Hi Everyone, feeling so emotional with all the replies, so kind that you all care. It’s been such a lonely journey these 5 months since I found out I was positive. I am lucky that I was just a bit concerned about a raised ALT reading , I didn’t know what it meant and just remember my GP saying it was high a couple of years back….. Anyway I did nothing as she wasn’t concerned and I was a bit naive …but it must have been in the back of my mind and a friend had liver cancer…so I went back and said can you see if I’m ok please that reading was high! So had a full liver test, and came back as positive and GT 3a. First fibro scan read 7.5, then I had a reading of 6.4. This is my only treatment. Them results are from before I started treatment. The only treatment I was offered here was interferon and ribaviron. I have a child with extra needs, so I need to be able to look after them, so them 2 drugs didn’t look good! So here I am on my journey and I’m so glad I found fix hep c. The side effects I have so far have been waking a lot in the night, 10 + times, but I can sleep and am not awake … Very vivid dreams.. I’ve had fatigue ( but not every day) and tender chest. Anyway these are all manageable and I’m being kind to myself. I have 1 st appointment with my nurse on 26th. I will be getting results of ultrasound. Also she will be doing my bloods ( I think?) I will be 22 days on medications by then. I’m lucky that I will be getting monitored. They did say “no” but I told them I was going ahead and would take treatment regardless of whether they monitored me or not. I took newspaper articles to my consultant, and asked him should I move to the place they would monitor me? He said he would bring my concerns up at next meeting…” It’s time we revisited this” were his words. I was open and honest, I kept in touch with GP and nurse re me getting medication from fix hep c. Consultant, GP and nurse have agreed to monitor. Thanks again to all who replied, really made me feel less alone to wake up to them …
