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After treatment issues?
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I'm very sorry to start my own thread- I am feeling kind of anxious which if you remember me, tends to be an issue with me. Lol. I'll read some relevant threads later when I have some time and energy...for now, if someone could help me with a quick answer? I am now about a little over six months post treatme...
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SOT + 1 Year
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Nothing more really but I just wanted to post that today is the anniversary of swallowing my first Harvoni Pill. I do recall that day as if it was yesterday. One year later, a few nervous scares and incidents and still UND as of Dec and I am quite sure now as well. I owe so much to the people on this forum and t...
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Hello post three month treatment results feeling very lucky
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ALT 20 ALP 71 T.Bilirubin 9 GGT 31 Albumin 45 AFP 5 hep c UNDETECTED !!!!!!!!!!!!! im a different person now -- Edited by Tiger on Saturday 4th of February 2017 03:06:39 PM
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SVR (UND) 1521 days!!! Check in
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4 years, 1 month, 30 days since I ENDED my hellish ride and quest to kill the Dragon and thus far it's still down for the count! :D (Nov 17, 2012) Just checking in with you all! I gained a ton of weight lol and now have Fibro (ugh) but! Lindsay and I FINALLY got married; when we picked our wedding date it then oc...
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Still kickin' one year later
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Hi all, Thought I'd drop in to say hi... Just got my one-year SVR (Woot!) and things are going pretty well. Riba symptoms are gone and, overall, I'm feeling pretty darn good Kind of a bummer that brain fog and aches and pains can't be blamed on it any more though--now it's strictly old age lol. Starte...
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Oral Lichen planus
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Hello all i am approx 20 weeks post treatment. at my 12 week visit, I was RCV negative; the news in itself was miracle-like. unfortunately, I have never felt as unhealthy as I do now. apart from general fatigue, lack of appetite, arthralgia & interrupted sleep, I have developed an autoimmune cond...
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one year on
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Hi Everyone, Hi All, firstly just want to say that i am so grateful for all the support, guidance, knowledge and comfort you so generously showered me with during this journey. i feel guilty that I havent continued to return all you have given me to others. I guess, its just part of my emotional recovery...
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Another dragon bites the dust
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Hello people, I had a bit of a palava with bloods and results, first my results weren't in by my appointment, then they lost them in transit, took them again and had to get them by voicemail as I was away on my holiday. Anyway, a long story long, I'm cured...... I really thought I'd failed as I had some pains...
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6 MONTHS POST-HARVONI TREATMENT (MAJOR FATIGUE, MUSCLE SORENESS, BRAIN FOG, etc.)
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Merry Christmas To Everyone! This is my first time actually posting on this forum, although I have been checking it out sometimes. I am a 41 year old woman who was first diagnosed approximately 8 years ago but I had no symptoms and no idea. Had surgery to fix a broken nose and woke up to "Hello ther...
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post treatment blood test
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Hello my old friends - I am still negative after Harvoni. My alt and ast have been rising a little, but at still within range (alt 51 ast 35) . Bilirubin normal. What is the most telling test for the liver? I forget...... been a while. I hope everyone is fine
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3years post treatment Sudbury Ontario Canada update
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Well another year gone by and still going strong.... damn it took this long to get back after that 48 week ride , my girls are13 know and former spouce is still former spouce... still living on the farm and enjoying life.... hope all are doing good and living a good life Hep C free... on a sadder note a form...
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The harvoni dream goes on
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Hi all, i just recieved an email with my eot+4 results which came back UNDETECTED must admit i was scared to open it and wallowed in aphrehension for a wee while... great result although i got my liver panel back in the week which gave me a good indication on todays news as alt and ast had dropped a few more n...
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Fibrosis improvement after SVR
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There are so many people getting SVR these days I thought I'd start a thread on fibrosis improvement. It's a shame there is so little research on recovery post SVR compared to the number treatment studies in existence. I suspect more research will be done around this in the coming years. The 2 studie...
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Nines years really flew by!
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Hello All, I used to be on a forum with a lot of you 9 years ago. You all answered so many questions and were so reassuring... LaurieBluesGuy, Minerva, Miss Poppy, JasonPaulTomie, MadameYuSee, John_boy, Chrissy .... And many others! I was so excited to see a lot of you were here. Thank you for those wor...
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Hang In There: It Works!
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Hey Friends, Way back in the winter of early 2016, thousand years ago, my sweet girlfriend talked me into stopping my nonsense, putting down the booze, going to the doctor, and looking into treatment for the hep C I'd been ignoring for years. Somehow I ended up with the best Hepatologist in Chicago....
