Hello Everyone , I've join this forum interact will other HepC brothers & sisters.My status is HCV genotype 1a with cirrhosisI have justly finished my first week in the Abbott open label clinical drugl trial called TURQUOISE-II So far so good, very little side effectsMatt
Ever since I have stopped incevek 9 wks. Ago I have felt a growing ake where my liver is. It's like I felt right before I started Tx.(like bruse). I've had a ultrasound done last week and it showed a slight swelling and a few noduals. My next VL test is march 7 (24 wk). Anybody else have this or in the know? O...
Has anyone experienced RIBA rash spread?? I am on week 38! Rash all over back, lower stomach and hip area. The last two shots have taken a toll on my skin. I have my monthly check up tomorrow. It's very important to Make 48 weeks. 10 more to go!!! I am all in!!
Hi all,The old antiproteases will disappear from the US Pharmacies in a few years. However many countries still do not have access to Inciv and Vict. as yet ( except for the rich). For Canada, Europe and UK and Australasia, these drugs will be be the frontline drugs for HCV for another 6-8 years.The ess...
I've staggered across the finish line. After 48 weeks, the relief is enormous. Time to heal and grow some red and white blood cells, and platelets.I swallowed 3,696 caps of Victrelis and 2016 caps of Riba during Rx. Makes me smile ( or cry) at the thought that in 5 years, Rx will probably be a pill a day for...
I got my 4 week labs yesterday and started victrelis today. My blood looked brown and thick yesterday it was weird.. My labs looked ok only thing that was drastic was my WBC went down to 2.5 I havent gotten my viral load yet. Why is my blood brown?
I was just told this morning the my 12th week PCR isundetectable. They have just started me onEprex last week as my red cells where down to 103. they didn't want to reduce my Ribavirin any more as I'm on 5 tabs of Ribavirin. The Eprex injection system that they sent to me was defective and I was having...
Hi all...It's been awhile since I posted. This whole hep c thing is a real time consumer. I do appreciate all the kind words of advice you gave me prior to starting treatment. It means a lot because I can see how much experience there is on this forum. So...for today's question... I started 180mcg Pegasy...
For those that do not and those who do, lets take some time and be grateful for those around us who put up with us and live with us and espacially since I have hidden the Tide to my Wife and girls Bill and Family
Info: I have been fighting the "Ribacough" for 2 months. It's been costing me sleep and basically putting in a bad mood during the day. I started googling it last week and found a guy that says Robitussin and 2 big glasses of water twice a day. Bingo!! It's down to a wimper and again sleeping a...
My doctor had me take another blood test today because the one I took last week showed my White Blood Cell counts are low. She said to avoid people with colds and flu for now. If today's is still low they will most likely reduce the medicine amounts. Will it still work well if it is reduced? I am really ti...
Any info on hair loss would be helpful to me and how I may avoid it. I finally have a great head of hair at age 50 and now I may loose it I have been told.
I don't know if is it's my imagination but for the last 3 weeks or so I have been experiancing slight pain under my right upper rib cage when i'm laying down. Also in the morning I get pain in my lower right stomach area that stays around for a couple hours. Has anyone else experianced this? Also noti...
This was round 2 for therapy this time with the Incievk in the mix. I went to the doc yesterday, and she stopped my treatment. She said that the idea is to kill the virus, but not the patient. My ammonia level is at an intolerable level. My skin and eyes are yellow, the brain fog is incredible. I can't remem...
So... My partner might have the opportunity to go work in canada. He does not have hep c, nor do our 2 children but i do. I have had it for around 18 years but do not require treatment now as all my results are good. Would i have problems with going , would i have health care there and what are the costs of treatm...
I've been fainting so doc. said get some urgent bloods.Hb- 7.1 (71 here)WCC- 1.7Platelets- 36!!Thank goodness I finish Rx in 1.5 days or may not be here to tell you about it. I'm going to have a serious talk with my doc about Riba reduction for future patients.
In the morning 10:30, I got my first shot in clinic. after coming back home, I eat my Incivek 3 tablets and Riba 600mg at 1:00pm after lunch. Then I cancle afternoon meeting and wait to all side efects coming. But till now, I am feeling good. only a little bit headache. I am nervous and drink a lot of water....
I got a call from the drs office today. 2 week labs show vl of 810!!! I know I am not in the clear yet, but it is good to hear. I hope everything stays on track! In Dec my vl was 8 mil, in Jan it was 6 mil.
Is any correlation between ANA direct (antinuclear antibodies) test and result of HCV PCR? We have negative ANA direct test (not special for HCV tests like ELISA or RIBA) and are waiting for PCR Quant. results. It's 4 weeks post treatment test. Another question - AST/ALT were in normal range (25-45)...
I was diagnosed with hepatitis c in November 2011 after having been hospitalized for a second collapsed lung. The first time resulted in blood transfusions. Sometime after my diagnosis I opened up to my immediate supervisor and told him of my condition. He was very supportive, which is not what I exp...
Hello everyone, I very glad to know this forum. All the time I am feeling lonely because of Hep C. I will start treatment at the end of Oct. I have questions. 1. Do you guys still work during triple treatment? 2. What need I prepere before treatment? Thanks a lot
Tomorrow I start week 6 of triple therapy with telaprevir. I've been running a temp of 37.5 up from 37.2 in the past 48 hours. I was weak / short of breath and collapsed at work yesterday. Today I had severe pain around my "liver area" that spiked if I twisted or turned my body. It's now an uncomf...
After doing great on the Incivek triple play combo, (undetectable at all key markers) until week 60 when the virus came roaring back, (12 week post treatment), my Doctor is putting me in the last slot they have for the Phase 2 study of the Gilead 7977 w/ Ribavirin study. Apparently this is phase 2 vice p...
As of tomorrow I'm 5 week into Triple Therapy. I've slowly been getting this rash on my elbows. I wasn't concerned because I get this rash every January/February due to the dry air, but this time it's a little more pronounced --- no doubt due to Telaprevir. Click To See Rash I'm beginning to see it just a t...
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