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I was recently diagnosied with genotype 3 HepC. I was referred by my family Dr. to another Dr. who suggested that i start the pegasasy/copesus program. I started the program on Feb. 28 2011. I am currently into the program at 3mths. and 3 wks. The Dr. i was referred to will not see me due to the hospital screwing up the lab work. Currently, I am under no supervision while taking the medication and do not know if it is working or not. The medication has made me extremely sick. I have tried to find another Dr. own my own and have had no luck. Every Dr. i speak to about this say that since i am this far along in the program they can not help. I am unemployed and do not have any insurance and i am getting finicial assistants with this program. I am looking for anyone out there that might be able to help find a Dr. that would see me and at least give me some piece of mind about how the medication is working. If there is anyone that could help me, please contact me at above e-mail. Thank you and may God Bless You.
Ceresa,
We’re sorry to hear you’ve had difficulties with your hepatitis C physician. For locating a new one, you might try a physician finder, like this one provided by Genentech:
http://www.hepcfight.com/utilities/phy_locator.asp
Hopefully if you say that you are currently on treatment but not under a physician’s supervision, a new doctor will be willing to monitor your bloodwork and make sure the treatment is working. Fortunately the genotype you have, genotype 3, is more likely to respond to treatment than the more common genotype 1.
Please let us know if we can provide any additional information, and best of luck with your treatment.