For me..

[Blossom]

Thank you Tia....!!

[Linda Colodner]

Dear Blossom,
      Well, I finally built up the courage to " go public ". I haven't e-mailed you in 4 weeks and I apologize for the long lasp in time, especially since I think about you often. November was a " tuff " month to get through for me, but that's really not a good excuse.  I hope you are doing well, or at least feeling better.
      While reading another post I realized that I have a few friends and aquaintences that I can talk to about  hepatitus C. One woman is a Natura-
path ( doctor ) practicing over 10 years ; another is a Family Nurse Practi-
tionor who is also an accupuncturist and herbologist ( specialist inChinese Herbs ) practicing over 20 years. If you would like me to talk to them let me know.  Where are you up to in your treatment schedule ?
       Also, log onto  www.ronnastar.com  for some informative and  fascin-
ating  info. Ronna and ...... have traveled all over the planet and have addressed a committee of The United Nations two times. Let me know what you think.
       I will continue to pray for you and send healing long - distance.
      Could you do me a big favor and pray for my oldest dog ( a silver Toy Poodle female ) named Classi, and me, as she is very ill and as of now, dying ?
                                                                   
                                                                         Love, Light, Joy, and  Peace,
                                                                                        Linda



Linda Colodner

[Blossom]

Hello Linda,

It's good to hear from you.  It's tough going public Linda, but after that first step, it's a done deal and there's no turning back. We are only who we are and this disease is NOT what gives us substance as human beings.  I will pray for you Linda from now on.. I had no idea you were sick. This disease has a bad rap and goes by many names.. It is very important to keep your stress level down and your resistance up and to be positive in every thing you do.  That is one of my main reasons for being public.  Secrets create stress for me.  I am proud of me. It is just an unfortunate experience that we are sick..  

I remember the little emails I would get from you and I would wonder.."Who is Linda"?  Your messages were so sweet and I thank you. Very uplifting and very much needed.

It helps to have someone to talk to.  Occasionally, if I have a bad test result, I log onto the hep forum at Janis and b**** a little, and get a little advice and feel better.  That sounds terrible but it is a sounding board and it levels me out. As a rule, I don't do this anymore though.  

I am taking my third shot day after tomorrow.  My husband gave me the first..  I got the second one ready, but could not stick the needle in my leg.  He had to do that one too.  Saturday night, I am going to be home alone and HAVE to do it.  Oh, my God..  It is going to be so hard.  

I have 46 shots to go.  The first one caused vomiting after about 6-7 hrs from receiving it and it lasted about 6-8 hrs.  The second shot brought NO side effects at all.  That has been 5 days ago.  Today I have had fever all day.  But I think I just have a little bug and that it is not related to the medication.  The way I don't suffer the customary sides..I feel lucky. The pegintron is supposed to be the stuff that is worse than the other forms of inteferon as far as the side effects.  Pegasys is supposed to be the mildest.  I honestly feel my lack of sides at this point are strickly do to positive thinking and prayers..

I get blood work done tomorrow to check my liver panels and my red blood/white blood cell counts. And monday, I get a little more blood drawn in St louis.  I have to drive 5 hrs to get blood drawn Monday..  I have to go every two weeks for a while, then once a month and then after a while, every 8 weeks.  At week twelve, I get a new viral load done.

If you don't mind sharing, could you tell me your genotype and VL? I am a 1a and 18,360,000 at last count.  I try to be positive, but sometimes it feels like I am in denial when I think of the actual numbers of my virus.  Everything I have read says that when you are a 1a/1b, your chances of responding are greater if your VL is LESS than 2million.  I am a long way from there.  IF I respond, it will be a true miracle.  I don't know what my future is other than typing to people.  

I will be glad to pray for your dog Classi and for you.. It makes me feel good that you would ask.  No problem at all..

Take care Linda and take care of yourself~  Please tell how you are doing health wise right now.. Are you okay?

Sincerely, Jenn

p.s.  If you need to talk, I am only an email away..   I have changed it to my isp however.. This is the one I have listed here  jenacri@alltel.net or   jcribbs@alltel.net  -- which is the one I use most of the time.  Either one is fine.  Anytime.

