Guest guest Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 how bad is your liver Tim? ric There you go man, keep as cool as you can. Face piles Of trials with smiles. It riles them to believe that you perceive the web they weave. And keep on thinking free........Moody Blues __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 Ric: Last biopsy was two years ago and it showed improvement over previous biopsy two years before that. Doc said I have some fibrosis but was actually in pretty decent shape for having the disease for probably 20 years. I do have some feelings of pressure in the liver area occaisonally that I understand are pretty common. I was just reading another post about treatment and saw no mention of Pegasys treatment and I am not sure of the spelling. But I know it is not the Peg Intron (been there done that). My Gastroenterologist is a good one and he seems to think this Pegasys is the latest greatest. Tim -- - In Hepatitis_C_Central , Ric <richobbs1@y...> wrote: > how bad is your liver Tim? ric > > > There you go man, keep as cool as you can. > Face piles > Of trials > with smiles. It riles them to believe that you perceive the web they weave. > And keep on thinking free........Moody Blues > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 I did the Pegasys/Copegus treatment and as of last August, which was 6 months post-treatment, I was clear. If you did the Peg-Intron then you should have been taking Ribavirin also. I don't know of any studies comparing the effectiveness of Pegasys and Peg-Intron. I have heard that Pegasys is only slightly more effective. Pegasys is supposed to have a longer half-life. My last liver biopsy was in 2000 and it showed stage 2-3 fibrosis and grade 2 inflammation. I'll go back in for another virus test when the research center I work with recruits for a study involving protease or transcriptase inhibitors but that won't be for a few years yet. Everyone wonders why I won't have a virus test yearly when I mention it. They cost money and there's no point in knowing I'm positive if I'm not going to do anything about it. I don't consider myself actually negative so I still don't drink and anything else I can do to pamper my liver. Doug > Re: Pegasys Treatment > > Ric: Last biopsy was two years ago and it showed improvement over > previous biopsy two years before that. Doc said I have some fibrosis > but was actually in pretty decent shape for having the disease for > probably 20 years. I do have some feelings of pressure in the liver > area occaisonally that I understand are pretty common. I was just > reading another post about treatment and saw no mention of Pegasys > treatment and I am not sure of the spelling. But I know it is not the > Peg Intron (been there done that). My Gastroenterologist is a good > one and he seems to think this Pegasys is the latest greatest. Tim -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 Hi Roni. Yep you are right I am 1a and my Doc has had me on everything that has come down the pike and I respond and clear for a little while but the virus always shows back up. I understand it hides in glands. I am in no hurry to go back on treatment and think I am doing fine drinking lots of water and taking some milk thistle. I might start treatment again in a year or so or if something better shows up. Depends on what my next liver biopsy looks like. My Doc doesnt hesitate to put me on drugs, sometimes I think he makes money off of every dose. Also I am very fortunate that it is not costing me anything because workmans comp is paying because I was exposed on the job. Tim > > I have been off the Peg Intron treatment for a year now and my > virus > > cleared temporarily. I have been off and on Treatment for 6 years > and > > last two times the treatment lasted for a full year and wasnt much > > fun but it didnt stop me workin or playin. Just got last liver > > profile today and doc says liver is normal but he wants me to do > this > > new Pegasys with the Rebetron pills for A YEAR AND A HALF. YUK AND > > DOUBLE YUK. My question is has anyone done the Pegasys and was it > any > > worse than the Peg Intron. I have been feelin great and dont want > to > > go on any more treatment. What do you guys think. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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