Went to see Doc Korsakoff today for blood work results. Liver enzymes up slightly, as always; thyroid off – have to see regular doc to have meds increased a bit; viral level was 69,100 three years ago, its now 130,000 – just about double from 2006. The increase in viral level is not really significant. Most people have levels that are in the high hundreds of thousands or many millions. This is a good thing for me at this time.
I’ll be waiting on the resource center from the hospital to call this week to schedule my liver biopsy. This test will be the one that will decide exactly how we move forward – routine therapy if I’m still in stage three with Doc K OR if he believes we can wait until next year when Telaprevir is released, that’s what we’ll do. Routine treatment gives me a 40% chance of success. Telaprevir will give me an 80% plus chance at reaching remission. IF I’ve reached stage four fibrosis we will then have to arrange IMMEDIATE treatment with Doc K and a transplant facility because the risk of total liver failure that most stage four patients end up experiencing.
We talked about the LIVE donor program and Mt. Siani hospital in NYC does offer this option. If we have to do the latter treatment, Blace will be thoroughly tested as my potential donor. If liver failure happens and I have a successful transplant then there is a huge chance that I’ll achieve total remission and will live the remainder of my life free of the hep C virus. The only downfall would be that I’d have to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of my life.
So, that’s about it for now!
DONE
