David, I would get tested and if positive for hepatitis C get treated.  AS I
said I know nothing about the rest of the subject.  Sandal oil or what ever it
was won't help. If it delays treatment it can hurt you.

DAVID OLLER wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Nita Andres
> > Sent: Sunday, November 15, 1998 2:44 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
> > Subject: Re: New to the list / i smell another rat
> >
> >
> > A long, long time ago we had hepatitis A, and B and something
> > called non A , non
> > B. See Will Johnstons post.  That is  or was the treatment, I
> > haven't looked in
> > a long time. Never the less, I knew other nurses who got much better on
> > treatment and none who got worse. The same for people who had
> > contracted it from
> > transfusions. Being afraid of MDs is common, but silly. A few
> > needles and and a
> > clinical depression can be helped, even advanced liver disease
> > can be helped.
> > Find a doctor you like and stop the excuses. You can get over Hep
> > C most of the
> > time,( nothing is absolute.) and and as miserable as it is it is
> > possible to get
> > over a clinical depression, you just have to get off the dime.
> > Even a transplant
> > beats dying. AS a clinical nurse and then an infection control
> > nurse, I knew a
> > number of people with all (one at a time or all at once) you do
> > not get over
> > being dead. by the way What color are you the whites of your
> > eyes. Bye, Nita
>
> They are white, they've never been yellow. I've lost hair a couple of times
> and bled from the esophagus once and was banded.
>
> David
>
> > DAVID OLLER wrote:
> >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange
> > > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Nita Andres
> > > > Sent: Sunday, November 15, 1998 10:20 AM
> > > > To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
> > > > Subject: Re: New to the list / i smell another rat
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I think you said that you also had hepatitis C, if so there
> > is now a  good
> > > > mainstream  treatment for it , which you should look into, don't
> > > > ignore it I
> > > > have nothing to say about the other stuff. Nita
> > >
> > > Are you talking about inferon? It has been two years since I
> > last went for
> > > an exam, at that time I was evaluated for a liver transplant,
> > and inferon
> > > was not considered due to the amount of cirrosis. Some freinds
> > went on that
> > > treatment and got worse. It appears to be controversial, or was at that
> > > time.
> > >
> > > Originally I was diagnosed with type "B" (this was before they
> > even had a
> > > "C" classification) the different stories I've been told by different
> > > doctors and the number on contradictions is a nightmare. One
> > doctor tried to
> > > put me on steroids, and stopped treating me when I showed him a
> > report that
> > > steroids increased mortality rates.
> > >
> > > Basically I'm afraid of doctors, and the depression I suffered
> > when I was
> > > going to them worsened my condition every time.
> > >
> > > David
> >