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Unsafe medical procedures, not risky business
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http://www.hepatitiscentral.com/news/new-study-debunks-negative-hep-c-stigma/?eml=hepcen249
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dharmabum
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Newbie here
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Hi....
I am new to this board. Hep C.....Genotype 1a. Stage 2.
My Harvoni arrived today. Will take first dose tomorrow morning. Also taking omzeropole 20mg. Was told to take both on empty stomach at same time.
Looking forward to picking up info from this group.
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No EOT blood work???????
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I called my doctors office to arrange a prescription for a post TX blood test next Tuesday. No. They won't prescribe another assay until 12 weeks out. Protocol. I was initially told by his PA and by the pharmacist that I'd have three tests: One for the insurance company before the last four week scri...
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Tom
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Hello everyone I need help
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I'm looking for information to me have diagiosticate hepatiti C c 4 years ago but I was told that i have analisi perfect ,but now i will to know how function sistemy of health in England
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Taira2001
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New to Viekira Pak
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Day four of viekira plus 1200mg riba and my head is pounding. Had to come ho.e from work. I am drinking water and talk to the pharmacy said to take Advil but only two. So did anyone else have this problem? The pharmacy said it should go away after about a week.
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Mike77
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New to Hep C Friends
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Greetings I was diagnosed with Hep C in 2008 and believe it came from a transfusion I had in 1996. My viral load has remained low and other then scarring there were not many signs. However there are things going on with my health that I did not attribute to Hep C like being tired and having digestion proble...
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New Member
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Hello. New member and Day 3 on Harvoni. No side effects so far. feel fine.
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Larryd
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Starting treatment again
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Hi everyone :) A new member here and I am looking forward to receiving info and hopefully being able to give some information to help others. Looking at going into treatment this month....the stale is waiting hear which treatment I will be approved for. The meds are between Solvardi/Daclatasvir O...
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Ruby Red
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New member, but not to HCV
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Hi- new member. I was DX'ed in 2003, waited around for the end of interferon treatments. Got myself into a telaprevir trial but dropped out when my damage was slight- never dosed. In 2013 my damage had increased quite a bit and I was fortunate to get into a Gilead phase 3 trial (ION 1) for naives. I was cur...
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Willy
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Hi...new to this forum
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I have just finished a 3 months course of Harvoni. I experienced most of the side effects; nausea, headaches, fatigue and insomnia. But I hung in there. My 4 week bloods showed the virus is gone. Have not been able to find another specialist to get more bloods done. Have been off it for 5 days and feeling l...
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Posting with my signature
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HI I have read all descriptions and updated my signature, saved but yet I don't see it on my posts or replies. your Signatures and status of treatments/experiences help me tremendously. I want to do the same. Can someone advise what I may doing incorrectly that my signature is not saving? This one i...
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Louisiana newbie.
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Hello! I'm new to the site & to HVC. I learned I had Hep C in Feb. I'm just finished my third week in a ABT-493 ABT-530 study. I take 3 pills a day. I have not noticed any improvement yet but I have high hopes that I will be cured. I think I am geno2 with cirrhosis. The doctors think I may have been infected in...
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HEP C MARRIED TO A HEP B
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Hi, I am a Hep C patient and with a type 4 Genotype, I got married to a hep B patient. I really would appreciate if my questions can be answered here. 1. What are the risk involved if we have sex without protection 2. What are the risk for my offspring 3. If we get treatments for these viruses what are still t...
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UCHE
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Hello everyone my name is Eric and have HEPATITIS C RNA don't understand these reports
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HEPATITIS C RNA BY PCR, QUANTITATIVE See notes below2650000 Reference range: NOT DETECTED Unit: IU/MLRESULT, HCV See notes below 6.42 Unit: Log IU/ml THIS SPECIMEN WAS TESTED BY THE ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS HCV REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY. THE RESULT GIVEN ABOVE IS THE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL UNITS (IU) OF H...
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Viral load results
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Just been informed that my viral load is 175,532 iu/ml don't know if that is high or low or what that means in respect of treatment
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Hi, I am a new member
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So glad to find this site as I am feeling a bit alone in this one. I am one month into treatment of genotype 2 B. Solvadi & Ribaviran - 2 more months to go. I had treatment in 2007 with Interferon & Ribaviran for 6 months, was undetectable but low viral count returned. It took me 7 years and this new m...
