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Tig · Tig

Good news on the HBV front! Novel vaccine with Viread induces T cell immune response in chronic HBV Boni C, et al. Gastroenterol. 2019;doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2019.03.044.May 31, 2019Researchers found that treatment with a combination of Viread and GS-4774, a yeast-based therapeutic vacc...

Tig · Tig

I received this article today and while it might be hard to swallow, it sounds like it has merit. The study size was small, I wonder why... HE is a terrible condition, let’s hope this is the beginning of better control. Let me know if you have trouble opening it. VIENNA – Patients who swallowed fecal micr...

Story behind user name? · Daook

What is the story behind your user name? Mine is- my Jamaican friends pronunciation of my nick name "The Hook". :)

Michaele · Michaele

HI , Once again I come home to the group for help. I used to have a list of meds safe for use by those with Hep C and/or liver disease . Im trying to find a blood pressure meds that is safe for folks like us , and would like to hear from anyone on HBP meds approved for use by people with our conditions . I have to wo...

tanner · tanner

Yo. Just read this last night. Generics for Epclusa and Narvoni. Gilead dropped prices down to around $24,000 beginning last month. (1/19). Anyone else hear about this? Yesterday, my Anthem concierge rep reversed the Acreedo claim because of the entire mess with Acreedo/Express/old Medical Mut...

tanner · tanner

Trying to catch up with all the posts over the weekend. One from Tig about herbal supplements just caught my eye. I know about St. John's Wort, but hadn't heard about any others. And the supplements altogether: my liver specialist said none of my medications or supplements would impact or interfere t...

Canuck · Canuck

As I am a GT3a, I have been doing much reading (in many areas) about many aspects pertaining to the difficult of having and treating GT3's.GT3a "distinctions/idiosyncrasies" if you will. As some better drug treatments are now coming along for us 3's, who may have felt something like a minority or...

Cheddy · Cheddy

Please join me if you can. I just made a donation to the forum. It's sort of a year end gift to one another, a way of tipping my hat to us all. I have so much gratitude for this "place". Nobody else got me through my HepC ordeal better than the generous people here. I suppose it's not the best time to suggest m...

Carolinca · Carolinca

I read that SVR patients still cannot donate blood? If someone is HCV negative after treatment and SVR, why can't they donate blood? Also, if someone is HCV negative after treatment and SVR, can they still give the virus to others through blood to blood contact? If so, why is this if someone is negati...

nathanW · nathanW

ok ive done my 3 months on epclusa .... now i have to wait for my 6 month bloods too see if it worked . my 4 week one came back fine so lets see the long term one ... ok anyways . during the meds i got a horriable itch ... like discussed during my time taking the meds . now i have finished i have found i shake in my han...

Iris Dragonfly · Iris Dragonfly

If the DAA's are as I understand "direct antiviral agent" are there treatments for other viruses like Epstein-Barr syndrome or West Nile virus? Or rhino virus? Etc...etc... Can they be applied the same way as they have been to hep C? Bb, Iris

LamontCranston · LamontCranston

I seem to be continuing to improve, little by little, my 3 year battle with icky-gut-constipation-abdominal-liver-pain has nearly gone. All that's left is the expected aches and pains of being a 66 year old. I like it better. We went to Idaho, Montana, Wyoming for our usual Summer trout scaring tr...

Dandyindeed · Dandyindeed

Saw my gastroenterologist after having an ultrasound and she says Im good to go for treatment. She saw some fatty liver but that's it: no cirrhosis or cancer. Now I wait for call back from Hep C nurse to start my meds. Am I really going to get better or am I just going to not get any worse?

Canuck · Canuck

A shortened version - a look at why (in part) in 2014 certain people were not getting treated in North America. Gee, is it because they are not sick enough? Some things are are changing ... but too slowly. C. Disparate Access to Treatment Regimens in Chronic Hepatitis C PatientsData From the TRIO N...

Iris Dragonfly · Iris Dragonfly

I don't get it, I was doing so well for several weeks now, getting more energy and feeing a bit better physically as well as mentally. I swear the Hep C made me super depressed all the time. I was so tired and tied of hearing "pull myself by the boot straps". Well my straps broke a looooong time ago, but recen...

Iris Dragonfly · Iris Dragonfly

Hi guys! Quick question To further my trauma of having been diagnosed with a terminal condition at the young age of 18, I was told I would have to register with the county Health Department as having a communicable disease. (That made me feel real worthless and dangerous to be around). So I did. I was a he...

shahbazali8765 · shahbazali8765

At first glance the keto ultra diet reviews may seem like a crazy idea for type 2 diabetics. After all, many patients are put on diets to help them lose weight. The keto diet is high in fat, but it is very low in carbs, and this combination can help change the way your body stores and uses energy. With this di...

