Ariel, so you are a spinner and a stoner, wow that’s a long bow hey lol.

I very rarely smoke these days but do appreciate a pigeon (small pinch into a cone) when I go fishing with the boys. We have the most amazingly fucked up times on these outings and will balance that risk, given that I will be dead for a very long time. I think we would have more chance of drowning from falling out of the boat than doing any long term damage to our livers, lungs or brains. Em

Well with liver function like yours, I had no doubt! So very happy for you Ariel, finally some good news hey. Em oo

Hey Ariel

With results like those Im thinking SVR4. Wouldnt like to betting against anyway. So happy for you Em

Hi Hazel

Definitely no regrets. It was a 50/50 chance and i wanted to roll the dice. Em

Agreed the Peg/Ifn was scary stuff but for me it was the ribavirin that wore me down. Being a slow responder I proceeded to up my riba dose from 1000mg to 1500mg daily at 12 weeks. By that point Id lost 10kg and was all of 68kg so overdosing riba big time. The IFN wasnt too bad until 72 hours after shot, then it was flu like. By the end of my 63 week tx I had a neut count of 0.2 and haemoglobin of 8. I was mentally and physically twisted and relapsed soon after. Really took 12 months to recover, i lost my short sight and any remaining youthful glow lol. Mate there were folk over at medhelp doing 72 weeks up to 108 weeks and multiple times. Fuck it would never have done that shit again. Em