VARIETY OF HERBS

HI! MY NAME IS ELAINE AND I AM NEW AT THIS SITE, SO I'LL GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND INFO. MY HUSBAND JOE IS HEP C+, HEP B+, AND HIV+. HE HAD A SHORT RUN WITH DRUGS BACK IN THE EARLY 80'S, AND ALSO HAS SOME "BACK ROOM" TATOOS FROM WAY BACK, AND HAD A BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN 1981. ANY OF THESE COULD HAVE RESULTED IN HIS CURRENT SITUATION. ANYWAY, HE HAS KNOWN ABOUT THE HIV FOR 10 YEARS NOW, AND HAS BEEN SUCESSFULLY TREATED WITH COMBIVIR AND VIRACEPT FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS. VIRAL LOAD IS UNDETECTABLE AND T4 COUNT IS AT 1300. THINGS WERE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD UNTIL HE WAS RECENTLY DIANOSED WITH CRONIC HEP B AND HEP C. HE IS ALSO BI-POLAR . HIS DOCTOR SAYS HE WILL TREAT HIM, BUT THAT WITH HIS TRIPLE INFECTION, THE TREATMENT MAY BE HARD ON HIM AND MAY NOT PROVIDE GOOD RESULTS. WE ARE CONSIDERING NOT GOING WITH THE INTERFERON, AND TAKING HERBS INSTEAD. WE HAVE ALSO CONSIDERED DOING BOTH, BUT I HAVE HEARD THERE CAN BE CONTERACTIONS WITH TAKING HERBS AND INTERFERON. CURRENTLY, UNTIL THEY DO THE BIOPSY AND COME UP WITH A TREATMENT PLAN, HE IS TAKING A VARIETY OF HERBS. I CAME UP WITH HIS REGIME BASICALLY FROM 2 BOOKS. HERBS FOR HEPATITIS C AND THE LIVER BY STEVEN BUHNER AND TRIUMPH OVER HEPATITIS C BY LLOYD WRIGHT. HAVE ANY OF YOU HEARD OF ANY OF THESE BEFORE? AND WHAT IS YOUR OPINION/EXPERIENCE?
HE IS CURRENTLY TAKING: ALOE VERA JUICE, CATS CLAW (TEA & CAPSULES) DANDELION ROOT (TEA & CAPSULES), EUROCEL(PATRINA VILLOSA, ARTEMISLA CAPOLLARIS,AND SCHIZANDRA FRUCTUS),LIPOTROPE(ALTERNATIVE TO HEPASTAT), LICORICE ROOT(TEA & CAPSULES), ALPHA LIPOIC ACID,MILK THISTLE (TEA & CAPSULES), NADH, THYMUS(FROZEN LIVE-CELL AND CAPSULES), AND REISHI MUSHROOM(TEA & CAPSULES).
HAS ANYONE HEARD OF ANY OF THESE? BY THE TIME THE DOCTORS GET AROUND TO DOING THIER THING, HIS BLOOD WORK SHOULD SHOW IF THERE IS ANY IMPROVEMENT, AND THEN WE CAN MAKE A BETTER DECISION OF WHETHER OR NOT TO GO WITH THE INTERFERON. ONE OTHER OBSTICLE IS THAT JOE THE BI-POLAR, AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I AM SCARED TO DEATH FOR HIM TO GET ON THE MEDS. HAS ANYONE GOT ANYTHING TO SHARE ON THIS NOTE? HE IS ALREADY DEEPLY DEPRESSED, JUST FROM ALL OF THIS, AND TO ADD INTERFERON TO THE MIX IS ALMOST LIKE SUICIDE. (NO PUN INTENDED). I AM SERIOUSLY WORRIED ABOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS AND HOW HE MIGHT DEAL WITH THEM. HE IS UP AND DOWN (MOSTLY DOWN) SO MUCH OF THE TIME ALREADY. ANY RESPONCE ON ANY OF THESE TOPICS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO MAKE A SITE LIKE THIS POSSIBLE!

GOD BLESS,
ELAINE