It is time to Slay this Dragon

So it has come to the time where I am viewing my pet dragon, the one that lives in my liver as a squatter, whom I no longer want to house. This is a hugh philosophical conundrum for me as an ex-squatter and lover of dragons! A hugh philosophical conundrum as a holistic health advocator and herbalist, I believe in the theory of health that states, our individual 'terrain' houses ill health and lets viruses and other diseases live within us…

So why haven't I been able to clear this virus with my knowledge of herbs and nutrition,  yoga and spiritual per suits? Why am I turning to pharmacological compounds?




These are all questions I am going to explore with this blog.

I hope that this blog helps others out there with journeying through health and life.

I was diagnoised with Hepatitis C in 2001, I had been feeling low with lots of respiratory infections and general malaise so I went for an HIV test at my local surgery. When the results came I was over joyed that I was HIV negative and I had never heard of Hepatitis C so had no idea of what it meant..

I went home to my flat that I shared with my 4 year old son and googled Hepatitis C, the first page that came up was an obituary to someones wife who had died from the disease, I felt immediately freaked out. I joined some forums online and talking to the community, listening to many peoples woos about their symptoms and the horrors of the treatment of the time which was interferon based, scared me even more. 

Today is April 14^th 2016 and 5 days ago I sent £1050 to a man I met on the internet to supply me with generic medicine from India, I have felt very odd since I made the decision to buy the medicines…The NHS cannot offer me these medicines because the pharmaceutical company who has patented them are selling them for a highly inflated price to the NHS about £35 grand per treatment, these medicines are being seen to show 95% cure rates with minimal side effects. My consultant basically advised me to 'get a friend in India' where the generic medicines are being made and sold for a fraction of that crazy price….So I have been doing hours of scouring the internet reading about companies in India and hours of thinking through all the  possibilities and options that surround being part of something akin to 
THE DALLAS BUYERS CLUB! 

Life feels like a film

I am a university trained in phytotherapy and complimentary health sciences  (medical training in a hospital setting) with many years of clinical practice. Through my studies I decided to  reject the interferon based treatments and liver biopsy offered to me instead treating myself with nutritional and herbal support for the past 15 years.

The herbs I have used over the years include Milk thistle, hypericum(st. johns wort), calendula, shisandra, bupleurum, elder berries and turmeric, certain medicinal mushrooms, and various other supplements…

I am genotype 3a and have a level of 6 on the fibroscan, over the last 2 years my symptoms of rashes and fatigue have increased and I feel that the herbs and diet alone are not clearing my virus and I do not know if they will, perhaps if I went and lived up a mountain and drank spring water, meditated and had massage daily alongside the herbs it would clear but I do not have the luxury of doing that at this time. 

So I have made the decision to take the generic medicine, part of my mind is in turmoil because I personally do not like the 'magic bullet' approach of a lot of orthodox medicine but I feel that it is my best bet at preventing liver cancer. I believe that herbs and other lifestyle options can be integrated after taking the medical chemical compounds and thus my treatment will be Whole. 

Today we checked the fedex tracking numbers and it said they were in Enfield, arrived from Charles De Gaul this morning, from Dubai yesterday ….

The Fedex man got a shock when he knocked and I burst into tears, thanking him for bringing me the medicines that may well save my life!

I have been reading about the new meds particularly Sofosvir & Daclatasvir as these are the ones that I am going to be taking. My understanding so far is that the Sov blocks the action of an enzyme called ‘NS5B RNA-dependent RNA polymerase’ and Dak blocks the action of a protein in the hepatitis C virus called NS5A which is essential for the virus to multiply.