Hey folks! i had blood drawn 3 times today! yay! (blood counts, PCR and thyroid test) i feel bit better, but still very tired and sleepy during day hours. good thing is WBC numbers are back so are thrombocytes! tho RBC/HGB/HCT are still low and i look really pale (c'mon Riba get out of my body!). Ferum...
Hi folks. Finishing up my 12 week gilead trial on Tuesday. I have been undetected since week 4. 3 prior attempt/fails with interferon/riba and the last trip tx with Vict. My question. Is there a difference between going UND on the new oral drugs I am on vs the current FDA approved Trip Tx that include int...
I'm freaking out people!! I just woke up and realized I had misplaced an entire day! I have all of these alarms set up for my Vic and RIBA but just relied on memory for the injection. My normal day is Thursday at 1 PM. I when I realized that I had missed it this morning I took it immediately. Now what should I do...
Hello all- I was hoping that you guys could give me your thoughts and advice about doing a 5 mile Spartan obstacle race while on triple therapy. As of today I have finished 4 weeks of triple therapy and I have been feeling fine. I go in for my 4 week labs on Monday and see my Dr a week later. I was going to talk wi...
My husband started to take Compazine for his nausea last night at about 8 pm. During the night he could nOT sleep because he felt hot. We have CAC and it prettty low to the point that I had my comforter on. He seems to think it was from the pill! I looked into it and nowhere did I find such a SX. Can this be poss...
Just got back from doctor. I am six months from treatment. Dr. said I am HCV free. So for you new people on this board there is a light at the end of the tunnel. He also stated that if I did not go on to this treatment that I would of been dead in 5 years. So now that I have this problem almost behind me I can go on to f...
Has anyone on treatment had problems with their teeth since starting the program? had toothache when I first started and thought nothing more of it, purchased some clove oil and dabbed onto the sore area. it kind of went away, I have now noticed that the right side of of my lower teeth have lifted and pa...
Got back from the clinic today and doc reviewed latest blood panel. (VL test in 2 more weeks) Looks like liver numbers are getting back to normal AST 38, ALT 66. Down from AST 61, ALT 128. I'll take whatever good clinical news I can get. Appears something is working. Hemoglobin and Hemocrit are on the hig...
hope everyone is having a pain-free evening. went to drs. yesterday re side effect management and test results. i'm still confused about them. started w/ a 3.5 uric acid and is now6.6! i don't have gout it's the meds he said.he won't give me gout meds and am treating w/asparugus,lemon,ginge...
Hi all. I have just been newly diagnosed with Hep C - positive for antibodies and Viral load just over 4 mill. I know I would have got this about 23 - 36 years ago when battling Heroin addiction and the symptoms have just been picked up througha routine checkup with the Dr. I am 58 years but have kept really f...
What a God sent has benadryl been for my husband. He had been having so much trouble keeping food, water and MEDS down. It was breaking my heart seeing my husband like that. Holding my breath everytime he took a zip of water or swallowed his pills, for fear that everything was going to come up...and the...
Hi all, Just checking in to say hello and hope you are all doing staying hep c free or on treatment. Just wanted to let you know the day has arrived for Tom's liver surgery. We are going down to the city tonight and his surgery his scheduled for tomorrow morning. Happy to report at his pre surgical testi...
So I am a busy mom and student AND on week 7 of Pegintron and Ribosphere (genotype 3) ....the reason I found this site tonight is because I have been very irritable lately.... I have friends and family to talk to, but I'm that irritable that I don't even want to strike up any conversations with anyone, it...
So after my failed treatment this year, it is time for me to go for an ultrasound and start thinking about treatment again. I emailed my doctor a while back and he said that sofosbuvir is looking the best. I asked him if it would be with or without interferon and he said with. It was a short, quick email. My...
I had a living donor liver transplant in 1999. But now the hep c has returned bad enough to put me on the treatment, I hope. Can someone that has been on it or is on it, how it makes you feel and what is your activity level?I was doing great for almost 14 years but they said it could come back and it has. My younge...
Hello all, lovely forum. I'm a geno3a and am about 5days into tx. Peg and lots of Riba (weight based 1200mg 2Xd) Got a pretty clean bill of liver health after the bx...slight signs of steatosis, but otherwise good news. Decided to begin treatment while SVR chances are pretty favorable. First shot done...
Hi ! Nice to have found this forum :) I am French, from Paris, and have been diagnosed HCV last end of February, with early cirrhosis too. Contaminated by blood transfusion early in my life, 42 years ago. I started AbbVie TURQUOISE II trial on the 8th April for 12 weeks. Treatment ended on 1st July. My VL...
I have been so ill from this treatment, just like the other 2 times but it seems worse this time around. I getting older I guess. I was un detectable at week 12and 24. I seem to have most of the skin and the worst flu like symptoms, They have me injecting Epox to bring my red blood cells up every week as well. Th...
Well long time coming and glad it finally came for me . I had my blood&urine work done this morning and my first dose this monring. I am taking ABT-450/ABT-267& abt-67 and the ribavirin. Or I am taking the placebo and the ribavirin. I still have my nightly dose to take...but so far so good. I al...
Tomorrow morning I will take my 1st dosage of 600 mg Ribavarin, and then tomorrow night I will have another dose of 400 mg and my 1st shot...I am really on my way......funny I used to have a drink to drown my sorrows or to try to cope with a difficult situation.....a whole new day a whole new me...
I was wondering if anyone here who has had their gallbladder removed, is experiencing any pain or other side effects form it??? Its been 10 years anyway, since mine is gone, and the pain that was always to the right side of my bellybutton is getting worse, ...almost to the point of when it was first remov...
Hello! Like the subject says, I'm new to the forum and to the disease. I found out 2 days ago I was positive for hepatitis c. It a surprise, but not really. I will be celebrating one year clean (from drugs) on July 2. I always thought the drugs would kill me first so I was never really careful about how I used a...
I partipated in and put my body on the line in being involved with Interferon based triple therapy..(Alisporvir) Novartis. Is there any one else on the site who was involvef in this Kafkaesque study??
Hey out there Buds- starting week 10 tomorrow. The good news is the Incivik rash, along with the itch is gone. Now for about a week. I still have 2 weeks to take it, to make it an even 12 weeks. I just have a lot of nausea when I take it now. My face is even puffy now too. Not rashy puffy. Just like chipmunk puffy....
Just joined this group after reading many of your posts. After having abnormal Liver Enzymes for many yrs. finally DX with HEP C in 1992. Genotype 1b currently on triple tx of Interferon. Riba 1200mg daily and Inciveck 6 pills daily. Started TX on June 25. After first Injection had fever for almost t...
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i had blood drawn 3 times today! yay! (blood counts, PCR and thyroid test) i feel bit better, but still very tired and sleepy during day hours. good thing is WBC numbers are back so are thrombocytes! tho RBC/HGB/HCT are still low and i look really pale (c'mon Riba get out of my body!). Ferum...
