Guest guest Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Hello, My name is Sharon. I've been here (on this group) several times and now I've returned. This is a good, informative group. I've had Hepc now for 30 years, genotype 2a. Have had treatment once and relapsed. Last biopsy, in 2001, I had stage one fibrosis and stage 2 inflammation, whatever that means. Recently, I had a lap band installed, during which the doc saw through his scopes that there is extensive damage to my liver. Also some anomalies in the layout of my organs and an extra vein alongside the liver. Bless his heart, he took pics of the damage and will send them to my hep doc. According to him, my stage one has progressed to what he thinks looks like cirrohsis. I don't drink or smoke and haven't for many years. I don't use drugs or ingest a lot of caffeine and try to eat good rounded nutritional meals. My question is how did this happen? Am I again an anomaly? Hep C is supposed to move very slowly, but obviously was quite speedy in my case. I've complained of various ailment over the past year at least, like trouble voiding water and thinking I had a bladder infection when none was found. I'm angry, confused and scared now. I am losing weight, which cannot be anything else but positive. I can take treatment again if the drug company thinks I'm poor enough, but cirrhosis is not reservsible. I need some info as to what that means. If I take treatment again, will the progress stop? Will it develop into liver cancer? My doc is rather hard to talk to, too dang smart and finds it hard to come down to earth. Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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