HI, I have been on this website many yrs ago. I was dx 10 yrs ago. I opted not to do tx as my liver enzymes were normal and my liver biopsy was normal also. Last summer my enzymes creeped up barely above normal. I applied for Harvoni and was denied by my insurance co. I am considering trying again for appr...
I'm a 41 year old woman and just got diagnosed with HCV G2 back in Dec. of last year. Not sure how long I had the virus prior to diagnosis but I had concerns about fatigue & such and sure enough liver enzymes were high so they did the hep panel and sure enough HCV. My initial VL was 2,290,000 and so started...
Hello Everyone, Well, it has been 4 months since I completed my 3 month treatment for HCV GT2 using Sovaldi and Ribavirin. The Ribavirin did wack me out during treatment and these symptoms of fatigue and episodic rage lasted 2.5 months post EOT. I definitely noted a return to self at 2.5 months - especi...
If anyone missed Tig's announcement the other day, he has set up a 'Recent Post' tab toward the left side of the dark blue menu bar up top ^. This will take you to a list of recent post in chronological order and any threads that have been posted or replied to, which you have not yet viewed, will be listed in b...
Hello everyone. I just received an email from my nurse at the Gastro Doctor's office and she reported my V/L went from 1,964,807 to 60.0 Also they (Doctor and Nurse) are suspecting I will be negative by the end of eight weeks. I am 4.5 weeks into it thus far. I am pretty excited about this news, wanted to s...
Hey everybody, this is cayohueso1. Ive been looking for responders to previous posts except that I cant find my previous posts! Id like to blame it on the constant migraines and the deep brain fog, but I'm thinking that its probably a simple case of I don't know how to navigate around the forum. Got some...
If you would like to create a way to quickly access a list of your own post without having to go to your homepage to access the 'Member Post' link then here's how to do it: 1- Click on the 'User Details' tab in the menu bar shown circled in red in the image below. (Scroll Down for Further Directions) --------...
Hi, Just a background about myself. 29 years old male. Never had any drug (not even once), no smoking (not even once), no sexual activity and no blood transfusion ever. For a totally different scenario, I was asked to take some blood tests and one of that test was for Hep c. Again this test was not taken be...
It's with great pleasure that I announce the addition of a new Moderator, RC (Robertsamx) to the forum! RC has been with us for a long time and his knowledge and willingness to help has been a great benefit to many of us here. Please join me in welcoming him to his new position. I promised him we'd be easy on...
Happy Friday good people! Just got back from my 2 year post treatment visit with my liver specialist and I'm proud to report I am still "HCV Not Detected"! Still going strong and labs are looking good. AST - 12 and ALT - 6. I will see him again this time next year and if my insurance company approves it he wi...
Hi My name is Tom, I am 61. I live in Buffalo, NY. My wife had hep c and went through 3 (unsuccesful) treatments in the late 90s- early 2000s. She died of liver cancer in 2004. I was diagnosed with hepc in 2000; I believe type 1. Anyhow with the advent of new treatments I have decided to move forward. Just go...
My husband (age 61) had a kidney stone 3 weeks ago, CAT scan revealed "something" on his liver. Today he had an Ultrasound and blood tests, which confirmed Hepatitis. He has not consumed alcohol in over 25 years, but prior to that led a pretty rowdy life. He had no symptoms, other than being tired at t...
Heading over to the hospital tomorrow to start the GILIAD TRIAL ( GS-US-334-0153 ) 16 weeks sofosbuvir & Ribavirin was asigned to arm A screaning went well,it took only 2- 1/2 mo. I think that was fast!! Anyway dont know what to expect as how i will feel on med"s , but from what i have...
Hey Everyone Here is very in depth article / study about extrahepatic complications, affecting various organs in the human body. Numerous HCV patients suffer neurological manifestations, ranging from cognitive impairment to peripheral neuropathy. Overexpression of the host immune respons...
