I remember the first treatment I was given (Viekera?), required me to alter one or two of my prescribed medications by lowering their dose or switching to an alternative drug. I had to prepare and slowly step down week by week to a lower dose. Is that something I should be preparing for now or will it be different if i am allowed to have the treatment proposed for my second try?
Also, regardless of whether I win or lose this time round will the course of treatment further damage my liver and other organs regardless?
If I am offered the treatment I will grab the opportunity with both hands and with grace, but what worries me is that since my detox and rehab over 2 years ago and being told I am cirrhotic and host the Hep C demon, I still feel like I have no idea whats happening inside me and just how serious my overall condition is. My questions to my specialists have thus gone from trying to understand this situation and become knowledgeable of where my health is, all the way to the frame of mind that I find myself in over two years later: a general acceptance that I have a bad liver and a bug which is trying to destroy it while its down. No one wants to tell me how fast I am declining (because surely without any targeted medication I cant be getting healthier day by day?)!
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Thank you Dr James. Ill send the email and hopefully Javascript is enabled. Can you confirm with a reply to this post whether you have received it or not please? Ill reply today so let me know if it arrives.

Thanks again

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Thank you for your advice. I have my next 6 monthly catch up with the nurse next month so I will share the results when I get them. To me they’re hieroglyphics and I’m finding it increasingly harder to retain the info let alone remember what it all means! I definitely notice that I’m feeling less “intelligent” as time goes on if that’s the right way to put it.
As for the diet you have detailed in your post, I don’t have the monetary capacity to buy groceries every week and I have to just eat what I can to get something in my stomach. I do have access to leftovers and whatever is knocking around work on a daily basis which gives my body something to run on. I do however have a roof over my head and I’m warm at nights so I can’t complain too much.
Again, your advice and guidance is really appreciated and helpful but unfortunately its about as likely as me being Batman for the foreseeable future.
I’m trying to be philosophical and accepting of the fact I began sowing the seeds of this situation nearly thirty years ago and now I’m harvesting the rotten fruit from that declining orchard.
I would however really like to have one more bite of the pie to see if I can kill this virus. If that is unsuccessful then at least I can say I did my best and had a couple of good attempts at it.
Thanks again for the reply, I appreciate the fact that you took the time to write all that to help me.
When I get the next hieroglyphic filled papyrus’s from my appointment next month Ill have a go at getting them onto this space (haven’t fully embraced the internet yet – old school!).
Take care
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