Canuck · Canuck

There are quite a few different news articles and interviews on this guy - Eugene Melnyk - (before his transplant and after). When you google up his name, these are later links, to do with the work he is trying to do now. Some of the other articles about his journey are more revealing as to showing what kin...

wendyo · wendyo

http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/ap/2016/10/27/Transplant_experiment_relies_on_hepatitis_C_infected_kidneys.html

polosilver · polosilver

Hello Canuck/Tig/All -- polosilver here after several months of being gone away. I've tried to figure out where to post my updates and not sure where to do it, so finally decided to start a new topic! I started treatment August 4 2017, so this time a year ago I had a lot of questions and concerns. I am happy...

ivanko67 · ivanko67

Dear fellow members, Could you please shed some light as of what are the steps and what variables to take into account to diagnose hepatitis through a Urine Analysis, without having to draw blood from a patient? The information provided I will only use it for a report I am writing for a class I'm taking...

Tig · Tig

Hello Forum Members, After Malcolm "Mallani" wrote this article, we felt it best to close the original post to preserve it's place and position in the forum index. It will allow future searches on this subject to be located and referenced without the need of locating it through subseq...

Iris Dragonfly · Iris Dragonfly

So, I know you cannot supposedly feel pain in your liver, but over the course of this disease and more so as time goes on I get a knife twisting kind of pain in my liver. Had one just the other day. Also if I bend over to say, tie my shoe or paint my toenails or some other kind of hunched over thing, on occasion, I...

dtre30319 · dtre30319

Hello Everyone, Its been awhile since I have been on but I wanted to give everyone an update. I had my yearly physical with a new Primary Care doctor. I told her to run the yearly test, which should include hep c. She sends me an email saying that my hep c test came back positive and shows antibodies. N...

Nirav · Nirav

Hello friends, Greetings from www.surcation.com We are going to do a Hepc campaign for which we need your help. We want to spread awareness amongst the doctors for Hepc treatment which needs to be addressed as soon as detected not when you are sick enough. We need your help by getting some infor...

Iris Dragonfly · Iris Dragonfly

I was going to say waiting for my meds but before I could get on, the Fed Ex guy was here knocking on the door. So it's here ! it's here!! Its really here!!! Well, wait... let me open the box. Wish I know how to post a pic, I want to share this journey has been soo freaking long coming. Yep it's in there.!!!! Woo...

Tig · Tig

Hello Magic Bean Counters and fellow friends, I would like to make a request of ya’ll. Would you take a moment and go to our calendar, top of the page, next to the search function. You know where that’s at. If it’s not too much to ask, would you fill in your treatment start, end and SVR dates when you know the...

daka · daka

I contracted Hepatitis 'C' 47 years ago as an adventuresome hippie experimenting with 'Speed'. Recently I was being prepared for the new treatment regimen by my liver specialist, undergoing blood tests for viral load and an ultrasound. Much to my shock they told me my viral load was 'not measura...

fourlocos · fourlocos

http://www.natap.org/2014/AASLD/AASLD_07.htm I will not pretend to understand it all but I got the message. Thought you might be interested.

