Hi,
About 15 months ago I was diagnosed with HepB. Since then life has come full circle for me. While 15 months ago my viral load was higher than normal, it came down in the next annual visit. Yet my Hepatologist suggested to initiate the therapy and since then I have been on TAF. From within, I was hoping my doctor would suggest to start the therapy as it seemed logical to start early after reading many posts in this forum. I am just sharing a few things I wanted to share after an year of diagnosis:
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Focus on quality of life is important. Yes, you never wanted to happen it to you but it happened and its best to deal with it than being in a continuous state of disbelief
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There are a lot of Ifs and Buts in HBV. It is best to leave it to the doctors and researchers. Reading too much literature wont help if you are not from the medical field. Get a good doctor and follow their advice to the best you can
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Your diagnosis does not impact just you but your family too. Protect them first and work to get them a peaceful life. If you panic they panic exponentially even if they don’t show it to you.
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Keep chasing your goals… to stop is to drag yourself further into the misery
Thanks to @ThomasTu and @Joan_Block for creating a forum like this. How to use it is up to us. I choose to read happy posts and posts with people sharing similar experiences knowing very well that each person is living a unique experience yet some people are doing somethings right and we need to learn from them.
Cheers!