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 > >