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...
Ferritin serum level was always in range 180-230, but after first week Tx jumped up to 800-950. Is it normal for Tx? Who is familiar with the issue? Thanks
Im pretty weak and after almost stabbing my hand with the usual syringe, I asked to try to the new ProClick. Did my first does tonight, works good, The directions say ti hold it flat to your pinched up skin, but later says at a right angle, I couldnt inject with the right angle, flat worked great, it autom...
Hey Friends & Fellow Dragon Slayers I need some friendly advice--this week thinking that I was going to sail through the last 10 weeks--came down with strep throat. It is killing me--went to my PCP on Monday--and she prescribed me some 5 day anti-biotics. Yesterday (Wednesday) they seemed to be...
With the new ****tail treatment you have to eat 20 grams of fat, here's a list of things you can have. http://www.squidoo.com/slaying-the-dragon This is a working list, meaning as new things are mentioned or discovered they will be added. Anything you have to add feel free to post here if you want...
Gidday, After 2 weeks of Vict., saw my doc today. After complaining about the Sx he said ' at your age with cirrhosis, what do you expect'. I guess after breezing thru the 4 weeks leadin, and after having had no real problems with my 26 weeks of SOC in 2000, it was a shock to feel so bad after 4 days of Vict. Rea...
I'm gonna be starting triple tx in the next few weeks, I've done peg/riba 3 times but it's been about 10 years since last tx. I am wondering if there are any special preperations I need to take/make before tx to make it more tollerable and effective. Thanks for any help you can give me.
Well I met with my doc today. I'm UND at 8 weeks, with normal AST and ALT. Blood is a little thin but over all I'm holding up well. Tired with a rash and burnin' bum but I can live with that for another 4 weeks and then 12 more weeks on Peg & riba. I see the train a comin'. Triple therapy, Incivek, Peg & Ri...
As most of you know I had a rough time on tx, and could barely get out of bed for several weeks. It's been 3 weeks since my last riba and 4 weeks since my last shot. At the end of tx I had a problem with shortness of breath, and a cough. Fatigue was my constant friend. Most of my hair had fallen out and I had...
Hi all, 69yo.m.,cirrhotic, geno 1b, VL at start 1.28M., after 4 weeks leadin with SOC, VL 3,030. Started Victrelis 10 days ago, Hb had dropped from 148 to 104. on SOC. Have been feeling dreadful since day 4 of Vict. Extreme lethargy, nausea. Finally called clinic today, and had FBC. Hb 107, so not sever...
Ive seen on another forum that a few people who were Und week 4 through 24 on triple tx relapsed within a month. This kind of got me scared so I asked the Dr for a Vl and went and did one today, should know more monday! This weekend ill be a nervous wreck,,.,,,,/./,./,/ Im 2 months post tx w/victrelis and wa...
I've had a sore throat last couple of days, so I did the salt water gargle, then today i looked at the back of my throat with a light, and it looked just like the red bumps on my elbows. Anyone else encounter this? If so any solution? swallowing is quite painful if eating anything non soft. hope this makes se...
I use it the first time next friday. Has anyone used this yet? Last time I asked about this I dont think there were any responses? Like it, dont like it, give it your review if you have tried it yet. They gave me 3 months supplies of the Proclick and Copegasus
Hi all, I was pretty good until I started Vict. After 4 days I can barely get from bed to the TV. My Hb had dropped to 106 from 158, and presumably will drop further. Next labs in 10 days. Last week I played golf 3 times ( in an electric buggy) and I desperately want to do some exercise. I wonder how much is in the...
Hi everyone! Hope you are all getting on ok. I've had it pretty rough these last few weeks with anemia and all the rest. Feeling really weak and just out-of-it! But got some good news...I have completed 12 weeks and am now finished with the Incivo/Incivek!!! YAY!!!Oh Happy Day! Man, that is a load...
After listening to the horror stories about last minute drug delivery, and risks of interrupting treatment, I began to move my call ahead a couple of days each month, and today a new shipment of peg and riba arrived, which will be used to start week 25 and go through 28. I am in the middle of week 23, with a f...
Has anyone had a bone scan while on treatment. I'm on PEGINTRON , Victrelis and RIBAVIRIN and at week 15. I'm concerned about the radioactive substance that is injected into my blood stream affecting my treatment. It's hard to get the same answer twice from my carrier. Thank You, Steve
Hi all, Just finished my leadin 4 weeks of Peg and riba. Start victrelis tomorrow. VL has dropped from 1.28m to 3,030. Hb has dropped from 148 to 104, and platelets from 138,000 to 94,000. Gen 1b, cirrhotic, 69y old. Just a bit of lethargy. Is anyone on victrelis, and what have they experienced regardin...
Well, I got my 4-week labs back. I did the labs at day 26 (not 28), on April 4. I didn't start Victrelis until 2 days later, on April 6. These results are from 26 days on PegIntron and Ribavirin: Viral Load - 371. (Was 4,698,302 before TX.) That's more than 2-Log drop. AST - 36 ALT - 44 WBC - 2.1 (range 4 -...
After having been here[mostly lurking] for over a year, I finally get to join the ranks of those here "on treatment". I do my first Pegasys shot today at the "give-yourself-a-shot" training class at Kaiser-Permanente; not doubt I'll also be gulping down Ribavirin caps li...
Something occurred to me today. Since November 20, 2011 I have been involved in the most intense process I have ever imagined. Multiple daily doses of several drugs, at least one injection every week, refrigerated medicines, fatty meals and snacks at medicine time, side effects management to beat...
hi there. well here i am again....joined in 2009 cos i was just gonna start treatment..... after six months of not very niceness I got the not detectable.... and then the all clear... great you are probably thinking... Well yes I was so made up and still am..... but....... Im living with a lovely man wh...
Hi guys, I feel stupid i wrote this whole thing, but if not You, then who can help better. I need your opinion please. Currently I'm on 12th week of tripple tx (8 with Victrelis) and it isnt going that bad, but of course I'm not 100% physically or mentally, like i get days where I just want to be left alone, an...
Hi all, I have been reading how some of us are on Incivek, others on Victrelis. Whats the difference? Is one more effective than the other? My doctor picked my treatment, I didn't know there are two kinds. Anyway I am just wondering.....
Hello friends, Like some of you I had used drugs and shared needles, was very reckless in the past. I've been clean for 5 years and since then had two beautiful boys. I was told about a month ago that I had antibodies for Hepatitis C, and this scared me to death. I was overcome with guilt, shame, anger for wh...
DietA healthy and well-balanced diet is essential for general good health. The food we consume is responsible for providing us with energy, as well as maintaining and repairing our bodies. It also influences our immune system and our body's response to disease or illness.A bad or unhealthy diet c...
My man in the little white lab coat called today to say I am indeed undetectable at 12 weeks and will finish my thereapy at week 24! As much as I have complained about the past few weeks of illness and side effect agony, this news makes it all so much more worth it... in hindsight. I do realize how fortunat...
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