fellow hepatitis c victims?

Question

hi
2 years ago i was doing a routine blood test because i was going to donate blood to a relative , and guess what? the rapid test was positive for hcv ! they told me to do the elisa , i was relieved because i said to myself (sure it will be a false positive) but the elisa came out positive , too .
thats when i felt the world closing in on me ........
you see , i was just graduated from medical university , where i was a top student , and i couldnt wait to sail on into postgraduate study , i dedicated my life to my career in every way..........
i wasnt married yet..................................................
being confirmed as hcv positive was enough to ruin me.

then i read about elisa and i learned that it had a high false positive rate, meaning many people who are positive turn out to be negative on further testing.
and the further test was the pcr.
instead of hurrying to reassure myself and take the pcr , i strangely felt like delaying it as much as i could .

as long as i didnt get the pcr , i couldnt be sure i had hepatitis c , so no one can be sure. i was lying to myself.
5 months ago one evening a colleague pointed out to me that my eyes were suddenly yellow, and that felt like he stuck an icepick in my chest . i continued to ignore the problem.
i have been having fevers and chills on and off , but i usually consider them (flu)
LAST NIGHT
i was in the bathroom as happy as can be, i remember jokingly telling my friends to wait for me to finish (business) , wwen i finished i looked into the bowel and freezed............there where WHITE stools in there ..........and i knew what that meant
HEPATITIS ! OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE !

today i feel as miserable as i ever remember being, i have a decision to make
could it be the test was false positive , and that i got a hepatitis of different nature , and i dont have hepatitis c?

should i get the confirmation of what is obviously true and face the rest of my existence?
plz share str

please if you have or had hepatitis c , share your story , how is life after hepatitis ?
how would a spouse feel about it?
thank you

Answer 1

hi! having hcv is not the end of your life! if anyone should know it is those such as myself that have been infected (well, was) for most of my life begining either at age 8 or 4 or a year and a half or 8 months.

my first symptom appeared at age 8. spider nevi. bones achey by 12, depression at 13 and as i got older, i slept more. i never was yellow-at least not to a noticable point.

i had skin rashes, hair loss, "fog".....no one understood me, yet i knew something was wrong. i was abnormal when it came to my friends. i'd rather sleep while they were out partying, working....

i had my gallbladder removed, usually because of liver disease. it wasnt until many antidepressants and hospital stays when i finally got sent to the most caring doc in the world. i had something! it wasn't all in my head (but hcv as well as toxins are in your head!) I had Hepatitis C! I was elated to FINALLY prove to everyone I wasn't just lazy a loser, slow....you name it i was called it.

Its funny how one knows there is something wrong and can't deny it, yet others react the way you do...denial is the devil in one of it's purest ways.

i went on antiviral chemo and actually felt better (although it did knock the wind out of me some days and towards the year end of treatment i did have psychosis) but i did the whole treatment regardless of the sides (very few really) i even had very low platelets and i didn't want to take anymore meds for sides, so i didn't.

i probably would of given up a long time ago...had it not been for my kids (neither have hcv) and my doctor.

i certainly would not wait any longer. i would seek the advice of a gastro, join a support group and get ready to kick hcv's butt!

positive vs. denial......which one do you think would have a more positive outcome?

as for being married or not, i have never given anyone hcv as hcv corpuscles are not transferrable. this is what is found in semen and vaginal fluids. unless there is blood to blood transmission, hcv will not occur.even prior to my diagnosis i have never given anyone hepatitis c. (there is only one who i cannot find to tell however). but my sex life did not change ....i still saw robert who i had seen for over 14 years off and on again. everyone who knows me knows my hcv story. i do not hide it, and i certainly am quick to fix the stigmas associated with hcv. if you tell someone and they walk away, they probably would of walked away without knowing. you dont want this kind of person in your life.

you need further testing. your genotype will indicate which type of treatment you have to do. (4-6 months (i hear 4 months is the new for certain genotypes) or up to a year depending on how you respond the first 6 months.

good luck!

Answer 2

All the solutions are unhealthy..very unhealthy...and also you my expensive must learn up on Hepatitis A B and C C is blood to blood I had C (I'm now in remission for two+ years) I additionally had 2 husbands and 3 kids NONE OF THEM GOT MY HEP C...lord... 'May nineteenth is World Hepatits Day..you quite must get a clue

Answer 3

I'm sorry that this may have ruined your life. I have the Hep. C and i have never had any problems as in Yellow eyes, Jaundice or white stools??????? One thing i do is take Milk Thistle, it is a supp. just for the liver. I just had bloodwork done and my liver enzymes are normal and i give all the credit to the Milk Thistle....go buy some right away and take it like 2 times a day. I've never been treated for Hep. C either???????????

Answer 4

you should definately get the test!! Ive had hep c for 4 years and just now i am getting ready to go through interferon, scared ?heck yeah, but doc said if i dont im not gonna live.take my advice .. go get the test and see where you are in your disease, you are in denial, however it may be nothing but if your eyes are yellow and stools are light then that is a sure sign your are hep c positive.good luck i hope everything works out for you.

Answer 5

Hello. Why not learn to go against all of your wonderful medical training and learn how to cure your condition? See the link below (if you are brave enough) to the book called, "The Cure For All Diseases," by Dr. Hulda R. Clark, Ph.D., N.D. Maybe you can learn to help us all by learning natural protocols of medicals treatments, instead of the chemicals one with their huge side effects (and huge profits for the drug companies) after you have healed yourself of this diseases by natural means?

Answer 6

so how the F did it turn out?
The stupidest thing is to do nothing and let the hep destroy your liver. There are drug regiments that can come close to curing it, but they are hard on the body, and the liver, so the longer you wait, the lower the chance you can get treated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_c#Treatment_and_prognosis

Answer 7

so whats the question? Should you? of course. There is treatment available its not a death sentence.

Answer 8

that does not make since