Guest guest Posted January 23, 2000 Report Share Posted January 23, 2000 Hi yall! I just joined the group. I have hep B antibodies and chronic hep C. I live in Dallas/Ft. Worth area of Texas. I was diagnosed about 10 years ago when donating blood. My liver enzymes have been normal for the last 9 years or so. I haven't had a PCR, genotype nor liver biopsy.. yet. I was laid off a few years ago and started researching Hepatitis and learned about all the things I wasn't supposed to be doing (like drinking and stressing) and the new tests I never have had. But, not having a job nor insurance, I am putting the tests on hold for now. I tried to get into a local trial on infergen, but I didn't qualify because of the normal lfts I saw my first gastro last July. He's a great guy. He put me on Zoloft and recently on Celebrex, both really help. When I called the doctor I had 10 years ago to get my records for the gastro, I found out they were lost and there is no record of me ever testing positive for hep. For now, I'm gonna leave it at that so I can be " no pre-existing condition " while I look for a perm job. I've been doing temp work for a while now. My symptoms are the usual ones... fatigue, mood swings (better now with the zoloft), muscle aches and cramps, joint pain (better now with the Celebrex), some insomnia, stress induced diahrea (sp), headaches, night sweats (I'm 44.. maybe pre-menopause?), frequent urination, lack of concentration, etc etc. I'm married, hubby lost his job a few weeks ago. I have two grown kids, 24 and 21, and 3 grandkids. I'm still job hunting, barely make it thru a work week. Ginseng and mah juang (sp) are my friends. By the end of the week, I'm exhausted, hurt, feel swell, really not a nice person I've complained enough haha. Nice to meet yall. I continue to try to learn as much as I can about this insidious disease and keep a positive outlook. alley/ ICQ 12631861 alleypat@... <mailto:alleypat@...> http://micromagic.net/~alleypat/liver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2000 Report Share Posted January 23, 2000 Hi yall! I just joined the group. I have hep B antibodies and chronic hep C. I live in Dallas/Ft. Worth area of Texas. I was diagnosed about 10 years ago when donating blood. My liver enzymes have been normal for the last 9 years or so. I haven't had a PCR, genotype nor liver biopsy.. yet. I was laid off a few years ago and started researching Hepatitis and learned about all the things I wasn't supposed to be doing (like drinking and stressing) and the new tests I never have had. But, not having a job nor insurance, I am putting the tests on hold for now. I tried to get into a local trial on infergen, but I didn't qualify because of the normal lfts I saw my first gastro last July. He's a great guy. He put me on Zoloft and recently on Celebrex, both really help. When I called the doctor I had 10 years ago to get my records for the gastro, I found out they were lost and there is no record of me ever testing positive for hep. For now, I'm gonna leave it at that so I can be " no pre-existing condition " while I look for a perm job. I've been doing temp work for a while now. My symptoms are the usual ones... fatigue, mood swings (better now with the zoloft), muscle aches and cramps, joint pain (better now with the Celebrex), some insomnia, stress induced diahrea (sp), headaches, night sweats (I'm 44.. maybe pre-menopause?), frequent urination, lack of concentration, etc etc. I'm married, hubby lost his job a few weeks ago. I have two grown kids, 24 and 21, and 3 grandkids. I'm still job hunting, barely make it thru a work week. Ginseng and mah juang (sp) are my friends. By the end of the week, I'm exhausted, hurt, feel swell, really not a nice person I've complained enough haha. Nice to meet yall. I continue to try to learn as much as I can about this insidious disease and keep a positive outlook. alley/ ICQ 12631861 alleypat@... <mailto:alleypat@...> http://micromagic.net/~alleypat/liver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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