I am surprised poodle, cause my dr gives me heaps of support. I was under the impression that they supported people on generics. change doctor’s. tell the nurse and dr that I get heaps of support there. kindly

I think she has worked in the ACT- board of Arthritis and some health services association. Usually people proudly make available their qualifications and work achievements. Wonder why she doesn’t?

I am surprised Sabrecat that the Red Cross took this stand. I gave the story to a Journo friend of mine in about ’94 that their blood was contaminated with Hep C. It was breaking news and the media ran with this story for about 3 weeks. The Red Cross knew about contaminated blood in 1990 cause I knew a blood donor who had donated for 20 years was told by the blood bank that he had Hep C, which he got in the early ’70’s. In fact it is documented in the latest history of the blood bank. kindly

I contracted Hep C 40 years ago because of silly youthful curiosity – try anything once. I went on monotherapy in 1990’s with no success. In 2007 I went on combination therapy with no success. I became genotype 3 non responder. Very difficult to treat. I have since developed cirrhosis which is longer to treat , 24 weeks requiring 3 drugs. While the government is sitting on its hands I developed liver nodules which are soon to be determined if its cancer, and if cancer, is it a treatable cancer? Buying Indian generics was a no brainer to me. What the fuck would you do? LVT has come back reasonably normal after 3 weeks. I am not in a hurry for VL cause I know its going to take 24 weeks if its to be successful. Besides these nodules are enough to deal with. I have $3,000 worth of a cure. In October 2014 I offered Gilead $30,000 for discounted medicine through my local member Kelvin Thomson. Gilead refused. I have no guilty conscience that I am not adding to Gileads profit margin. People need not have this chronic disease. The only known viral cure is here. Put it on PBS now.

people who drink with fibrosis end up with end stage liver failure. most people i know who have died were drinkers. the iv users i know are still alive but some have died from other illnesses not hepc.
i am 3a and stopped drinking in 1990 when i found out. got it in 70’s. took chinese medicine etc and i still got f4 cirrhosis. i think good luck is in your genes. kindly

good news Vicki. its gives confidence to all. make the most of it. kindly

Congrats Nadia. Stay well. kindly

Lucky you emilio. I have mouth and throat ulcers for the past 2 weeks. Apparently a side effect from sofosobuvir. Been drinking coconut water hoping its an electrolyte problem. Apart from that there hasn’t been anything else. kindly