 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Hi Ed,
I heard that the "treatment" is pretty tough. They estimate that I have had hep C since 1977 when I was inaccurately Dx'd with hep A. It really hasn't caused me any problems and they have no plans to treat it. I guess these things can stay in remission. I was surprised that it didn't act up while I was in treatment. They kept giving me liver function tests and I sailed through all of them. My onc doc says there are over 5 million un-dx'd cases of hep C in the US today. He also said it is the "new frontier" of medicine.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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