[Spike]

Hi Blossom,
I have been away for too long and just read through this post.
I will add you to my Reiki list straight away. You are a very kind person and I am sure that you will recieve all the help that you need to get through this.
Take care,

Rich http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/images/icon_Smile.gif" border=0>

[Linda Colodner]

Dear Blossom,
      I haven't heard from you in awhile, I hope all is going well for you. Are you continuing with the treatments, and if you are, how are you feeling ?
      I'm not healing as quickly as I'd like to, but I have to remember that every time I breathe I'm moving ribs and the attached tendons, muscles, etc. A friend of mine, who is a licensed Massage Therapist, came to the house and gave me a Reiki treatment on Christmas Eve and that has really helped. I worked on myself at the accident site and then one more time, but since I can not reach the injuries with my hands I'm basically running the healing rays through my body et. al.That's okay, Reiki goes where it's needed, but it feels better when you can get " hands on ".  
      I will continue to include you in my prayers and ask for healing, and curing, for you. Take care of yourself and be well.
                                                  Love, Light, Joy, Good Health, and Peace,
                                                                            Linda

[Blossom]

Hello everybody!!

I just wanted to check in and say I am doing good..  I am continuing my treatments and as of this moment my liver enzymes are normal.  The doctors say this is a sign the treatment is working.  But actually based on my readings, liver enzymes flucuate so much this could mean nothing at all..

But, I feel it is working because my neutrophils are only 1127.  That is low as 1500-7800 is normal.  But I have NOT bottomed out, which is wonderful. As long as they don't get below 750, they won't have to adjust my dose.  And usually if you bottom out, it is in the first month..  So... so far so good...

I am tired and fatigues most of the time but making it and that is normal and expected.  In 5 weeks they will do another viral load and that will tell the tale. [on week 12].. But I am hopeful..  My complexion is great at the moment and other than being tired I feel wonderful!  I am exercising and have quit smoking..  I have lost 15 lbs so far from this because of the horrible taste in my mouth.  Nothing taste good but noodle soup..

Thank you for the prayers..  I believe they are working.  I still don't suffer many of the side effects of many taking this stuff..  I have amazed my doctors with this fact..  So many quit and I am trying to hang in there.  I have 41 more shots to go..  [41 weeks]... It seems like forever sometimes but the last 7 week have flown by..

Thank you everybody for everything.  It means so much to me that there are caring people in the world..

Sincerely and with love, Blossom/Jenn

p.s.  Linda, you are still on my prayer list by the way and will remain there forever.  I hope you get better soon!!

[dovelady]

Dear Blossom,
I am glad to hear you are doing well.  I think of you and say a little prayer for you every time I come to this site.
Just found out my nephew went through this same type of treatment.
He is waiting for the final results...his mother told me about this as he did not want anyone to know.  Afraid it would affect his job.
Bless you...may God bless you and give you the strength to finish the treatments.
love to you

dovelady

pray for peace.

[Blossom]

Hello Dove Lady,

I understand about your nephew not wanting people to know.  It does change relationships drastically.  People get scared and treat you like a leper.. There are some members of my own family I wish I had not told.

I do relate and also hope his test results turn out good.  My prayers are with you.

Blossom

[wisp]

Hi Blossom,
So glad to hear your doing so well. Sounds very promising! Keep that wonderful energy up.  http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/images/icon_Smile.gif" border=0>

[Blossom]

GREAT NEWS!!!

As I was saying earlier, my neutrophil levels were 1127 or something like that.  My last blood work, they are back to 1400 which is baffling the docs..  What that actually means is that my body is not responding in the normal way blood wise that most peoples do on this med.  Traditionally, the neutrophil levels drop drop drop until the medication dose has to be lowered to make this go back up.  It is dangerous for it to be too low.  They just don't get why mine is starting to rise..  That just don't get the power of prayer.  

I thank everyone for everything!!  

My next big hurdle is 2-14-03 which is my main blood work.  I am getting a new viral load on that day.  It will take about two weeks for the resluts to come in..

My current viral load is 18,360,00... Depending on the amount of the drop in this count [if any] will determine whether this pegintron shots are working..  

And that's all for now....

