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Shep


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Hey Nicole --I am going on 8 months post and yes I have noticed that I feel much better in most respects than before tx. I have more energy, my body seems more efficient, the changes are very subtle. The brain fog cleared quickly and I had no idea how thick it was until a few days or a week or so after stopping and it seemed like the world became clear and focused again. Of course--the fog creeps back--think it is mostly age related now LOL!
Hang in there--it is a long hard road!! But you will feel better at the end of the journey!

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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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Idk if I have brain fog yet haha. maybe I'll only notice once I'm done. do people actually noticed their hcv symptoms after svr or do u think they just feel better compared to the last how many months of tx? I can't imagine I'd even really remember how I felt before tx after this is over. I was always tired before tx but not as tired as I am w anemia. that'd be awesome if I was all full of energy afterwards. I'm too young to feel this way.

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Genotype 1a

1/18/13 -  VL 1.5mil triple therapy with boceprevir

2/3/14 - relapsed. 1.7ml

 

6/28/14 - started solvadi interferon and ribavirin for 12 weeks

7/28/14 - week 4 undetected dosage reduction of rib and peg

 

11/2/14 und 4 weeks post eot

 

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Shep


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Wow--I was so thick with brain fog at the time don't remember to well but I think my hgb was also around 8.6 ish. Doc never lowered my Riba.

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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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They started me on procrit when my hgb dropped to 8.6. After two shots of procrit and riba reduction,my hgb is 11.8. (They have now increased RIBA to 600 and told me not to take procrit next week. Hope my hgb stays up!)

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Geno 3a, stage 3, IL28 cc, diagnosed 94, interferon 1year, relapsed immediately, started RIBA/int on 2/1/13, 4 wk und. Female, age 55, EOT 7/18/13. 4 weeks UND, 12 weeks UND, 6 months UND!!!
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My nurse started my procrit when my hematocrit got down to 28. It took a week or so to start working, and two weeks to really make any diference. I didn't like it. But I did begin to feel better.

Alan



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Geno 1A  Started Pegasys/Ribavirin/Incivek Nov. 20, 2011 .  Completed July 28, 2012 (36 weeks). For a treatment history, see:  https://jshare.johnshopkins.edu/xythoswfs/webview/_xy-9921874_1

SVR on January 14, 2013!!
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I was put on Procrit after my Hb dropped below 8 and my crit was 27. Everything went up after completing Incviek. 



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1b, 3rd time around on treatment. Stage IV cirr. Undetectable at 8 weeks with Incviek. Been infected since the late 70s. 48wk treatment completed. Sustained undetectable. 
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Doubt if you will need procrit. My Riba was lowered at week 17 after 4 weeks with HGB less than 10 . The first week it dropped some more, but was up above 10 again after 2 weeks. You will start to feel better, too.



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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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Hgb 9.6 hct 31 rbc 3.18 plts 129. And that's a week after my riba reduction thwy r all lower than the labs that made them decide to lower my riba.

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Genotype 1a

1/18/13 -  VL 1.5mil triple therapy with boceprevir

2/3/14 - relapsed. 1.7ml

 

6/28/14 - started solvadi interferon and ribavirin for 12 weeks

7/28/14 - week 4 undetected dosage reduction of rib and peg

 

11/2/14 und 4 weeks post eot

 

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