Minnie,
at this time they don't think that I need any treatment for it. My liver function is fairly normal and stable. My viral loading is relatively low, 20,394IU/ml (normal is >615). Maybe they're expecting me to die from the cancer so they they don't have to invest any more money on me ;-)

I would have thought that the Tx for cancer would have exacerbated the liver issues but apparently not.

Quiting drinking over 9 years years ago was probably a really good move in more ways than one.

I feel very blessed that my parents were both "normies". I had to learn how to be an alcoholic all on my own.

Ed - thanks for the tip on the Hep C primer.

There is no alcohol (or tobacco) for that matter allowed in our house either.


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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