I was diagnosed with hep c in the 90's after a blood transfusion in 1980, up and down roller coaster, never did tx due to 1a variant geneotype. My virul loads were never horrible and I lived semi normal life mostly fatigue. About 2006 I had been extremely ill and was diagnosed with hereditary hemochromatosis, I was adopted at birth so no family history. Saw a hemotologist ended up being bled out after phebotomies for 4 wks. to trick my organs into releasing some of the iron stored in the organs which was literally poisoning me to almost death. Finally had 2 yrs. of feeling pretty good, then here comes problems again. Blood pressure goes up in Dec. 2011, I had been having subtle symptoms since fall, falling and very trembly. Jan. went to my original internist my sodium was 126 and my potassium ws really high blood pressure would stabilize for about a wk. then go up again. He's got the bp under control after doubling med and adding one, took me off aldactone which I had been on for about 16 yrs. due to a huge amount of water rention. In about 3 months I went from 135 to 180, this was about 15-16 yrs. ago it took 2 yrs. to get this off. Everything was going along until the iron overload completely out of control. Now the ferritin seems to be stable, but the roller coaster with the sodim and potassium has been horrible. I had lost 10 lbs. and was so disoriented I have not driven the 35 miles to my Dr. in 4 months until about 2 wks. ago. I'm finally feeling better but now after being taken off the aldactone for about 3-4 months I'm feeling like the pillsbury dough boy. In the last 6-8 wks. I have begun swelling, the last month it's terrible, I see my Dr. Tues. he's never given me an accurate diagnosis as of yet for the reason of this issue, just blood work every 2 wks. I don't know if he's still eliminating maybes or what but I will definitely ask Tues. Any input on this would be appreciated. What is new in Hep C tx, since I'm 1a I've been very hesitant to go through with Tx due to having so many other health issues. He did mention a new protocol and I don't know what it is and how effective it is on 1a genotype. PLEASE HELP anyone that this makes any since to. As of now my I'm clueless.