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Hi Everyone:

My name is Jim, I'm a 45 year old male. who lives just south of

Atlanta Georgia.. I fould out that I had hepatitis C back in 1998

while donating my own blood for myself. for an upcoming hip

replacement. I was given several blood transfusions back in the mid

80's after being hit by a train..(no car, it's a long story..)

so I am " assuming " that is how I acquired this virus..I tried the

interferon/peg treatment two seperate times, and while on my second

attempt...I awoke one morning in about the third month of treatment,

to discover that I had lost 93% of my hearing on the right side..

After several test and scans to rule out blood clots, brain

tumors, etc. I can only say the peg/interferon was the only other

thing that it could be...but then again I am " assuming " here..but I

did read several articles on accute hearing lost associated with

this treatment.

Needless to say, I'm too scared to try this again. so I am now

stuck between a rock and a hard place. as to what to do next..I did

a liver bio. and they said that I was stage 2-3

But what I need here is ANY AND ALL INPUT all opinions are more

than welcomed.. I need to find out all that I can about this " virus "

and it seems that just about every web site has a different take on

it. so I don't know what to believe and what not to believe.

Even the couple of doctors (specialist) that I have seen, don't

seem to even know the symptons of hep/c. more less how to properly

treat it..

please forgive me for the long windedness here.. but I'm pretty

much living the hermit life lately. with no one to talk to about

this at all....or at least no one with any kind of

intelligence...thank you all in advance for any help or information

and for just taking the time to real this at all..