Dear
Lloyd;
Thank
you so much for opening my eyes to the truth about interferons.
I was diagnosed 3-02. My enzymes were only slightly elevated,
( they were at 42 with 40 being the normal range
) all my other blood work looked very good. But since they
estimated I probably have had HCV for about 24 years, the
Gastro was assuming I had liver damage. She told me not
to get too excited about having normal enzymes, because
she has patients with cirrhosis and normal enzymes. ( My
PCP told to me to start interferons right away.)
But,
I decided to get the genotype & biopsy before I made
that kind of decision. So, they did the biopsy and found
I had no damage and no fibrosis at all. I consider myself
extremely lucky to have no damage. My genotype is 1A>
so I decided not to do the shots. Since making that decision,
I have read both of your books. They are wonderful. Thank
you! I can only afford to do part of your program right
now. I do milk thistle, Alpha lipoic acid, Aloe juice, Spirulina,
colostrum, dandelion tea, among a few others. I would like
to do the whole program and be rid of this virus. I will
probably start the entire regimen next year, when it will
be more affordable for us. But for right now, it's working.
I still am not 100% but feel much better than I did last
year.
Also,
just wanted to share a "Buffoon Doctor" of the
year story.
In your book you mention that doctors today are only good
for fixing broken bones, but very ignorant of disease such
as cancer, diabetes, HCV, ect. I used to agree with you
on the broken bones part, but now I think differently.
My
7 year old fell off the monkey bars. She landed on one hand,
with her entire body weight (45 lbs.) on that one hand.
It caused a small fracture above the elbow. Well, the pediatrician
that was on call at the Minor Injury clinic decided she
had a dislocated elbow and needed adjustments. Needless
to say, he twisted my poor little girl's arm several times
trying to "pop' it back into place ( then
he sent us to the X-rays ) smooth move huh? After X-rays
we were sent back to this on call doctor. He hummed &
hawed about whether or not she had a fracture. It looked
like a fracture to me. ( I have no medical background
at all ) Anyway, he said " I think it's fine,
she will have some swelling, but she's OK". He said
he would send her X-rays to the radiologist so he could
read them, just to be sure it wasn't a fracture, but he
didn't think it was. By the way, this man left a huge 2
inch by 4 inch bruise on my little girl's arm. She did not
get that from her fall, it was impossible. When she fell,
her hand was flat to the ground, and her arm was extended,
untouched by anything.
So,
we were sent home with the understanding that the radiologist
would call in the morning, if my daughter had a fracture.
No one called me in the morning. I assumed she was alright,
just a dislocation, but nothing serious. I called a week
later to get another appointment to get a new x-ray because
she still could not move her arm. I finally got an appointment
almost two weeks to the day after it was broken. The day
I was to come in to see the doctor, I got a call with a
big apology saying how sorry they were for not calling me
back sooner. Seems the x-rays were never looked at by anyone,
they were still sitting there in radiology gathering dust,
and when our regular pediatrician found them she was very
upset. She said I am so sorry Mrs. Roberts, bring her into
the fracture clinic right away! it's broken! TWO WEEKS LATER!!
Needless to say the orthopedic surgeon just rolled
his eyes when he heard the whole story. Then
he said, sorry, but we see a million patients
a month here at Kaiser and sometimes people fall through
the cracks. Whatever! She
had a full cast from her shoulder to her fingers. She just
got the cast off and it is healed completely. I thank God
for keeping her from further injury. If she had fallen again
on that arm, ( without the cast ) I was told she
would probably have a compound fracture & need surgery
with pins.
God
Bless, S.
