Hi all, A dear friend who is going through triple therapy, at week 26 of 46 weeks (approx.) has two sites on his belly that are swollen and sore. He has very little body fat and has been alternating left and right of the belly button. Dr. says it's not from hitting a vein, not absesses. He's on a antibio...
Went to get Week 28 draws yesterday morning, as I am starting my eighth box of Pegasys. Waiting for the results now. It's important to me this week because in a few days I go to Chestertown, MD for the MS 150 Bike Tour, a charity ride 150 miles long in two days. I expect to take a bit of a short cut and get 63 mile...
I think those of us that are in for the long haul would benefit from a sticky. I am very happy to read so many members are getting close to finishing at 24 weeks. I wish them all SVR and rapid return to life. I must say I feel a bit down, realising I am at week 13 and have 35 weeks to go. We long termers have more sev...
this is the part that stuck with me.... only 14 percent of patients like James, with cirrhosis who failed to respond on other drugs, achieved an SVR with the Incivek regimen. Seems that nothing is as good as advertised. Boston Business Journal by Julie M. Donnelly, ReporterDate: Wednesday, May 30,...
Hello everyone, from US genotype 1a. Each time I try the treatment my nos are initially good for about 2 months, but then they suddenly shoot up. Has anyone else experienced this. The doctors stopped the treatment as it was not working. Has anyone with the same genotype had a good response fro...
By mid-course of treatment, week 12, my white cells and absolute neutrophils (ANC) were crashing. My case nurse has been wanting a CBC almost weekly to keep an eye on it, as she was concerned. After last week's testing, she put me on Neupogen to stimulate my granulocyte production. I had my first shot l...
Hello All, My mother was diagnosed with Hep C and Cirrhosis. I respectfully request your assistance in helping me understand Hep C and Cirrhosis with what I should know and what questions I should be asking the doctors to fully understand my mother's status. My mother is really confused with the doc...
There is always something new happening, now it's the tingling in fingers, hand and toes. Ranges from uncomfortable to painful. Makes me pull my hand or leg away like I touched something sharp. Anyone experienced anything like that, any remedies? Doctors don't know what it is.Thanks!
i guys! tomorow my 2de shot! i have a bit iching down there,and my heart feels to be working very hard after i eat,,,strange feeling is that i must say..until now no skin alergies or pains,but the nausea its geeting stronger,i stil have apetite but because of the nausea im eating less.
What is going on? I went to UND somewhere between Weeks 4 and 8. I happened to call my dr office today and found out they did Quantitative tests both on May 9th and 16th, along with the CBC, enzymes, etc. I didn't know they did that; thought I was just getting Viral Load testing every 4 weeks. Well.........
Happy to report another undetected at 12 weeks. Platelets down to 60,000 but who cares. Can my US friends help? How many have access to Heptimax? We do not have it in Australia. My Lab uses the Roche PCR Quantitative test that goes down to 15 copies. So my report reads' <15, Target Not Detected. When I...
hello every one. hope every one is fine at your end. am Be Mech Engg Grad from india. me and mine friend plan to create a new software one is search engine another one is anti virus software. i had a knowledge about c not in c++. can i go with c or it's necessary to learn c++. am comfort with c only. please give s...
It's important to eat a good, healthy diet while you are on treatment and afterward, even if you want to lose a few pounds. Your body needs good nutrition and healthy foods to fight the hepatitis C infection and repair damage that it has caused over time. This can be difficult because treatment can cau...
I have been interviewed by two newspapers in the past week about Hep C testing and treatment. There is a tentative schedule for Friday afternoon for an in-studio interview on camera for a TV station. My doctor will be there with me for that one. All this attention feels very strange, but the interviews...
Came in the mail today (8 days), and it is UNDETECTED. Thanks for all the reassurances. Wish I could listen better. Last 7 weeks on reduced riba (1000 mg to 600 mg). HGB up to 11.3 from low of 9.4. Two more shots to go! Labs say the following: HCV RNA, Quantitative Real Time PCR <43 Not Detected
Found myself not be able to keep food in the stomach due to indigestion. Nausea brings vomiting and I feel better. I'm just hoping I will not get used to that. Everything tastes bad, I have no appetite and when I do eat I ended up twice throwing up. Im sure whoevers on Incivek is literally attached to the to...
Hey everyone I start my treatment this week and was going to run to the store and was wondering if you all could give me some pointers on as what to buy? Food,personal items and what nots. I have heard of butt paste...lol ,Aveeno bath soak and any type of lotion that works really good. Thanks,
I moved my shot day up a day and doctor told meto be
Prepared for worse side effects. I have felt ran over all
Day and experiencing slight pain in liver area and in back,
Has this happen to anyone else?
Thank you Margo for teaching me how to post properly:)
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Hello everyone, just letting you know I had my 2 year post svr check up yesterday and everything is normal. Discharged from the hospital for good now.I still find it hard to believe it has gone and wont come back. At least I dont think about it 24/7 anymore. Just getting along with my normal life no...
Greetings, Is anyone aside from myself, suffering post treatment? Mentally? * Phsically? I ended tx 11-14-11 I feel like I am going crazy and not able to regain stamina. Any feedback / experiences would be much appreciated. Thank You Wanda
Hi It's Mike and I've been undetected for aabout a month now and I'm still experiencing side effects from the drugs; unfortunately I have to be on them until November but very grateful for being und. I'm assuming that when the virus becomes undetected your body is just dealing with the side effects wi...
My husband's weekly labs are still going lower on all counts so they called this morning to tell him to stop the ribavirin "for now". He's been on procrit for 3 weeks and that will continue. On top of everything else, he now has the full-body rash.Has anyone had their riba stopped "te...
hi guys!! what is going on? i have started treatment yesterday my shot was at 15.00, at night i was feeling pretty feverish with some haches on my muscules but the next day its just gonne i just feel a bit headache,i dont have any allergic reaction not even on the place where a shot it.Whats going on?? i was...
Hello everyone, I'm not sure if this is the appropriate forum for this, but I have this question: While i personally do not have hep c, my best friend was very recently diagnosed. I am extremely worried about him. This diagnosis came after months of having several different problems, which are all now...
1 year finish tx and still undected,Wow im so happy feeling so much back to myself and more, the tx was very hard but iv learnd a lot from it i give up smoking and i drinking 3yrs now so much energy for my g/kids and iv got 15 of them all close.My life has change a lot since tx in so meny ways feeling so happy,once...
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