Tallblonde

[Forseegood]

hi, hate to be so public in telling you this, but I have no other way really.....you and I have always been in "somewhat" the same boat in terms of how we've been dealing with our disease, anyway, I had a fibroscan today, like a few other members here....and I think it would be great for you to get one too, great relief off my mind and there are no big gauge needles to deal with! You probably know it's a scanning procedure, that gives you images of the entire liver...anyway, don't know if you do, but if so, Ina has my info and I could get you in touch with the good doctor, it's here in Los Angeles in a fairly beutiful setting...hope youre well...

Just taking a chance, don't even know if youre still reading...maybe so...

[Eisbein]

I got it and made a hard copy. I will start reading tonight and summerize every paragraph. Understanding is easy, translating is a little harder.
I am busy all day tomorrow, but can do at least some on Wed.
I want to do this right, so cut me some slack. I may translate over several days.

Willing, you don't have cryo, right? Why do you think you need an RA, unless of course you have some rheumatic issues? Is there a connection between HCV and RA that I am not aware of?

Ina

[jmjm530]

Tell me a little more about your acupunturist like how long, how much, how its' going, for what and what is his/her training. So are you going for the Chinese herbal tea, etc. -- wasn't sure? Might help the ole immune system stabalize. I've been thinking about it myself but will wait until my one-year post treatment test comes in negative. Then I'll see but of course with frequent enzyme testing and with someone with references like maybe Zhang, Misha Cohen, etc.

[jmjm530]

Tell me a little more about your acupunturist like how long, how much, how its' going, for what and what is his/her training. So are you going for the Chinese herbal tea, etc. -- wasn't sure? Might help the ole immune system stabalize. I've been thinking about it myself but will wait until my one-year post treatment test comes in negative. Then I'll see but of course with frequent enzyme testing and with someone with references like maybe Zhang, Misha Cohen, etc.

[jmjm530]

Ya, das est de study, I think. If you open it in acrobat, then save it to a text file, you can use any number of online translators -- including the google translator -- to turn it into English. I did such just too lazy to break it into the dozen or so posts required given the thread limitation. But basically, Berg says I'm right and Willing's wrong regarding the more sensitive tests. LOL. I'd better go hide now :)

-- Jim

[Bill1954]

Ooops, here is the link I promised.

http://www.hepatitis-bw.de/HepatitisCBergIndividualisierung2006.pdf

(I'm on dial-up, and I get so impatient for the page to load,I forgot to add the link :-)).

[willing]

Guten tag - whoa.. your level of organization is truly impressive! I'm doing well if I can remember my age. It sure sounds like with the possible exception of the stubborn platelets things are normalizing very well (and thanks for bringing up RA - I was supposed to get tested but keep forgetting to pick up the blood order - I'm gonna go NOW  before I forget again).  Was that BobK you were referring to ? That was quite a  success story - I think that kind of reversal may even be worth the pain of tx regardless of SVR outcome.

I believe this is the study Jim was referring to
http://www.hepatitis-bw.de/HepatitisCBergIndividualisierung2006.pdf
(boy, do I miss the html..)

From just looking at the pretty pictures it looks he's recommending 72 for anyone in the range 10-3000 IU at 12 but I couldn't make out how extensive is the data supporting his recommendation (how large a sample has he tested at the new level of sensitivity) nor what the 48->72 SVR improvement was for those who pushed through to 72 (in his earlier data the improvement was real but not that impressive).