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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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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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Liver pains post treatment
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Hi all I've been getting quite a few liver pains recently. More so than before or on treatment. I don't think it's a sign of relapse as I was UND at EOT+12 so - thinking positively - perhaps it's my liver healing itself. Before treatment I used to occasionally get brief darting pangs and dull aches in th...
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New Shirt for Upcoming Cruise
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SVR24 finally
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It's official. EOT+24w PCR RNA test result came back, undetected. My hepa also got good news. She is negotiating with Gilead for Epclusa. So future might be bright for HCV patients in Bosnia (deal with Abbvie went sour). Somehow i am not at all in celebration, do not know why. I was more or less ignoring...
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SVR 12
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Just got results in - YES!!!!!! Bloods back in " normal" range. ALT and AST up a bit at 25 and 41 but I'm sure they fluctuate a bit. Went out and danced around a quite 10 miler. Onward and upward - take care all
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SVR
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I got my blood drawn on Monday Sept 19, 84 days post Harvoni. On the runway, awaiting takeoff to Managua on Thursday, Sept 22, I got the call from my doctor. SVR. Hepatitis C is no longer part of my life. Thanks for the support, amigos. Harvoni is easy magic.
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End of harvoni
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Hi everybody today was the last of an 8 week course of harvoni in comparison i seemed to have been one of the lucky ones who have sailed through treatment with the useall minor sides, im 52 before treatment my viral load was 2.5 million alt 752 ast 643 fibroscan was 5.3 after 11 days of treatment vl *35 afte...
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1 year post treatment
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Hello Everyone! Wanted to check in after getting my 1 year post treatment results today - UND! A great feeling to know the dragon is dead. For the most part I have been doing well, some brain fog which I try to work around but physically doing good. I hope that all who do the Harvoni treatment and the new dru...
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Achieved SVR - when do i tell benefit people
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Hi - i have had Hep C running around my body for around 30yrs, after having tried both interferon ribavirin and telaprevir (both failed) i am now finally looking at being clear of the virus after 6 months Harvoni treatment. At present i am 4 months after treatment and still SVR. Due to the Hep C, i now a...
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Never Mind
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Your message was deleted. It violates our forum guidelines and will not be allowed. -- Edited by Tig56 on Friday 9th of September 2016 09:47:43 PM
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Even the finish line is complicated
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Hi all, i just wanted to let you know that I recieved my golden pass yesterday. POST 12 SVR. it seems like half a life time since I joined this forum last December and it probably would have been half the time I had left on this Earth without treatment. What a journey - I feel like I just stumbled out of a boxin...
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After Sovaldi/Harvoni Treatment
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I have been reading various discussions, here and on other forums. There seems to be a lot of conversation going on regarding problems with joint and muscle pain developing during and following treatment. That concerns me and I want to provide a single location where our Sovaldi protocol patients c...
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EOT + 14 SVR - Yeah Babyyyyyyyyyyy
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Hey All, Jus flew to Bangkok to get my Viral load tested and it came back non-detectable! My understanding is that according to the folks that believe EOT + 12 is the valid time to test, then i do believe I am cured! Its a good day to be alive boys and girls and thanks to TIG and the crew for all of your support d...
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Update on Wife
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Greetings, Results just came in and Carolyn is UND at SVR12. All blood work is within normal range. Highlights: Platelets are climbing were at a low of 147 and now 182. ALT is decreasing nicely from a high of 68 now leveled at 17 AST is also on a nice downward trend. From a high of 69 she is now at 22. Bilirubi...
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K8 - 6 weeks EOT - undetectable so far. - question about IRON
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Hi Friends, Wonderful news, I saw my doc last week, I am still undetectable and taking it one day & one blood test at a time. Last pill was 7/17 Energy is returning although I find myself limiting a lot of excitement (being with lots of friends). Hit a wall at the end of the day. My ND (Naturopathic D...
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In Appreciation of this Forum.
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Hello to everyone. I have not posted in awhile and thought I would post. I got my 60th birthday present yesterday. Still undetected after 13 months off treatment! I had my Fibro scan and scored a 3.7 I was walking on air after seeing my report. My platelets are 153. AST 28, AST is 34. Absolutely thrille...
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Missing in action /Over 2 years after Harvoni/
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IM back Never really left At some point I misplaced my password For the Bills Logon A few days ago My brain sparked and said try a new name DUH and Tigs Was able to resurrect my Bills Profile Yes that's how bad brain fog can be. I was still bouncing around in a funk about why the circulation in lower leg...
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