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mallani wrote:

Hi Jonathan, I'm impressed that you're still hitting the gym. You must be very fit which will help during treatment.

Do you know what units your VL is expressed in? I assume they are log units, which makes your initial VL 32 million. Your 4 week VL would then be 316 which is a huge drop. You may be in for the long haul but it's a great result. Cheers.

originally the nurse said "7.5 copies".  i have an appointment this afternoon and i planned on asking exactly what that meant. 

so yeah, u're spot on...the 7.5 is an exponent of 10 which is roughly 32M.  i hit the first benchmark at 4 weeks, which is <1000.  i am actually at 2.41.  doctor said that i have a 70% chance, based solely on where my numbers are, of winning.  if i could take those odds to vegas, i'd bet the farm man.....next benchmark is at 8 weeks.

i am blessed to be one of those that is handling the treatment exceptionally well.  i thank God above all for that.

other notes of interest....sam's club makes these huge blueberry muffins that come in at 28g of fat! 

i got my tattoo, looks great, and when i beat this thing, i will get one of a slain dragon on my left shoulderblade.

keep the faith all, i know i am blessed, i want nothing but the same for all of you out there!



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geno 1a started peg interferon/ribavirin/incivek 12.07.12.  vl 7.5 copies (32 million) at start. 2.4 (251) as of 01.07.12 vl went up to 5.5 as of 03.05.13. treatment stopped.
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mallani wrote:

Hi Jonathan, I'm impressed that you're still hitting the gym. You must be very fit which will help during treatment.

Do you know what units your VL is expressed in? I assume they are log units, which makes your initial VL 32 million. Your 4 week VL would then be 316 which is a huge drop. You may be in for the long haul but it's a great result. Cheers.

originally the nurse said "7.5 copies".  i have an appointment this afternoon and i planned on asking exactly what that meant. 



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geno 1a started peg interferon/ribavirin/incivek 12.07.12.  vl 7.5 copies (32 million) at start. 2.4 (251) as of 01.07.12 vl went up to 5.5 as of 03.05.13. treatment stopped.
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Sounds like you are doing great!



-- Edited by DJ on Thursday 10th of January 2013 10:41:24 AM

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Genotype 3.  Treatment started on 1/11/2013 with Ribavirin and Pegatron.  Week 4 UND.  Week 12 UND.  Ended treatment on 6/28/2013.  Six months post treatment 12/04/2013 SVR.
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hang in there Jonathan..you got this... MJ



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1a - VL 22 million  F2- IL28B- CT / Inck-Riba- Peg triple therapy 9/15/12 UND 4/8/14  8 wks BT ..3/1/2013 done! 3wks Post UND
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Hi Jonathan, I'm impressed that you're still hitting the gym. You must be very fit which will help during treatment.

Do you know what units your VL is expressed in? I assume they are log units, which makes your initial VL 32 million. Your 4 week VL would then be 316 which is a huge drop. You may be in for the long haul but it's a great result. Cheers.



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Geno 1b, IL28B CT,  x3 prior relapser,  ex-cirrhotic, 75 yo, did 48 weeks with Victrelis/Peg./Riba.  VL 1.28m at start, UNDET. at 8 ,12 ,16 ,24 ,30  and 48 weeks.  EOT 15 Feb 2013 , UNDET. at EOT + 28 weeks. SVR!  Still Undet. at EOT +5 years

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Love to hear that fatigue is your only side effect! I take my first injection this afternoon. 48 weeks and counting! You give me hope.

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nurse called and just told my vl is down from 7.5 to 2.4.  still no major side effects except for being a little more tired than usual.  still hitting the gym, trying to make mind body and spirit stronger.

stick it out my friends!



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geno 1a started peg interferon/ribavirin/incivek 12.07.12.  vl 7.5 copies (32 million) at start. 2.4 (251) as of 01.07.12 vl went up to 5.5 as of 03.05.13. treatment stopped.
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