Hi Crystal,
I have had HCV for over 25 years. I have been doing everything natural for years, including humic acid, Mag O7, nutritional IV's,
H2O2 (Hydrogen-Peroxid) IV's, Ozone, diet, cleanses, zappers, you name it. Nothing has worked as far as a cure.
On a recent biopsy, I found I had first stage cirrhosis. I was shocked because I feel good. No problems physically except being tired when I do a lot of exercise. If you havent't gotten a biopsy, I highly suggest you get one. There is no other way to find out how fibrotic or damaged your liver is. The French blood test to test for fibrosis is too general.
A high viral load does not mean your liver is bad, and a low viral load does not mean your liver is good, although it can. The viral load only really mans something if you are on the interferon combo and you are trying to go non-detetcted and SVR.
(Sustained Viral Response) You also need to know your genotype. This means everything if you decide to do the allpathic treatment of interferon.
The disease progresses, no matter what you do or spend. Please get checked. Even if you don't want to do the combo, (there are more promising drugs about 10 yrs down the road), you need to know where you stand now.
Very few people get better with alternative medicine if they've had this a long time.
I believe alternative is worth trying, but to do it correctly, plan on spending between $1200 to $2000 a month.
There are many people selling their 'snake medicine'. They do little or nothing to help with the disease.I find Lloyd Wright and Dr Zhang the better and more informed on alternative choices. Lloyd is against the allopathic treatments, but IMO, sometimes the alternatives just don't work for everyone, or they can't afford to do it correctly.
If you do decide to buy into some of the 'machines' or 'alternative wonders', always ask for the names of people, or how many people they know of that has gone SVR with their methods. Most of these people sell hope, and not a cure. It consumes a great amount of time, emotion and money. BTW,
Colloidal Silver does not work. I've heard of one person at Santa Monica Hospital in MX that was cured, and that's it. Not worth the money for only one person's success.
I have come to the costly conclusion, that if people were being cured of HCV, they would post it all over the internet, and a line would form outside their practioner's office.
I do know that
Antibiotics , except Levaquin, all anti inflammatories and xylitol cause your viral load to spike. I can't say for sure xylitol causes liver problems, but it did with me, and it does cause liver failure in dogs. Leave xylitol to the healthy people. Also, this disease causes havoc with the Thyroid.
Good Luck with whatever path you take. No two people are alike. I wish you the best and I do hope you clear this virus. It is a humbling disease.