RE: Re: New to the group/Stacey

[Guest guest]

My

surgeon had to quit being a surgeon when he was diagnosed a couple years after

my surgery. I only know about it because he went to my church. He

started a free clinic & I don’t know how much “hands on”

he is now.

“Cure”

is a debatable word in the hcv world. Some people/doctors consider you

cured if you remain undetectable for 6 months after treatment (SVR-sustained

viral response). More, I think, feel like I do – there is not cure,

just control. I’m not “cured” if I still can’t

give blood, and I think of it more like a remission, because I have to be

tested every year and there’s always a small chance it can come back.

I think most of the old-timers on this group feel the same way I do, that there

isn’t a cure.

Tx

(treatment) does dry out your skin.

Re: New to the group

Hi ,

I have had the genotype. 1b. I dont know what that means, but that's

what I was told. It's nearly impossible to get to treatment because I

have medicaid. I don't work. It takes months and months for an appt in

the city I live closest too. I have not had the biopsy yet. I was quite

surprised to hear that your surgeon (gallbladder) has it. I thought

that you couldn't work with patients if you have hep. I imagine that

he/she has had the treatment. May I ask, if the treatment is

successful, if you get it down to undetectable, does that mean that you

are 'cured' from hep c? Also, does anyone else who has hep c also have

psoriasis? I have a severe case of it. Covers my arms and legs by about

45%. I have heard that the hep treatment makes it worse. Does anyone

know anything about the two?

Stacey