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vomiting and diarrhea 21/2 weeks post treatment
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Hey...It may be a stomach bug but was wondering if anyone experienced nausea post treatment. I have been feeling great then came down with more flu like symptoms, vomiting, and diarrhea last night into today. Conincidentally, a nurse educator from CVS called today to see how I was feeling post tre...
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6 weeks update
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Hey ALL! Well finally have my thyroid issues almost under control. My thyroid has been wanting to return to pre-tx levels but the high dosage of thyroid meds was dropping it to hyper levels. Had a really bad reaction two weeks ago --almost ended up in the ER from heart getting ready to burst out of my ches...
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Anybody out there who is in post treatment w/ 1b with cirrohisis any results SVR
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2 more weeks and was wondering if anybody out there has 1b with cirrohisis post treatment any svr results
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4 months after treatment ended better liver function but high biliruben???
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Hi, I just took my "3 month" blood test closer to my 4 month mark, due to being busy. My results were "weird". My doc told me my Liver function was normal, but I had high Biliruben counts. I have an abscess in my mouth, but less than 1% causes high biliruben counts. Does this mean it's...
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12 week unt. Now taking Neopogen for low white count.
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12 weeks und! Low white count (2.2) now. Lowered interferon does, gave me a shot of Neopogen which I'll start taking till blood gets back to where it should be. Then they up the Peg again. Not worried though because I've read that people on this site have gone through this before me. Okay, got a little con...
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Finally feeling better, dare I say?
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Finished 24 week Insivek treatment 4 weeks ago and i can finally say I am starting to feel better! No more fever, (was spiking every night post treatment for 3 weeks). Brain fog is a little better, I am tired but I definately have more energy, and most importantly I want to be among the living! I want to be w...
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Going on 5 weeks post Incivik and still have burning issues and hemorroids?
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So just like the title states, I am on week 5 post incivik treament. I ended it on Jun 22. The fire-rehea for the most part stopped when I got off of it, but recently a bout of painful bathroom movements has come up. I have had hemorroids since the incivik. They have never fully gone away. I have been using pr...
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Energy Returning at Two Weeks Out
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Until today I was not real impressed with the rate of recovery post treatment. I felt better, but the rate of improvement was too slow. But yesterday I walked to lunch with a friend at work. The return trip involves a long walk up a steep hill. During treatment I would be so winded it was hard to have a conve...
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Shifting gears
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After halting treatment the On Treatment section of the forum will now no longer be of of my venues, at least for another 3 or 4 years. Admittedly, I didn't get here to the Post Treatment section by the same means as most folks, but I still have a vital need to be here, to be connected with my friends &...
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Post treatment with cirrohsis
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Anybody out there with cirrohsis finish post treatment
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5 Months post tx
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Wow time goes so fast.Went on vaca for a week and jost got back. Enjoyed time in the pool and out in the sun. So happy to be rid of hepc.The dr told me the new gold standard was 3 months post tx= SVR for tx naive patients and my test was done @ 4months post so I am feeling good about the future. I will probably ask f...
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EOT Labs UND
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It's official. The Week 36 End of Treatment labs are in the spreadsheet in the signature below. But the big part is VL UND. Long, hard road but apparently worth it. Alan
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It Is Finished
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First post in this area. The last ribavirin just went down the hatch. Didn't hurt a bit. But I am having a little emotional moment, watching the Olympic opening, supper done, finished with treatment. Took next week off work to bask in the warm glow and await the return of feeling good. Ah, free at last. T...
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last dose of riba DONE!!
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YAY!! I am finished....now time to get back in shape. This woman, Oksana Chusovitina is my new hero...I was a competative gymnast for 13 years and this gal is STILL COMPETING at age 37. This is her 6th olympics, she is a mom, and battled through her son having leukemia. She is my inspiration to get hea...
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First Post-TX Doc Report
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Wow! What a relief--still UND! The first 4 weeks have been pretty good. Thinking clearer (most of the time), can spell again, more energy, much better mood--still have moments of left over Riba rage, still tire easily and my hair is continuing to fall out! Overall I cannot complain. Looking back it r...