lamassu · lamassu

I had an interesting chat with my hepatologist today on follow up after ending Epclusa treatment 9 days ago. He said the fatigue I had during treatment with Epclusa generally affects his older patients but there are exceptions. He also told me to consider myself cured until proven otherwise. If rela...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Hep B Updates (Preview) Good news on the HBV front! Novel vaccine with Viread induces T cell immune response in chronic HBV Boni C, et al. Gastroenterol. 2019;doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2019.03.044.May 31, 2019Researchers found that treatment with a combination of Viread and GS-4774, a yeast-based therapeutic vacc...	Tig	1	1982	Jun 2, 2019 by Canuck
	Cirrhosis and Hepatic Encephalopathy (Preview) I received this article today and while it might be hard to swallow, it sounds like it has merit. The study size was small, I wonder why... HE is a terrible condition, let’s hope this is the beginning of better control. Let me know if you have trouble opening it. VIENNA – Patients who swallowed fecal micr...	Tig	2	2180	Apr 18, 2019 by Observer
	Story behind user name? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) What is the story behind your user name? Mine is- my Jamaican friends pronunciation of my nick name "The Hook". :)	Daook	68	6258	Apr 3, 2019 by LamontCranston
	HBP Rx and other meds safe for use with liver disease (Preview) HI , Once again I come home to the group for help. I used to have a list of meds safe for use by those with Hep C and/or liver disease . Im trying to find a blood pressure meds that is safe for folks like us , and would like to hear from anyone on HBP meds approved for use by people with our conditions . I have to wo...	Michaele	4	1845	Mar 28, 2019 by Michaele
	Generics (Preview) Yo. Just read this last night. Generics for Epclusa and Narvoni. Gilead dropped prices down to around $24,000 beginning last month. (1/19). Anyone else hear about this? Yesterday, my Anthem concierge rep reversed the Acreedo claim because of the entire mess with Acreedo/Express/old Medical Mut...	tanner	10	2435	Mar 7, 2019 by Tig
	Supplements (Preview) Trying to catch up with all the posts over the weekend. One from Tig about herbal supplements just caught my eye. I know about St. John's Wort, but hadn't heard about any others. And the supplements altogether: my liver specialist said none of my medications or supplements would impact or interfere t...	tanner	3	2315	Feb 11, 2019 by 5-1-18
	SOF/VEL and SOF/VEL/VOX ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) As I am a GT3a, I have been doing much reading (in many areas) about many aspects pertaining to the difficult of having and treating GT3's.GT3a "distinctions/idiosyncrasies" if you will. As some better drug treatments are now coming along for us 3's, who may have felt something like a minority or...	Canuck	130	47170	Jan 5, 2019 by Canuck
	Let's help each other out (Preview) Please join me if you can. I just made a donation to the forum. It's sort of a year end gift to one another, a way of tipping my hat to us all. I have so much gratitude for this "place". Nobody else got me through my HepC ordeal better than the generous people here. I suppose it's not the best time to suggest m...	Cheddy	4	1630	Jan 1, 2019 by Cheddy
	Donating Blood after Achieving SVR (Preview) I read that SVR patients still cannot donate blood? If someone is HCV negative after treatment and SVR, why can't they donate blood? Also, if someone is HCV negative after treatment and SVR, can they still give the virus to others through blood to blood contact? If so, why is this if someone is negati...	Carolinca	11	3460	Dec 12, 2018 by Tig
	epclusa program finished ...strange after effects now . (Preview) ok ive done my 3 months on epclusa .... now i have to wait for my 6 month bloods too see if it worked . my 4 week one came back fine so lets see the long term one ... ok anyways . during the meds i got a horriable itch ... like discussed during my time taking the meds . now i have finished i have found i shake in my han...	nathanW	9	2181	Dec 12, 2018 by LamontCranston
	What about other viruses? (Preview) If the DAA's are as I understand "direct antiviral agent" are there treatments for other viruses like Epstein-Barr syndrome or West Nile virus? Or rhino virus? Etc...etc... Can they be applied the same way as they have been to hep C? Bb, Iris	Iris Dragonfly	2	1458	Oct 18, 2018 by LamontCranston
	Still alive! (Preview) I seem to be continuing to improve, little by little, my 3 year battle with icky-gut-constipation-abdominal-liver-pain has nearly gone. All that's left is the expected aches and pains of being a 66 year old. I like it better. We went to Idaho, Montana, Wyoming for our usual Summer trout scaring tr...	LamontCranston	13	1833	Oct 18, 2018 by LamontCranston
	Foods that cause vomiting: is this going to get better? (Preview) Saw my gastroenterologist after having an ultrasound and she says Im good to go for treatment. She saw some fatty liver but that's it: no cirrhosis or cancer. Now I wait for call back from Hep C nurse to start my meds. Am I really going to get better or am I just going to not get any worse?	Dandyindeed	12	1746	Oct 5, 2018 by 5-1-18
	Access to drugs (Preview) A shortened version - a look at why (in part) in 2014 certain people were not getting treated in North America. Gee, is it because they are not sick enough? Some things are are changing ... but too slowly. C. Disparate Access to Treatment Regimens in Chronic Hepatitis C PatientsData From the TRIO N...	Canuck	3	3472	Sep 20, 2018 by Canuck
