Hi, Just got my VL at 7.5 weeks ( after 3.5 weeks of Victrelis). Reported as <15 TND ( Target not detected). I am in Brisbane, Australia, and the Lab. is a large private Pathology Practice that does most of the HCV testing in Queensland. There are so many different tests that this is a bit hard to resear...
After getting 2 pints of blood today, Husband is feeling better. AND......................... The doc called to say his 4 week labs showed UND! We're walking on air. His viral load on starting treatment was 16 million. Only problem is now that he's been transfused, the doc wants him to go back to 1...
I just got the news; my Labs last Wed (May 2) showed UNDETECTABLE! 2 days before the 8-week mark on May 4. I was at 4.7 million at the start of tx, and went down to 371 at Week 4. Somewhere between Week 4 and Week 8, I went UND. That's not all. My liver enzymes are the lowest they've been in 27 years! ALT -...
Hey guys, I'm 4th week of tx, next week to start boceprevir and want to ask some post-tx questions and think that u can answer better than any doctor to me. I get that feeling that I cant be around people and can't be alone at the same time, short fuse temper and inability to focus. I dont really want to take a...
Hi guys, once again, what would I do without you. Ok guys, i'm a little confused here about the duration of tx on Victrelis. As you are aware it's usually 28 weeks of tx (4+24) if its UND at week 8. But if it was already UND right after lead in with Interferon and Riba at week 4(RVR), can tx be reduced by some we...
I'm sure this has been asked a million times and I'm having a hard time navigating this forum so I apologize in advance.
My first day was Friday the 4th so I'm on day 4 week 1. Other than a little achy, feel like a headache coming on and a bit tired an hour or so after I take my RIBA dose I'm really feeling okay!...
Just got this from my pharmecy: Genentech, the maket of Pegasys, has informed the pharmacy that there may be temporary supply constraints with the availability of Pegasys Pre-Filled Syinges. This product is NOT recalled. Genentech has informed pharmacies that supply constraints will likely...
Hubby is starting week 5 of the triple therapy today. Everyone talks about doing the shots in thighs or stomach but our nurse said the back of his upper arm was less painful and that's where we've done the 4 shots he's taken. Is that ok? I read where so many of you manage to work and I'm amazed and impress...
Friends, Hit the 8 week incivek wall. You know what i am talkin about. work in sales so i have had my challenges. Took 3 weeks to get my 5 weeks labs back. what a long time for your mind to wander. still detactable but under 25. so that is still very positive...yea... On my last month of invivek...come on blu...
I just completed my 1st week of treatment, and I gotta say that Sx were very minimal except for a rash I have on both forearms, but no-where else(yet). I would say that the rash is mild-to-moderate, but not particularly itchy(yet). I emailed my NP and reported this, but haven't heard back from her....
Hey guys and gals... I'm new here but not new to the Hep-C information search. My mother was diagnosed with Hep-C about 10 years ago. She had a blood transfusion immediately after birth and that's how they say she got it. She had treatment and for whatever reason the treatments stopped and she remaine...
Soo this is my second week into treatment. I took shot number 2 this past Sunday. I have been feeling slightly more lazy than I usually do but other than that everything else seems normal. I'm by no means complaining.. But i'm confused about all of these symptoms. Does it get progressively worse??? Is t...
Wow, I can't beleive it. I have completed 9 weeks and 9 shots! I also was UNDETECTABLE at week 7. Yay me! I also had a Pegasys malfunction a few weeks back I thought I'd share with you: I had the needle in, pulled back on the red plunger to make sure I wasn't in a vein and the plunger CAME OFF in my hand. I cou...
Hey guys! Well, it aint pretty but I wanted to share this real moment with all my buddies on chemo and those who have lived through it. May all your days be with minimal SX!!! and may the "healing" fo...
Started week 11 yesterday (2 more weeks of Incivek). My dr just told me to reduce my riba dose to 600 mg because my hgb is now 8.6, down from 9.3 six days ago and 10 the week before. I was on 1,200 mg thru 9 weeks and then 1,000 mg for week ten. She has also ordered Procrit. I was undetectable at week four and...
was the incivek mainly for the non responders? or what? i have been doing treatment for 30 weeks. i had a meltdown saturday. i quit taking the riba's. doc tells me today that i must try to do the 48 weeks. well number 1 i have a tooth that broke off into the gum about a month ago & i know it is not tgoing to s...
Hello. Sorry for my english. My friend has Hep-C. Recenty he told me that some girl(he had had sex with) had bitten his lips while having sex. Is transmission possible in such case? I have seen a lot of information about necessity to have "calm" sex and that Hep-C infected persons should avo...
Hi all, I have completed 9 weeks of treatment so far. It is kicking my butt big time, but I was UNDETECTABLE at 7 weeks. YAY!Now I have a new treatment-related problem on my plate and I am so confused as to how this is SUPPOSED to be managed. At the eye MD last week, she found mild retinopathy in both of my ey...
hello all, i hope everyone is feeling alright today! this past weekend i had a family reunion in mississippi.. it was great! it was a much needed break. today was my first full day back and i had 3 dr appointments!! im wore out.. my last apt was just a hep a and b vaccine but for some reason i almost passed...
I have been meaning to ask this for a long time, but the treatment related topics kept me busy. But for the past few years, I have noticed that my skin is real delicate, and injures very easily. If I bang the back of my hand on a shelf, trying to catch something I dropped, a big flap of skin might tear, and it se...
I am at week three of triple therapy and so far other than my first day things have been very easy for me. I read about all of your stories and I feel guilty that I don't feel run down. I'm so sorry to all of you that are feeling sick and tired. I wish you all the best. I did just get bad news, however, and am unsur...
The Purple Devil Pills are out of my life forever. I even burned the final box in symbolic retaliation for all the burning its done to me. Felt pretty darn good.
Breast biopsy came back negative, so no need to stop one unpleasant treatment to begin another! Blood count up some, so back on full dose of Riba and Pegasys. Only 15 more weeks!!
I took the lab reports from my entire treatment and put them into a spreadsheet to make it easier to see trends and compare different levels at times when things happened. Makes a pretty interesting exhibit, to me anyway, and I was wondering if any Incivek triple starters would want to see it. Could be a...
If we acheive SVR, at any point are we able to get regular health insurance? Meaning; I currently have my health insurance thru the State of Texas High Risk Pool, it's very expensive and pretty crappy but it the only insurance avadible to me due to "pre-existing" condition. If SVR is acheiv...
I've done a little bit of research and the results for triple therapy look very promising. I took the peg/inter about 8 years ago. I cleared the virus at 6 months. That was the first time during the treatment that my viral loads were tested. The side effects were not too bad. I didn't have an appetite so I l...
I must confess I always hold my breath when I am about to hear the results of my viral load test. I suspect this is particularly true for those of us relapsers who lived through 48 weeks of combo treatment (as I did in 2001) with an undetectable viral load -- only to be told "It's back" six month...
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and may the "healing" fo...