I have told everyone I know that I have used to have HCV. I have never had a negative reaction. But maybe I am lucky in that most of the people I deal with are polite and well educated.
Only two other people ever asked me directly how I got it. My answer was I really don’t know for sure – I am not a drug addict (smoothly avoiding any mention of a youthful past), I never had a blood transfusion, or a surgical operation, and I never had a tattoo. I always end by saying these are probably the most common ways of catching it, but the real problem today is that it is in the population.
Most people are amazed to learn that over 600,000 people in the UK have it, and over 3,000,000 in the USA.
Surely, all those people cannot be drug addicts or victims of tainted blood transfusions??
Anyway, as part of my story about HCV, I also tell everyone about FixHepC. Yesterday, one of my work colleagues phoned me to ask how to get in touch with FixHepC because a business client of his has HCV. Even though it is only one more person saved, that little phone call really made my day.
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This has been posted previously, but here are some estimated numbers around the world:
http://www.hepcoalition.org/IMG/pdf/countries_excluded_gilead_s_vl.pdf
Its in the population and everyone deserves to be treated.
Knowledge is power. Knowledge cures people. Share the power to cure people in whatever way you can.
Diagnosed Jan 2015: GT3, A0+F0/F1. Fatigue + Brain-Fog.
Started Sof+Dac from fixHepC 10-Nov-2015. NO sides.
Pre-Tx: AST 82, ALT 133, Viral Load 1 900 000.
Week4: AST 47, ALT 58. VL < 15 (unquantifiable).
Week12 (EOT): AST 30, ALT 26, VL UND
Week16 (EOT+4): AST 32, ALT 28, GGT 24, VL UND
Week28 (EOT+16): AST 26, ALT 22, GGT 24, VL UND
Ever grateful to Dr James.
Relapsed somewhere after all that... Bummer!
Jan 2018: VL 63 000 (still GT3).
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