Welcome To My "HEP C" Life

Hepatitis C is a blood disease that affects the liver. There is a tx that I am now on which is a mixture of "interferon" injections 1x a week and 1200mg in pill form of "Ribavirin" dailly. This is an extreme and rigorous 48 week treatment and I have started september 22nd 2006

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Location: moundsview, Minnesota, United States

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

I'm Negative!!

My nurse called me today. She said that when I had my last labs done they did do a hepatitis C test and she just got it today. It is showing "NEGATIVE" .Its been 5 shots and my last lab showed negative, They are calling me a super responder. There is still a chance that I may relapse after I get done with treatment ( that means that after 6 months when I go for my follow up - after I finish my treatment, I may all of a sudden show positivew again) but there is a 95% chance that I will not. I sure will take those odds.

My nurse also says that she will not take me off the the tx early and that I will be on the full 48 weeks. I am grateful for that. Sometimes, some Nurses will take there patients off at 24 weeks but she wants to make sure that all of the virus stay killed. I will put up with these side effects for a negative result. Its only 48 weeks out of my whole life, thats just a whisper in time....

This doesn't mean I am out of the woods. There is a lot of foliage and brush I will have to go through over the next year. But I can see the sun peaking its rays down upon me and It has me feeling warm.

There is hope out there

I can thank God and all of your prayers and warm-filled thoughts for that.

Thank you