RE: SuZie tx

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Yea

SuZie!!! Wouldn’t it be great if tx would finally work for you? Even if

just long enough to let your liver catch a break, that would be amazing! So what

do you think so far… ready to have a go of it again?

Loves to

you,

Hi

Beckyray,

Oddly enuff I saw my

doctor yesterday & he wants me to think about trying tx again! I

tried in 1990 with the old tx - interferon monotherapy - & in 1992 with

interferon & ribivirin. Neither worked! I'm

non-responder.

I wanted to try the

combo therapy that's the usual tx now but my biopsy came back cirrhosis &

my labs were way out of whack so they said my " disease has

decompensated " & tx could do more harm than good. It's the

same doc who now wants me to try again. He says there's a new tx coming out

within the year & I'm " tx naive " for the combo tx so I could

respond well. We'll see.

Sounds to me like

this doc you're seeing now iwsn't really very informed on HCV. What is

he - a G I? They're all idiots but they ARE trainable. I've been

seeing this one for about 15 years & I've got him pretty well trained now

- still a few things to work on but over all . . .

He said that there were four things that were contraindications

for treatment. 1 it had not worked well the first time. 2 I am now dx'd as

diabetic. 3. I have a long history of taking the psych meds I take.

SuZie

& Sir SpYke the Fuzzy, Lord of the Manor (who has me pretty well trained)

The problem

with the gene pool? No lifeguards!