HI LLOYD,

MY NAME IS SALVATORE. IVE HAD HEP C SINCE 1967, I AM 56 YEARS OLD AND JUST RETIRED FROM DRIVING TRAILERS FOR THE TEAMSTERS FOR 32 YEARS.

I ALSO HAVE DIABETES 2 AND JUST HAD 2 STENTS IMPLANTED NEAR MY HEART. I HAVE A L-4 LUMBAR DISC REMOVED IN 1992. WENT BACK TO WORK 12 MONTHS LATER. I DID THE INTERFERON INJECTIONS IN 2002 FOR 11 MONTHS THE WHOLE 9 YDS AND CAME OUT AS A NONRESONDER. BUT I HAD TO RETIRE BECAUSE OF THE CHEMO'S DEVASTATING EFFECT ON ME, PANIC ATTACKS, DEPRESION WHICH I'M STILL TREATING. THEY TOLD ME I WAS A GOOD CANDIDATE EVEN THOUGH I HAD GENE 1-A.

WHAT DID I KNOW. I WOULD LIKE TO SUE SHERING-PLOUGH FOR THIS, MAYBE I WILL. I HAVE NOT BEEN THE SAME SINCE THIS TREATMENT, IT CHANGED MY WHOLE LIFE AROUND. I AM A WALKING MIRICALE, I LOST 30 POUNDS, I EXERCISE BUT I CANT WORK ANYMORE BECAUSE OF ALL THESE DISEASES.

JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT I CAN DO ABOUT MY LIVER NOW. I GO TO THE DOCTORE, I HAVE SOME ELAVATED COUNTS BUT ALL IN ALL I'M FIGHTING ALL COMERS. TO LOOK AT ME YOU WOULD THINK I'M IN GRAT HEALTH. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT I CAN TAKE FOR THIS LIVER WITHOUT HURTING MY DIABETES.

SINCERLY,
SAL.

PS- I SHOULD WRITE A BOOK.