Hello there I am a 27 year old female. At 19 I found out I had contracted Hep C from my mom. I did pegasus treatment and since then have tested negative for a viral load. However I still test positive for the antibody. Can I still transmit the disease to others? I am concerned that my 9 month old daughter and m...
Hello there I am a 27 year old female. At 19 I found out I had contracted Hep C from my mom. I did pegasus treatment and since then have tested negative for a viral load. However I still test positive for the antibody. Can I still transmit the disease to others? I am concerned that my 9 month old daughter and m...
Just yet another helpful tool in judging fibrosis. Published inGastroenterologyJournal Scan / Research ˇ June 09, 2017Mac-2 Binding Protein Glycosylation Isomer Effective for Identifying Liver Fibrosis in Patients With Hepatitis CBMC GastroenterologyTAKE-HOME MESSAGE - Patient...
I have been living with Hep C that I received in 1985 from a blood transfusion due to an eptopic pregnancy that ruptured. I am excited yet scared to death to start treatment which will begin on June 26. I guess what I have read so far on this forum is that drinking a ton of water is the best way to combat the pot...
Another resource of guidelines and practices from the US Veterans Administration. Topics range from HBV, HCV, coinfection to HCC. HCV Tx Considerations Guidelines and Practices
Hi all, I live in England and am concerned after watching a documentary today on Contaminated Blood and the major cover up that's gone on. Donated blood wasn't tested for Hep C until late 1991. I gave birth to my first child in 1990, and due to a massive bleed and collapse after birth I was given a blood tr...
Hi, I'm Christine. I've been hiding in the closet of Denial with this dragon for 32 years. It's been so spooky in there that I'm coming out. I snuck to the out of town Hep C clinic incognito (Ha) and was quickly approved for Zepatier based on my F3 fibroscan result and cryoglobulinema. I think that means...
I just took my 1st ZEPATIER pill a few hours ago. So far so good. Honestly, I'm feeling a little drowsy, but I'm always tired. That's the next health issue I need to tackle head on. I swear I could drink the strongest coffee ever then take amphetamines THEN fall out for a six hour nap- like I didn't miss a be...
Hi all,To eliminate HCV from the world, we need an affordable drug or drug combination with a 100% SVR rate with minimal side effects. We are not there yet, but 80-90% SVR rates are now possible. NS-5A RAVs seem to be the holdup.I've had some questions about RAV's so I'll do a short post with the latest in...
All aboard! Hello? Heeeeellllloooooo? Oh boy this is going to be a long boring nobody to talk to or anything kind of ride. Hello? Booooooooooaaarrrd!<sigh> Ok I am wearing my Pioneer hat here. Let's do this. Onward upward and tallyHo gonna kill me a lizzard!JimmyK
good morning everybody! This is my first post, this is my first day of treatment, this is the first of a lot of things, or I should say a lot of firsts are coming my way! My name is Fran or Meow76 I am 41 years old, in a relationship with my boyfriend of 12 years his name is Luis, I was diagnosed arou...
Hi all,For those who have access to Fibroscan, this is a useful chart. My doc has changed the numbers slightly, but you can see why I was not impressed by my score of 30 kPa!Fibroscan Info updated link -- Edited by Tig56 on Thursday 30th of June 2016 06:52:56 PM
Went on a a little vacation last week before I was scheduled to be biopsied for a mass in my right lobe. Came home with the FLU. Had to reschedule the biopsy because I wasn't comfortable with the idea of someone rooting around in my liver with a needle while I cough! So, thought I would try to fix the probl...
Hello, I have been lurking on the side lines and finally have the courage to say hello. I am so new to this and very distraught. But I see all of the positive feedback everyone is receiving. Hope to get the same.
Started feeling very sick towards the end of my program in school. I decided to get tested for Hep B/Hep C and the Hep C test turned out to be positive. Right now am really bothered about health care the providers i've been sicking advice from telling me to wait until am treated before recieving Hepatiti...
I have been feeling tired for years , My doctor kept telling me watch your sugar and lose weight and you will feel better . I kept seeing the Harvoni Tv ad and told my doctor I wanted the test and sure enough I have it I think for a long time I am 56 years old in 3 weeks married with 3 little girls 2 , 7 , 11 years old...
Hi All... Just though I would check in as I went to see my hep doc for (hopefully) the last time yesterday. Last year I had a 3 month post Fibroscan that registered as F2, and my Fibroscan from 2 weeks ago registered as an F2 again (one year apart). She said and I quote "you can live 300 years with an F2" ... lol...
Hello again, doing well here, and found a great side effect almost immediately. My chronic sinus problem dried up! I can breathe through my nose again and am having fewer headaches. Yeehaw! I am filling that gallon jug of water first thing in the morning and draining it by midnight, and am adhering...
Blood transfusion at 14 yrs old. Learned i had hep C in 2001. This is my six day on Harvoni. Only 1st few days were tough but water reallly diminishes side effects. Also have HPV virus and wonder if this powerful harvoni can also kill this virus. Seems logical and i'm hopeful. Any thoughts- or suggestion...
Call to Action: Physicians Needed to Alleviate HCV Treatment RestrictionsHCV Next, May/June Robert Greenwald, JDIn conducting our national review of Medicaid restrictions for hepatitis C virus treatments, it became obvious that people living with HCV and the broader HCV advocacy community n...
i have a question for all if i may i am 7 months out of treatment and cured SVR and stoked , These are the thing i struggle with day to day Linering depression i mean like once a week major breakdown and exausted i am on treatment and talking with the relavent people side of quad muscles top of legs always so...
Hi there I've just posted a report regarding the drug EPCLUSA for combating Hep C, in the new drug information forum I have almost been cured of Hep C with the aid of this drug my viral load is now 59 which began at 5044467.
Hello everyone: I am so happy to have found this forum. Thank you for making it available. I was a full blown addict and alcoholic in the 80s, 90s, all the way to 2005. I suspect that I got the Hep C virus in the 80s when I was insane and sharing needles with other people. I recall that over a few weeks (I was 19 y...
All day I've been feeling anticipation and dread to take this first $1000 Harvoni pill. Please don't let me choke on it! I am not a morning person, so I decided to take it at 6pm tonight. Does the time of day make any difference anyway? Thankfully, my doctor's office handled all the arrangements wit...
I have a somewhat complicated medley of medical issues, including MS, a neurological thing that eats the insulation on your central nervous system, and slightly high blood pressure, which is easily controlled with a diuretic and something else called Lisinopril. I am guessing that I have had HepC...
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good morning everybody! This is my first post, this is my first day of treatment, this is the first of a lot of things, or I should say a lot of firsts are coming my way! My name is Fran or Meow76 I am 41 years old, in a relationship with my boyfriend of 12 years his name is Luis, I was diagnosed arou...