 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Hi Ed,
The Hep C deal is in "idle" at the moment. They are not planning on any kind of treatment unless my STOG levels start to shift. I was also surprised that the chemo & radiation didn't make it worse. The last time I had Hep symptoms (jaudice, nausea, etc.) was back in 1975. My liver function looks pretty normal. They have never done a liver biopsy but they did a test for viral loading along with a PCV and DNA test. It blindsided me to be going through this cancer stuff then find out I had Hep C on top of it. My viral loading was fairly low.
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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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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