Guest guest Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 You are 100% correct that N CAL is beautiful, I grew in that area, I just recently moved away, and do not miss it for a min, now when I put my blinker on and other cars slows down and lets me in. In CA you can not signal as people think you will take their space and speed up to block you from going into their lane. It’s like bumper cars on the freeways. This just one of many examples of the attitude of over 50% of the people that lives in the bay area. There noises are stuck so high they believe that are the next best thing to God. This is just my option. I have lived around the world and traveled most of it. Only one other place in the world I think is worse then the bay area and that is (Parris, France). If you live in the Bay area and I have offended you I’m sorry I only am telling you how I feel about where I was born and raised. Home is no Central Texas… and I love it here…. Most of all the People… Here is another example when I lived in CA I did not know my neibors and they lived only 30 feet to the side of me. Where I live all my neibors have 5 – 15 acres and I know all of them for a mile each way, they waye to us as we drive by and where we first moved in we had so many pies brought to us as welcome to the area >>I've been to Grass Valley! I used to drive truck for Safeway... all of northern CA grocery and produce is serviced (or was) out of the warehouses near >>Berkley. Bakery was in Sac. G.V. is on the way to Squaw Valley, just off 80. Right? We used to go skiing pretty often when I lived in the bay area... ages >>ago... >>Jax is right, that area is pretty. BUT NOT AS PRETTY AS OREGON!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Oh yeah Tim, I would agree with you about the bay area!! My mom lived in Santa which is about 60 miles north of the bay and just getting to her home was awful,, I know what you mean about the traffic! just awful!! HOWEVER, its not like that here in Grass Valley,, people are very polite here and that is one of the reasons I love it here... I have friends who live in Texas too and they say the same thing you do.. they just love it,, I would be happy to live there myself too... and the cost of living is so much cheaper and you can get a heck of a lot more bang for your buck there , especially as compared to Calif!!!Tim Flynn wrote: You are 100% correct that N CAL is beautiful, I grew in that area, I just recently moved away, and do not miss it for a min, now when I put my blinker on and other cars slows down and lets me in. In CA you can not signal as people think you will take their space and speed up to block you from going into their lane. It’s like bumper cars on the freeways. This just one of many examples of the attitude of over 50% of the people that lives in the bay area. There noises are stuck so high they believe that are the next best thing to God. This is just my option. I have lived around the world and traveled most of it. Only one other place in the world I think is worse then the bay area and that is (Parris, France). If you live in the Bay area and I have offended you I’m sorry I only am telling you how I feel about where I was born and raised. Home is no Central Texas… and I love it here…. Most of all the People… Here is another example when I lived in CA I did not know my neibors and they lived only 30 feet to the side of me. Where I live all my neibors have 5 – 15 acres and I know all of them for a mile each way, they waye to us as we drive by and where we first moved in we had so many pies brought to us as welcome to the area >>I've been to Grass Valley! I used to drive truck for Safeway... all of northern CA grocery and produce is serviced (or was) out of the warehouses near >>Berkley. Bakery was in Sac. G.V. is on the way to Squaw Valley, just off 80. Right? We used to go skiing pretty often when I lived in the bay area... ages >>ago... >>Jax is right, that area is pretty. BUT NOT AS PRETTY AS OREGON!!! Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Oh yeah Tim, I would agree with you about the bay area!! My mom lived in Santa which is about 60 miles north of the bay and just getting to her home was awful,, I know what you mean about the traffic! just awful!! HOWEVER, its not like that here in Grass Valley,, people are very polite here and that is one of the reasons I love it here... I have friends who live in Texas too and they say the same thing you do.. they just love it,, I would be happy to live there myself too... and the cost of living is so much cheaper and you can get a heck of a lot more bang for your buck there , especially as compared to Calif!!!Tim Flynn wrote: You are 100% correct that N CAL is beautiful, I grew in that area, I just recently moved away, and do not miss it for a min, now when I put my blinker on and other cars slows down and lets me in. In CA you can not signal as people think you will take their space and speed up to block you from going into their lane. It’s