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cant decide whether to treat
Have had hep c for 22 years. I feel good. I have been thinking about treatment for the longest time. I just had by biopsy on mOnday havent gotten results yet. I have been weighing the pros and cons for a year and just cant decide whether to treat. Ive been reading and reading and reading and so many people after treatment are worse off than before. I dont think I can ever come to a decision. For example everyone says Ive had this disease for 37 years..Im still here...or someone else will say after all these years we will all die having hep. WHy put poison in our bodies and get 3 more diseases when we only have one now??? On the other hand some have cleared and are well.
ANd others say there is NO CURE for hep c this is just a new drug thats been around for a few yars and people want it out of their body. Well I do too. But at what risk? I am so tired of thinking about this...I cant function anymore just thinking and trying to make a decision....I have a viral load of 8 million, just had liver scan which was normal and for the first time my alts are normal in the last two years (which I find strange) since they have been elevated the last 20 years? I feel so sick with making the wrong decision and like I said I have been trying to make a decision for a year. I feel so mentally sick I cant function here in the office, I dont even want to get in the car and drive. I have had NO life.
WHy are so any people suffering year or two after treatment? why cant they get out of bed? They felt fine before? ANd I know there are sucess stories...but but outweighs what??
ANd others say there is NO CURE for hep c this is just a new drug thats been around for a few yars and people want it out of their body. Well I do too. But at what risk? I am so tired of thinking about this...I cant function anymore just thinking and trying to make a decision....I have a viral load of 8 million, just had liver scan which was normal and for the first time my alts are normal in the last two years (which I find strange) since they have been elevated the last 20 years? I feel so sick with making the wrong decision and like I said I have been trying to make a decision for a year. I feel so mentally sick I cant function here in the office, I dont even want to get in the car and drive. I have had NO life.
WHy are so any people suffering year or two after treatment? why cant they get out of bed? They felt fine before? ANd I know there are sucess stories...but but outweighs what??
Thanks so much for responding. Am I the kind of person that can live with the virus. Well the answer is I have been since 1984. No problems that Im aware of....Ive been living pretty good. Im just 100% out of control. And of course I dont know what damage has been done in 23 years.
How can a person be so so strong in every aspect of life and yet be a total
nutjob when it comes to this?? Oh goodness..........
How can a person be so so strong in every aspect of life and yet be a total
nutjob when it comes to this?? Oh goodness..........
If you want to make an informed decision and have an informed discussion wait for your biopsy results. Once you have the results this issue can be seen with a much clearer focus and then the discussion can begin with some important information to guide it. Mike
Please tell me how you are now?? I would appreciate that. I need all the help I can get.
no night sweats...however from the anxiety I have been sweating.
I have lived with this since 1984. Now Im freaking!!!
I have lived with this since 1984. Now Im freaking!!!
no night sweats...however from the anxiety I have been sweating.
I have lived with this since 1984. Now Im freaking!!!
I have lived with this since 1984. Now Im freaking!!!
8 million IU/ml equals 6.9 log. Remember when comparing viral loads, logs make more sense.
From what I heard a low viral load can be equally dangerous as a high. That is why we need to have a biopsy to see the true state of our liver.
The difference between a high and a low baseline viral load is that the SVR rate is higher for low viral loads. It is more common to get an RVR (UND at week 4) with a low viral load. But if you do get an RVR the SVR rate is looking good for both high and low viral load.
The optimal cut-off point for low viral loads seems to be considered 400'000 IU/ml nowadays, that is 5.6 log.
I understand that as long as you are considered to have a high viral load, it does not matter if it is 1 or 8 or 25 million IU/ml.
25 million = 7.4 log
8 million = 6.9 log
1 million = 6 log
The difference is not that great. Also a variation of less than 1 log of viral load does not indicate an actual change, it is within the range of the test to differ like that.
From what I heard a low viral load can be equally dangerous as a high. That is why we need to have a biopsy to see the true state of our liver.
The difference between a high and a low baseline viral load is that the SVR rate is higher for low viral loads. It is more common to get an RVR (UND at week 4) with a low viral load. But if you do get an RVR the SVR rate is looking good for both high and low viral load.
The optimal cut-off point for low viral loads seems to be considered 400'000 IU/ml nowadays, that is 5.6 log.
I understand that as long as you are considered to have a high viral load, it does not matter if it is 1 or 8 or 25 million IU/ml.
25 million = 7.4 log
8 million = 6.9 log
1 million = 6 log
The difference is not that great. Also a variation of less than 1 log of viral load does not indicate an actual change, it is within the range of the test to differ like that.
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