About Labs and Dying from HepC

[Guest guest]

Happy New Year everyone!

To the person who was told you only have 2 yrs left. DO NOT BELIEVE

THAT CRAP!! I was told in 1998 that I would most likely need a

transplant in 5 yrs. Well it's now 2007 and I am still not in

cirrhosis and nowhere near needing a new liver. I knew another woman

who was told that and then had a biopsy. She didn't even HAVE liver

damage!

With HepC, as with most diseases, they CANNOT tell how long you have

before you die. Most people with HepC do NOT die from it. Only God

knows when you are going to die and He's never shared that

information that I know of.

If you do not do the treatment you will not die. If you do not have

at a minimum of Stage 3 fibrosis on biopsy, and are a Genotype 1, the

chances of the treatment helping are pretty small anyway. All the

treatment does, if it works at all, is lower the viral load. It also

can slow down the progression to cirrhosis. If you do not drink or do

drugs, eat healthy and get some exercise, you can live just fine with

the disease.

I did every single treatment out there. I never responded to a single

one of them. I do NOT believe in any of the herbal crap because I've

never seen PROOF that it does. Most of it will cause more damage to

your liver than anything else you could be doing. We do not allow the

advertising or " pushing " of herbal remedies on this site for that

exact reason. I live with my HepC and I refuse to allow it to control

my life or define me. I ride with my husband on our Harley (to

Sturgis, Yellowstone, Colorado and all over CA), swim, play and enjoy

life. Listen to your body and do what IT tells you to do. And find a

better doctor.

Every lab has different levels for " Normal " . You can find lab

information on my website @ http://www.geocities.com/1Leighann.

Scroll down to the links and click on Labs & PCR. If you are

receiving copies of your labwork, it will show you on the paperwork

what the " normal " range is for each test done at that particular lab.

If you are not getting copies, start getting them. The only way to

keep up with your situation is by being involved in your health care.

Doctors are not always right, they are not God but are human and make

errors. Some docs push the drugs and won't see you if you won't

treat. So be it. Find a better doctor. Treatment is an OPTION not

something you HAVE to do. Get more involved in your health care and

don't let your disease define you. You could get hit by a bus

tomorrow but you most likely will NOT die from HepC so ENJOY LIFE!!!

LeighAnn

Moderator

[Guest guest]

Happy New Year everyone!

To the person who was told you only have 2 yrs left. DO NOT BELIEVE

THAT CRAP!! I was told in 1998 that I would most likely need a

transplant in 5 yrs. Well it's now 2007 and I am still not in

cirrhosis and nowhere near needing a new liver. I knew another woman

who was told that and then had a biopsy. She didn't even HAVE liver

damage!

With HepC, as with most diseases, they CANNOT tell how long you have

before you die. Most people with HepC do NOT die from it. Only God

knows when you are going to die and He's never shared that

information that I know of.

If you do not do the treatment you will not die. If you do not have

at a minimum of Stage 3 fibrosis on biopsy, and are a Genotype 1, the

chances of the treatment helping are pretty small anyway. All the

treatment does, if it works at all, is lower the viral load. It also

can slow down the progression to cirrhosis. If you do not drink or do

drugs, eat healthy and get some exercise, you can live just fine with

the disease.

I did every single treatment out there. I never responded to a single

one of them. I do NOT believe in any of the herbal crap because I've

never seen PROOF that it does. Most of it will cause more damage to

your liver than anything else you could be doing. We do not allow the

advertising or " pushing " of herbal remedies on this site for that

exact reason. I live with my HepC and I refuse to allow it to control

my life or define me. I ride with my husband on our Harley (to

Sturgis, Yellowstone, Colorado and all over CA), swim, play and enjoy

life. Listen to your body and do what IT tells you to do. And find a

better doctor.

Every lab has different levels for " Normal " . You can find lab

information on my website @ http://www.geocities.com/1Leighann.

Scroll down to the links and click on Labs & PCR. If you are

receiving copies of your labwork, it will show you on the paperwork

what the " normal " range is for each test done at that particular lab.

If you are not getting copies, start getting them. The only way to

keep up with your situation is by being involved in your health care.

Doctors are not always right, they are not God but are human and make

errors. Some docs push the drugs and won't see you if you won't

treat. So be it. Find a better doctor. Treatment is an OPTION not

something you HAVE to do. Get more involved in your health care and

don't let your disease define you. You could get hit by a bus

tomorrow but you most likely will NOT die from HepC so ENJOY LIFE!!!

