Re: Hi I'm new am I in -- Alley?

[Guest guest]

Hi Alley

It's the scan first...but still waiting for my appointment and even

my results back from Liverpool....takes an age...a person could go

insane with all this waiting...LOL

I've been having really bad headaches too in fact had a bad couple of

days....keep thinking I have something else too and the hcv is just

an also rand...so debilitated just lately...I can't understand if

this disease is so slow and I have had it for years then why I have

gone so downhill in the last month....even the easiest of things have

become a big deal and I need my bed by about lunchtime!!...in a lot

of pain in upper spine (age old problem) and back of neck &

head..does anyone else get this or do you think this is something

else? Can I take painkillers (paracetamol & codeine)? sorry to be a

pain in the bum.

Sue

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> Susie, why not ask your doctor if he is substituting the scan for

the biopsy? I see now that you are in the UK, so that means things

are done a bit differently and you probably have little or no control

over what happens (?). I am asking, I don't know. The biopsy is

what you need. A liver scan is nice, but the biopsy is the best

indicator of liver staging.

>

> Just my opinions of course.

>

> Alley

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[Guest guest]

I know allllll about the waiting! I hate it.

I'm sorry you feel so bad. If you're like me, you will have bad days and good

days. They'll come and go. (maybe bad weeks or bad months) Take care of

yourself best you can with rest, lots of water, good food (not processed, not

fried, you know the routine , vitamins (no iron), de-stress, and like the

surfers say hang 10. (and take your pain pills as needed and don't be ashamed to

take them).

It's something we have to ride t hrough. It's never easy. If you think it's

something not just a " bad hep day " , then defintely see your doctor immediately.

Don't ever let hep be an excuse not to see your doc. I know I've let hep mask

other symptoms and then ended up with a kidney infection or bronititis that was

like the illness from hades, things I had never had before! And never been that

sick before, because I let it go too long, thinking I'd just rest and the hep

would get better. ooops, no, shoulda gone to the doc.

If you feel worse than " normal " , go to the doc.

In the meantime, I am sending you big hugs from Texas where it's suddenly

darn COLD! and I'm sending you are cold weather too.

BTW, I'm making my annual hep Christmas cards. If you wish to receive one (in

land mail) please send me a private email with your info.

Alley