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> -----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