Cathy Johnson

The doctor says there is a 90% cure rate after this long, so the bottom line is I am cured of HCV.

It’s done. I had two weeks to go to make the full 24 weeks, but my doctor has ended it.

Four more pegylated interferon injections left, which means only four more weeks of treatment! I can’t wait for it to be over.

I have decided that I need to give up all the advocating for timid people -- for now -- and stop trying to convince my sister that I am sick a...

Things are looking up and I know this is only one day of more energy than usual and it came at a very important time for me. Tomorrow might be...

My hepatitis C viral load is undetectable after four weeks of treatment!

I just don’t want to end up like Canadian ice hockey player and legendary fighter Robbie Probert -- change your life drastically and still end...

I’m astonished about my temper and how easily I erupt -- just like a volcano, without warning. I’m worried about my son and how he sees me now...

A friend of mine started his treatments and ended up quitting because he was so sick all the time. He said he was amazed at how little this i...

The first week of treatment for my genotype 2 hepatitis C is over and it hasn’t been as bad as I feared.

Treatment has officially started!

Today is the big day! Treatment at last.

I’m set to begin treatment for hepatitis C this week!

The countdown for me to begin hep C treatment has been started again. It’s scheduled for 13 January 2012. That date also happens to be the 16t...

It’s been one thing after another on the route to hepatitis C treatment.

What a lunch bag letdown.  It was just an office visit.  Evidently, the paperwork wasn’t

Gearing up for my first treatment.

I need to find a way to live longer for my son. I want to see him graduate from high school. He’s going to be 12 on Thanksgiving Day, and I’m...

I never really had any ambition of becoming someone or doing something with my life, I just wanted to party and carry on with no responsibilit...

I’m 52 years old and a single Mother. I want to be able to live longer so maybe, just maybe I can see my son graduate from high school.