I couldn’t go through with the treatment. I was too afraid of the all the side effects. I decided at that time that I was going to alter my eating and approach things in an extremely healthy thought along with taking vitamin supplements. I was basically going back to the garden.
I did this until Nov. 2009 and then felt it was time for me to go to see the Physicians Asst. at the Gastro office. I wanted to know how I was doing and thinking about have the liver biopsy to see. I told her with absolute certainty that I was not doing the interferon treatment. We talked about scheduling the biopsy and I left. I started thinking that I really do need to start treatment and trust God that he will get me through the next 48 weeks. I have read and spoken to people who have done treatment and had nothing good to say about it.
I went to the hospital for a liver ultra sound and then the biopsy. The nurse who was with me said I see on your chart that you do not want to do the treatment. Again I said how afraid I was of it. She told me that her husband had hep C and was sick from the treatment. They had an appt. later in the day to see how his viral load was at 12 weeks and then decide if he should continue the treatment if it is not dropping.
I had the ultra sound and was told that it looked normal. Well for sure I was expecting great results from the biopsy. I had this done on a Friday and my PA called me Tues.and the results were not what I was expecting to hear. She said that I had Stage 3 Fibrosis and Stage 4 is Cirrhosis.
I told her that I wanted to start the treatment and wanted to start the antidepressants before I started the interferon. I had heard that depression was a huge side effect and thought that if I got this into my system before then perhaps I could possibly nip this in the bud. She said she wished other patients would do this. She put me on Celexa for 3 weeks to see how I’d react to it.

Thanks for stopping by and until next time….I stand still on the still waters. Diane