Guest guest Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Hi Suzy, You are going to have the patience of a saint after all this if you don't go crazy first. I can't believe it has to take that long to schedule a biopsy through a surgeon. Go ahead and vent away and see if you can talk to the schedular or someone. Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment thatsomething else is more important than fear.- Ambrose Redmoon.Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Dear Susie, I just thought I would add to what Danny said. I was dx in the first of September 2003 and I didn't get to start TX until Dec 19th. It was so frustrating, and the closer it got the more anxious I became and more nervous. I started to have panic attacks just from having to wait and think about things. But i can tell ya Girl -- I got myself all worked up for nothing -- TX is difficult yes, but near as bad as what I thought. And if I would have known then what i do now -- I would have lost more weight and have gotten myself into a little better shape. Also I would have enjoyed things more and maybe traveled a little bit more. Right now, when I have to travel, it can be ver taxing on my ole body... I know it's tough Girl.... but hang in there, and try to enjoy all the time you have before you start tx, because once you start, you don't want to stop in the middle for one reason or another... Love, Hugs, and Prayers to you and all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Suzie, If you've already done tx, why do you have to have another biopsy to start again? I've heard Infergen is the drug of choice for non-responders these days. Faith is the ability to not panic. -----Original Message-----From: suzie Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 11:53 PMTo: HepatitisCSupportGroupForDummies Subject: Re: Biopsy vs tx Hi Danny, Thanks for the understanding & the advice. These groups are my only support system, the people here have gotten me through some really bad times - times when I have just wanted to give up , curl up & let the hep kill me if thet's what it really wants to do. Sometimes I get the feeling that viruses are smarter than we think & enjoy tormenting me. I fought this tx for so long - I've already done it twice, once interferon monotherapy & once interferon plus Ribivirin . I did not respond either time but I did get all the side effects you could name & worked full time. I didn't want to go through it again but my doc blackmailed me into doing it by threatening to refer me to a specialist in Toronto which is approx 1,000 miles from here. He said if I wouldn't go on tx he couldn't be my doctor any more. So I said yes - that was last fall . Now I WANT to do tx . I've seen so many in these groups go on tx & report clearing the virus that I want it too.. I now have some hope that there's a future out there for me & now this!! I have to learn patience . I'm 53 years old & I've had hep c for most of them (since 1969 dx'd 1990) you'd think I'd have it down by now. Sorry , I didn't mean to write a book. Thanks for being there, Suzie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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