like bumper cars on the freeways. This just one of many examples of the attitude of over 50% of the people that lives in the bay area. There noises are stuck so high they believe that are the next best thing to God. This is just my option. I have lived around the world and traveled most of it. Only one other place in the world I think is worse then the bay area and that is (Parris, France). If you live in the Bay area and I have offended you I’m sorry I only am telling you how I feel about where I was born and raised. Home is no Central Texas… and I love it here…. Most of all the People… Here is another example when I lived in CA I did not know my neibors and they lived only 30 feet to the side of me. Where I live all my neibors have 5 – 15 acres and I know all of them for a mile each way, they waye to us as we drive by and where we first moved in we had so many pies brought to us as welcome to the area >>I've been to Grass Valley! I used to drive truck for Safeway... all of northern CA grocery and produce is serviced (or was) out of the warehouses near >>Berkley. Bakery was in Sac. G.V. is on the way to Squaw Valley, just off 80. Right? We used to go skiing pretty often when I lived in the bay area... ages >>ago... >>Jax is right, that area is pretty. BUT NOT AS PRETTY AS OREGON!!! Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Oh yeah Tim, I would agree with you about the bay area!! My mom lived in Santa which is about 60 miles north of the bay and just getting to her home was awful,, I know what you mean about the traffic! just awful!! HOWEVER, its not like that here in Grass Valley,, people are very polite here and that is one of the reasons I love it here... I have friends who live in Texas too and they say the same thing you do.. they just love it,, I would be happy to live there myself too... and the cost of living is so much cheaper and you can get a heck of a lot more bang for your buck there , especially as compared to Calif!!!Tim Flynn wrote: You are 100% correct that N CAL is beautiful, I grew in that area, I just recently moved away, and do not miss it for a min, now when I put my blinker on and other cars slows down and lets me in. In CA you can not signal as people think you will take their space and speed up to block you from going into their lane. It’s like bumper cars on the freeways. This just one of many examples of the attitude of over 50% of the people that lives in the bay area. There noises are stuck so high they believe that are the next best thing to God. This is just my option. I have lived around the world and traveled most of it. Only one other place in the world I think is worse then the bay area and that is (Parris, France). If you live in the Bay area and I have offended you I’m sorry I only am telling you how I feel about where I was born and raised. Home is no Central Texas… and I love it here…. Most of all the People… Here is another example when I lived in CA I did not know my neibors and they lived only 30 feet to the side of me. Where I live all my neibors have 5 – 15 acres and I know all of them for a mile each way, they waye to us as we drive by and where we first moved in we had so many pies brought to us as welcome to the area >>I've been to Grass Valley! I used to drive truck for Safeway... all of northern CA grocery and produce is serviced (or was) out of the warehouses near >>Berkley. Bakery was in Sac. G.V. is on the way to Squaw Valley, just off 80. Right? We used to go skiing pretty often when I lived in the bay area... ages >>ago... >>Jax is right, that area is pretty. BUT NOT AS PRETTY AS OREGON!!! Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 The varices were first discovered about 5 years ago. The BCLD reports 4 minor varices. I've had 2 more scopes since then, and there has been no change. In fact, the doc who did the last scope couldn't find them. I'm on week 41 of tx...undetectable at 12 and 24 weeks. I haven't had a biopsy due to a blood disorder.Thanks On 2/10/06, Hunter wrote: I'm sorry to hear that . Folks! Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think esophogeal varices are one of the complications brought on by cirrhosis. I don't know if you can get them for other reasons. Have you had a biopsy? Eat well, sleep well, be well! s < jumpinjive@...> wrote: My BCLD diagnosed cirrhosis due to (minor) esophogeal varices, but it's never shown up on an ultrasound. Weird. On 2/9/06, Hunter < us2china2@...> wrote: Good question . I don't know. I know it is much easier that a biopsy, and that over three years I have seen a reduction in the size of some spots that show up in the ultrasound, and that this last one looked clearer than any I'd had before. From this I assume things are getting better. My doctor says they are, and doesn't see a need to confirm it with a biopsy, so... I had two ultrasounds at the VA hospital in Portland OR before they said I should have a biopsy. The biopsy confirmed what the ultrasounds had shown. I think it is pretty common practice to use ultrasound for this purpose as it is less invasive than the biopsy. My best, Eat well, sleep well, be happy! s < jumpinjive@...