Comments on: Well At Last … An Article About The Hidden Epidemic http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/02/23/well_at_last/ Ron Metcalfe's Weblog Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:50:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Paul http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/02/23/well_at_last/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Paul Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-65 Yes, Ron, as I said in my email to you a while back, in Italy which is way ahead of us in hepc recognition, it is accepted that the MAIN cause of the spread of hepc was due to poor dental hygeine in the pre 1980`s i.e. before AIDS.<br /> Of course the official line here is that dental hygeine is a way to contract hepc, but only in "foreign coutries". My wife is Italian and brought this info` back from her last visit to her family.<br /> In fact my wifes mother, who is 80, was already well up on hepc before she was told I had it.<br /> I personally trace my hepc to an abscess on my tooth in 1976. I had to attend an emergency hospital, followed up by 3 visits to my own dentist. It was painful but more to the point there was blood everywhere.<br /> Dentists, prior to AIDS, when they realised they had to get their act together to protect themselves, never wore masks or surgical gloves.<br /> I stand to be corrected on this but I don`t think their assistants who clean the instruments and put that suction thingy in your mouth need any qualifications whatsoever. There`s a lot more I could say but I will leave it at that for the moment.<br /> Paul. Yes, Ron, as I said in my email to you a while back, in Italy which is way ahead of us in hepc recognition, it is accepted that the MAIN cause of the spread of hepc was due to poor dental hygeine in the pre 1980`s i.e. before AIDS.
Of course the official line here is that dental hygeine is a way to contract hepc, but only in “foreign coutries”. My wife is Italian and brought this info` back from her last visit to her family.
In fact my wifes mother, who is 80, was already well up on hepc before she was told I had it.
I personally trace my hepc to an abscess on my tooth in 1976. I had to attend an emergency hospital, followed up by 3 visits to my own dentist. It was painful but more to the point there was blood everywhere.
Dentists, prior to AIDS, when they realised they had to get their act together to protect themselves, never wore masks or surgical gloves.
I stand to be corrected on this but I don`t think their assistants who clean the instruments and put that suction thingy in your mouth need any qualifications whatsoever. There`s a lot more I could say but I will leave it at that for the moment.
Paul.

]]> By: Martin Bolton http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/02/23/well_at_last/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Martin Bolton Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-66 Hi Ron,<br /> What I'd love to know is where the 90% cure figure comes from.<br /> Thanks to yourself and Paul for the links.<br /> Martin Hi Ron,
What I’d love to know is where the 90% cure figure comes from.
Thanks to yourself and Paul for the links.
Martin

]]> By: christine crawford http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/02/23/well_at_last/comment-page-1/#comment-67 christine crawford Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-67 Hi Ron,<br /> having been reading through your experiences with the medication and I am glad you are doing well and there is now no detectable levels. It must be such a relief to know that the chances of remission/cure are now so high, I am happy for you.<br /> I am on injection 5 now and already have had the ribaviran reduced by half, due to anemia, which I must admit made me a bit depressed as it worries me that the viral load may not be knocked out as efficiently as may have been the case.<br /> However I seem to be suffering from a lot of the side effects you describe and understand what you mean about feeling old. I get so breathless and, in a way, confused, which is much worse when I go into large shops or into town. It's a strange feeling of not really BEING there, but watching from the sidelines. In fact most of what you describe so well I can identify with. I ended up saying to my partner 'look, thats what I mean exactly'. One thing I do suffer from is intense pain in my legs thighs arms, sometimes it feels as though my whole body is on fire! Paracetamol does not touch it so I am taking Co-proxamol, which does help. Thankyou for your descriptive writing, it really helps and I shall be keeping up with your blog regularly.<br /> Once again Many Thanks and All the Best,<br /> Christine. Hi Ron,
having been reading through your experiences with the medication and I am glad you are doing well and there is now no detectable levels. It must be such a relief to know that the chances of remission/cure are now so high, I am happy for you.
I am on injection 5 now and already have had the ribaviran reduced by half, due to anemia, which I must admit made me a bit depressed as it worries me that the viral load may not be knocked out as efficiently as may have been the case.
However I seem to be suffering from a lot of the side effects you describe and understand what you mean about feeling old. I get so breathless and, in a way, confused, which is much worse when I go into large shops or into town. It’s a strange feeling of not really BEING there, but watching from the sidelines. In fact most of what you describe so well I can identify with. I ended up saying to my partner ‘look, thats what I mean exactly’. One thing I do suffer from is intense pain in my legs thighs arms, sometimes it feels as though my whole body is on fire! Paracetamol does not touch it so I am taking Co-proxamol, which does help. Thankyou for your descriptive writing, it really helps and I shall be keeping up with your blog regularly.
Once again Many Thanks and All the Best,
Christine.

]]> By: Friend http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/02/23/well_at_last/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Friend Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-68 Hi Ron,<br /> Keep your spirits up. Say hello to miracle Carol and tell her you owe her big time (Smile). Just think you have only 32 injections left. Hi Ron,
Keep your spirits up. Say hello to miracle Carol and tell her you owe her big time (Smile). Just think you have only 32 injections left.

]]> By: diana http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/02/23/well_at_last/comment-page-1/#comment-69 diana Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-69 Am happy for you and I wish I will also respond to my treatment when I start. I do not know how I got this virus into my system but I have a hope that I will respond to treatment.<br /> <br /> <em>Ron writes:</em> Thanks Diana for your comment - let us know when your treatment is due to start! It seems that getting ready for treatment can be more worrying than being on the combination therapy itself! We all have our fears and worries to contend with before we know what it will actually be like.<br /> <br /> I hope to talk with you again. And I wish you every success in your voyage through treatment! All the best<br /> <br /> Ron Am happy for you and I wish I will also respond to my treatment when I start. I do not know how I got this virus into my system but I have a hope that I will respond to treatment.

Ron writes: Thanks Diana for your comment – let us know when your treatment is due to start! It seems that getting ready for treatment can be more worrying than being on the combination therapy itself! We all have our fears and worries to contend with before we know what it will actually be like.

I hope to talk with you again. And I wish you every success in your voyage through treatment! All the best

Ron

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