Are All Your Questions Answered?

"Are all your questions answered?" This is a big question in itself. If all the questions you have had about hep C have been satisfactorily answered, then I suppose they are all answered. That isn’t to say you may not have new ones to ask at some point down the road. It may be that you need to know nothing more about hep C and you are done with treatment, cured, and moved on with nothing but a memory, faint or vivid.

Long-term effects of hep C

Has something come up in your health that you think may have some connection to your hep C past? In my observations, many people do not, or don’t make any connection. If you do, is it a question you would ask your primary care doctor or specialist? I would and have, and that is only based on my own understanding of the things that hep C can cause/effect and a desire to learn more.

Yes, I have written extensively about the things that living with chronic hp C can cause that have no direct connection to liver functions. Asking questions is one very good way to find answers or acquire knowledge and understanding. Even if we decide to dismiss the answer or answers, at least we can add one more opinion on the subject. Using our skills in critical thinking, we can make informed decisions about all sorts of things.

Tips for asking questions

Yes, the jargon of medicine and science can be a challenge sometimes, and I struggle with it too. In those situations, it is best to ask for clarification or do some research with our old friend Google. Acknowledging the perils and pitfalls of Google brings us back to the need to use those critical thinking skills.

Having been led down a few rabbit holes or twisting paths here and there myself, it can take some time before we really understand the thing. Science and knowledge/understanding is not a static thing. As much as we think we know for sure today may well be proven wrong in the future, and this is not a new thing. Any scientist worth their salt will agree with that statement because there is evidence of its truth, at least for now.

Are we asking the right questions?

We have all heard,and we believe for the most part, that there are no bad or stupid questions, and there isn’t. On the other hand, the answers are not always so great, but asking in another way or with a different person may give you an answer that makes sense or helps you understand in a fuller way.

Keep asking questions, if you have them. If you don’t, well then, you don’t, and that is fine too.