last week. It does happen.  I get tired of hearing how slowly progressing it is = if God had not given me a BREAK and had me decide after 20 years to have a physical for no apparent reason ... I would have never known I was already a "3" and perhaps picked up the bottle again and wiped out the rest of my liver.

Without ANY thought.

This is a REAL disease and we so often say how slowly progressing it is......but how do we know how long they've had it or how much they drink or if they have tumors or whatever?

I think in THIS CASE she needs to DRIVE HOME to him that unless he gets it looked at and finds out where he stands...that he could die from it.

People DO - and after seeing what my friend went through I wouldn't wish that on anybody.

[can-do-man]

I was going by your quote. Since i'm a stage 4 then why put this **** in me then? i might as well go out and live while i can. To many damn doctors here anymore.

You know i think the world of you but this is the thrid time in a couple weeks i've heard this **** by different people. And i'm sick of it.

[can-do-man]

The person has had this for 3 years, every post i read was he's NOT going to drop dead tomorrow or even soon.

[NYgirl]

The quote was "I can show him that he isnt gonna drop dead tomorrow"

And my point is: how do we know he doesn't have liver cancer, etc. etc.? He could have advanced to that point and we would not have any clue.  Having my friend die has really changed my mind - I think mostly we take this disease TOO lightly. It is SERIOUS sh*t yet a lot of times we are like Oh it's slow progessing you probably have a lot of time....

I'm not saying stage 4 (certainly when I am a stage 3) is fatal - but YOU my friend ARE TREATING.  If you were not treating and just instead went on saying "ah it's a slowly progressing disease" without even having a biopsy or anything.........how many years could your health go on?  Is there a stage 5?

I just really believe it's wise to try and steer people to INVESTIGATE their situation instead of giving blanket statements like we usually do on how slowly progessing it is.........might be a wise thing to do.

And I apologize........I shouldn't have quoted but it just struck me as odd terminolgy at the time.  I certainly don't think of myself as going to drop dead and I have it too you know.

[can-do-man]

LOL, don't worry about it sweety, i miss spell words all the time. You just keep up the good work of being the best cheerleader we got. You've been put through the ringer lately, but your still kind enough to come here and ad a smile to us. Wouldn't know what we'd do without ya. Hope you get feeling better. Take care gal.

[can-do-man]

Your one of my favorites here and you know it. Its just a touchy subject for me. I had a uncle die a long, slow, painful death from lung cancer yet people still smoke. And i'm one of them.

Don't be mad at me, i just don't think scareing people will work. Just might have the different effect. If they think their gonna die anyway. Your still my sweety

[can-do-man]

I agree anyone with this should take it serious. Just this is a support forum and us 4's are fighting this. Advice yes, blanket statements when it comes to me or other 4's here. I just don't see it.