My Dr. at the VA wants me to start the latest and whats supposed to be the most effective drug Sofosbuvir shortly after its approved by the FDA. It was endorsed by all 15 members on Oct. 23, 2013 and is all but certain to be approved in early Dec. I am type 1a so I will be taking it in combination with Ribavir...
I just completed my Week 12 shot!! Only six more days of eating fat and the Incivek will be over. I can't wait!!! Hopefully the sx will start to get better??? Half way thru treatment with 12 weeks left!!
My wife Julia has been diagnosed with Hep C. She is Chinese and apparently when she had an hysterectomy in China 27 years ago a blood transfusion was infected. Tests have shown no liver damage. We have talked to 3 doctors, one advised starting treatment right away, another said we could wait until t...
hello all, just starting treatment with boceprevir. Have tried ribavirin and interferon before , but due to side effects and not good response quit and tried to wait til all oral treatment came out. Now have progressed to stage 4 cirrhosis and am hoping can get svr with this triple treatment. Know it...
Hi all, Just had a round of golf with my doc. Boy, it's hard to get info out of him on a golf course. His Geno 3 patients will be given Sofosbuvir/Riba for 24 weeks, as they are all previous relapsers, and are either F3-4 or F4. There is a lot of speculation about the price Gilead will put on 12 weeks of Sofosb...
Crazy how things just end up working out sometimes... I had all this drama and anxiety and stress about my Dr making me go on treatment for too long.. I was waiting for these results and had an apt lined up with my PC doc to see about helping me find or get referred to a new doc that wouldn't disrupt my treatme...
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...
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