Hello, I was on this forum for all of 2012 during treatment, and it was the only reason I held on for as long as I did. I was on the 48-week tx, with PegIntron, Riba, and Victrelis. I also had to do weekly injections of Neupogen and Epogen for the loss of white and red blood cells and platelets. I was horr...
Who ever coined the magic bean thing, Thank You! I'm loving that imagery! Got me some magic beans gonna grow me a new liver! Past the teeth and over the tongue look out stomach here it comes! (I guess that should read liver!) Wow!... that pill was a very large bugger, for a second it didn't want to go down. S...
Hi Gang, I thought I would start a new thread for health updates. We have a lot of posts here about flu, bronchitis, and other ailments that plague us. How lovely to have the care we feel for one another. I truly appreciate the support and suggestions. But, I can't tell the topics from the treatment ti...
Hi all! I am recently diagnosed with hep c, found out after donating blood for the first time. Have so far had the diagnosis confirmed by my primary and met with my GI. Had some initial blood tests for liver function, have a Fibroscan scheduled for this Tuesday and am waiting for an ultrasound appointm...
US government sues Gilead over patent for HIV PrEP November 7, 2019 The United States government filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Gilead Sciences in federal district court, accusing the drug maker of “willfully and deliberatively” infringing on HHS patents for pre-exposure pro...
Morning after 2nd dose and all is well...so glad to say that since I was scared to death when I swallowed those first 3 pills! Drinking lots of water and peeing all day long. Never was a big water drinker but plan to make water a lifelong habit. Feel like Im in water overload...lol...drinking a minim...
Hi all, Since EOT, I developed some new joint and muscle pains, particularly in the knees, wrists and hands. I dismissed it as being age related and due to my 48 weeks of inactivity. As it didn't improve and I was overseas, I emailed my doc, who gave me a list of blood tests to have when I returned to Austr...
Uses. Daclatasvir is used with another antiviral medication (sofosbuvir) to treat chronic (long-lasting) hepatitis C, a viral infection of the liver. Daclatasvir should never be used without sofosbuvir. Daclatasvir and sofosbuvir may also be used with another antiviral medica...
Anyone new to this forum that is starting Mavyret, do not sweat it!! I have been posting in the new arrivals section of the forum; just getting acquainted with everyone. I began Mavyret on 23 July, 2019. I am almost a week into the treatment regimen and coping really well. I felt it worthwhile to post abo...
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I haven't been to this site for a long time, in fact I just spotted it in my bookmarks and thought I would leave a message.
So about 3 years ago I was lucky enough to get the "newest" treatment - the one in which if I still tested negative 3 months after the treatment finished - then boom, that's...
There seems to be a lot of articles available now, so I thought a section to add miscellaneous items we find across the web, might be useful. Feel free to add information that is accurate and helpful for those seeking it. Always credit the source. Thanks! Drugs. com Hep C News
I was infected with hepatitis c when i was a child, but successfully cleared the virus. Now my blood tests show antibody positive but persistently PCR undetectable. My doctor told me that i have no risk of developing liver disease in the long term and can be reassured. In this situation, is it possibl...
Has anyone had hep b reactivation after hep c treatment. I was treated in 2015 and at that time reactivation wasnt a warning. Its been 4 years. My doctor says when I was treated my hep b was negative but I read the warning differently. Could I have reactivated and not know!
Here’s a little tidbit that is big for graft viability. Credit to: LinkSupercooling extends donor liver viability by 27 hoursPublish date: September 12, 2019ByWill Pass FROM NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGYA new supercooling process could extend ex vivo liver viability by more than a day, potentia...
New here. Nice to meet you all. Diagnosed in October and completely stunned. I've wracked my brain to figure out how I could've contracted this.By the way, I'm trying to figure out where and how to post and it was suggested I start a new thread. So some of you have already read this entry from me on Annie's...
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....
Hello Everyone -- I stopped posting here around first of year and felt great that I was HepC free!!! Unfortunately, now my ctscan this week shows that my liver is enlarged and was given Hepatomegaly diagnosis? The ctscan was for kidney cysts, which were found when I went through testing before Harvo...
hi everyone, my doc insists on the qual after using the quant over the past year and half. does anyone have input on this? i can always go to my family doctor since the liver doc is being stubborn. thanks , 5
Hi, Glad to be a part of the community. I have been living with Genotype 2 HCV at least since 1990 when testing was developed. I have been very fortunate that until the past year the progress of the disease was slow for me. Because I was not confident in success of treatment regimens until Harvoni was intr...
Having worked up to a liver transplant, the failed treatments, all those riba pills, all those peg shots, all those Sof pills, and now the vosevi treatment, all those tumor ablations, removing the gallbladder to get at a tumor, all those MRI's, those fun little liver biopsies, a kazillon blood draws...
I sure hope this is starting a new topic wherever I'm supposed to start one, but hopefully this is it. Started Epclusa this weekend. Happy to be on this trek with all of you. Throwin' on my hiking boots, going up that mountain and coming back down on the other side, C free! -- Edited by tanner on Monday 11t...
Hi to All: I have chronic hep c (genotype 1a)with a previous hep b. I am a polio survivor and MD suspects I contacted both virus during polio corrective surgeries as a child. I only became aware of the hep dx about a year ago. Have had all the bloodwork and liver ultrasound (mild to moderate fibrosis...
Published in GastroenterologyJournal Scan / Review· July 24, 2019AGA Clinical Practice Update on Interaction Between Oral Direct-Acting Antivirals for Chronic Hepatitis C Infection and Hepatocellular CarcinomaGastroenterologyTAKE-HOME MESSAGEPatients with hepatitis C virus (H...
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