Hi all! I am recently diagnosed with hep c, found out after donating blood for the first time. Have so far had the diagnosis confirmed by my primary and met with my GI. Had some initial blood tests for liver function, have a Fibroscan scheduled for this Tuesday and am waiting for an ultrasound appointm...
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Hi all, Since EOT, I developed some new joint and muscle pains, particularly in the knees, wrists and hands. I dismissed it as being age related and due to my 48 weeks of inactivity. As it didn't improve and I was overseas, I emailed my doc, who gave me a list of blood tests to have when I returned to Austr...
Uses. Daclatasvir is used with another antiviral medication (sofosbuvir) to treat chronic (long-lasting) hepatitis C, a viral infection of the liver. Daclatasvir should never be used without sofosbuvir. Daclatasvir and sofosbuvir may also be used with another antiviral medica...
I was infected with hepatitis c when i was a child, but successfully cleared the virus. Now my blood tests show antibody positive but persistently PCR undetectable. My doctor told me that i have no risk of developing liver disease in the long term and can be reassured. In this situation, is it possibl...
Has anyone had hep b reactivation after hep c treatment. I was treated in 2015 and at that time reactivation wasnt a warning. Its been 4 years. My doctor says when I was treated my hep b was negative but I read the warning differently. Could I have reactivated and not know!
Here’s a little tidbit that is big for graft viability. Credit to: LinkSupercooling extends donor liver viability by 27 hoursPublish date: September 12, 2019ByWill Pass FROM NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGYA new supercooling process could extend ex vivo liver viability by more than a day, potentia...
New here. Nice to meet you all. Diagnosed in October and completely stunned. I've wracked my brain to figure out how I could've contracted this.By the way, I'm trying to figure out where and how to post and it was suggested I start a new thread. So some of you have already read this entry from me on Annie's...
Greetings my friends. It's official. I HAVE REACHED SVR 12!!!!!!!! Whew! It's just not real until you get those labs. I just lost about a hundred emotional pounds. 3 months ago, I told my hepatologist that I was afraid to plan anything because I wasn't sure I could count on anything but fatigue....
Hello Everyone -- I stopped posting here around first of year and felt great that I was HepC free!!! Unfortunately, now my ctscan this week shows that my liver is enlarged and was given Hepatomegaly diagnosis? The ctscan was for kidney cysts, which were found when I went through testing before Harvo...
hi everyone, my doc insists on the qual after using the quant over the past year and half. does anyone have input on this? i can always go to my family doctor since the liver doc is being stubborn. thanks , 5
Hi, Glad to be a part of the community. I have been living with Genotype 2 HCV at least since 1990 when testing was developed. I have been very fortunate that until the past year the progress of the disease was slow for me. Because I was not confident in success of treatment regimens until Harvoni was intr...
Having worked up to a liver transplant, the failed treatments, all those riba pills, all those peg shots, all those Sof pills, and now the vosevi treatment, all those tumor ablations, removing the gallbladder to get at a tumor, all those MRI's, those fun little liver biopsies, a kazillon blood draws...
I sure hope this is starting a new topic wherever I'm supposed to start one, but hopefully this is it. Started Epclusa this weekend. Happy to be on this trek with all of you. Throwin' on my hiking boots, going up that mountain and coming back down on the other side, C free! -- Edited by tanner on Monday 11t...
Hi to All: I have chronic hep c (genotype 1a)with a previous hep b. I am a polio survivor and MD suspects I contacted both virus during polio corrective surgeries as a child. I only became aware of the hep dx about a year ago. Have had all the bloodwork and liver ultrasound (mild to moderate fibrosis...
Published in GastroenterologyJournal Scan / Review· July 24, 2019AGA Clinical Practice Update on Interaction Between Oral Direct-Acting Antivirals for Chronic Hepatitis C Infection and Hepatocellular CarcinomaGastroenterologyTAKE-HOME MESSAGEPatients with hepatitis C virus (H...
I am elated to have found this forum! I will work on my signature line as I gather my facts, by no means do I have that information memorized. I am a 52 y/o male from Texas. Doctors believe that I contracted the virus via blood products administered while in the hospital due to burn injuries suffered as a ch...
Hi. Just started Epclusa. Am on my 4th day today. Oh no, sorry, my 3rd day. Tomorrow morning will be my 4th. I had a thread in the introduce ourselves section but just before i started these meds I was really ill for a month so, that thread relates to that, rather than this trip with Epclusa. There is some...
I had my 1st post tx fibroscan yesterday since EOT. My only other fibroscan was done about 2 1/2 years ago when I found out I was cirrhotic F4 with a score of 18.8. Yesterdays score was 8.8 - F2. EOT was Oct 28th 2015. I've been in a daze since I found out...a very happy daze. My Dr said that I will always be cons...
My HCV RNA, Quantitative Real Time PCR value before treatment = 3090000. IT ALSO STATES THAT my HCV RNA, Quantitative Real Time PCR value = 1870000. I know the values are both high. But does anyone know what this means? Why does it show on my results twice, taken the same day, and has 2 different values...
I saw this article after our member Lamassu posted a link in the Vosevi thread. It’s always good to share these professional opinions when we find them. Thanks, Lam! Alcohol after the Cure
Hi all, I started treatment about 3 weeks ago. Ive had this virus for about 50 years and have had no symptoms. I keep reading about after treatment people do not feel well and sometimes feel worse.I was questioning myself why I even started since I have no symptoms. However my doctor advised me to start t...
After two train rides , first one being sof/riba,second one being sof/riba/peg , I'm ready to get started on my third and last treatment. It's going to be 12 weeks of VOSEVI. Im riding on the Rescue-Salvage train to SVR. Why did the first two treatments fail? I beleave it's because of my old livers cirr...
Sorry I haven't been here for so long, just want to say thank you a million times over for all the support through my ordeal, meant so much. I have passed two CT scans, numbers good, on 3.5mg. Tacrolimus every 12 hours, went back to work at the hospital, on call position, that is all I wanted and my hair grew...
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