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Thanks a lot Matt !

  I was warned about the sunlight from the beginning but it wasn't really hot then and although it tired me out it was no where near as bad when it got Baking outside and I played a couple of parks and golf courses with no trees. Last weekend I played a golf course with a lot of trees and just headed the cart under them when I wasn't hitting and it made a big difference. I am taking a half a pill of Ativan when I feel the anxiety coming on and that has helped and the sleeping pills I just got are Mint-Zopiclone 7.5 mg And they told me to try and take these for three days to get my sleeping rhythm back on course so I did two days and last night did not need them. I only use both if I feel I have to and resist until I am sure I am not going to sleep normally. My meds were 7AM and PM but he told me that it would be better to take the night ones 5-6 because I would sleep easier. And other then the Meds I have a multi vitamin and a vitamin C in the morning and I mix 200ml of water with my Phytoberry that if an all natural food supplement / antioxidant. So food first then wait half an hour and then a jog and the same at night. I have 8 weeks left and then the wait. I have been following your posts because I think we are both about the same age and weight and I am really hoping this year the FDA starts to pass some of the new drugs that have been so promising. See I was reading some of Mallani's posts on liver testing and I had the Fibro scan so maybe the reading are different but I doubt by much.   You Hang in there to because I want to be reading that all of us are cleared of this nasty virus in the very near future !! Take Care !!

Hey Terry, good job.

The main one was the HCV RNA Not Detected.

Thanks Mallani       I like my peanut butter sandwiches and in a pinch I use them just before I take my medication. I just looked at My E Health a service we have where they keep your records online so you can refer to them and when I started to go downhill fast was 10-16-2012 and at that time my ALT was 247 my AST was 137 and my GGT was 217 I did post a response that I got from my clinical trial guys after I read about Matt's relapse because I still am really worried about the possibility of it returning after treatment is over. I am at week 16 so two more months to go and I had tried to get a hard copy of my results in the past and they always seemed to be missing part of the test results so that just made me more nervous. But this time they gave me a complete copy of all the results but to be honest I don't really know what they all mean I just look to see if they are within the high/low range they print on the sheets. I did notice that the Platelet count range was 150-400 but now is 140-400 so that allowed me to sneak in at 149. Now I was reading a conversation of yours about the liver testing methods and what I remember was asking if I could have the Fibro scan vs the Biopsy and distinctly remember the head herpetologist walking into the room and his first words were "OH MY" and then he told me a couldn't wait and told me up front that the Teleprevir  was the drug for me until I mentioned to him that I was aware that Abbvie was running a trial there and then he put me on to any guy there to get enrolled. To me that was a red flag that they were under pressure to push certain drugs for the treatments and he never mentioned the new drugs at all. He almost seemed disappointed that I was asking to try the New Drugs ? You guys all know so much more then I do so that's why I posted the results. I have been having a bit of a battle with the anxiety so continue to take a half a pill of Ativan when I feel it coming on because it does get pretty intense and causes me to have moods swings and doubts about the whole process. I do know that although there is an Abbvie Canada my results seem to all come from North Chicago. So I will continue to post the rest of my results in hoping that in some way others can gain some sort of gauge as to where they may be in their own treatment. I don't know if that helps but I read so many posts of all the great help you guys are offering and really wish that I could offer more assistance to the cause but I just don't feel that I have the expertise that the rest of you do so I won't offer advise. I am ever hopeful that all of you can beat this thing and if there is anything I can do to help please let me know. I want you to know that you have all been a huge part of the reason I have made it to this point and I thank you all for your support. I just talked to a friend that was offered treatment in another province and I told him to enroll himself on to this board before he made any decisions. I do know that when my moods got dark I could always come on this board and read things from yourself and Cinnamon girl and Matt that would make me feel so much better. Keep up the good work we all need you and appreciate your help !

Hi Terry,

Great results!! The ALT and AST are impressive.

I ate a lot of peanut butter while on Rx but I had weird food tastes then. Don't overdo it. With your results so far, I'd be pretty relaxed. For a cirrhotic, your blood profiles are amazing, so take it easy and don't worry. Cheers.