I got some happy and some unhappy news yesterday from my sister-in-law. The happy news is that her daughter, who has suffered from hepatitis C for a long while, has been found to have rid her body completely of the antibodies that enable the disease to attack the kidneys and liver. This, apparently, is something that happens only with women; the biochemistry of men does not permit such self-healing. Needless to say, my brother, my sister-in-law, everyone, is ecstatic.
The unhappy news came from the same source, my sister-in-law. She just got the results of an MRI which revealed areas of her heart that are not getting adequate blood flow. So, a cardiac catherization is planned for next week, the results of which will be, on the least invasive end of the spectrum, placing her on heart medication or installing a stent or, at the most invasive, undergoing a heart bypass operation. I underwent a double bypass a few years ago; it was no picnic, but it wasn't as bad as I expected. My chief recollection from the time I got word that something was wrong with my heart, through the surgery and the recovery period afterward in the cardiac ICU involves some rather strange hallucinations. Naturally, I hope my sister-in-law does not have to undergo a bypass, but knowing something about the procedure from a personal perspective, I know it's very commonplace and cardiac surgeons are exceptionally well-trained.
OK, enough up and down news. I'm ready for some boredom.
2 comments:
how did she manage to heal herself? i would love to know as i have hep c myself- joann
Joann, unfortunately, I do not know. I gather it's something that just happens when women who have Hep C take very good care of themselves...no guarantee, but some women who have it can rid themselves of it simply by their bodies acting as their own advocates.
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