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...
Hi folks, When ill with the virus I felt like I was always getting almost sick and all the time tired. Since treatment I haven't experienced that as much but when it does hit me I feel as though I have the virus again, my throat gets sore, I'm achy, low grade fever, headache, stomach ache and general blaaaa...
... Good Morning, I have the next three days off from work. Getting ready to make my breakfast of the day and take my first three MAVYRET pills of this first new ride journey of my first Hep C treatment ever. Drinking my ice water already. This was not the way I wanted to do my spring fever. lol I'll keep y...
Another "new?" NS5A - "Ruzasvir" - Info from drug study discussed at recent Nov 2106 Boston Meeting.We have heard a lot about Zepatier (elbasvir/ grazoprevir) a NS5A and a NS3/4A respectively (given with or without riba, and sometimes with sof), but I (personally) did not know about this (new to m...
First of all, from those who have read my "New Member " introduction post, I have carried this virus around for a long time. I have suffered Panic Disorder for years, and the general anxiety that comes with it. It sucks, and I kind of wondered all these years, how much the HepC contributed...Oh, a...
Went to see a new doctor yesterday and he immediately fast tracked me for Vosevi. I know I do not post often but wanted to thank everyone on this board for their encouragement last November when I got the news that I failed on Harvoni. I felt more than a little disappointed and this board was a source of h...
Published in GastroenterologyJournal Scan / Research· May 20, 2019Resistance Analysis of Genotype 3 HCV Indicates Subtypes Inherently Resistant to Nonstructural Protein 5A InhibitorsHepatology (Baltimore, Md.)TAKE-HOME MESSAGEThis is an interesting study wherein the authors eva...
Good news on the HBV front! Novel vaccine with Viread induces T cell immune response in chronic HBV Boni C, et al. Gastroenterol. 2019;doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2019.03.044.May 31, 2019Researchers found that treatment with a combination of Viread and GS-4774, a yeast-based therapeutic vacc...
Hey all... One year ago tonight I got the phone call with the hep c diagnosis... Wife and I sat on the couch for a long time waiting for the call, and then a long time after trying to figure it all out.. After my twelve weeks of epclusa, I've pretty much kicked that dust off my shoes, and I don't think about it a...
California health officials battle state's largest hepatitis A outbreak in 2 decadesHelio - July 21, 2017The California Department of Public Health is working with local health officials in San Diego and Santa Cruz counties to contain the state's largest hepatitis A outbreak in 2 decades.As of J...
We have discussed the use of AFP's (many times, all over this site) but of late in particular about how an AFP may be used to possibly herald other kinds of cancers developing, aside from liver cancer, and it lead us to discuss not only the good ole familiar AFP, but the less US-used one, the AFP-L3 (this o...
Hi All, just an update, saw my liverdoc this week: bloodwork is all good, see signature. And the US is also fine, no this and no that, just a little diffuse echogenicity. OK. Doc said, with joy, that Hep C is a dying trade now. Do you get this psycho-flares with reports? I go to a imaging clinic for ultraso...
Greetings, I very recently found out I have Hep-C. I also had my Thyroid removed over 3 years ago, so this makes treatment a challenge. I have not sought out any medical advice yet. I am researching all options including Holistic / Homeopathic alternatives. I welcome any advise and thank you for letti...
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