Hi Lloyd: 
                      
 What I ordered from you: alfalfa tablets, aloe vera 
                        juice, cats claw-bulk, pro calm, milk thistle bulk, Natcell 
                        thymus vials,reishi mushrooms-dried, selenium aller-aid, 
                        thymus organic glandular capsules, and milk thistle capsules. 
                         Haven't been on it a week yet, but do seem to have 
                        more energy. 
                       Decided against interferon that the doc wanted me on 
                        for one year.  Hubby absolutley refused, thank God. 
                         I was first diagnosed with chronic hep c in October. 
                         Don't understand the #'s.  Could you help? 
                         Ast was 40, 
                         Alt was 53, 
                         Amylase 115, 
                         MCV was 100. 
                        HCV RNA, PCR, Quant was 
                        1649700 H 
                        Copies/ml less than 135-- 611000 H IU/ML less than 50. 
                        
                       I had a biopsy which said inflamation 
                        and fibrosis 2-3+, 2+. Active hep with early fibrosis, 
                        slight fatty metamorphosis and slight siderosis. Moderate 
                        to severe increase in the number of chronic inflammatory 
                        cells associated with portal triads principally lymphocytes. 
                         Significant erosion of limiting plates is noted 
                        . Rare cells which have undergone fatty metamorphosis 
                        are noted.  Special stains for iron demonstrate a 
                        mild increase in that material located within hepatocytes.  Special 
                        stains to enhance recognition of fibrous connective tissue 
                        (trichrome) show an increased amount of that 
                        material within portal triads, and associated with some 
                        central veins.  Also the suggestion of early bridging 
                        is present as well. 
                       So there it is.  Gonna have another test done the 
                        end of April with a hepatologist at UT Southwestern in 
                        Dallas.  I'm taking your herbs with a vengance cause 
                        I want my report to be better and show the docs they're 
                        wrong about your program. 
                       So, are my #'s real bad or average?  Should i get 
                        the Hep a and b shots?  I am 53 years old and also 
                        going thru menopause........... its been a bitch, 
                        night sweats like crazy.  Originally went to the 
                        dr with my left side acheing for several months.  They 
                        said it's probably a muscle?!  Can the hep c make 
                        the left side hurt under my boob?  It's a hurt like 
                        when you're a kid and you get a side ache from running. 
                      
                       Anyway, I thank you in advance for any answers you can 
                        help me with. Should I get the coral calcium too? 
                       Bye and thank you for your book which I read in one 
                        nite and cried like a baby. 
                       Hope 
                      
                      Hi,
                      The ache on you left side is most likely your spleen. 
                         Some people have that especially in Texas.  Do 
                        not let them take it out unless 5 doctors say you are 
                        going to die if you do not.
                      The biopsy is not bad, almost bridging fibrosis.  I 
                        was beyond that stage.
                      Your AST 
                        and ALT 
                        are good, just a little high which could be associated 
                        with the iron mentioned in the biopsy.  They should 
                        come down on my program unless the iron, (Ferritian) 
                        is high.
                      Your viral load is low, you look at the IU/ml, 
                        not the copies.
                      Your not bad, your better than average and I think that 
                        you are going to be just Fine.
                      Please, what ever you do Please do not use interferon's, 
                        you will never be the same.
                      You are doing just fine and the spleen may require some 
                        other items but for now keep up what you're doing and 
                        it may get better as they usually do.
                      If you get the hep A and hep B shots your viral load 
                        will double or triple. This is not harmfull in the long 
                        run in most cases.  But do except it to happen.  There 
                        are high levels of mercury in the vaccines which cause 
                        toxic reactions in the liver.  They are now working 
                        on hep a abd hep b vaccines that do not have the high 
                        levels of mecury in them.
                      I am here for any future questions.
                      In good health
                        Lloyd