Comments on: Somebody Has An ALT Score of 60

By: Hep C Boy

Hep C Boy — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:38:41 +0000

Hi Cal, good advice from Carol as per usual.

My 2 cents…

“Probably the worst six months to choose to under go treatement.”

Everybody says that but the reality is that there isn’t really ever a good time, once you get through your course and get promoted you will have a whole other set of challenges and again you will have “Probably the worst six months to choose to under go treatement.”. I would be intersted in your stats, genotype, viral load, liver damage, age, sex [as in gender not how often :)] and weight; I think you need to know all of that before you can make anywhere near an informed choice.

Let me leave you with this quote;

You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand.

- Robert Louis Stevenson

By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:55:56 +0000

Hep C Boy, think it might be an idea to suggest the forum to these people.
http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/hepcforum/

By: Cal

Cal — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:03:46 +0000

Entering week 10 of pegasysi/ribovaring treatment. Not having fun at all. Depressionis the worst of my symptoms.Probably the worst six months to choose to under go treatement. Just informed that I have to take a concentrated course through work in 6 weeks to advance my career. What is very heavy on my mind is what are the chances of sustained viral response if I end treatemtn after 12 weeks. my specialist says he has two patients that have had S.V.R. for one year after taking treatment for 12weeks. I know it is a role of the dice -but franky feel that cointinued treatment will affect my career as i feel I should be put in a rubber room many days..Does any one have any thoughtr or history on this “thought” ?Cal

By: Kim Hagey

Kim Hagey — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:46:44 +0000

I’m just finishing up on week 48 of the pegasys treatments. I wish I had found this sight months ago. I thought all the weird stuff that happened to me was just me being off the wall. I’m glad I wasn’t just going funny.