Things are Getting Better For MeHello: 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...Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
Itching Like Fury: My Hep C StoryA 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...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Beginning MedicineI 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...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Hepatitis C: Recently diagnosed and on treatmentFirst 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...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Why Do I Need to Keep All Appointments with My Provider?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...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Congenital Heart Disease to Hepatitis C Donor’s HeartI'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...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
"Cured" by Mayvret a year and a half agoAfter taking Mayvret for 8 weeks, after 90 days I was cured. I've felt bad ever since. My Dr. says it's depression and has put me on a couple anti-depressants...Reactions0reactionsComments8 comments
So His Death Isn't In VainMy father needlessly died from hepatocellular carcinoma on December 19th, 2018 – the fancy, scientific term for primary liver cancer. There are some cancers that appear out of the blue...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
ME & MY IDENTICAL TWIN, THE AFTERMATH...My identical twin brother and I are experiencing horrible long term side effect's from either or both, having hepatitis C for at least 20 yrs or the chemo meds we...Reactions0reactionsComments7 comments
After 30 Years with hep C, I now live with Interferon Syndrome after treatmentI was given 5 liters of blood because of a car wreck in 1974, I was 18 at the time. In 1975 they diagnosed me with non A non B...Reactions0reactionsComments25 comments
Just Interesting and fun fact! (Congratulations to the Nobel Prize Winners)Nobel Prize in Physiology awarded to the Doctors who discovered Hep C! I don't know why this is a fun fact, but somehow it feels good that the Nobel committee...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Living with chronic hep C over 30 plus yearsMy story starts the day I was born in 1969 when I was given blood transfusion. But I didn't know I had it until 1999. I was told the first...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
My Caregiver JourneyWhatever our life brings us, we must learn how to understand the difficulties that appear down the road. I'm Patricia. Today I'm working as a spiritual awakening coach and have...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
My Hepatitis Story: Living with Both Hep B & CI was diagnosed with both Hep B and C in the 90's after moving to Salem, OR. I remembered my 2nd Mom talked about hepatitis when I was young; how...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Joshua's JourneyOn January 21, 2014 our family received a call for a 17 day old baby boy, Joshua. This precious baby was facing an uncertain future being born dependent on opiods...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Compassion Saves Lives: My Hepatitis C StoryMy journey with hepatitis C started in January 2017. Actually, my journey with hepatitis C started prior to 2017, as I am a person who has struggled with problematic substance...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Fighting Stigma with Education: My Hepatitis C StoryThe first time I heard the term, "hepatitis C," I was a teenager sitting in a doctors office, and this was also as you might already expect, my day of...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
My Long Hepatitis C JourneyMy hepatitis C journey all started to end in 1994-95 when I was diagnosed. At first, I did feel so weak and so cold all the time. In 1997, I...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Living with hep C's long-term side effectsI was told I had hep C when I was in my twenty's. Now I'm 61 and in just the past couple of months, my stomach has been swollen up...Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
Interferon in 1996In 1996 I used interferon injections for a year. At that time then non-detectible after treatment. Now in my mid 60's I have developed diabetes and hypothyroidism. I take 500...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments