i went through treatment and this is my results

[mommyof2girls08]

back in 2001 after i gave birth to my baby the doctors told me i had hep c, i was very very scared. then in2004 i went through treatment for 6 months. they said i had chronic hep c, which freaked me out. so i started treatment and it went pretty good,the only side effects i had, was hot flashes and trouble sleeping. After treatment was over i was very tired alot so i went to the doctors and they went ahead and did a thyoid test and found that i had hypotension. when i talked to the Hep C doctor he told me that some people get it do to the drugs that where treating the hep c. its now been about 4 yrs and i am proud to say that i just got tested and the virus is undetectable. So for everyone having a hard time out their with this virus. Remember that their is hope,and dont be scared of the treatment. Because it does get better. But i do have one question which has been on my mind, since the virus is  undetectable. when i want to get into a relationship with a guy, and it becomes sexual do i tell him i had it or dont???

[meki]

Oh CS - how I'd love to say that out loud.

*snuggles up to CS*

[CockSparrow]

Meki - I still test positive for the HCV antibody
You will always test postive to the anti bodies.
So What you cant catch it from you.

You are cured. You cant give it to anyone.

Blood Banks are just being overly cautious.
CS

[meki]

CS -

I'm not sure that I agree with that... Because --- I still test positive for the HCV antibody - but I'm SVR for over a year as of last month.

I'll test again in a year - sooner if I start feeling ill, etc.

But ----- I don't know that I can't pass on the antibodies or possibly introduce them to someone else.

My personal belief is that I am "cured".

But no one has been able to answer me and say that I am NOT CONTAGIOUS...

I cannot donate blood.

I cannot give my organs to anyone who is not HCV already - etc.

So --- am I truly cured? Or have I just stopped the replication within myself?

I think that until someone can tell me that SVR means you cannot infect anyone else with your blood... That I should probably be honest with any partners I might have. I think I need to leave this one up to them to choose for themselves.

But - AGAIN - I am very honest - very forthright about HCV to everyone. To some --- it may be a shaming feeling for them.

So CS --- Ahem... I have had HCV... *DOUBLE GRIN*

[CockSparrow]

What i mean by that
It shouldnt be necessary to tell anyone of your past illnesses.
HepC shouldnt be any different.

CS

[CockSparrow]

You dont have HepC anymore.
Who cares what you once had.

CS

[meki]

I believe in honesty.

Allow the person to choose for themselves.

Give the necessary education, information and sit back and wait. Let them make up their own minds.

I don't think sex is a transmissable source (excepting both partners having bleeding wounds.) But - you should NEVER lie...

And if you're having intimacy with someone --- all truths should be told - I mean...

Heck... wouldn't you want someone to tell YOU --- if they had HIV, HCV, Mono, Syphilis, A WIFE - etc.? Especially if they knew it ---- PRIOR to you having intimate relations?