I have chronic Hep C...they think over 30 years..it just showed symptoms at the end of 2007...found out in Feb.2008, have cirrhosis, stage A before tx, COPD, hypertension, GERD...severe itching, rashes, fluid retention, memory problems, depression, gall bladder removed in Dec..that is how they found out about the cirrhosis...viral load of over 5 million, geno-type 1b...went on copegus and Pegasus for 5 months...hemoglobin went down and my platelets are at 78...was fired from my job due to this...no insurance...the doctor is no longer seeing me...no money...it takes the government up to or more than a year...so .... I am not being treated, no medicine, and no answers. And, we are selling off everything we own just to eat and get gas to drive around to all the state appointments.
My question is...will I continue to feel worse...the dizziness,itching,burning and fatigue are the worse...the rest I can deal with...is this an after effect of the tx or is my liver getting worse? What can I do that has no cost involved to help the symptoms?