CURED....As in the dragon is dead. I am so grateful to this community. I don't post often, but read most every thread. I will stay in touch. Happy Mother's day to all. Guess I got over excited and didn't add: Just got the call 12 week post treatment results...CURED. -- Edited by justvlm on Thursday 5...
Hi Everyone, Our member Suziq, mentioned taking a look at this website and I thought a post directing you to it would be a good idea. You'll find loads of current information and recommendations there and I think you should spend a moment looking at their many offerings of info. This website has been ar...
I wanted to tell the admin that the new pieces of information you are posting is absolutely great, and interesting as well as informative. Much of it I will be sharing with my local Hepatitis C Support group here in my hometown. Also, I go in for my 56th day of treatment blood draw. I am excited to hear t...
Having a post here earlier, bought 3 bottles (84 tablets) of greenish color Hepcinat LP. 6th Feb starts the treatment and blood test on 5th March after 28 days (tablets). The VL is <15 IU/mL. Doctor suggested me to finish all 3 bottles to hit over 97% SVR.
Click on the attachment below that looks like a litte picture at the bottom of this post. This is a line from where we were talking to the start a new post function. See if this helps. -- Edited by JimmyK on Tuesday 3rd of May 2016 06:18:34 PM
Hey All, I am on a 8 week course of Harvoni and just passed HUMP day. I have had very little in the way of side effects. My energy is really good and my fatigue when doing sport is gone. I did blood work on day 29 and the results were great, RNA PCR was undetectable though i understand the result 3 months after i...
Hello all, Doctor's NP called yesterday with 2 week CBC. They are are a GI office, but consult with a Hep doctor when needed. Based on my pre-tx and 2 week labs they had me reduce my Riba from 1000 / day to 600 / per day due to significant drop in some Hgb, while not anemic - she wants to get ahead of this. We ta...
Only been two days since EOT (4/12/16) but the high intensity of the Riba is starting to back off just a little. Quite a relief being done with Tx ... as you all well know. My EOT CBC and CMP looked good ... Hb was only down to 12.9 which is pretty amazing and should bounce right back, ALT was 18 which makes me h...
Hello! I really like this HepC forum community and find it very informative. I am feeling somewhat unsettled by a recent Ultrasound report, however, i shall begin by giving a bit of background. I was HCV+ GT3a for 30 odd years. I'm female 59 yrs old. I was Tx naive when I was offered 24 wks Sovaldi+Ribavi...
I went to my family Dr yesterday for my yearly check up. We did the labs monday. Here are the results. I have tested CHOL 187 in the past. The Dr said Its the Harvoni. Has anyone experienced an CHOL increase while on treatment? Thanks Rick CHOL 251 TRIG 117 HDL 45 CHOL/HDL RATIO 5.6 LDL 183 VLDL A...
Hi all since I haven't found much improvement in my hands and feet hurting since treatment I finally went to the Rheumy doctor. I had x rays of both hands and feet and lots of blood work done. Blood work was normal but the xrays are showing what they feel is inflammatory joints in my left foot, which is th...
Now this is a beautiful sight! It feels like I've been working on this same bottle for ages. I literally dumped them all out and counted them once because it seemed like it just wasn't moving lol But today, that gorgeous plastic at the bottom is gleaming (well hello sweetheart) haha! 1 more day y'all...
Hi all, I'm 45 years old, got HCV for 27 years, genotype 3a, fibrosis 3 (fibroscan). Treatment naive, I was waiting for interferon free cure. My decision was to wait until fibrosis gets to 3 and then start with whatever would be available at the moment. So I started this September with Daclatasvir and S...
Well, the topic says it all. I have been lurking, reading this forum over the last nine months. I am pretty certain I contracted Hep C in the summer of 1982. My doctor noticed high Liver Enzyme readings in the late 80s and I was diagnosed in teh summer of 1995. For years I took Milk Thistle and went about my b...
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