well just finished week 11 and recovery from the effects of the virus are mostly gone and liver is healing, suggested that I do vitamin e to soften liver tissue and it seems to be working. The body is still very weak and weight has not gone up that much but may be because I am eating more healthy. Energy is s...
Hi mallani
This is about your post on the other thread that I started. You have said that I have tried several IP addresses. I do not get you.
And you say that I am here to have fun.
I do not understand why did you get such an impression.
I am not here to have fun. There is nothing funny about this disease....
I have had sex with a sex worker 2 months back. I used protection. When, I removed the condom, I felt something sticky on my fingers - it was the vaginal fluid. Without washing my hand, I used water to clean my penis with the same hand. After this, I took some water on the same hand and repeatedly gargled and...
Finally Feeling better this week than the previous weeks after eot. The heavy depression and irritability are almost gone now. My husband and I took a 3 mile uphill hike Sunday in our mountains. It was wonderful to get out again into nature. I feel like I can start to exercise a bit more vigorously now....
Hello all By now most of the members might have read some of the reports / abstracts coming out of the Nov. 1-5 meetings in Washington D.C. Their is a lot of ways to learn about the latest research and trial results I ran across this link from the AASLD web site, it has videos from some Doctors discussing to...
Hey All Great news from Gilead's presentation at the AASLD about cirrhotic patient treatments. Here is a small excerpt from the article In the first comparison, 100% of people with cirrhosis treated with sofosbuvir/ledipasvir plus ribavirin achieved SVR12, compared to only 70% of those treated...
After a slight scare - hep nurse called me a few times and did NOT leave a message, which convinced me it must be bad news - I got the great news that I am UND at 12 weeks. Such a relief! And for the ladies, I decided I need to chop off the rest of my hair because the longer lengths were so straggly ( I wear it in a pon...
I finish the 42. day of treatment today, being on Malachit II study ( 12 weeks of Abbvie combination for previously non-responders). I got the UND result at week 2 and 4. However I don't have significant anemia I feel very tired by afternoon. Is it common side effect or I am to sensitive and looking my...
I am feeling very overwhelmed, sad, ashamed, devastated. I am 44 years old, mother to 3 elementary aged children. I started feeling stomach pain recently, and thought I was having gallstones. During the ultrasound, they said there was a small hemangioma on my liver, and my liver enzymes were sli...
It is a total lack of energy due to a lack of oxygen in the red blood cells (low hemoglobin).No oxygen = no energy = extreme fatigue My mind wants to get up and go but the lack of energy says do I need to, do I want to, do I have to, it can wait, Ill run out of breath and get dizzy and thats too much effort!- ...
Nov. 2, 2013. Gilead Sciences announced results from two studies, the Phase 3 VALENCE study and the Phase 2 LONESTAR-2 study, evaluating the investigational once-daily nucleotide analogue sofosbuvir for the treatment of chronic hep C virus infection among patients infected with genotype 3. Th...
Just wanted to check in as I have not been on in awhile. I am starting to feel somewhat back to normal. My thyroid damage is permanent and I am 2 weeks on thyroid meds and feel much better. Unfortunately all this has really taken a toll on my marriage, my husband and I have officially separated. I am current...
Oct. 25, 2013. Gilead Sciences today announced that the Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee of the US FDA has voted unanimously (15-0) that the available data support approval of the once-daily nucleotide analogue sofosbuvir in combination with ribavirin for the treatment of chronic hepatitis...
I just read an interestng article about this Garcinia Cambodia miracle for weight loss, and lowering trigs and help for diabetes and hdl levels. It all sounds promising, however this is a supplement and will be primarily used with the liver. As a person with active HCV with moderate liver damage, I...
I have my paper work her it tells me what number I have that are high right now Iron 159 reference 35-150 so just a little high This number are label as hep panel I have 3 high numbers in this category Total protein 8.5 reference 6.4-8.2 Alt 232 reference 30-65 this is the one the doc is most concerned a...
I am genotype 1, VL of 7,700,000 on combo treatment. I took my first shot two days ago, and other than a headache I feel fine. Is this the honeymoon period??
So this saturday night i will be doing my final injection!! Woohooo! But i am a little confused about something, and hate that i am questioning my nurse.
I am taking pegintron with ribosphere, and like i said my last peg is saturday night and i knew that i probably missed a few doses of riba (oops!) But i h...
Hi everyone! This probably has nothing to do with my hep c treatment, but thought I would ask. I am 3 + months post treatment and have been feeling great, back to normal, but now for the last two weeks have been feeling really tired and have noticed large bruises on my legs. My treatment was peg / RIBA only w...
I got the results of my blood test today im genotype 1 with a viral load just under a million with stage 2 liver damage im going to start treatment in either Dec or January
Started INTF/RIBO 6 weeks ago. Doctor visit yesterday did not go well. No encouragement, only negativity and interrupted while trying to discuss side effects and threatened to stop treatment because of WBC. It only dropped to 3.1. Not thinking that is to bad. Mistakenly told me they do not chec...
I have just recently been told I have hep a and hep c im 21 and I contracted them threw IV drug use I am now clean and just looking for support with people who live with hep c and have gone threw treatment. Tomorrow I go to my first appointment with my hepatalogist what should i expect on my first visit
Draft Guidance for Industry on HCV Virus Infection: Developing Direct-Acting Antiviral Drugs The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published draft guidance to assist sponsors in the clinical development of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) drugs for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C fro...
hello i was in a 2 year relationship w/ someone that was diagnosed w/ hep c and i went to get tested and it came back clear i was not infected. we have been split up for 2 weeks now and i feel lost i love him very very much and he has the same feelings for me too ( we went to junior high school together) and he was in...
I am writing in behalf of my husband - Treatment Failed he will think postive and move on. Thank You all for all of your support ! - Best of Luck to all of you in Treatment! Hopefully there will be something in the future - Cirrohossis is a tough thing - Thank G-d All of his functions are working and he has a...
Hi everyone, hubby and I went to have his specialist appointment today. We already had the 12weeks post blood results which were undetected, but had to get results on ultrasound and fibroscan. Ultrasound was all good and the fibroscan showed liver as normal. The specialist said she did not know ho...
Does anyone know of a liver friendly diet that will also promote liver healing? I have read a few about low protien, low sugar and low fat with herb supplements, but I am leary about some of the things that I have read. My Dr said just eat healthy. Any suggestions???
convert an uploaded image to just a click able link: let's see if that will work. O.K. it looks like using the "spoiler tags" feature (to left of youtube button) would hide an attached image, until someone who wanted to see it clicked on it. -- Edited by hrsetrdr...
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