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K8
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Slow progress with hep c treatment
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I've been diagnosed with hep c in February and I've been in considerable pain I've been to hospital 3 times and discharged and I've been to see my doctor who told me that there's nothing else they can do I'm not scheduled to see the liver specialist until July and the pain I'm suffering is causing me conce...
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Steampunk
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Hi all....
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Just quick hello..... Diagnosed years ago and have finally decided to start the 12 week treatment a month ago. Interferon, Ribavirin and Sofosbuvir. The pills every day, Interferon injection once a week. Going okay so far. Will come back with more details later today for those interested. Hope you...
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david1806
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New to site and starting Harvoni this week
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Struggling with the thought of quitting drinking. The Doctor said drinking won't effect my Harvoni treatment? I use my alcohol to help with stress and arthritis in my neck, while my Mother has terminal cancer. My Harvoni should be in this week, and I am supposed to be going back to school for a job trai...
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Wino Girl
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History of the Soft Ribavirin train
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its been about 1.5 years since SOF-RIBA was the norm for trials. With all the ns3-4"s coming out, along with the newer DAA"s , we are going to have a arsenal of drugs that will be effective against all geno types . I'm thankful for the early trials before mine , they layed down the tracts To get us here t...
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robertsamx
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New member going to India for treatment
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Hi all glad to find you ive had hep c for 20+ years and can't get harvoni bc of having ppo insurance! i am going to India for an artist residency in June and will be in Trivandrum afterwards to see if I can get the generic drug. I do not have a contact there besides a homeopath. Does anyone know how I can conne...
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please help
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Hi, I am a nursing student at Newcastle uni, 2nd year, and have an upcoming assessment on empathy. This assessment is designed to help us imagine ourselves in someone else's shoes and attempt to understand how they might be feeling. I have access to journal articles but I feel that the best way to try...
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studentnurse
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Hi , I am a newbie !
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HI, I have been on this website many yrs ago. I was dx 10 yrs ago. I opted not to do tx as my liver enzymes were normal and my liver biopsy was normal also. Last summer my enzymes creeped up barely above normal. I applied for Harvoni and was denied by my insurance co. I am considering trying again for appr...
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New to this...
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I'm a 41 year old woman and just got diagnosed with HCV G2 back in Dec. of last year. Not sure how long I had the virus prior to diagnosis but I had concerns about fatigue & such and sure enough liver enzymes were high so they did the hep panel and sure enough HCV. My initial VL was 2,290,000 and so started...
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First test for hep c positive but second test without treatment was negative
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Hi, Just a background about myself. 29 years old male. Never had any drug (not even once), no smoking (not even once), no sexual activity and no blood transfusion ever. For a totally different scenario, I was asked to take some blood tests and one of that test was for Hep c. Again this test was not taken be...
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Just got viral load and genotype test results
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Hi My name is Tom, I am 61. I live in Buffalo, NY. My wife had hep c and went through 3 (unsuccesful) treatments in the late 90s- early 2000s. She died of liver cancer in 2004. I was diagnosed with hepc in 2000; I believe type 1. Anyhow with the advent of new treatments I have decided to move forward. Just go...
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keesotom
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new member, lots of questions
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My husband (age 61) had a kidney stone 3 weeks ago, CAT scan revealed "something" on his liver. Today he had an Ultrasound and blood tests, which confirmed Hepatitis. He has not consumed alcohol in over 25 years, but prior to that led a pretty rowdy life. He had no symptoms, other than being tired at t...
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For JennyJ
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Click on the attachment below that looks like a litte picture at the bottom of this post. This is a line from where we were talking to the start a new post function. See if this helps. -- Edited by JimmyK on Tuesday 3rd of May 2016 06:18:34 PM
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JimmyK
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New and confused
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Hello! I really like this HepC forum community and find it very informative. I am feeling somewhat unsettled by a recent Ultrasound report, however, i shall begin by giving a bit of background. I was HCV+ GT3a for 30 odd years. I'm female 59 yrs old. I was Tx naive when I was offered 24 wks Sovaldi+Ribavi...
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Transient
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Are foreigners welcome here?
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Hi all, I'm 45 years old, got HCV for 27 years, genotype 3a, fibrosis 3 (fibroscan). Treatment naive, I was waiting for interferon free cure. My decision was to wait until fibrosis gets to 3 and then start with whatever would be available at the moment. So I started this September with Daclatasvir and S...
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Lucas
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