Tattoos Are Dangerous!!

Well, after two 48-week treatments, where my viral load had started at over 50,000,000, with medicine, my virus got down to 150...and wouldn't go any lower...I was on a maintenance program of 80 micrograms (weekly) for one year, just so my virus would not go up, I had to stop, courtesy of my insurance via FDA.

I'm now hoping to start with a new medication combination at Tufts Medical Center.  I'll know on September 23rd, when I go back to my doctor for the results on my cat scan I'll have later this week. My doctor is pretty hopeful that this new combo will get very good results for me, but no guarantees.

I hate the way my family treated me when I went to visit them several years ago.  They gave me a place setting to use when I ate (plates, glasses, silverware, etc) and told me that I'm responsible to keep them clean and to eat with that my whole visit.  Even though they watched a video explaining that you don't get Hep C from hugging, touching or eating on the same plate (after it's washed, of course), they are old fashioned and have their ways.

There definitely is a stigma attached to Hep C even more so than the other Heps.  If someone asks me questions, I just tell them I have a blood virus.  Actually, it's none of their business.  But if they know I have Hep C, I get a nasty look...and then I feel lower than dirt, even though I shouldn't.  My closest friends and close relatives know, but that's it..I really hope to get rid of this disease and be able to live a long healthy life.