A little late in posting, but I did achieve 2 years SVR in January 2017. I am on the Abbvie 5 year follow up plan with Viekira Pak. ALT 42 (range less than 55) and AST 32 (range 5-34) according to their lab. So all good there. However, my Cholesterol is still dancing around like the stock market, in Janua...
Hi everybody, Newbie here apologies in advance for lack of understanding within this topic. I have been reading some of the articles in the treatment sections about the newly released epclusa drug, which I am being encouraged to start through the NHS. However, I am working against the clock and in...
I've been thinking about this. What about replacing toothbrushes, nail clippers etc. Does this pose risk for reinfection? If so, at what point? Im worried about items that could have been exposed to blood.
I am currently in the process of developing a product to help individuals with Hepatitis C manage their condition on a day to day basis and communicate with caregivers and care professionals in their circle. I have currently partnered with an NHS Hospital as well as an HCV non-profit to pilot a produc...
Hi Everyone,I finished my 12 weeks of Harvoni on December 9th, and just got the news today - UNDETECTED!I have to repeat the test in 3 months, but this is such great news to get before Christmas and the New Year!Thank you to all of you for being my bedrock of support during this terrible year - I couldn't h...
Hello, I have been trying to get into a clinical trial for NASH but have been rejected due to previous hep c. I have been clear of the hep c for almost 3 years after taking Harvoni, but I'm wondering if the studies still consider me as having hep c. Does anyone know of any NASH studies that will accept fo...
Hello, everybody, I don't have my notes to hand to tell you my precise details with me so I'll sort them. In a nutshell: Hep C and COPD sufferer, The COPD is a pretty recent thing but the Hep C I contracted around 20 years ago in a Moroccan clinic. I went through a few months of Peg-Interfe...
Hello all, I have about 17 more Epclusa pills to take before my 12 week treatment period is finished. I live in the USA, and tomorrow (3/12/17) Daylight Saving Time begins. If I keep taking E. at the same time it will be an hour later than usual. I would have to get up at 5:30 am to keep it at the same time. Not...
It's a done deal. No virus detected. My platelets are 132 . That is a great improvement for me. I am considering putting out an amber alert as we can't seem to find that cancerous tumour of mine.
Finally.... I am happy to announce that NHS have approved my treatment ....Today the hep nurse said that she is arranging an appointment for me for about 2 weeks time for pre treatment tests and she confirmed it's going to be Epclusa ...I cant tell you the relief I am feeling..ive cried on and off all aft...
Good afternoon, I have been recently Dx with Hep C. Awat in results of my viral load and genotype. I have been symptomatic for 3 months. Fever, body aches, weight loss and poor appetite. I'm scared as hell, I don't feel like my GPS is working fast enough. I'm very uneducated on this, just feel like I don'...
Hi Matt and All, I'm looking for good smoothie ideas, things that will help both during and after Tx to work on getting from stage F3 to much lower if possible. I know it will take time but I want to give my liver all the help I can along the way. So far I think something like the following would be good but want...
Hello, First time doing this ... not sure what i am doing. I am 60 yrs old have hep-c gyno-type 2 . since 92 Almost finished with first bottle of Epclusa i have been having some side effects loss of appitite , lost six pounds, also chest pains in front and in back kind of warm tingling sesations.. woul...
Hello there I am starting Zepatier treatment for G1 on 15th of April, And i'm a bit nervous about the side affects, Been avoiding interferon treatment for 10yrs, But i'm gonna give this ago, Anyone any experience of this? Thanks
Hello, I posted an introduction over in the other part of this group so I will keep the introduction part short and to the point. My name is Fran, I am 40 years old, I just started treatment a little over two weeks ago. Harvoni. Have been diagnosed since I was 22 years old. Type 1A. Have never done any tr...
Hi! I know this may seem obstructive, but I am doing a student directed study on Hepatitis C. I live in a small town so it's hard to gather a lot of personal stories and information on Hepatitis C. If any of you, would be willing to provide your email or chat on here to answer some of my questions, it would be r...
Good afternoon everyone. Happy to be here. A lady on another HepC forum suggested this group to me. So I'll start with the basics my name is Fran, I'm 40 years old, I'm from Connecticut, Aries, I love books, photography, The Walking Dead, and ridiculously overpriced foofy coffee drinks. Lots of ot...
I think my hep c may be back after harvoni. My urine is really dark again, I've been sick 3 times in the past three months. I'm now going through high fevers starting in afternoons, ranging from 100- 103.7, a constant cough, pain in liver area that pops when I cough. I drench the sheets and pillow every nig...
Someday, one day, (eventually) all these people all over the world who are holed up in labs trying to come up with immunization to prevent contracting HCV, will succeed! In the interim yay for "novel" drug research as without it we would not be where we are today, being cured of HCV with the new DAA's. Ah...
I'm new here. Starting Harvoni this evening. I'm kinda terrified. My mind focuses on the possible side effects and soon I'm thinking awful things. I don't know. I'm trying to keep in my mind the goal and how lucky I am but I am afraid/anxious. Also anyone else have trouble swallowing pills? Nice to meet...
Hi all. Just stopping in to say hello to all and pray everyone is doing well. Tom is still hep c free thanks to harvoni. We continue our trips to Mt Sinai every three months for his liver MRIs. His last two showed to new spots but his surgeon doesn't want to do anything to them until he knows for sure its cance...
Medscape Gastroenterology > Johnson on GastroenterologyCOMMENTARYNew Reason Your Patients With HCV Will Say 'Thanks a Latte'David A. Johnson, MDOctober 17, 2016Hello. I am Dr David Johnson, professor of medicine and chief of gastroenterology at Eastern Virginia Medical School i...
I am new here, maybe I don't understand how this Discussion Board works, but... When I open a Topic, all I see is the First Reply, not the original post, the Preview works to read short entries, but I can't seem to see the Original Topic. Incidentally, I can see MY original posts, but not others. Could th...
Hi there, I have geno 3a and I am cerotic F3-F4. Started treatment Mar 28, 2016 with Sof&Dac Generic through Fixhepc. 4 week blood test results Gamma GT 15 ALt 19 AST 20 VIRAL Load Undetected The trip to Australia was well worth it. I am from Canada Health Canada wanted me to go through the not r...
Whew.......it's been a bunch of nerves to brave this .....but, I'm gonna go 4 the Harvoni & slay this dragon! This isn't the easiest task for me....cause I have a pill/med phobia from past allergic issues ....But I'm sick of packing this disease around. It's Lent, time to dump the negative eh! An...
my doctor has put me on ora morph for my joint pain and been checking my bloods each fortnight to makemsure my liver coping, she pointed out my levels of iron are really high and told me to research foods to eliminate. so....I had no idea it was connected to Hep c. my case was supposed to go to treatment pan...
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I don't have my notes to hand to tell you my precise details with me so I'll sort them. In a nutshell: Hep C and COPD sufferer, The COPD is a pretty recent thing but the Hep C I contracted around 20 years ago in a Moroccan clinic. I went through a few months of Peg-Interfe... 
