umm, Duhhhh…boy do I feel stupid. But honestly I can handle stupid I cannot handle hep c , but thank you Hazel, maybe I’ll send you a stuffed moose!! Very spiritual…

Hazel, so very encouraging and kind. As someone with great fear of HCV, the responses are like big hugs that make you feel welcome and let you know it’s possible. I really am scared but 31 years ago I put down a large alcohol, heroin and cocaine habit in one day. I got clean and my life changed so much for the better it’s indescribable. Right now of the symptoms I have from HCV, the worst (that I am aware of) is chronic fatigue and insomnia. I am always laying around in bed watching television. If you had asked anyone who knows me 10 years ago if I would end up like this, they would have made you a large monetary bet that it would never happen. I am a drummer, and a pretty heavy drummer at that. I used to pound the kit into oblivion. Now I am listless and don’t even want to play. Or go anywhere, movies, shop for food, walk in park. I’m just beat tired all the time. So hearing you tell me you’ve done it and seen thousands do it is like a precursor to the actual medication I need. Hope is a wonderful thing. It lifts your spirits when I cannot do so. Thanks so much. I have much to do, contact Dr. James, get all my testing, find out which is the best version of the generic medication is best suited for me. My friends are lending me the money. I live on a tiny disability, but they don’t want me tired sick or dying on them. So you are all my heroe’s and I will post on here every step of my journey into SVR so that those who land here after me can see that a cure is indeed possible. Thank you again Hazel, and say HI anytime, Glen H.

Thank you Songbird, you give me more hope, and I still haven’t raised the money I’ll need, friends that don’t want me sick are putting it together, but meeting people here who get SVR and stay that way is good for me, if you know others can do it then maybe I can do it too… and one day I can help someone else with the same problem..warm regards
Glen H.

Hello Mar and thank you for the warm reception. Also especially thank you for the information about my doctor telling me not to worry. I know he know’s I cannot afford $84,000 USD, that;s for rich people, I’m not one of them, doesn’t mean I deserve to die and awful, slow, painful death because of it. I cannot tell you how grateful I am finding this site, what a wonderful way to help humanity. I’m a bit overwhelmed because I thought I was in for a long terrible mess, and I no longer believe that. Everyone says “Have a positive mental attitude but when you are strong enough to have a reasonably active life, yet one is so worn out 24/7 that even going to the market for food is an uncomfortable idea, and you cannot go to a movie (well I’d fall asleep in the theater), it’s hard to feel very positive. So this is a life saver for me, quite literally. I have read letters on forum about symptoms I’ve been dealing with for years. They usually involve diabetes, like swelling or burning in the feet and leg swelling, as well as fatigue and others. But I read a couple of letters from forum members who took the generic treatment and as their hep c went away, so did all these symptoms. What a relief, I hope that happens for me. Thank you for the links to all things for help. I am going to call the Dr.in Australia after I find out the results needed to send to you for the correct medication for me. It’s also fantastic that you would actually check the meds to make sure they are not fraudulent, I am so very grateful for that , I’ve seen a few people get placebo’s online over the years. Thanks again and I shall be checking in frequently and would love to make some friends here. This is something to bond over. One last bit, thanks for the prompt reply, to somebody suffering from this illness, fear comes with time. Your quick reply overnight is very much appeciated as is all the information in the letter. Glad to be here. I actually have some hope, no energy, but lots of hope. Thanks for that. Glen H.