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Hi all, Hope this message finds everyone well , in good spirit, and completing their own treatment with success. I am very sad to report that we just received Tom's latest blood work results from Mt Sinai and the treatment didn't work. His hep C has returned. Although his cancer has not returned th...
just got back from my doctor's and it's official. SVR now just labs and ultrasound every August. Best holiday gift ever. Thank you so much for keeping me sane and on my meds. Feel so awesome and grateful. gigi
Had my EGD done this week - esophagus normal - mild portal hypertensive gastropathy in the gastric body - stomach was biopsied - duodenum normal - no visualized esophageal or gastric varices. Considering my F4 cirrhosis dx, I'm very relieved as this is the first EGD I've had in years. A friendly remin...
My clinic nurse just called me. UND 24 weeks post TX!
I found this forum because my Dr had suggest it was time for treatment. Things were getting grim and postponing was a bad idea. I started all the testing poking prodding and bloodletting as well as MRIs ultrasounds fibroscans and then somewhere in t...
Hi All, New member here, introduced to the forum by a friend Rubye! Here's my story... On a beautiful spring day in 2014, I worked all day, jumped on a train, and headed for a conference. When I got to the city, I walked to the hotel, which was about a mile from the station. It was a beautiful evening, so a...
I was going to skip the EOT viral load test and just do the 12 week post treatment to save $$. My Yoda-like reasoning - it is, or is not. My family wants me to get it and suggested since I'm in the states already, to just get it now, 19 days prior to EOT as it might cost less here. I thought I was fine skipping it, b...
Hey All Was looking for real world insight on how the Harvoni or other HCV drugs prescription Coupons are being processed. Question # 1 - Are most Insurance company considering the Gilead /Harvoni /Sovaldi coupon the same as out of pocket expense toward the deductible threshold? Question # 2 - Does t...
Hey guys, I've been forewarned that I'm in for a battle to get approved for Harvoni for 8 weeks. Mr. Dr. suggested Abbvie's Viekira Pak, which I would take for 12 weeks, no ribavirin. He said its 99% effective for gt 1b's. At first I was disappointed because I had been waiting a long time for Harvoni, k...
Hello, I have my first visit with my new Gastro Dr tomorrow morning. The physician's assistant who ordered all my tests and blood work has informed me that she does not believe that I will be afforded treatment because my tests show no liver damage and it is not enlarged as she thought when she exam...
Hepatitis C RNA, Quant, NAAT - Final result (12/22/2014 1024 PST) " HCV RNA, Quant PCR Result: <15 international units/ml Comment: This test is performed using the FDA-cleared COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan HCV Test, v2.0. HCV RNA linear range of detection is 15 to 100,000,000 IU/mL. The C...
My viral load was 1.8 million... on week two virus was barely detected... waiting for week 4 results... all blood tests normal.. at two weeks alt and ast in normal range.. first time in 18 years... so I am a little worried about only doing 8 weeks, that is all my insurance will pay for.. I could push it and g...
New to the forum and have had HCV for at least 14 years that I know of, probably came from a dirty needle stick that occured in 1977 when working in an ICU. I spent 37 years working as a Critical Care RN and in the early years we never used any precautions like gloves in dealing with patients, so the number of t...
so as i understand it HCV has a viral load that can be measured and imflamation and fibrosis maybe a couple other markers...... Cancer has tumors measured in size that can get bigger or smaller... and im wondering does it have a way to measure how many cancer cells are in the body you know like a Qua...
I thought i should be getting a VL at 8 weeks and really wanted to see because i wasn't UND at 4 weeks but then I found this. I think i fulfilled the criteria for the 4 week draw but Its all greek to me so I started around 13 million and then got to Hepatitis C Qnt by PCR IntUnit/mL 50 IntUnit/mL I guess that mean...
ALT: 19 AST: 23 PLTs: 115 I felt really rotten last week, so I decided to have some labs done and I just talked to the nurse and got the above results. It's not very likely that I have relapsed with an ALT of 19 and AST of 23, but my platelets have dropped from 143 to 115. This concerns me a little, however, this...
It seems that is spite of Dr. Silence, I have been getting a bunch of stuff regarding Harvoni to send in. They most recently requested Pharmacy Information . I hope that is good ... I see Dr on Friday . No word on Fibroscan, but my cancer Dr with whom I do follow ups with ( He actually talks to me ), ...
Hi all, What is the best way to change the time of day for taking Harvoni? I want to take it about 5 hours later than I take it now. Is it better to change gradually, like an hour later each day, or to just do it in one change? Thanks! - Tess
I was in a plane crash when I was two, remember very little and had no idea I had a fear of flying until I was an adult and had a massive panic attack on take off. For years, a glass of wine prior to take off and one half an hour before landing has kept the terrors at bay. After learning I had Hep C I tried meditati...
It seems that all info about ribavirin after treatment alway has it paired with interferon. Now that it is prescribed with sovaldi for Geno 2 that is still the case. I finished my 12 wk course in November and have bouts of feeling bad or like I am coming down with something. Even skin issues on and off y...
I am on day 13 of my treatment. Was an unlucky number for me I guess because I started out fine when I headed into work today. Within a half an hour I started getting chills and then a sore throat. I could barely drive home I was so messed up. Not being able to really take anything but maybe a couple Tyleno...
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