lap band and hepatitis-c??

[shygirl 0]

lapband surgery...<p>Oh my God it has been so long since I logged in. I was all summer trying to see wich way to go when it came to this... so my primary doctor told me that I wa a good candidate, so he went and ordered blood test from me since I had been taking phentermine for about 2 months... </p> <p> So then he said my blood test came back and liver enzymes were highly elevated, so ordered more test and come to find out in the 1st week of sept. 07 that i have hep-c..... </p> <p>I almost fainted .... I wa like how when i just got a baby in 05... and nothing showed up. but who knows if they even tested for hep-c i just think they do a and b... hep.... </p> <p>so know come to find out i have the worse one.. hep-c genotype 1a..... some people say that u can havethe surgery done even with hep-c... but then some say well u dont want to damage the liver anymore by just not eating and stuff... I am like all confused dont know wich way to go ... has anyone here done the surgery and have hep-c???/ i guess thats my question...</p> <p> </p> <p>so people please if u can support me in a time of need i would appreciated... thanks again shygirll...... i guess shygirl wasnt so shy when she was i na party mode back i nthe early 90;s....hly shit!!!!<img src="http://www.LapBandTalk.com/images/smilies/confused.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Confused" smilieid="11" class="inlineimg" /></p>

[Mary-2b150 0]

Wow, I am so sorry to hear about that! I don't know much about hepatitis C. Sounds like it hasn't adversely effected your health so far if you didn't even know you had it, but I guess it is a good thing they found out about it so you can be treated for it before it does do any damage. I wish you the best of health and let us know how everything turns out!

[Serena 0]

Jessica,

I am so sorry that you were diagnosed with hepatitis-C. I know something about it because my brother had it and ended up having 2 liver transplants. Have you been referred to a liver specialist? He/she could best advise you.

[Princessannod1 0]

Did your doctor order for you to have a liver biopsy? I think you will be fine. Just do not neglect this, maybe you should consider being retested. My prayers and thoughts are with you.