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LanaiSurferGirl


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good to hear about the thyroid!  My hair is still falling out too at 31/2 weeks out...I figure it will take a while for the interferon to leave our systems.  Some of it is grown back now and I have little hairs sticking up that I slick down with hairspray :)



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geno 1a, mother & brother also hep c +...mom got a blood transfusion and passed it along.  Started tx with incivik 11/23/11 and brother started 2/8/2012.  Both of us und. at 4,8,12 and me at 24.  I am going 36 wks and brother is going 48 weeks.
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jeez mate is your hair still coming out at 6 weeks post tx. omg. thats scary....

wow, and you are busy already eh. takin in strays huh. i work with youth. (well i did, but i will again) takes a certain sort of person to deal with waifs and strays. good on ya mate. :)



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kiwi. genotype 1. started pegasus and riba on 10 nov. VL 17.6 million. (4 weeks VL 1368)  week 15 UNDETECTED... :)
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Hang in there shep i see svr in your future!



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Geno 1 A Started Tx w/ Victrelis  8-3-11, Viral Load  21.2 Million,  Und Weeks 4 Through 28 ,End Of Tx 2-15-2012 !SVR
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Great to hear your recovery is well on track now, Shep, you`re a real fighter!  biggrin  Glad your thyroid problems are getting under control now too, that will make a real difference, I`m sure.

Take care, and keep us updated on your progress! ~ Jill xx



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Jill 

(71 yo, lives in UK)

Was Gen 3a, 

24wks Peg Ifn/Riba, Sep 2010 - Mch 2011

UND @ Wk.4, UND @ EOT, 

SVR Nov 2011 --> Still UND @ EOT + 4 yrs.

 

 
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Shep,
I'm glad to hear that your life is returning to [more] normal; what a long hard road through tx land.
Shep wrote:
 I was really good at staring at the computer or giving students the blank looks rather than the stop-being-a-jerk stare of death.

 

You must teach high school, yes?



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"hrsetrdr"=Tim

Treatment halted on Aug.8,2012 due to vision problem.  6 month post tx labs

Aug.2013 SVR

Be strong when you are weak, brave when you are scared, and humble when you are victorious.
- Unknown

 

 
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6 weeks already?? Wow Shep, time flies. Hope you feel better and better with each day.

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Geno 1b, relapsed in 2009 a week before my treatment was to be over. Started triple therapy on April 28th, 2012. UND at week 4,8,12,24,3 months post tx.
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Sorry its been so rough but great to see life returning.



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Geno 1A, VL 1.9 mm, SOT 12/2/11 - Pegintron/Ribavirin/Victrelis, UND since wk 8, EOT 6/15/12 (28 wks), SVR 11/30/12
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Shep,

I'm happy to hear you are getting your life back. I'm fairly new to this forum but I must tell you that your posts have been a real inspiration for me. It's because of troopers like you I feel that I too get manage this tx. Continuing to work is important for me and I'm hoping this tx will allow me to do so.

God Bless you!



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Geno 1a  Start Pegasys, Ribavirin, and Incivek August 24th 2012
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Hey ALL!

Well finally have my thyroid issues almost under control. My thyroid has been wanting to return to pre-tx levels but the high dosage of thyroid meds was dropping it to hyper levels. Had a really bad reaction two weeks ago --almost ended up in the ER from heart getting ready to burst out of my chest and joints hurting so bad almost couldn't walk. My hair is still falling out by handfuls--went and got it cut--only a couple of inches. Starting also having the worst headaches. It was almost like going through tx again only different.

My endorcronoligist is great! He actually called my on a Saturday afternoon with lab results. So am starting to feel better--he did say it may take 6 months to get back on track--but that's ok. Thyroid tx is one little pill a day!!

 I have started back to work--it has been busy and exhausting. But it is nice to be able to think clearly and actually accomplish things. I was really good at staring at the computer or giving students the blank looks rather than the stop-being-a-jerk stare of death. Everyone just picks hair off me and tells me they are glad to have me back!! I was there in body--the brain was under the fog.

All else is crazy, busy life--parenting my parents., anxiously awaiting new grandbaby in December, making wedding plans for May, taking in stray young men who need to start over, gardening. It is nice to have a life off the couch.



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Diagnosed 1996 genotype 1b VL alot tx starting 12/23/11 Victrelis UND week 8!!! 28 weeks of tx

Completed tx 7/6/12--still UND!!!!
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