	Depression again (Preview) I don't get it, I was doing so well for several weeks now, getting more energy and feeing a bit better physically as well as mentally. I swear the Hep C made me super depressed all the time. I was so tired and tied of hearing "pull myself by the boot straps". Well my straps broke a looooong time ago, but recen...	Iris Dragonfly	5	1311	Sep 18, 2018 by Hoodietree
	Health Dept. registration (Preview) Hi guys! Quick question To further my trauma of having been diagnosed with a terminal condition at the young age of 18, I was told I would have to register with the county Health Department as having a communicable disease. (That made me feel real worthless and dangerous to be around). So I did. I was a he...	Iris Dragonfly	11	1909	Sep 14, 2018 by 5-1-18
	What Is the Keto Diet? (Preview) At first glance the keto ultra diet reviews may seem like a crazy idea for type 2 diabetics. After all, many patients are put on diets to help them lose weight. The keto diet is high in fat, but it is very low in carbs, and this combination can help change the way your body stores and uses energy. With this di...	shahbazali8765	3	1724	Sep 3, 2018 by Tig
	Eugene Melnyk - transplant recipient (Preview) There are quite a few different news articles and interviews on this guy - Eugene Melnyk - (before his transplant and after). When you google up his name, these are later links, to do with the work he is trying to do now. Some of the other articles about his journey are more revealing as to showing what kin...	Canuck	2	2208	Aug 31, 2018 by Canuck
	Transplant experiment relies on hepatitis C-infected kidneys (Preview) http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/ap/2016/10/27/Transplant_experiment_relies_on_hepatitis_C_infected_kidneys.html	wendyo	5	2152	Aug 27, 2018 by Canuck
	HepC SOT Anniversay coming up - health (Preview) Hello Canuck/Tig/All -- polosilver here after several months of being gone away. I've tried to figure out where to post my updates and not sure where to do it, so finally decided to start a new topic! I started treatment August 4 2017, so this time a year ago I had a lot of questions and concerns. I am happy...	polosilver	17	2692	Aug 20, 2018 by 5-1-18
	Urinalysis: variables that confirm hepatitis C (Preview) Dear fellow members, Could you please shed some light as of what are the steps and what variables to take into account to diagnose hepatitis through a Urine Analysis, without having to draw blood from a patient? The information provided I will only use it for a report I am writing for a class I'm taking...	ivanko67	3	1540	Aug 6, 2018 by Canuck
	Cirrhosis in HepC_Mallani (Preview) Hello Forum Members, After Malcolm "Mallani" wrote this article, we felt it best to close the original post to preserve it's place and position in the forum index. It will allow future searches on this subject to be located and referenced without the need of locating it through subseq...	Tig	19	6149	Aug 6, 2018 by Canuck
	Knife twisting pain (Preview) So, I know you cannot supposedly feel pain in your liver, but over the course of this disease and more so as time goes on I get a knife twisting kind of pain in my liver. Had one just the other day. Also if I bend over to say, tie my shoe or paint my toenails or some other kind of hunched over thing, on occasion, I...	Iris Dragonfly	9	1834	Aug 4, 2018 by 5-1-18
	Yearly Physical Exam (Preview) Hello Everyone, Its been awhile since I have been on but I wanted to give everyone an update. I had my yearly physical with a new Primary Care doctor. I told her to run the yearly test, which should include hep c. She sends me an email saying that my hep c test came back positive and shows antibodies. N...	dtre30319	7	1572	Aug 1, 2018 by Iris Dragonfly
	Hepc Campaign - USA (Preview) Hello friends, Greetings from www.surcation.com We are going to do a Hepc campaign for which we need your help. We want to spread awareness amongst the doctors for Hepc treatment which needs to be addressed as soon as detected not when you are sick enough. We need your help by getting some infor...	Nirav	3	1723	Jul 21, 2018 by Tig
	Oh My Goodness it's here! (Preview) I was going to say waiting for my meds but before I could get on, the Fed Ex guy was here knocking on the door. So it's here ! it's here!! Its really here!!! Well, wait... let me open the box. Wish I know how to post a pic, I want to share this journey has been soo freaking long coming. Yep it's in there.!!!! Woo...	Iris Dragonfly	16	1870	Jul 4, 2018 by robertsamx
	Calendar Updates (Preview) Hello Magic Bean Counters and fellow friends, I would like to make a request of ya’ll. Would you take a moment and go to our calendar, top of the page, next to the search function. You know where that’s at. If it’s not too much to ask, would you fill in your treatment start, end and SVR dates when you know the...	Tig	0	1236	Jun 29, 2018 by Tig
	Fasting As A Treatment (Preview) I contracted Hepatitis 'C' 47 years ago as an adventuresome hippie experimenting with 'Speed'. Recently I was being prepared for the new treatment regimen by my liver specialist, undergoing blood tests for viral load and an ultrasound. Much to my shock they told me my viral load was 'not measura...	daka	15	1682	Jun 19, 2018 by 5-1-18
	Interesting study on Brain Fog and Harvoni (Preview) http://www.natap.org/2014/AASLD/AASLD_07.htm I will not pretend to understand it all but I got the message. Thought you might be interested.	fourlocos	8	3349	Jun 17, 2018 by 5-1-18
	Harvoni vs Epclusa or Mavyret usage rates and follow up testing (Preview) I had an interesting chat with my hepatologist today on follow up after ending Epclusa treatment 9 days ago. He said the fatigue I had during treatment with Epclusa generally affects his older patients but there are exceptions. He also told me to consider myself cured until proven otherwise. If rela...	lamassu	2	2117	Jun 9, 2018 by 5-1-18
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