Yes, my mother propably got infected by this, because no one in her family has hepb, my mother passed it to me, because hepb was not widely known yet in the 70ties.
Welcome @hepb1 ,
Thanks for sharing your experiences and sounds like you have made a good foundation with your lifestyle choices!
I hope you can find the support you need from our community. As @eddie has mentioned, there are many here who have experienced what you have and empathise with your situation.
Cheers,
Thomas
Hi all,
I am jay from India I am 27y male . I got to know that i have chronic hep b infection from a blood bank to which i donated my blood without knowing that i was infected and they suggested for further tests .I was really devastated by hearing that i never heard of it i am completely unaware of what it was . I find it really difficult to be around with people i love in fear of me infecting them too . I avoided relationships even before they started in fear of getting avoided by them after knowing my health condition i have no hope .i got my tests done and my viral load is under the limits and in nonreactive stage so i wasn’t given any medication yet .By reading all your posts i got some hope thank you all.Hope they find the cure soon .
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Hi to all I was diagnosed with hepatitis B on July 2021 was not feeling good went for a check-up, blood was drawn send to lap results came back I was hepatitis B positive am a 26 years old African American man leaving in Los Angeles before my results I didn’t even know what is hepatitis b never had of it I didn’t even know there a vaccine for it. I was born in Africa came to America at a young age when I was 13 I never had any symptoms mother was never diagnosed for it my father never had it.
My viral load was 3,330 Iu/Ml ever since the diagnose I have been depressed wondering why me what do I do to deserve this. Did I catch it having sex or in the play grown using some else tooth brush razor having all these emotions going throw my mind, two weeks ago went for a Fibrosis scan results came back I have F2 fibrosis doctor started me on Entecavir 0.5 MG am praying to god things don’t get worst here in America you have to have money for medical issues so far the state had me covered with the bills? I haven’t told my poor mother yet about my issues she is still in Africa am the breadwinner am her only hope this news will kill her if she finds out. Thanks to Thomas I found about about the community throw a podcast he did
Keep me in your prayers.
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Welcome to hepbcommunity jay_jain,
As you may have read on here, many people can get quite distraught when they first discover they have hbv. On top of that, dealing with stigma over it or fearing spreading the virus doesn’t help us deal with it any better.
I am glad that you have found support here by reading what others have shared. You have taken a good first step by reading what others have posted and you can see that so many people that have had CHB for many many years are able to live a good life. There is a lot of information and a lot of advice to read about on these forums. I hope you continue to read through the posts and feel free to chime in where you feel inclined to do so.
-Paul
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Am a new member from Kenya (East Africa) and very excited to read your work. Thanks alot
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Hi Kinoti,
Just wanted to say welcome to the community! Take a look around the forums; there is a lot of information to absorb. If you have any particular questions, then try to find a good topic heading and go ahead and post any questions or comments if you have them.
I hope you will find further support from hepbcommunity,
Paul
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Thanks alot for your warm welcome. Am excited to join this community.
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Hello @Edward,
Welcome and I really hope this community will help you a lot. We are here to support each other in every way that we can.
Everyone in this forum understands what are you going through as we have been through ourselves. Please, navigate through the forum. There so much important information that can be extremely useful. Remember, we fear what we don’t know.
You did not do anything to deserve this. None of us did!
It’s good that you started medication. Thankfully the available treatments are very very effective. I hope that you will se an improvement very soon!
Best,
Drew
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Thank you drew for your kind words
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How would you find the Gp that knows about hbv as I am worried to find one.?
Thanks
Hello Evans,
I would reccomend looking for a hepatologist (liver specialist).
Best,
Drew
Hi Evans,
I see you’re in Australia. If you message me with where you’re based, happy to try to connect you with some GPs in your area that could help.
Cheers,
Thomas
Agreed, Drew. But in Australia we need to get a GP to refer us to see a hepatologist. Also, a lot of the monitoring can be done by GPs, with the option to raise it to hepatologists if necessary. Many GPs here in Australia are starting to get training so that they’re able to prescribe the antivirals necessary for ongoing HBV care.
TT
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I am here in Hobart, Tasmania… Thanks so much.
Evan’s Many GP will end up messing up with you. Always look for a gastroenterologist or hepatogist.
A GP once pit me on treatment without doing relevant tests and stopped my treatment after 48weeks.After one year I had a severe relapse.
Οοh I see! In Greece it’s a completely different system.
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Hi Joan,
I just happened upon this post. I know it’s a bit late of an answer, but just in case you still don’t know, here is what ‘woot’ means… lol
As a gamer back in the day, I knew what this meant but I am copying in part, from one of the listings of the urban dictionary as it probably isn’t in a real dictionary.
Woot originated as a hacker term for root (or administrative) access to a computer. However, with the term as coincides with [the gamer] term, “w00t”.
“w00t” was originally a truncated expression common among players of Dungeons and Dragons [tabletop] role-playing game for “Wow, loot!” Thus the term passed into the net-culture where it thrived in video game communities and lost its original meaning and is used simply as a term of excitement.
“I defeated the dark sorcerer! Woot!”
Hope this helps that possible itch in the back of your mind, if it was still there,
-Paul
Thanks Paul for remembering my question! I even forgot about it. Since I’m not a gamer (remember I’m a grandma!!!), I don’t know about D&D. But I still appreciate the explanation. You’re so kind. Always, Joan
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