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Treatment
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Ok I know I should probably be in another area but I really need some people who have done the treatment to help me out--I am 18 years old and have hep c. I got it from my mom when I was a little girl because my parents told me not to use her razor and...that's exactly what I did(oops). I start college in the end o...
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Christina
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New tx coming.
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http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/vertex-surges-rival-hep-c-contender-plays-catch-clinic/2012-07-31-- Edited by JIme on Tuesday 31st of July 2012 11:52:05 PM
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Found my brain
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Hey Folks--who knew it was hiding in the fog! It has been an amazing first week post-tx. The first 5 days I had the strength of Hercules, the patience of Mother Theresa and slept like a sweet little baby--then I crashed. But in spite of the momentary set-back which was brought on by over doing physically...
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1 Month Post TX
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Saw my dr last week. Everything felt right. Wont do blood work or see him again for 3 months. VLs will be done at 3 and 6 months. At 2 weeks post, my white blood labs were all normal but still mildly anemic (HGB at 12.3, up from 10.8). My energy level is way up. Very few naps lately (kind of miss them) and was abl...
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Pre-screened for 12 weeks of PEG riba and 7977-turned down;(
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Very disappointing...Because my PAST medical chart showed mild depression when taking anti-virals I was not accepted into the study. Here is what was going on..wouldn't anyone be "mildly" depressed (all occurring within 13 MONTHS) ...
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3 month SVR!!!
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Hello boys and girls... Nurse was happy to email me the results today! Thanks to everyone on this board, and of course my dad who helped me through it!
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Post treatment symptoms??
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I ended treatment on Thursday. So I've had one full day without any medicine. Last night I didn't sleep for more then 6 minutes at a time waking up in a panic and/or dripping sweat. Dreams and reality were very mixed. I knew where I was but had very bad dreams that felt very very real and were connected with...
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post treatment survey study out of the UK
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have been in touch with a nurse educator from Vertex and he let me know about this study. More research needs to be done on post treatment side effects/new illnesses but I am glad we have some sort of guideline. Let's push for a bigger study to be done here. Encourage your doc, pharmacy, and write the d...
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Day 5 post tx
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Wow, post treatment! After 5 short days the itchy skin is gone, dry mouth is gone, the sore inner ear problem- gone. I also stopped taking my anti depressants last Friday, so have had a pretty bad headache and some mood problems but hey, I'm not complaining, I think the worst is over. Thanks to all who pos...
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3 and a half months post treatment update
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Haven't been on here much lately but im doing great. Very glad to be living life again. In Aug i will go for SVR test looking forward to that as the wait is driving me crazy.I feel like im 18 again lol
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Undetected 3 months Post
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Hi. Three month post VL back and remain undetected. Very grateful. Know it could have gone the other way.
Am sad some on here were not so lucky and I want to say I am thinking of you all.
Tx worth it although I have not got my life back as it was before tx and guess I just have to get ok with the changes tx brough...
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Six month bloods came back undetected.
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Finally got the test results and woopee! Life rocks!
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Help I cannot understand my test result!
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Help!!! Treated last year and relapsed after TX Last Test result was 1, 275,000 Had another test done and it says 5.42 What does 5.42 even mean for HCV RNA? I do not know how to decipher from millions to this 5.42?
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Results
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Relapse, Non-Responder? call it what you like, but good news kids!!! I'm back at the party. VL Now 2290950 iu/ml Log VL=6.38. No further TX option for the moment here for type 3A. At the moment is have only a 5 score on the Childs Pugh score which puts my Cirrhosis at Type "A" My only real confus...
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Post Incivek scalp itch
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Okay, has anyone experienced an itchy scalp after having a bad Incivek rash? The rash is gone but my scalp still flares up-- I start around 3:00 everyday and want to scratch my head til it bleeds! I don't go that far but this is driving me crazy! I take zyrtek in the day and a prescription at night for th...
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