Hello, I met with my Gastro yesterday for my blood work and he mentioned that they recently approved the interferon free Hep C treatment. I'm scheduled to start the 12 week treatment this fall. I'm thinking about taking sick leave from work so I can focus on the treatment and to deal with any side effe...
Hi Everyone, After a week's delay my EOT +12 week viral load results are in. I'm happy to tell everyone that the test came back as "UNDETECTED"!!! AST 21 ALT 19 I must admit that I was beginning to be concerned. The delay in getting results when that information means so much can really wear...
Well guys and gals , it's official as of 5 mins ago, I'm SRV. After finally after 144 weeks of therapy and 14 years of misery from treatments I am finally SRV. My Doctor is even more thrilled than I am. I have a long way to go in my recovery but at least I can move onto a new chapter in my life. For all of you that ar...
Just got my end of treatment labs and HCV is still NOT detected! All my labs except LFTs are within normal range. My levels all steadily dropped but given the short tx duration, they didn't get below normal. Very thankful for all those things. My only concern now is that my ALT is 160 & AST is 106....
Just got the results for my 24-week PCR test today and it came back undetected, so I have attained SVR. Looking back at the journey over almost 40 years I see how HCV affected me and those I love. I have been fortunate to have had the support of my wife Lisa and the rest of my family and close friends. My wor...
I think this is the first full day of being off from work since I started the treatment 4/25. I took off early last week to go to my granddaughters kindergarten graduation. one of my co workers texted me to tell me there were some talking that I was playing sick today cuz I am off on Fridays.i try to work 10 h...
Hi all,We talk about Sovaldi as if it's an old friend. It really had a turbulent beginning. It was developed by Pharmasset in 2010 as a second-string NS-5B nucleoside inhibitor, to go with it's PSI-938, the first nucleoside inhibitor. For a company with no drug products and only 80 employees, the sha...
Hello Everyone; I had terrible insomnia last night and ended up finally falling asleep after eating some food around 3:30am. I'm supposed to take my bloodwork today (it's close to the four week mark) at 8:00 am. Just wondering if that's enough time to fast for the tests to be effective? Please let me kn...
Since being off of the meds for a few days, I have been feeling a bit odd as far as my heart rate jumping around and times of vertigo & getting over heated & irritated. Could this be detox effects? It comes and goes. I have chronic migraines & it in itself causes plenty of neurological symptom...
Hello. Glad to have found this forum. Was suggested I post in the Newbie section so here I am. This is my 8th day on Daclatasvir/Solvadi combination. I have heard such fantastic things about the combo and was wondering if anyone out there is on the same treatment now or has been.
Just wanted to say hi to the community! I diagnosed with active Hep C about 6 months ago. I'm 66, and have likely had it since 1968 or 69 from a transfusion and/or needle stick while in the army. I am very early Stage 2, genotype 2 (not sure of the letter). My doctor at the University of North Carolina has pre...
UNDETECTED! I am so happy right now. Just wanted to update everyone on my progress with this protocol. Had bloods drawn over a week ago and found out results today. I will be tested again at 8 wk EOT and will post results when I get them. Thank you all for this wonderfully supportive site.
It is apparent that in order to keep paying the insurance premium to cover the health cost. You need a Treatment that the side effects do not interfere with your ability to work. This is a Non-Interferion treatment. And if you can do away with Ribavirin even better! But now is the time for me to cure thi...
As of this week I've been chomping at the bit to get started on either Solvadi/Olysio or maybe a Merck trial, but as I read more I'm wondering if I should wait for Ledipasvir. Considering RAVs and the potential of having to take Ribavarin (which I'd really like to avoid), would I be better off waiting? ...
Hello, and thank you all for having me in your forum. Here is my situation: I am a 51 year old male, and today I learned that I may have Hep C. I am otherwise in good health, but blood work done after a routine checkup in March showed me with slightly elevated bilirubin - 1.6 when the "reference range&...
AST went up one from 60 to 61 normal is ledss than 35 (man I wanted ast and alt to be normal)ALT<=63 U/L76 from 81ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE<=125 U/L128 from 135BILIRUBIN, TOTAL<=1.0 mg/dL0.9 from 1.0
I had my 8 week draw done on week 9. Got a copy of test and letter from doc stating platelets low but still in safe range. I did notice my neutrophils count was high. Range. Mine Neutrophils. ( 7-39) 47 RBC. (4.4-13.1) 2.5 Platelets. (152-599) 97 Monocytes. (4-12) 20...
Hi All My husband recently was diagnosed with this, and told that it is not uncommon for someone with Hep C virus. It is worse when on medications, but becoming such a pain (literally). Very painful to eat any crunchy or spicy (two favorite foods). Anyone else have this? Anyone found anything to he...
JUST TOOK MY LAST PILL. I'm free !!! Looking forward to better days now. Thanks for everyone's support through everything. You have all helped me more than you know. I got my blood work done today and my next labs will be in August for the final hcv test. I hope this Sovaldi mix worked it's magic on me. It...
Hi; I was approved for the Olysio/Solvaldi treatment for three months. My insurance agreed to pay, the pharmacy my doctor found had coupons to cover $2,500.00 for the rest and my co-pay each month is only $30. That's why I jumped on it and say yes. I'm now almost a month through and just contacted my pha...
I've been on this tx 9 weeks now. I just can't imagine you early warriors did this for 24-48 weeks. Physically, it's been better than I imagined as I was expecting to almost be bed-ridden based on previous reports. However, mentally a different story. I am extremely antsy. I feel I need to be doing somet...
Hi Everyone, I appreciate all the info that has been provided...I called my Dr's office today to discuss the pros/cons of starting treatment now or waiting. The nurse practitioner told me the side effects (rash, mood swings, foggy brain etc) are from the Interferon not Ribavarin. Based on what I h...
I just got back from a visit with my doctor. She had to run several blood tests recently and decided that EOT +21 was close enough to do my 6 month viral load test, so those results are in.... I remain undetectable, so SVR 21 it is. She even used that elusive and oft unheard of word, "Cured". I gu...
My son decided to give blood at his school last month. He wanted to know his blood type :) We received a letter that he has the C antibody. Had more testing done at the drs. Now going to All Childrens to the Gastro dr. We went last week, they drew more blood. We have another appt for next month. Supri...
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Press Release, Stockholm, Sweden - Medivir AB announces that simeprevir has been granted marketing authorisation by the European Commission (EC) for the treatment of adults with genotype 1 and 4 chronic hepatitis C in combination with other medicinal products.OLYSIO (Simeprevir) provides a...
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