New Here....

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Hiya Everyone,

I'm new to the group, my husband was diagnosed with Hep C...1a..low

viral load and 4th stage cirro. He is now taking interferon with

ribavrin. My quetion is, we understand what variceal bleeding is, we

understand that he will be scoped for it in Nov, but does anyone here

know the signs prior to a scope that would make us think it may be

occuring, ie...symptoms. I've read everything I can get my hands on a

via internet and cannot find a symptoms chart persay on what to watch

for. We're being very positive about results from this treatment and

as long as is viral load responds they see a bit of a brighter future

for us. His liver of course will never heal properly, but with good

nutrition and following doctors reccomendations, I stay positive,

but...one huge side effect with Interferon/Ribavrin therapy is

irritability...I'm sure others have had this...any suggestions? Hey

thanks for allowing me into the group. This is partially for me too,

his wife and my name is ...Hope to hear from you all soon.