I was taking my annual physical at the VA clinic when the doctor asked if I wanted to be checked for Hepatitus C along with some other blood work.
My first response was No,....... but then I said, what the heck let's check for it.
About a week later the doctor called me and asked if I knew that I had Hep C?
I was in total shock to say the least. Because I never had any symptoms.
Come to find out a lot of Vietnam era veterans have Hep C and don't know it until their eye balls turn yellow and they have liver damage.
As luck would have it. There is a brand new Hep C treatment which consists of taking a pill once a day for 12 weeks and has a 97% cure rate. I am on week #2 and doing great.
(before this the treatment was draconian with a year of shots, pills, and debilitating sickness, with varying rates of success)
So if your a Veteran do yourself a favor and have the blood work done to check for Hep C. ........
My first response was No,....... but then I said, what the heck let's check for it.
About a week later the doctor called me and asked if I knew that I had Hep C?
I was in total shock to say the least. Because I never had any symptoms.
Come to find out a lot of Vietnam era veterans have Hep C and don't know it until their eye balls turn yellow and they have liver damage.
As luck would have it. There is a brand new Hep C treatment which consists of taking a pill once a day for 12 weeks and has a 97% cure rate. I am on week #2 and doing great.
(before this the treatment was draconian with a year of shots, pills, and debilitating sickness, with varying rates of success)
So if your a Veteran do yourself a favor and have the blood work done to check for Hep C. ........