Hi Friends, here's the latest on week 9. I've been a bit evasive about my progress and setbacks lately. Sorry 'bout that.....as for the evil rash - the Incivik rash (knock on wood) is almost gone. A bit itchy but that's about it. I just think it's a miracle. My NP is really happy that the rash is gone. My Eos...
Has anyone experienced swollen eyelid and it is enlarging on the face. It is rash and itchy. Is it side effects from RIBA and Pegasys? Any suggestion? Thanks
since I am undetected should my liver be hurting seems since I had my colonoscopy my insides feel like they are in tatters and my liver hurts sometimes is the liver pain normal
Well, it's been a while since I've posted, been quite busy getting my life back in order after finishing therapy. Today I got my 12 weeks post-tx results and I'm still UND so things are looking good so far... all my bloods are back to normal also. Post therapy effects? Well, first month post main proble...
hi guys ...so today went to my md for the results...UND!! well those 48 weeks of meds did the job!! i asked her if i need to chek it over a couple of months and she said no!!(strange) she did found some activity on my liver and asked me if i have been sick or drinking(i dont drink),i wonder why my liver values a...
Hello from Texas. My name is Mike and been on the TX for 11 weeks now. I have had some good day's and very bad day's. My Sx are feeling very weak,dizzy,headaches, body aches,congested, confused,etc. I had low platetes and Dr put me on Promacta which is slowly bringing the count up and starting to feel a li...
Hi Everyone, I have been reading your messages for a while and wanted to introduce myself. I diagnosed myself with HepC 3 years ago after several years of a variety of symptoms including extreme fatigue. While my liver damage appears to be non existent i believe the virus had attacked my central nerv...
The FDA Makes Hepatitis C a Priority Recognizing that investigational drugs from three pharmaceutical companies show advantages over existing hepatitis C therapies, the FDA has sped up its development and review process for the therapies.With pharmaceutical companies clamoring to bring to m...
Can you please tell me if you lost weight on TX, if so how much. The reason I am asking is my Dr. said I would love 15%-25% of my total body weight but most of it would be muscle mass. I was wondering if this is accurate. Thanks all I'm on the count down 4 days till I start treatment!
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I'm extremely tired working my 12 hr shifts my brain fog is crazy I feel like I smoked pot can't remember things from 5 sec ago and now am finally getting the joint pains I've heard of. Idk if it's because I'm almost done or I just pushed myself too much this week. I'm freaking exhausted! Hanging in there th...
Husband was a rapid responder by being undetectable at Weeks 4 and 12, so we are really happy about that. All of his white and red blood counts have stabilized, so he never needed to go on the Neupogen. His slightly elevated bilirubin levels were found out to be the result of him having Gilbert's Syndr...
Hello to all! Here is my update post treatment. I'm feeling great, my balance is a little off because I've noticed that I fall a lot more than I use to. Guess this is a sx of treatment. Doc says virus is still UND, but thyroid is still too low...taking meds for that. All in all I'm bouncing back. Worst thing...
Hello everyone, this is my first post since starting treatment on 3/1/2013 with Pegasys/Ribavirin/Incivek. My Geno is 1A and my VL was a little over 7 million prior to starting treatment. I am now in my 7th week of treatment and my VL was neg at 5weeks. I am having a lot of trouble with so many side effec...
Well today was day 1 of treatment and my first shot is complete! The only odd thing that happened today was about 3 hours after taking my first dose of meds was I had a huge heat flash... it only lasted for about 15 mins and then I became really cold. I was scared that the shot was going to hurt, but it didnt hu...
Just wanted to say hi to everybody. Im almost at the end of week 15 of TX. The first 12 wk was tough with Incevik and its side affects. All i can say is wow what a differance since the Incevik part of triple therapy is over. I did'nt become UND but Im under a 1000 so that mean i have stay on riba and peg for 12 mo...
I have done a seach on here about the "rash" and I know that it can come from either the Incivek or Rib. Currently I have a very mild rash that looks like a prickly heat rash. It started on my stomach but has moved to my legs and arms (very light). It itches slightly, but I feel like my skin is sunbur...
Well this is week 38 for me and 2nd week off of the Victrelis, my Alt had climbed to 65 but dropped this time to 47 every thing else is as it has been hemo with the exprex has just jumped to 91 and so did platts back up to 144. no rash, more energy and more chances for attacks of stupidity. Black Flies still out...
Blood testing can accurately identify clinically significant fibrosis and cirrhosis in people with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and may be an alternative to liver biopsy in some patients, a new study found.The analysis of 172 studies comparing various blood tests to biopsy in HCV patients r...
ORLANDO, Fla. - Naim Alkhouri, MD, of the Digestive Disease Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, provides his perspective on interferon-free therapies for hepatitis C at Digestive Disease Week 2013.Alkhouri cites encouraging data from trials of sofosbuvir and ribavirin in patients with HCV ge...
Commentary: Gilead's agent is the holy grail of HCV treatmentBarring any safety bombshells, a prolific pipeline of direct-acting anti-viral agents (DAAs) is due to start issuing forth options that, when combined, will permit all-oral, interferon-free treatment. By making future HCV treatme...
my dentist told me few tricks: dry mouth / lack of saliva - lick fresh sliced lemon, it forces your salivary gland to produce more salive prevention of cavities - chewing gum (no sugar) like Orbit professional, just to lower the PH in the mouth, chew it for 10-15min. Or you could lower PH with sodium carb...
From Vicky: Designation for Sofosbuvir for the Treatment of Hepatitis C FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 7, 2013-- Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review to the company's New Drug Appl...
LONG TIME NO SEE PEOPLE... but really want to say im so stoked and happy to have acheived SVR... still undetected 6 months post treatment... so ITS WORTH IT PEOPLE.... all the struggles and hard work is so worth it to have this result.... keep up the good work and good luck to all... love from the kiwi :)
I got a call from my Dr's Office about my labs from Tuesday. The nurse informed me my levels are at 10 Million. Should I be Freaking? Here is my post from last year to share some background. Thanks Rick Sep 2012 Hi Folks. My Name Is Rick and my second Hep C treatment failed. First treatment was 6 years ago. L...
Just received info that I have Hep C IL28b genotype t/c. My dr wants to start treatment of peg-interferon & ribavirin. They said I should be clear of it in 6 months..Any thoughts? I've read conflicting studies about it. Any suggestions on how to deal with this would be great. I have also read awful s...
I am filing this report to show there is hope of side effects getting more tolerable. Since I completed the Incivek, I have felt a great deal better. I had a shot for low hemo at about the same time. I have more energy and have played 18 holes of golf twice in the past 2 weeks. I know it can change any tim...
I'm in week 2 and it has been kind of a roller coaster. For a few days, my stomach has been swelling. Now it is so big that the skin is tight and I can't even pinch it. Haven't been able to eat since friday. Just snacking a little and forcing down something with Fat for the Incivik. I think I'll call the doc tomo...
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