I never thought I would see those words on my lab reports.... but there they are...I am in shock and it has still not sunk in... it seems like a dream. I never believed that I would see the results I'm seeing in my lifetime. And even better tx is on the way! So much gratitude to all those that blazed the trai...
So my hands have been achy since I've started treatment. Now it seems my feet have decided to join the party. When I first get up in the morning, it's actually hard to walk on them. And right now my wrist is lightly throbbing. Just curious what others have been doing to help with this? I try not to take Tyle...
Took my first pill last night at 9pm. About 10pm noticed a headache starting. (I have probably had no more then 10 headaches in my entire life.) I took 2 Extra Strength Tylenol. (If one is good then two is probably better...lol ) Went to bed about 11 and I swear I woke up every single hour all night. Fell rig...
Hi all,If anyone on this Forum with mild disease (F0-F1) got denial for Harvoni from OptumRx?OptumRx will be my new prescription drug coverage insurance next year (through my employer). Currently, I have Express Script inc, and got denial letter for Harvoni. I am Gen1b, Fo-F1 (byopsy and Fibro...
hi all! Started treatment yesterday, so far mild headaches, mild waves of nausea and brain fog. Drinking lots of water and 6 small meals meals a day. Just went to walk the dogs for their daily walk, walked right out with them without their leashes, thank God they came back when I realized! Forget my keys...
Tonight I will take my first pill...I am excited to start this journey. Side effects or not I am going for it. Certainly cannot be any worse then the past treatment I took of interferon. Will keep posting !
Hi Everyone, I offer my new results up as encouragement to anyone still struggling. I treated with Sovaldi and Olysio and my one year viral load indicates I remain undetectable. Even at one year I was still a bit nervous waiting on the results. So, it is indeed a miracle after having had Hep C for over 40 y...
Updated Label for Daklinza (daclatasvir) for the 12-week Treatment of Non-cirrhotic Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 3 Approved by the European Commission Daklinza in combination with sofosbuvir is the first 12-week all-oral therapy for genotype 3 patients without cirrhosis in Eur...
We have often been asked what we can or should do with left over or expired medication. Here is a website that discusses your options. http://www.disposemymeds.org/
Day 4 Harvoni - Went to the gym last night. Lifted weights and knocked down a 1/2 mile in the pool. Feeling OK. I got myself in some of the best shape of my life over the last year in preparation for treatment and a triathlon I ran in June. I think getting in shape before beginning treatment will prove to be b...
Well, I've just returned home from seeing my Consultan, I am at week 8 of treatment and just been told that the virus has been non-detectable since week 5! I can't begin to explain the relief felt, I truly hope all you guys can get the same treatment and results....I have 4 more weeks of treatment and then...
Hello everyone, it has been a while since I have written an update in Angelo's condition. Let's see : EOT 24 wks Harvoni on May 10, 2015 UND : 4 wks, 13 wks. After Radioimbolization and TACE for his HCC ( 2 tumors)he was able to meet the MILAN Criteria which qualifies him to get on the Liver Translanta...
Click HERE for AIDS Info guidelines portal.This is some fairly current information (4-2015) for co-infected individuals. Personally, I found the information pertaining to co-administration of Ledipasvir / Tenofovir very informative considering I take Harvoni for Hep C / Tenofovir, Etravi...
New to forum...genotype 1b started 12 wk treatment VP/RIBA (1200) on July 13th. At start VL3mil, undetectable at 3 weeks but detectable at 5 weeks <15. Doc says this is unusual but seen once in awhile. All else good w/ blood work, etc. feeling ok so far.
I am leaving tonight back to Rome. The Circus starts in 8 days. Had a great short sail, some frigging hot weather, best of all, my results, and my cat was happy We will be in all major Euro cities until December. Send a post if you are close, come down, will give you the tour .If your going to a show, defi...
Hi all,I don´t know you will remember me.I want to update my status. I ´ve treated with Harvoni and I´ve got UND 12 weeks post. So, I´m very happy and I want to thanks all of you,because you have helped me a lot. Now, I´m remembering my life with HCV, and I remember the relief I felt when I found this forum...
I just got my week 16 blood test back and noticed a drop in my Est GFR from 83-86 over the last few months to 64 with normal being above 60. It was once at 66 I noticed about a year and 1/2 ago. I'm wondering if this is to close to the lower limits and if I am beginning to have kidney problems as I have read HCV can ca...
This months (new look) newsletter from the HCV Advocate website contains some interesting and very informative articles including `Hep C in Children`, and `Big Questions About Hep C - answers to some commonly asked questions about HCV and treatment`. Pdf link... http://hcvadvocate.org/news/...
Everything has been and is so positive. Had horrible dream that liver relapsed, won't go into details. Must be that piece of fear that rests, waiting, to strike. Other shoes is going to drop stuff. Dreams all night, woke up a lot, tossed and turned, but the one that woke me up was really bad. Is this li...
Hey guys. I did my post treatment 10 week labs . I was undetectable AST 22 ALT27 what is odd though is my testosterone continues to go down. Now it's down to 276, down from 303 the last time and 540 before treatment. My blood pressure has been high and I keep getting horrible headaches. It's been In the 140-...
Back in 2004 i was told I had genotype 2a, relatively easy to treat but nonetheless after 2 rounds of copeg treatment naive. The success rates of this genotype with my currents meds, ribavarin, soldivir, daclatisvir seemed very promising. My md called today to tell me that the last blood test indic...
Yale Medicine ran a small study last year investigating the approval process for the Harvoni protocol. I personally think in the time following this report, we saw an increase in this percentage. We knew we weren't imagining it... Let's hope for a rapid improvement in these numbers. It's good to kno...
I was diagnosed with Hep C years ago, but have only began to feel very tired most of the time. After many Doctor visit's and blood work, I was approved to start taking the Solvaldi/Ribavirin combination. I am a little concerned about the side effect's, but anything has to be better than I've felt the la...
Hi everyone, We`re very pleased to announce that Mike (wmlj1960) has agreed to join us on the Admin team as a forum moderator. As many of you already know, Mike has been a valued and respected member of this community for a good while and we appreciate how helpful and supportive he always is to others, e...
Hi everyone, My name is Karina, I'm from Toronto(Canada). In Nov.2014 I was tested positive for HCV. It took me so long to see liver specialist, finally in June i saw him, and he told me that OHIP will not cover me, cause I'm only stage 0. What does it mean i had no idea. I did fibroscan on July and got 4.4mar...
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