Living with Hepatitis C, Fifth Edition: A Survivor's Guide

by Hedy Weinberg and Gregory T. Everson

Book Overview

The Most Trusted Resource and Reference for Millions of Americans

Living with Hepatitis C was the first book to explain in everyday language the causes of this disease, its major and minor symptoms, and all of the latest treatments available. Researchers have continued to make dramatic strides in helping the millions of Americans who suffer from Hepatitis C since the book's first publication, and each new edition has kept up with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578263050
• ISBN13: 9781578263059
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Hatherleigh Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

great info for those living witrh hep C

I have bought every book available on Hep C and this is definitely one of the best for those who continue to live with the disease.

Living with Hepatitus C

I like this book so much that I've bought it twice and have lent it to friends who have learned of their diagnosis with this disease. Information is power and this book gives the power to learn how to live with this disease.

Most comprehensive, easy to understand, encouraging book

This book should be distributed through the doctor's office to everyone diagnosed with hepatitis c. It addresses every question I have on my disease. I have been on intron and/or ribavirin for 5 years. The pleasant picture painted by the video the drug company distributes is not an accurate one. I have five friends with this disease, in addition to one who is living with a transplant and one who died of it several years ago after two transplants. This book is highly recommended by all who read it. So 5 stars from each of us! It made us realize that we are not whiners or exceptions. Pain and discomfort are easier to take when you understand why it is happening and that it's not just happening to you.

"The quiet after the storm "

This book provides the calm after learning of a positive diagnosis for Hepatitis C. I want to thank Gregory Everson,MD for his timely and very informative book, Living with Hepatitis C: A survivor's guide. As a nurse I found the book to be an easy read explaining many complex and difficult medical terms. The book is succinct not filled with a lot of statistics and medical jargon. It is pragmatic in its approach to helping the infected person understand treatment options, their potential effectiveness and financial burdens. It never sugar-coats the reality that this is a potentially fatal disease which is reaching epidemic proportion. The book is very sensitive and non-judgemental regarding the modes for viral transmission. The discussion for the need for more organ donors nationwide is excellent and well presented. I think for those living with this diagnosis it is empowering to read the candid comments from Hedy Weinberg the co-contributor to the book who freely shares her experiences surrounding diagnosis, treatment, and fears. There are many anonymous contributors who also share their experiences and through them the reader sees their own fears and realizes I am not alone, there is HOPE. But I did not read this book as a nurse seeking knowlegde. I read it as a woman seeking such hope, for I am a woman learning to love a very courgeous man who is learning to live with his Hep C diagnosis. I now know the storm has passed and survival is possible. Read this book, get educated, alleviate your fears, gain hope, advocate for organ donors. Live calmly, live fully.

Two Thumbs Up

Living with Hepatitis C by Dr.Gregory T. Everson and Hedy weinberg is a must have and a must read for the 3.2 million Americans who have been diagnosed with Hepatitis C and family members of those who have tested positive for the virus. Dr. Everson begins with the basics at diagnosis and leads you from the beginning of diagnoses and the steps that those of us will encounter when the virus begins to grow. This book will teach you how to interpet blood tests and what signs to be on the lookout for. This book reaches out and shares the insight of families who have a member who has been infected. Dr Everson discusses the grieving process and lends the reader of getting financial aid to help defray the costs. Today there are 3.2 million Americans that have been diagnosed with the virus and it is on the border of epidemic proportions. Dr. Everson discuses organ donation and insights of possible research that may lead to early treatment of Hepatitis C. You'll find that the underliying them is the need for more donor organs. Hats off To Dr.Everson and this book. I wish I had this book when I was first diagnosed with Hepatitis C. Buy the book and become an organ donor. Transplants are the kindness gift of all, the gift of life. Larry Wagner