Re: hello everyone

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Hi ,

I don't take anywhere near as many pills now as I did right after my

transplant. Right after the transplant, I took about 25 pills a

day. Most of the pills taken after a transplant eventually don't

have to be taken anymore after a while, but the anti rejection meds

have to be taken for the rest of your life. Right now I just take

the anti rejection meds, a med for heartburn, which I don't think I

need anymore. I only needed that before my transplant, and they have

cut it back because they don't think I really need it anymore. I

also take a pill to prevent migraines, which I had long before I had

cirrhosis. So the anti rejection meds are all I take now besides a

multivitamin, extra calcium and extra magnesium because the anti

rejection meds deplete those from the body. Of course, I take the

Ribavarin pills, and Interferon injections for the Hepatitis C

treatment for 52 weeks. It started out being 48 weeks, but my

hepatologist wants me to do 52 weeks of treatment now. I became

undetectable of the Hepatitis C virus after only 6 days of treatment,

and I have genotype 1a, which is the hardest to treat of all the

genotypes for Hepatitis C.

Yes, Hepatitis C comes back after a transplant. A transplant is not

a cure for Hepatitis C. It comes back faster and stronger than

before the transplant, so it has to be treated after a transplant.

Before my transplant, my kidneys were messed up a bit, but they were

able to straighten them out so I didn't have any permanent damage to

them.

Hepatitis C can be passed on to a child through the mother, but it is

pretty rare. It does happen, but many women give birth after having

Hepatitis C, and their kids don't have it.

It's very rare to pass Hepatitis C through sex, so if the man has it,

the woman shouldn't get it, so it shouldn't affect her child through

birth. As long as all blood to blood contact is avoided such as

having sex during a woman's menstrual period, or having anal sex, the

risk of contracting it through sex is almost non existant. Don't

hold me to that because it is possible, but unlikely. That is what I

have been told by doctors and through research. Hepatitis C is

spread through blood, not other bodily fluids. Hepatitis C is more

likely to be spread through sharing toothbrushes, razors, needles,

having blood transfusions before they started screening it, having

tattoos, anythiing involving blood to blood contact. Hepatitis B,

on the other hand, is known to be spread through sexual contact.

I hope that answers your questions.

Penny

>

> there aren't that many male member so guess I wall have to do my

best to

> fill the gap with you lovely ladies. Lolololol If there are

questions about the

> male, I will be glad to answer.

>

> penny, wow, you are a super star, you had the transplants, you

are so

> blessed. how many pills are you taking? you are one great big

inspiration to us

> all.

>

> when i went for my blood work, i ask the doctor to let me meet a

> transplantee, as usual a refusal. we need to know the in and out

of a liver

> transplant sooner or later we could be facing the same procedure.

it would make things

> a little easier for those who might in the near future be facing a

> transplant.

>

> i got tons of questions so dont let me bore you out. after the

transplant

> do you still have the hep c virus, how many pills are you taking,

i am sure

> you will be on them the rest of your life right?

>

> before the surgery penny did any of your other organs mess up,

like the

> kidneys etc: personal question " .

>

> " anyone can answer that knows : what are the chances of one

passing hepc on

> to the child, if the wife or girlfriends get pregnant and the wife

don't

> have hepc?

>

> waiting?

>

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