Hepatitis C and Liver Support
04-17-2010, 12:28 PM
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A suggestion would also be to talk to your pharmacist about some of the OTC and natural/herbal rememdies. Not all of these intermingle, and sometimes a pharmacist knows more about this than a physician.
What helped one of my best friends, was cutting out all caffeine, increasing her water intake, and NO chemicals of any kind in her food or beverages. Also be aware that what sinks into your skin can also get into your blood stream heading to your liver. She felt better when we got her diet under control, and her liver function greatly improved.
If you can get into a teaching university, they have access to a lot more options, and they really helped my friend out a lot more than her general physician or the specialist that she had been seeing.
Treatment and options have really come a long way in the last 15 years since she was diagnosed. It is good that you were diagnosed so early, many aren't, usually not until their liver is already in great distress.
What helped one of my best friends, was cutting out all caffeine, increasing her water intake, and NO chemicals of any kind in her food or beverages. Also be aware that what sinks into your skin can also get into your blood stream heading to your liver. She felt better when we got her diet under control, and her liver function greatly improved.
If you can get into a teaching university, they have access to a lot more options, and they really helped my friend out a lot more than her general physician or the specialist that she had been seeing.
Treatment and options have really come a long way in the last 15 years since she was diagnosed. It is good that you were diagnosed so early, many aren't, usually not until their liver is already in great distress.
04-17-2010, 12:41 PM
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You know how I found out I had this was when I started taking birth control pills because I had very bad monthly cramps. The doctor said it would greatly relieve my cramps. Well about 2 months after taking the BC pills I got very very sick, turned yellow, pee was brown, vomiting, etc. Went to another doctor and he told me to stop the BC pills because they attacked my liver. Thats when I found out I had HepC, otherwise I might not have ever known it. But that was another lesson learned.....BC pills will kill ya!
04-17-2010, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by amma
A suggestion would also be to talk to your pharmacist about some of the OTC and natural/herbal rememdies. Not all of these intermingle, and sometimes a pharmacist knows more about this than a physician.
What helped one of my best friends, was cutting out all caffeine, increasing her water intake, and NO chemicals of any kind in her food or beverages. Also be aware that what sinks into your skin can also get into your blood stream heading to your liver. She felt better when we got her diet under control, and her liver function greatly improved.
If you can get into a teaching university, they have access to a lot more options, and they really helped my friend out a lot more than her general physician or the specialist that she had been seeing.
Treatment and options have really come a long way in the last 15 years since she was diagnosed. It is good that you were diagnosed so early, many aren't, usually not until their liver is already in great distress.
What helped one of my best friends, was cutting out all caffeine, increasing her water intake, and NO chemicals of any kind in her food or beverages. Also be aware that what sinks into your skin can also get into your blood stream heading to your liver. She felt better when we got her diet under control, and her liver function greatly improved.
If you can get into a teaching university, they have access to a lot more options, and they really helped my friend out a lot more than her general physician or the specialist that she had been seeing.
Treatment and options have really come a long way in the last 15 years since she was diagnosed. It is good that you were diagnosed so early, many aren't, usually not until their liver is already in great distress.
04-17-2010, 01:28 PM
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I know what you mean!!! Organic doesn't mean a whole lot in the USA, as there are not any regulations yet in place as to what "organic" means... We did start buying her as many organic foods as we could, figuring even if they had 1/2 the chemicals in them that is better than be laden with them. Those of us who had gardens, mainly grew organic so we canned and froze a lot for her. Buying meat from butchers who had access to organic/grain fed animals was another thing we did too. (and the meat tasted sooooo good!!!) We basically put her on a Mediterranean Diet, also known as a Diabetics diet. It is over all healthy, low in fats and sugars, so good for the whole body and for maintaining weight or weight loss.
Keeping your kidneys healthy is also a good thing for Hep C patients :wink: as well as letting your doctor know if you have any kind of an infection so it can be nipped in the bud.
She used to take Vitamin B shots, but to be honest, I don't think they helped any...and she had to go out of state to purchase them for some reason...
Keeping your kidneys healthy is also a good thing for Hep C patients :wink: as well as letting your doctor know if you have any kind of an infection so it can be nipped in the bud.
She used to take Vitamin B shots, but to be honest, I don't think they helped any...and she had to go out of state to purchase them for some reason...
04-17-2010, 01:54 PM
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Dr Oz has a website and a FB page. he really pushes the food thing..his show has something to learn about everyday.i think it is on channel 4 at 3pm here in michigan.
..go check him out..they also have messages board and "ask Dr Oz" email/post thing.
I wish you well..Prayers and wonderful thoughts..Kim
..go check him out..they also have messages board and "ask Dr Oz" email/post thing.
I wish you well..Prayers and wonderful thoughts..Kim
04-17-2010, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by watterstide
Dr Oz has a website and a FB page. he really pushes the food thing..his show has something to learn about everyday.i think it is on channel 4 at 3pm here in michigan.
..go check him out..they also have messages board and "ask Dr Oz" email/post thing.
I wish you well..Prayers and wonderful thoughts..Kim
..go check him out..they also have messages board and "ask Dr Oz" email/post thing.
I wish you well..Prayers and wonderful thoughts..Kim
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