Stories

In the 1980s I would have been the last person on this planet to have hepatitis C. I was a momma's boy and did not associate with people who liked...

I donated blood in 1995. The blood bank sent me a letter advising me of my diagnosis. I sought help from a gastroenterologist who performed a liver biopsy, and then...

I was 58 years old when my primary physician said she could not find anywhere if I had been tested for hepatitis C. I told her I didn't need to...

At my final check-up and officially cured. I am so grateful...

I have had hepatitis C since I was 19. I'm now 48 and need a transplant so I can survive. I tried Interferon when I found out in 1993, but...

Denial has got to be one of the strongest emotions there is. I lived in denial for twenty-plus years. No obvious symptoms, no illness, didn’t feel bad, living my life...

I was diagnosed with hep c in November 2021. I felt every emotion possible when I was informed I had this virus. I’m told by my specialist I have cirrhosis...

I found out I had covid-19 and hep C at the same time, I have been in three hospitals, and I have anxiety and depression. I am on hep C...

In 1986 I was 12 years old and had open back surgery. I was diagnosed with scoliosis since about five or six years old. In May of 2021 I was...

Hello All. Just wanted to update everyone on my journey. I am finished with my medicine and my labs are very good, however, I do have some liver damage, but...

Back in 1996, on the recommendation of a gastroenterologist, I went on interferon (IFN) for hep C for stage 0-1. I had no symptoms. I started having very bad labs...

I started with knowing I had Hep c in the year 2009, I didn't believe it so I did nothing, the following year my sister was diagnosed with stage 3...

"You have Chronic Hepatitis C" - words I never thought I'd here. Words that changed my life. My name is Emily Feikls and this is my Hep C story. A...

I have been reading the side effects of Harvoni. Reading it can cause aggressive cancer. Breast or liver. Is this true? On my 4th wk of treatment. This is making...

Hello: Just wanted to share some progress about my treatment, got my SRV levels back, and the levels are very low, just wanted to share my good news. – Freedom1993...

A year ago, in April, I began to itch all over my body incessantly and it never stopped. After some initial tests it was confirmed I had hep C and...

I started my meds this month, feeling OK, had to get some medication for anxiety? and insomnia, but all is well, trying to stay focused..will keep updated on end results...

First I was diagnosed with idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura. Medication was started but still platelet count stuck at 10k and I am consulting a hematologist for this later on my SGPT...

I, as a patient navigator, for a hepatitis C program can not stress enough one, the importance of having a primary care provider. In my career, I find that the...

I'm 48 years old and I had tricuspid atresia, pulmonary stenosis, mitral valve regurgitation, pactus ductus aorta, atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, transposition of greater vessels, hypoplastic right heart...