My TX bio -

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I was diagnosed

by accident because of another problem in October 2003. Geno 1, stage 1, grade

1. We figure I’ve had it since the late 70’s/early 80’s.

I did Pegasys/Riba all thru 2004 & cleared at 12 weeks. I had the

typical sides (mostly fatigue), but some freaky ones, too, but some of them may

have been because tx knocked my thyroid out of whack & we kept having to

adjust my meds for that. I worked overtime the entire time on tx &

never had to use vacation for my planned days off, which I took if I had extra

things to do that would consume my valuable energy. If I wasn’t at

work, I was on the couch or in bed usually. I’ve been clear almost

5 years now. The doc asked me recently if I had any regrets because tx

made my vitiligo (lack of pigment in my skin) worse and all my hair that fell

out came back white. I just laughed and told him no, that I love the new

hair God gave me, and that was nothing compared to being clear of the

virus. He says I’m one of his success stories because I did

everything I was supposed to do. It was touch & go about finishing

for a while because my blood counts got too low & the insurance wouldn’t

let me have epogen because it was “experimental”, but we just did

blood test every week and prayed I’d stay above the line & I

did.

Praise God that

I’ll probably still be around a long time to tell about it.

Suppose you were an

idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.... But then I

repeat myself.

-Mark Twain