Riba rash is little tiny bumps that start out very very small and then begin to itch as if you have chickenpox. in fact that is what I think of them as. If you itch them alot they can get infected and then scar. Yuck that is what happened to me.
I found that using a […]

Simple question but some people see confusion in the answers, lets dumb it down and clear it all up.
Is Hepatitis C a Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)?
No. Hepatitis C is not primarily or frequently transmitted via sexual intercourse or other intimate sexual contact.
Can I catch Hepatitis C as a result of sexual intercourse or other intimate […]

So there you are just walking down the street minding your own business when BANG you trip up on a bit of paving stone, the first thought that pops into your mind is….
a) “I’m going to sue the people who laid that stone”
b) “I need to watch where I’m going”
Now its not my […]

Rule 4
Deserves got nothing to do with it.
Here in the UK we have a free health service paid for with taxpayers money, its not perfect but I’m a big fan. The danger with such a service is that people can start to think in terms of “entitled” or “deserve”, thinking like that will kill you.
You […]

Buy a pill box [you may be able to get a free one from your nurse but the pound type shops sell them], you will forget whether you have taken your ribavirin or not sooner or later, a pill box will take the thinking out the job.

Rule 3
Be ready to go on the “B” of the Biopsy.
Now remember I’m a UK boy so YMMV but….
You will probably experience quite a bit of time between first presenting at your Doctors with symptoms and starting treatment, somewhere between 6 and 12 months seems about the going rate. There are a few milestones on […]

Rule 2
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
It seems that there is a certain demographic of Hep C people who view the medical profession as their enemies, this leads to potential conflicts in treatment. My view is that it is a team effort in beating the virus, to wage war effectively you need all […]

Martin has some excellect “rules” at his site, well worth a read.
Let me chip a few of my own in over the next few weeks.
Rule 1
A very dear friend of mine, who has had a lot of experience of chronic illness in his family over the years, hammered away at me with this until […]