Conquering Hepatitis C And Surviving Treatment: An Essential Guide Through Every Step of The HCV Treatment Process - Companion Website: www.hcvshare.org - Softcover

Conquering Hepatitis C and Surviving Treatment This book's whole focus is on killing the virus and making it through the necessary treatment journey. Both authors have followed this path. They reveal the latest in research findings on methods to improve treatment success and how to integrate those crucial results in the HCV treatment process. Nine others share their emotional response to learning of their infection, their decision to begin treatment, experiences while undergoing treatment, and what they are doing now. This book provides the necessary information and tools to follow in their footsteps with confidence. - Gives predictive pre-treatment indicators to success. - Shows steps to take to improve chances of success. - Provides proven methods for side effect management. - Reveals latest research findings with references. "Conquering Hepatitis C and Surviving Treatment should be required reading for people embarking on therapy, as well as for health care providers. It will give patients the tools they need to successfully complete treatment, and the stories from the people who have already gone down that path are motivating." ~Paul Schleinitz, MD, April 20, 2010, Medford, Oregon Companion Web Site: www.hcvshare.org

Tim Duncan is an Engineering Manager educated in Physics with graduate level coursework in Statistical Process Analysis. He is husband to a loving wife and father of two wonderful children. Tim was diagnosed with HCV 6 years previous to going through treatment. He entered into a clinical trial in late 2009 and completed treatment in March 2010. During treatment, he met Catherine on an online HCV support network; he and Catherine subsequently entered into a collaboration to bring their research results, new found knowledge, and experiences to light in this guide.