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How do/did you deal with this freaking virus?!?!

My doctor today told me he would need to see every three months and ultra sound every six months.  Gave me a blood work sheet to be done before my three months appt. on 4/11/16 @11.  

Says possible liver biopsy depending on level.  He is a nice Doctor, truthful and tries to put me a ease.

How did/do you guys deal with the Doctor telling you every three months appointment and ultrascan every six?  Medicine when needed, but it would be forever.  How do you/we deal with this madness!!!?

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There are herbs with efficacy and proven clinical trials that address hepatitis b successfully.
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what are those?
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To put things into perspective... My mother in law, 57, mediation, church, healthy lifestyle, herbs, diets, detox, no smoking, no alcohol.... two years ago she was doagnosed with the worst type of breast cancer.... she may have a few weeks left. This virus is not a death sentence.
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My answer to you is 'it's better to know you have it than not knowing'. Now you can take action, eat healthy, stop drinking alcohol and smoking, minimise sugar intake, stop all processed food and processed sugary drink.

Research food good for liver on the net and eat/drink those regularly, take supplements such a s Vit D3, coconut oil, fish oil, drink plenty of green tea and coffee, exercise, meditate and live a healthy lifestyle. Good luck !!

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does drinking coffee helps us?
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are you a carrier by birth or acquired as an adult?
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I guess true answer is that god has plans for everybody, and when he calls you home, your going back home.  Learning to live with day by day.  Still kind of unreal, but accepted the fact that stuff happens to the best of us.  Learning that next to god, and the treatment out there, positive thinking and healthy lifestyle are the best options.  
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I found about my condition 3 months ago. Shock, shock, shock.... I visited a few doctors, sent my lab results abroad and looked for a cure, and I still do. Today I got my first follow-up test results. Blood test came out normal but there is some minor fluctuation in DNA. My first test was at 40 ul/ml and now is at 150 ul/ml. A little bit dissapointing but I heard it is normal. Waiting for the test is the worst but try not to think about it. One of the first gastro doctors that I visited told me... Get out of my office and live your life!!! Although I still check internet, visit this community and read posts. It makes me feel that I'm not alone. As far as the relationship goes... my soon to be ex-wife moved out a week before I got my diagnosis. Funny thing is I blamed her for giving it to me because she cheated on me but eventually she did the test and the test came out negative. Sooooo.... talking about emotional rollercoaster... but I survived .... accepted it .... still hate it. In the meatime, I met a girl, told her about my condition, freaked out but decided to vacinate herself because she was not immuned. As you see I was lucky to get rid on one cancer from my life, welcoming a new pain in my butt at the same time. Talking about being unluckily lucky. In the meantime, I hope for the cure in the near future but if this is the worst thing that can happen to me, I'm fine with that. I know what I have and now I   can react early when something happens to my liver. Knowledge is everything!
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I know how you feel, I'm still going through the motions now. Extremely hard to grasp the reality of it. Will I get married and have kids? If I do have kids. I don't have faith in the vaccination because it didn't work for me so how much more for my children? I rather not have children at all and explain. Where are all the prevention advertisements for this disease? Besides what medicine to not to take or who not to touch? I try look on the bright side that I still have a chance to clear it  and a cure is coming out sooner than you think.But still very hard as a single female..
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the good thing about all these test is that at least you will know when problems do occur, the bad thing for me at least is waiting on the results. i guess we will get use to it eventually. i lived in denial for so long not wanting to check my status even though i knew my immediate family are mostly carriers.

the good news is that my uncle had hcc and because of testing every 6 months and blood results he caught it early and is doing good. if he never did the test he would more than likely be in stage 4 or 5 or not be here today.
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Knowing at the start especially is a real emotional rollacoaster.

But then you realize you end up becoming knowledgeable about and will probably live longer than others without hbv.

Remaining positive and never giving up the faith one day you will be free of. Welcome to the community :)

Heres a 5min video i enjoyed watching i hope you like it

https://youtu.be/7dDvZ2qZYe8
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When it all sinks in you will get to think of it like managing any other chronic disease like diabetes, hypertension, asthma, etc.  I'm sure your doctor is wanting to monitor you closely for a year to see what stage you are in, which is smart.  After that most doctors will do labs/ultrasound every 6 months and see them every 6-12 months.  

See what the Fibroscan says before jumping to the biopsy.  I've had 2 of them and now that I can do Fibroscan there would need to be a good reason for me to go right to a biopsy.
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I was there with you. I looked at it in 2 ways

1.) The doctor is saving my life and so is this medicine
2.) I re-adjusted my lifestyle a bit but continued to live the best way I could and made the best out of everything.

Just remember that once you do all the tests, it's done and it was a small amount of your time to make sure you are perfectly fine and in good health.
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