Guest guest Posted October 26, 2001 Report Share Posted October 26, 2001 Hi Jen,<br>I'm sorry I don't know what that is unless it means your antibodies are working overtime fighting the disease. It sounds like your mind is working over time on the stress factor. I know it's hard to get your mind off of it. It drove me in to a 2 year denial. The best consilation is it's a slow disease. Catching it early is a big plus making chances of arresting it a lot better. This new Peg combo is the third drug out (even stronger) since the disease has been recognized. I read on a post in another club that an even newer drug has been discovered that is even more promising to fight & arrest this thing. <br>Good luck.<br>Reg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2001 Report Share Posted October 26, 2001 Hi Jen,<br>I'm sorry I don't know what that is unless it means your antibodies are working overtime fighting the disease. It sounds like your mind is working over time on the stress factor. I know it's hard to get your mind off of it. It drove me in to a 2 year denial. The best consilation is it's a slow disease. Catching it early is a big plus making chances of arresting it a lot better. This new Peg combo is the third drug out (even stronger) since the disease has been recognized. I read on a post in another club that an even newer drug has been discovered that is even more promising to fight & arrest this thing. <br>Good luck.<br>Reg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2001 Report Share Posted October 26, 2001 Thanks for your response Reg!<br><br>I posted about a wk ago, but I can't remember what I wrote. My mind is going too! LOL! He is my story in a nutshell. I was pg and had a very rough pg after 2 m/c's. Through the entire pg, i was Extremely fatigued. Almost incapacitating. I thought it was because of the pregnancy. Now I wonder. Anyway, at the end of the pg I had very bad right upper quad pain. I told the OB about it, and he ran a liver function test to see if my enzymes were elevated because I had preeclampsia(high BP). They were fine, and the end of March I delivered a healthy baby. My symptoms got worse. I thought it was fatigue from a new baby. The pain became more severe and persistant with extreme nausea. I finally went to the MD in June, and he suspected my gallbladder. Sent me for an u/s and blood work. U/s came back ok, but enzymes were elevated. He otld me to consider my blood infected, and ran Hep A,B,andC antibody bloodtests. They all came back negative. They ran some other tests, and never found anything. My enzymes continued to slowly come down. My symptoms however became worse. I itch, I am fatigued. The pain in my ribs and back are horrible, and my joints kill me! Sept 11th, they called to say my enzymes were back to normal levels. 2 wks ago, they were elevated once again. At that time my GI said he was sure I had Hep C, and that I had a recent infection when they tested back in June, and that is why it was negative. He didn't want to test me again until Dec, and said even if ++ he wouldn't start any treatment on me. I have since switched GI's. I see the new guy on Nov 5th, where I will find out the results of my PCR test. I too am in denial and can't believe I could have this! Especially if it is a recent infection! I was told by the pediatrician today that if I am +, that my 7 mth old son most likely is too....I am heartsick.I want to crawl in a whole and hide from the world. I know how many of you feel about telling people what you have. My sweet mother in law told me only prostitutes and drug addicts get this disease. People can be sooo ignorant! <br><br>Well, thanks for letting me vent!<br>Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2001 Report Share Posted October 26, 2001 Thanks for your response Reg!<br><br>I posted about a wk ago, but I can't remember what I wrote. My mind is going too! LOL! He is my story in a nutshell. I was pg and had a very rough pg after 2 m/c's. Through the entire pg, i was Extremely fatigued. Almost incapacitating. I thought it was because of the pregnancy. Now I wonder. Anyway, at the end of the pg I had very bad right upper quad pain. I told the OB about it, and he ran a liver function test to see if my enzymes were elevated because I had preeclampsia(high BP). They were fine, and the end of March I delivered a healthy baby. My symptoms got worse. I thought it was fatigue from a new baby. The pain became more severe and persistant with extreme nausea. I finally went to the MD in June, and he suspected my gallbladder. Sent me for an u/s and blood work. U/s came back ok, but enzymes were elevated. He otld me to consider my blood infected, and ran Hep A,B,andC antibody bloodtests. They all came back negative. They ran some other tests, and never found anything. My enzymes continued to slowly come down. My symptoms however became worse. I itch, I am fatigued. The pain in my ribs and back are horrible, and my joints kill me! Sept 11th, they called to say my enzymes were back to normal levels. 2 wks ago, they were elevated once again. At that time my GI said he was sure I had Hep C, and that I had a recent infection when they tested back in June, and that is why it was negative. He didn't want to test me again until Dec, and said even if ++ he wouldn't start any treatment on me. I have since switched GI's. I see the new guy on Nov 5th, where I will find out the results of my PCR test. I too am in denial and can't believe I could have this! Especially if it is a recent infection! I was told by the pediatrician today that if I am +, that my 7 mth old son most likely is too....I am heartsick.I want to crawl in a whole and hide from the world. I know how many of you feel about telling people what you have. My sweet mother in law told me only prostitutes and drug addicts get this disease. People can be sooo ignorant! <br><br>Well, thanks for letting me vent!<br>Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2001 Report Share Posted October 27, 2001 It can be hard when ignorance plays a part in our lives,but love those people too,help them understand,remind them who you are,and help them learn as we learn about this diease we have.when afraid people feel threaten and say hurtfull things,don't let them have a free pass tho,educate yourself and them <br>My lifestyle choices when younger is why I have to deal with this now,my family already knows that,they've learned over the past 9 years that I'm still me,just sick,not a threat<br> " Love them anyways we're here for only a short time " Smiles..jac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2001 Report Share Posted October 27, 2001 It can be hard when ignorance plays a part in our lives,but love those people too,help them understand,remind them who you are,and help them learn as we learn about this diease we have.when afraid people feel threaten and say hurtfull things,don't let them have a free pass tho,educate yourself and them <br>My lifestyle choices when younger is why I have to deal with this now,my family already knows that,they've learned over the past 9 years that I'm still me,just sick,not a threat<br> " Love them anyways we're here for only a short time " Smiles..jac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2001 Report Share Posted October 29, 2001 Jen,<br>I'm sorry to hear that. Has your son been tested? If not, don't fall prey to insinuation. If you think you contracted the virus during delivery there's a good chance he could be virus free. I've read that women who have the virus have perfectly normal children. Remember this virus sometimes is fought off alone by your own body. That's why some doc's wait a few months before starting treatment. For all you know you could have been carrying the virus for years & your pregnancy weakened your system just enough to allow the virus to surface. If, in fact, you do have it it could subside again. I hope all turns out well. Keep in touch & good luck.<br>Reg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2001 Report Share Posted October 29, 2001 Jen,<br>I'm sorry to hear that. Has your son been tested? If not, don't fall prey to insinuation. If you think you contracted the virus during delivery there's a good chance he could be virus free. I've read that women who have the virus have perfectly normal children. Remember this virus sometimes is fought off alone by your own body. That's why some doc's wait a few months before starting treatment. For all you know you could have been carrying the virus for years & your pregnancy weakened your system just enough to allow the virus to surface. If, in fact, you do have it it could subside again. I hope all turns out well. Keep in touch & good luck.<br>Reg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 Hello there Just a quick question - I'm trying to find out about getting tests done privately as I cannot get them done via my GP or via the endo. I think I may have found somewhere which I shall tell you about for the information of anyone from UK - if it works out. Just need to check about the antibody test - is a thyroglobulin antibodies (TgAb) test the same as the TSI that we talk about here???? Thanking you in advance, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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