LeighAnn

Moderator

[Guest guest]

Happy New Year everyone!

To the person who was told you only have 2 yrs left. DO NOT BELIEVE

THAT CRAP!! I was told in 1998 that I would most likely need a

transplant in 5 yrs. Well it's now 2007 and I am still not in

cirrhosis and nowhere near needing a new liver. I knew another woman

who was told that and then had a biopsy. She didn't even HAVE liver

damage!

With HepC, as with most diseases, they CANNOT tell how long you have

before you die. Most people with HepC do NOT die from it. Only God

knows when you are going to die and He's never shared that

information that I know of.

If you do not do the treatment you will not die. If you do not have

at a minimum of Stage 3 fibrosis on biopsy, and are a Genotype 1, the

chances of the treatment helping are pretty small anyway. All the

treatment does, if it works at all, is lower the viral load. It also

can slow down the progression to cirrhosis. If you do not drink or do

drugs, eat healthy and get some exercise, you can live just fine with

the disease.

I did every single treatment out there. I never responded to a single

one of them. I do NOT believe in any of the herbal crap because I've

never seen PROOF that it does. Most of it will cause more damage to

your liver than anything else you could be doing. We do not allow the

advertising or " pushing " of herbal remedies on this site for that

exact reason. I live with my HepC and I refuse to allow it to control

my life or define me. I ride with my husband on our Harley (to

Sturgis, Yellowstone, Colorado and all over CA), swim, play and enjoy

life. Listen to your body and do what IT tells you to do. And find a

better doctor.

Every lab has different levels for " Normal " . You can find lab

information on my website @ http://www.geocities.com/1Leighann.

Scroll down to the links and click on Labs & PCR. If you are

receiving copies of your labwork, it will show you on the paperwork

what the " normal " range is for each test done at that particular lab.

If you are not getting copies, start getting them. The only way to

keep up with your situation is by being involved in your health care.

Doctors are not always right, they are not God but are human and make

errors. Some docs push the drugs and won't see you if you won't

treat. So be it. Find a better doctor. Treatment is an OPTION not

something you HAVE to do. Get more involved in your health care and

don't let your disease define you. You could get hit by a bus

tomorrow but you most likely will NOT die from HepC so ENJOY LIFE!!!

LeighAnn

Moderator

[Guest guest]

Happy New Year everyone!

To the person who was told you only have 2 yrs left. DO NOT BELIEVE

THAT CRAP!! I was told in 1998 that I would most likely need a

transplant in 5 yrs. Well it's now 2007 and I am still not in

cirrhosis and nowhere near needing a new liver. I knew another woman

who was told that and then had a biopsy. She didn't even HAVE liver

damage!

With HepC, as with most diseases, they CANNOT tell how long you have

before you die. Most people with HepC do NOT die from it. Only God

knows when you are going to die and He's never shared that

information that I know of.

If you do not do the treatment you will not die. If you do not have

at a minimum of Stage 3 fibrosis on biopsy, and are a Genotype 1, the

chances of the treatment helping are pretty small anyway. All the

treatment does, if it works at all, is lower the viral load. It also

can slow down the progression to cirrhosis. If you do not drink or do

drugs, eat healthy and get some exercise, you can live just fine with

the disease.

I did every single treatment out there. I never responded to a single

one of them. I do NOT believe in any of the herbal crap because I've

never seen PROOF that it does. Most of it will cause more damage to

your liver than anything else you could be doing. We do not allow the

advertising or " pushing " of herbal remedies on this site for that

exact reason. I live with my HepC and I refuse to allow it to control

my life or define me. I ride with my husband on our Harley (to

Sturgis, Yellowstone, Colorado and all over CA), swim, play and enjoy

life. Listen to your body and do what IT tells you to do. And find a

better doctor.

Every lab has different levels for " Normal " . You can find lab

information on my website @ http://www.geocities.com/1Leighann.

Scroll down to the links and click on Labs & PCR. If you are

receiving copies of your labwork, it will show you on the paperwork

what the " normal " range is for each test done at that particular lab.

If you are not getting copies, start getting them. The only way to

keep up with your situation is by being involved in your health care.

Doctors are not always right, they are not God but are human and make

errors. Some docs push the drugs and won't see you if you won't

treat. So be it. Find a better doctor. Treatment is an OPTION not

something you HAVE to do. Get more involved in your health care and

don't let your disease define you. You could get hit by a bus

tomorrow but you most likely will NOT die from HepC so ENJOY LIFE!!!

LeighAnn

Moderator