SCARED STIFF
Hello, my nickname is Tink and I've recently found out that I have Hepatitis C. I'm living in a fog at the moment - I can't believe what is happening to me!
I went along to the GP with a lump in my stomach area and complaints of being continually tired. The lump turned out to be a hernia and the fatigue, which was initially thought to be Glandular Fever, turned out to be the Hep C virus. I've sort of heard of it but until now did not know a single thing about it. I had to rush home and dig around on the internet to find out exactly what it was all about. The more I read the more sick and scared I became.
I live on an island in the middle of the Irish Sea so doctors here are not so well used to dealing with alot of this sort of thing. They gave me an ultrascan and told me about the treatment and my immediate reaction was 'absolutely no way'. I very rarely take any sort of medication - I hate the thought of all those poisons being in my body. I hate needles - I took the day off school when we were due to have the TB jab just to get out of it. I forced myself to read whatever I could find on the internet and after reading alot of other Blogs and HepC sites, I realised that I do not even know what Genotype I have or what my Viral Load Count is..... questions I did not even know to ask when I saw my specialist.
I couldn't live without knowing these things any longer so last week I contacted a Liver Specialist in London and within 24 hours he had arranged for me and my husband to meet him....he gave me all the tests and 3 days later I had a liver biopsy. That was last Thursday and I expect to hear the results next Wednesday. My specialist thinks that because I probably 'got' the virus from an operation I had in Canada some 23 years ago, it is likely to be Genotype 1 which means, I believe, a full year of that dreaded treatment. It is amazing that I am now even considering it...only a week ago I was dead against it. Just meeting and talking to someone who knows so much about the Liver and Hep C has made me feel so much better. I feel strangely at peace - sounds daft - the lull before the storm perhaps....?
I went along to the GP with a lump in my stomach area and complaints of being continually tired. The lump turned out to be a hernia and the fatigue, which was initially thought to be Glandular Fever, turned out to be the Hep C virus. I've sort of heard of it but until now did not know a single thing about it. I had to rush home and dig around on the internet to find out exactly what it was all about. The more I read the more sick and scared I became.
I live on an island in the middle of the Irish Sea so doctors here are not so well used to dealing with alot of this sort of thing. They gave me an ultrascan and told me about the treatment and my immediate reaction was 'absolutely no way'. I very rarely take any sort of medication - I hate the thought of all those poisons being in my body. I hate needles - I took the day off school when we were due to have the TB jab just to get out of it. I forced myself to read whatever I could find on the internet and after reading alot of other Blogs and HepC sites, I realised that I do not even know what Genotype I have or what my Viral Load Count is..... questions I did not even know to ask when I saw my specialist.
I couldn't live without knowing these things any longer so last week I contacted a Liver Specialist in London and within 24 hours he had arranged for me and my husband to meet him....he gave me all the tests and 3 days later I had a liver biopsy. That was last Thursday and I expect to hear the results next Wednesday. My specialist thinks that because I probably 'got' the virus from an operation I had in Canada some 23 years ago, it is likely to be Genotype 1 which means, I believe, a full year of that dreaded treatment. It is amazing that I am now even considering it...only a week ago I was dead against it. Just meeting and talking to someone who knows so much about the Liver and Hep C has made me feel so much better. I feel strangely at peace - sounds daft - the lull before the storm perhaps....?
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I was diagnosed as HEPATITIS B carrier in 2013 with fibrosis of the
liver already present. I started on antiviral medications which
reduced the viral load initially. After a couple of years the virus
became resistant. I started on HEPATITIS B Herbal treatment from
ULTIMATE LIFE CLINIC (www.ultimatelifeclinic.com) in March, 2020. Their
treatment totally reversed the virus. I did another blood test after
the 6 months long treatment and tested negative to the virus. Amazing
treatment! This treatment is a breakthrough for all HBV carriers.
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