Thanks again, Jenn

[dovelady]

Dear Blossom,
I was just wondering how you are doing when I came in here tonight.
Very happy to hear you are doing this well.  Maybe we'll just have to increase the prayers.  
God bless you and keep getting better.  I think of you often.

dovelady/mary

[Anonymous]

According to the book I am reading on Pan Gu Mystical Qigong (by Ou Wen Wei), Pan Gu Mystical qigong can cure hepatitis. So is liver cancer and Hepatitis Cirrhosis (I am guessing this is the one you've got). If you decide to practice qigong, practice at least once a day, if not twice. It only takes about 10 minutes a session, maybe even less. Good luck. I hope this information helps you.

[Blossom]

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This is a very hard thing to ask..  I have procrastinated alot about whether I wanted to be on the healing list.. I am going to go ahead and I am not sure why I feel so apprehensive about this.. I am awake at 3:55am my time and if I wasn't a little cloudy right now, I would probably in the light of day would not write this and ask for healing.  But things look different in the middle of the night when you feel a little bad.

But right now, I am asking people to send healing energies to my liver as it is diseased and has troubles with a virus.

I have hepatitis C. I fall into a group that has never had blood transfusions or other known plausible reasons for getting it.  I have had it around 20-24 year the doctors speculate by my biopsy reports and my lab results.  It is replicating in my system and I have a viral count of 4,300,000 copies per militer of blood from last summer.  The new viral load  will be in a few days.  My lastest biopsy said some of my liver cells are dying and that it is scared and it is undergoing a degerative process in general.  It is swollen at this time and that was told to me just the other day.  In spite of all this, the worse thing is actually the horrible taste in my mouth.. I can't describe it but it is gross to me.  I have a genotype of 1a, which is the most common in the USA and the hardest to treat.  With new medications, I have a 50-50 chance of viral eradication.  

In about three weeks, I am going on a medication plan that will last for 48 weeks of shots and then 24 more weeks of follow ups IF successful.  If not, I will have to do something else.  But for 48 weeks, I have to get shots on a weekly basis that have horrible side effects.  I have a wonderful doctor who is a liver specialist in StLouis USA that is about 5 hrs or so from where I live and I have to go there every two weeks.  So I couldn't medically be in better hands. They are just waiting for some more routine blood tests to come back before I start.  

I am starting a juice fast today to clean my system out and get it ready for the assault and battle that is fixing to take place inside me.  I am probably doing this against doctors orders [I am not telling him] but I feel inclined right now as I am nauseated alot of the time along with a few other things but nothing I can't handle.  I don't see how this can hurt.  I can't cut down on nutrition however, so I am going to take pulped juice of all varieties.

I am going to spend at least a week and possibly slightly more on my fast and try to help myself first before these medications start up.  I have done this twice already and once with water with no results.  But I am not going to give up..  It might not have been my time.

I don't want people to spend alot of time on this, but just in general think about me and include me a little as you concentrate on others.. Or think about my liver.  I have been trying myself but it doesn't seem to be working with me doing it.

This doesn't need comments or anything.. Just know that I am asking.  Thats all.  

One more thing:  The liver, by the way, is a miracle organ..  It can regenerate itself and heal itself, but HepatitisC works faster than the liver can fix itself.  That's why it can't rid itself of the disease.

Sincerely,Blossom  

p.s. Now back to bed.. and thank you in advance.

[blossom123]

I started this thread 10-11 years ago and I want to close it now..  I am healed.  It took 4 years but through repeated testing I am now 100 percent well and have tested disease free for several years..... I am one of the lucky ones.

I am not sure why I am well but I do know I had to fight doctors tooth and nail to get them to give me meds that I wanted.  I used tons of visualizations of many types to aid my healing.  I used crystals.  I used colloidal silver.  The last medication I took was called Infergen and it costs 300.00 a day to take.  I took it for a year on a daily basis and I had to literally beg the doctor to give it to me.  And that was the end of the end.  It was the cocktail that worked. 

At the time Tia was my dear friend when I was in need and..., if you is still around -- You gave me faith and hope.  I have a new life now and I thank you and everyone else who were so supportive of me.

It was a very hard to be on a healing list and be open about some deficiency but as a result I have had two pen-pals for 10 years now.  It opened many doors to me.

I will not post here again.  I just needed a personal closure on this thread.

Sincerely, Blossom, Jenn