OP  Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | Dinah,
HOW TRUE!! Thanks (I think).
Gary, I have had no detectable Hep C virus since 6 months into the treatment (May 2002). I was fully expecting the radiation/chemo to trigger a viral outbreak but it has not reared it's ugly face for over 2 years. My liver enzymes shot up a couple of times and I had the Hep C checked but it was undetectable.
I remember right after September 11, many people in NYC went to donate blood and there were over 10,000 letters mailed out to notify people they could not accept their blood because it tested positive for Hep C.
I have had Hep B since 1972 and most likely Hep C from then, too.
Ed
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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