> wrote: On 2/8/06, us2china2 < us2china2@...> wrote: ALT 48 AST 36.6 GGT 38.9... >But the biggie, the one I was most worried about...>(HCV) RNA <5.0X10^2 >This is the lowest result I've had in six years.>Further, my last ultrasound showed no signs of the cirrosis I had when >I came to China.Great news! One question though, and I'm just trying to understand, not to minimise what you're saying. Is ultrasound a good test for showing cirrhosis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 The varices were first discovered about 5 years ago. The BCLD reports 4 minor varices. I've had 2 more scopes since then, and there has been no change. In fact, the doc who did the last scope couldn't find them. I'm on week 41 of tx...undetectable at 12 and 24 weeks. I haven't had a biopsy due to a blood disorder.Thanks On 2/10/06, Hunter wrote: I'm sorry to hear that . Folks! Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think esophogeal varices are one of the complications brought on by cirrhosis. I don't know if you can get them for other reasons. Have you had a biopsy? Eat well, sleep well, be well! s < jumpinjive@...> wrote: My BCLD diagnosed cirrhosis due to (minor) esophogeal varices, but it's never shown up on an ultrasound. Weird. On 2/9/06, Hunter < us2china2@...> wrote: Good question . I don't know. I know it is much easier that a biopsy, and that over three years I have seen a reduction in the size of some spots that show up in the ultrasound, and that this last one looked clearer than any I'd had before. From this I assume things are getting better. My doctor says they are, and doesn't see a need to confirm it with a biopsy, so... I had two ultrasounds at the VA hospital in Portland OR before they said I should have a biopsy. The biopsy confirmed what the ultrasounds had shown. I think it is pretty common practice to use ultrasound for this purpose as it is less invasive than the biopsy. My best, Eat well, sleep well, be happy! s < jumpinjive@...> wrote: On 2/8/06, us2china2 < us2china2@...> wrote: ALT 48 AST 36.6 GGT 38.9... >But the biggie, the one I was most worried about...>(HCV) RNA <5.0X10^2 >This is the lowest result I've had in six years.>Further, my last ultrasound showed no signs of the cirrosis I had when >I came to China.Great news! One question though, and I'm just trying to understand, not to minimise what you're saying. Is ultrasound a good test for showing cirrhosis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Yes you are right,, they ARE caused by Cirrhosis because when the liver gets hardened, it affects the blood vessels in the liver and causes the blood to back up and that is what causes the varicies! see you still remember! hugs hon jaxHunter wrote: I'm sorry to hear that . Folks! Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think esophogeal varices are one of the complications brought on by cirrhosis. I don't know if you can get them for other reasons. Have you had a biopsy? Eat well, sleep well, be well! s wrote: My BCLD diagnosed cirrhosis due to (minor) esophogeal varices, but it's never shown up on an ultrasound. Weird. Good question . I don't know. I know it is much easier that a biopsy, and that over three years I have seen a reduction in the size of some spots that show up in the ultrasound, and that this last one looked clearer than any I'd had before. From this I assume things are getting better. My doctor says they are, and doesn't see a need to confirm it with a biopsy, so... I had two ultrasounds at the VA hospital in Portland OR before they said I should have a biopsy. The biopsy confirmed what the ultrasounds had shown. I think it is pretty common practice to use ultrasound for this purpose as it is less invasive than the biopsy. My best, Eat well, sleep well, be happy! s wrote: ALT 48 AST 36.6 GGT 38.9... >But the biggie, the one I was most worried about...>(HCV) RNA <5.0X10^2 >This is the lowest result I've had in six years.>Further, my last ultrasound showed no signs of the cirrosis I had when >I came to China.Great news! One question though, and I'm just trying to understand, not to minimise what you're saying. Is ultrasound a good test for showing cirrhosis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Good luck to you ! s wrote: The varices were first discovered about 5 years ago. The BCLD reports 4 minor varices. I've had 2 more scopes since then, and there has been no change. In fact, the doc who did the last scope couldn't find them.I'm on week 41 of tx...undetectable at 12 and 24 weeks. I haven't had a biopsy due to a blood disorder.Thanks I'm sorry to hear that . Folks! Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think esophogeal varices are one of the complications brought on by cirrhosis. I don't know if you can get them for other reasons. Have you had a biopsy? Eat well, sleep well, be well! s wrote: My BCLD diagnosed cirrhosis due to (minor) esophogeal varices, but it's never shown up on an ultrasound. Weird. Good question . I don't know. I know it is much easier that a biopsy, and that over three years I have seen a reduction in the size of some spots that show up in the ultrasound, and that this last one looked clearer than any I'd had before. From this I assume things are getting better. My doctor says they are, and doesn't see a need to confirm it with a biopsy, so... I had two ultrasounds at the VA hospital in Portland OR before they said I should have a biopsy. The biopsy confirmed what the ultrasounds had shown. I think it is pretty common practice to use ultrasound for this purpose as it is less invasive than the biopsy. My best, Eat well, sleep well, be happy! s wrote: ALT 48 AST 36.6 GGT 38.9... >But the biggie, the one I was most worried about...>(HCV) RNA <5.0X10^2 >This is the lowest result I've had in six years.>Further, my last ultrasound showed no signs of the cirrosis I had when >I came to China.Great news! One question though, and I'm just trying to understand, not to minimise what you're saying. Is ultrasound a good test for showing cirrhosis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Good luck to you ! s wrote: The varices were first discovered about 5 years ago. The BCLD reports 4 minor varices. I've had 2 more scopes since then, and there has been no change. In fact, the doc who did the last scope couldn't find them.I'm on week 41 of tx...undetectable at 12 and 24 weeks. I haven't had a biopsy due to a blood disorder.Thanks I'm sorry to hear that . Folks! Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think esophogeal varices are one of the complications brought on by cirrhosis. I don't know if you can get them for other reasons. Have you had a biopsy? Eat well, sleep well, be well! s wrote: My BCLD diagnosed cirrhosis due to (minor) esophogeal varices, but it's never shown up on an ultrasound. Weird. Good question . I don't know. I know it is much easier that a biopsy, and that over three years I have seen a reduction in the size of some spots that show up in the ultrasound, and that this last one looked clearer than any I'd had before. From this I assume things are getting better. My doctor says they are, and doesn't see a need to confirm it with a biopsy, so... I had two ultrasounds at the VA hospital in Portland OR before they said I should have a biopsy. The biopsy confirmed what the ultrasounds had shown. I think it is pretty common practice to use ultrasound for this purpose as it is less invasive than the biopsy. My best, Eat well, sleep well, be happy! s wrote: ALT 48 AST 36.6 GGT 38.9... >But the biggie, the one I was most worried about...>(HCV) RNA <5.0X10^2 >This is the lowest result I've had in six years.>Further, my last ultrasound showed no signs of the cirrosis I had when >I came to China.Great news! One question though, and I'm just trying to understand, not to minimise what you're saying. Is ultrasound a good test for showing cirrhosis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Good luck to you ! s wrote: The varices were first discovered about 5 years ago. The BCLD reports 4 minor varices. I've had 2 more scopes since then, and there has been no change. In fact, the doc who did the last scope couldn't find them.I'm on week 41 of tx...undetectable at 12 and 24 weeks. I haven't had a biopsy due to a blood disorder.Thanks I'm sorry to hear that . Folks! Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think esophogeal varices are one of the complications brought on by cirrhosis. I don't know if you can get them for other reasons. Have you had a biopsy? Eat well, sleep well, be well! s wrote: My BCLD diagnosed cirrhosis due to (minor) esophogeal varices, but it's never shown up on an ultrasound. Weird. Good question . I don't know. I know it is much easier that a biopsy, and that over three years I have seen a reduction in the size of some spots that show up in the ultrasound, and that this last one looked clearer than any I'd had before. From this I assume things are getting better. My doctor says they are, and doesn't see a need to confirm it with a biopsy, so... I had two ultrasounds at the VA hospital in Portland OR before they said I should have a biopsy. The biopsy confirmed what the ultrasounds had shown. I think it is pretty common practice to use ultrasound for this purpose as it is less invasive than the biopsy. My best, Eat well, sleep well, be happy! s wrote: ALT 48 AST 36.6 GGT 38.9... >But the biggie, the one I was most worried about...>(HCV) RNA <5.0X10^2 >This is the lowest result I've had in six years.>Further, my last ultrasound showed no signs of the cirrosis I had when >I came to China.Great news! One question though, and I'm just trying to understand, not to minimise what you're saying. Is ultrasound a good test for showing cirrhosis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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