[gentle music] My name is Carol Roberts.

Um, I was diagnosed with PBC back in 1999.

Um, at the time, I did real- found out that I was, um, actually towards the end stages.

I already had cirrhosis of the liver.

Um, at that time, the first-line treatment for PBC was just introduced as a brand name at that time, and they had never tested it in cirrhotic patients, so they said, "Give it a shot.

We'll see what it, if it works." And it worked amazingly for me.

But tell us your story first, uh, a- and then we'll head on down the road.

Okay.

Well, back in 1998, I was a stay-at-home mom, um, with two children.

One was 14.

The other was 17, away at school, um, out of state actually in college.

And I suffered from a lot of extreme itching.

Um, my children affectionately called me Bug Woman because if I heard a mosquito, I would have to hunt it down because I figured that was the cause of my itching.

Mm-hmm