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Dee Dee


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thanks so much for the reply Wayne!! I'll be on top of them because I'm naturally impatient about things like that. wink

 



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G1a prior tx 2005 with peg & RIBA -quit due to bad side effects. Follow up visit showed it was back. Current tx Olysio/sovaldi 673,000 vl on 3/21/14. May 1st undetected vl. EOT 12 weeks undetected!
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Dee Dee wrote:

Does anyone know how long it takes to get results back?

From my experience, that will depend on the lab, your physician, and whether or not your state allows results to be released directly to the patient. Most states do, but I don't believe yours is one of those. That will leave you at the mercy of your doctor's office. My clinic is notoriously lax about getting lab info back to the patient. With no online portal available here, I go down to the lab (it's close by) and sign for my own copies (1 day for most of it, 1-3 for the viral load), which is usually a few days quicker than I'd get them from the doc. If you're uncomfortable with the wait time, call their office and ask what's going on. Hope this helps.

wayne



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Dee Dee


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Thank you so much Cinnamon Girl!! I am so excited about my treatment and feel truly blessed that I was approved. I can't wait till I get my first results. I go in on April 8th for my first doc visit and I guess they will be testing my progress then. Does anyone know how long it takes to get results back?



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G1a prior tx 2005 with peg & RIBA -quit due to bad side effects. Follow up visit showed it was back. Current tx Olysio/sovaldi 673,000 vl on 3/21/14. May 1st undetected vl. EOT 12 weeks undetected!
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Hi Dee Dee, I agree with Tig and Wayne, your numbers are remarkably good as a pre-treatment baseline!  And your liver enzymes are great, it took almost 6 months of peg/rib for mine to get down to that level!  You started off with a low viral load and I`m sure you`ll soon achieve an undetected result, which is what we all want to see! 

Nothing to worry about there, you`ll be fine!  smile



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Thanks so much OldenSlow & Tig56. your responses made me feel even more confident about my treatment. It's been going great so far.. No side effects at all anymore!



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G1a prior tx 2005 with peg & RIBA -quit due to bad side effects. Follow up visit showed it was back. Current tx Olysio/sovaldi 673,000 vl on 3/21/14. May 1st undetected vl. EOT 12 weeks undetected!
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Wish I'd had baseline numbers like that. Betting you do very, very well, Dee Dee.

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Hi Dee Dee,

Those numbers are excellent! All within normal limits. The RNA PCR viral quantity load is 673,000 (low viral count) and your genotype is listed as 1A. The numbers that stick out are your ALT/AST. When we see liver damage increasing, these two numbers typically will elevate. That's what brings doctors to run additional tests, which often results in the diagnosis we all share, HCV. They do fluctuate and during treatment, a high ALT/AST will generally lower, often to normal parameters. We like to see what is known as the ALT/AST ratio to be as close to 1 as possible. That simply means, we like to see those numbers as close to even as possible. Your numbers pre treatment are right where we like to see them. With the exception of that viral load, and that we want to see at ZERO!! You're on your way, keep things looking like this and I'd be thrilled! Good luck..

Tig

 

PS: The HCV Log number is another way they count the viral load, it means the same as the 673,000. Just written in an exponential form.



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Can an expert check these out and let me know how they look? These were my numbers before treatment. thanks so much!!

TestAttributeValue(Normal Range)LOINC CodeResultDate
HCV RNA by PCR, Qn Rfx GenoHepatitis C Quantitation673000 ()11011-4 Feb 26, 2014
HCV RNA by PCR, Qn Rfx GenoHCV log105.83 ()38180-6 Feb 26, 2014
HCV RNA by PCR, Qn Rfx GenoPlease note:()  Feb 26, 2014
HCV RNA by PCR, Qn Rfx GenoHCV Genotype1a ()REQUEST Feb 26, 2014
HCV RNA by PCR, Qn Rfx GenoSerial Monitoring()  Feb 26, 2014
COMP METABOLIC PNL - (CPNL)ANION GAP()  Feb 26, 2014
COMP METABOLIC PNL - (CPNL)A/G RATIO()  Feb 26, 2014
COMP METABOLIC PNL - (CPNL)ALBUMIN4.8 ()1751-7 Feb 26, 2014
COMP METABOLIC PNL - (CPNL)ALK PHOSPHATASE90 ()6768-6 Feb 26, 2014
COMP METABOLIC PNL - (CPNL)BUN/CREATININE RATIO()  Feb 26, 2014
COMP METABOLIC PNL - (CPNL)BUN()  Feb 26, 2014
COMP METABOLIC PNL - (CPNL)CALCIUM9.8 ()17861-6 Feb 26, 2014
COMP METABOLIC PNL - (CPNL)CHLORIDE103 ()2075-0 Feb 26, 2014
COMP METABOLIC PNL - (CPNL)CARBON DIOXIDE27 ()2028-9 Feb 26, 2014
COMP METABOLIC PNL - (CPNL)CREATININE()  Feb 26, 2014
COMP METABOLIC PNL - (CPNL)GFR EST.AFRICAN AMER107 ()48643-1 Feb 26, 2014
COMP METABOLIC PNL - (CPNL)GFR EST.NONAFRI.AMER93 ()48642-3 Feb 26, 2014
COMP METABOLIC PNL - (CPNL)GLOBULIN3.0 ()2336-6 Feb 26, 2014
COMP METABOLIC PNL - (CPNL)GLUCOSE83 ()2345-7 Feb 26, 2014
COMP METABOLIC PNL - (CPNL)GOT/AST23 ()1920-8 Feb 26, 2014
COMP METABOLIC PNL - (CPNL)GPT/ALT21 ()1742-6 Feb 26, 2014
COMP METABOLIC PNL - (CPNL)POTASSIUM4.0 ()2823-3 Feb 26, 2014
COMP METABOLIC PNL - (CPNL)SODIUM140 ()2951-2 Feb 26, 2014
COMP METABOLIC PNL - (CPNL)BILIRUBIN TOTAL0.5 ()1975-2 Feb 26, 2014
COMP METABOLIC PNL - (CPNL)PROTEIN, TOTAL7.8 ()2885-2 Feb 26, 2014
COMP METABOLIC PNL - (CPNL)FASTING STATUS()  Feb 26, 2014


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