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HEPATITIS

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*editor's note: as the doctor said, not much was known about hep c in the 1990s... turns out dairy and cheese aren't a problem for people's livers if they have hep c (but alcohol is!)...

for years, I monitored my liver function every six months and tried to stay healthy.

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it was three months after the 12 week treatment finished that I got my final confirmation result.

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...except for a co-worker who found out I was cured of hep C and wrongly believed I could still give him the virus!

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THE LATEST HEP C TREATMENTS TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR, NURSE OR CLINIC ABOUT THE NEW HEP C CURES SOFOSBUVIR & VELPATASVIR

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MOST PEOPLE HAVE NO OR VERY MILD SIDE-EFFECTS FOR A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE, TREATMENT MAY LAST LONGER THE 5% OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT CURED WITH THE ABOVE ARE TYPICALLY OFFERED ANOTHER TREATMENT, VOSEVI.

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IMPORTANT: TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE CURED, YOU NEED TO GET A PCR BLOOD TEST AT LEAST 12 WEEKS AFTER YOU FINISH YOUR TREATMENT.

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