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Just popping in to say Merry Christmas!
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I hope everyone is doing well and has a great Christmas, and HVC free New Year! I have been feeling pretty good since completing the Abbvie trial. Hating this cold snap though, brrrr! I think I go in for my labs for one year post treatment soon. That trial and this forum were both a such a blessing in a very d...
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Ablation therapy
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well, 1 year post treatment, blood showed a couple of abnormalities so had a cat scan and unfortunately I have a tumour on my liver, the Drs want to do ablation therapy next week and microwave the little bugger. but....... My PTT is also slightly elevated and I now have a bruise the length and thickness...
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After recovering mark to my medical history (((
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Hello to all guys! All my American friends with thanksgiving )) All forum users wish a recovery with minimal side effects. My family doctor said that in all of medical history duringa year It will mark hepatitis C But I was no longer obliged to inform other doctors that I had hepatitis C It is only in...
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Katya
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CHEDDY BEAT THE DRAGON!!!!!!!!!!!
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Greetings my friends. It's official. I HAVE REACHED SVR 12!!!!!!!! Whew! It's just not real until you get those labs. I just lost about a hundred emotional pounds. 3 months ago, I told my hepatologist that I was afraid to plan anything because I wasn't sure I could count on anything but fatigue....
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While Carolyn is at Work...
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... I got a call. I thanked them very much and went on about my business. I got to thinking it had been some time since I bought her something new to wear. (That of course does not count the endless $$$ spent on cruise attire.) That would have to be another post entirely. No, in this case something special th...
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5 years post treatment
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Hi! It's been about 4 years since I checked in! I'm still doing good. Considered cured. I have cirrhosis from my he can my thyroid is thrashed from interferon but I'm glad I cleared virus. I get a ultrasound every 6 months, last month they found lesions on my left kidney. I have a cat Svan scheduled. Has an...
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HELLO EVERYONE! It's been a long time but.....
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Hello everyone, sorry for not posting for a while. So let's catch up! As I am writing this post Angelo is at Mt. Sinai Hospital undergoing a Liver Transplantation. This was the second liver he was offered. The first was from a 43 yrs. old man who died from an Heroine Overdose. Needless to say we rejecte...
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end of treatment results
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looking good hepc not dectected ALT 17 ALP 75 T.Billirubin 8 GGT 29 Albumin43 AFP 5 further US scan in few weeks then three month blood test in January 2017
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!8 months post tx
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Well 18 months since I finished 12 months of triple therapy hell. Had blood done a couple of days back. First time in a year. ALT is 27. Happy. Mental function is pretty poor. Thinking is difficult and I have little patience. But I'm not complaining. Back into cycling pretty full on at high intensit...
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Treatment completed
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Hi seven days have pasted now but still feeling the side affects. But feels like im coming into land from a hell of a storm.Now got to have a further scan to check liver and bloods in three months.And then fibro scan and further blood test in a years time cant praised my GP and liver nurse enough guess we are...
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24 weeks later
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I 'm one pill away from done. I went for EOT bloodwork today. ALT - 18 AST - 18 Platelets - low - 103 Lymphocytes - low - 1.3 Monocytes - High - 0.9 It will take a couple of weeks to get the rest of the results. Now I can resume the lymphoma battle. I am winning.....bigly :) I am sure. Results should come in on...
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It's still a thrill!
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18 months after EOT, I am still UND; this news never gets old! We are all going to get better, feel better, live better. Kindly disregard all the nasty things that I have ever said about Gilead. I now forgive them
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checking in at month EOT
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Hi friends, I am waiting for results from my 3 month EOT blood test. I haven't really given it much thought because I feel so good now. I couldn't have done this without the comfort and reassuring posts on this forum especially dealing with RIBA, the rage, the inertia, the sadness - blah state. Happy to...
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What does a low AST level mean?
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Is that any cause for concern? My ALT dropped even more since last year and it is great. I just wasn't sure what a lower than range AST might mean? Not much to read online about it low only high. My sudden inability to absorb B12 right after treatment is now worse. And now my folate level is double wh...
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Getting my drive back
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The fatigue & brain fog were the worst part of HVC for me. I was a active person until the monster took my drive away. I'm proud to say I'm getting it back. I'm still not as strong as before but I am finishing the projects I'm working on at a steady pace. My brain fog seems to be gone. I finished 4 remodel...
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