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Enavigo3891


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Thanks everyone. I just got back from my 8 week check in with the liver doc. He too is happy about my WBC as well as my HGB. No labs today and he actually said that I can cancel my 12 week check in with him; because my HGB is stable I do not need to see him that soon. Unless I start to feel like garbage, then he said to call in of course.

I actually do not need labs again until the first week in August as that will be EOT + 12 (13 weeks in my book but maybe he wants an extra week buffer).  He said if I'm UND at that blood draw I can say "SVR". He said he wants to see me back in his office in November for a 6 month post EOT check up and another VL. And then in May of 2015 for a 1 year post EOT with VL.    

Oh and my doc thanked me for the experience with Express Scripts/Accredo - he said as the number of his patients on treatment goes up, so does his phone time with Accredo - he actually told me today he hates them already and they should not be allowed to handle the HepC meds!

 

@ Wayne and Matt ... sure you guys can! What's a couple of platelets between friends?            biggrin                                                                     



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Born HepC + in 1983 ... diagnosed @ age 13 ... GT2 ... 12 wks of Sovaldi/Riba from 2/11/14 to 5/5/14  #ribazombie

1/30/14 - Starting VL 1,922,967 * 3/11/14 - UND @ 4 wks * 7/29/14 - SVR12 * 11/6/14 - SVR24 * May 2015 - SVR52 * MAY 2016 - STILL UND * FEB 2018 - STILL UND

 
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Hey Kristen

Your number look great, congrats on making it this far and four week to go is nothing it will fly by like the wind.

I also would like to borrow some platelets

matt



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61 year old Geno type A1, F4 Cirrhotic, started 24 weeks on Harvoni 12-17-14 ,EOT-5 week = UND, 8-31-15 =UND , SVR-24 Baby YES! 
Rybronco


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Great news! The next 4 are gonna fly by!!

Rock on!



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Love the numbers, Kristen. Happy that wonky WBC thing is no big deal. Must be a huge relief for you. Can I have about a 100k of your platelets?  wink

wayne



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Hi Kristen,

I'm so glad to read the good news! I can't get over your AST/ALT results. How often are we talking about those being elevated and yours are low! Sounds like everything is going better and finally the end of treatment is in sight, woot! Drink plenty of water, sounds like you might need the fluid replacement after all those tubes of blood, lol! Good luck, EOT is near.....

Tig



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Hi Kristen, I`m so glad to hear your elevated WBC count isn`t related to any more serious problems, what a relief.  I know you`ve been worried about it for a few weeks now and no wonder your stress levels have been going up!  Apart from that your lab results are looking good and your Hb level is holding up well considering the effects of the ribavirin.

Keep going and best of luck!  Happy Tuesday to you!  smile



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UND @ Wk.4, UND @ EOT, 

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Enavigo3891


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Happy Monday everyone!  I got my 8 week labs a little early.  My PCP was overly worried about my elevated WBC. I had checked in with him after my 2 week labs showed the elevation and my liver doc wanted me to check in with the PCP. He re-ran the labs and WBC was still elevated. Then my liver doc ran my 4 week labs and WBC was still up so my PCP referred me to the Cancer Institute at the same hospital where I treat. I went to that appointment on Friday and had 10 very large vials of blood drawn; amazingly, not even the slightest bruise on my arm. Apparently oncologists get those lab results immediately. The oncologist asked why the other docs were freaking out? He said the WBC that is elevated is directly related to the fact that I'm a smoker and that I have been extremely stressed over the last few weeks. He said aside from that, my lab work shows that I'm entirely healthy and as far as he's concerned, no cancer (leukemia is specifically what they were worried about). I follow up with my liver doc for my 8 week check in tomorrow afternoon. All the labs he would have ran were run Friday so unless he's doing an 8 week VL I may, just may, get lucky enough to get out of that place just once without getting stuck with more needles!!!

Hopefully everyone is truckin' right along. The first 4 weeks went pretty fast... these last 4 weeks seemed to drag... hoping the next 4 weeks are decent. The riba rage intensifies by the day and my skin is a disaster. Keep smiling!

 

TestNORMALBASELINE End of Wk 2 Re-check Wk2 End of Wk 4 Mid Wk 8 
  01/30/2014 02/25/2014 02/28/2014 03/11/2014 04/04/2014 
            
Viral Load 1,922,967     UND   
WBC4.1 K/uL 10.7 K/uL9.50 15.90H12.00H12.10H12.00H
RDW12.2 16.3 %13.40 12.70 12.30L12.90 12.70 
RBC3.72 M/uL 4.93 M/uL4.51 4.50 3.94 4.06 4.09 
Platelet153 K/uL 376 K/uL318.00 376.00 288.00 325.00 330.00 
HGB11.1 gm/dL 15.0 gm/dL13.20 13.50 11.90 12.20 11.90 
Hematocrit(HCT)34 46.6 %39.00 33.70 35.00 36.00 36.00 
MPV6.9 fL 11.6 fL7.90 7.80 7.40 7.70 7.20 
MCV80 fL 99 fL86.00 89.00 88.00 89.00 88.00 
MCHC32 gm/dL 35 gm/dL34.00 33.70 35.00 34.00 33.00 
MCH26 pg 34 pg29.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 29.00 
Total Bilirubin.2 mg/dL 1.4 mg/dL0.30   0.30 0.30 0.40 
ALT14 IU/L 54 IU/L33.00   11.00L11.00L11.00L
Total Protein6.1 gm/dL 7.9 gm/dL7.10   7.00 6.80 8.00H
Alkaline Phosph.39 IU/L 117 IU/L36.00   43.00 39.00 40.00 
Albumin Level3.5 gm/dL 4.8 gm/dL4.20   4.40 3.90 4.20 
AST15 IU/L 41 IU/L21.00   14.00L16.00 13.00L
Direct Bilirubin.1 mg/dL - .5 mg/dL0.10   0.10 0.10 0.10 
Absolute Neut.1.5 K/uL 8.40 K/uL    8.70H7.80H7.90H

 



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Born HepC + in 1983 ... diagnosed @ age 13 ... GT2 ... 12 wks of Sovaldi/Riba from 2/11/14 to 5/5/14  #ribazombie

1/30/14 - Starting VL 1,922,967 * 3/11/14 - UND @ 4 wks * 7/29/14 - SVR12 * 11/6/14 - SVR24 * May 2015 - SVR52 * MAY 2016 - STILL UND * FEB 2018 - STILL UND

 
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