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Groupergetter


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Mike, you are going to love your viral load results.  The Harvoni is serious stuff.  Good luck in your tx.



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1b  Int/Riba relapse @ 48 weeks.  Stop tx Peg Int/Riba 12 weeks ill. Relapse S/O 6/23/14 :(   Started Harvoni 11/12/14  EOT 4/28/15.  EOT+4 UND :)  SVR! 8/4/15  :)     Thankful for every morning.
mikeinco


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Just looked at my lab orders for tomorrow, no viral load ordered until week 4. Bummed, I really wanted to see what is happening. My PCP has also ordered a nocturnal pulse oximetry WITH oxygen, even though he is a friend, I am really beginning to wonder if his brain isn't starting to go.biggrin
Mike



-- Edited by mikeinco on Thursday 8th of January 2015 10:38:04 PM



-- Edited by mikeinco on Thursday 8th of January 2015 10:40:30 PM

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Dx 2001, tx naive, started Harvoni 12/26/14, GT 1a. Viral load on 12/26/14 3.4 millionIU/ml.
Cinnamon Girl


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Hi Mike,

I`m glad you` ve got some pre-tx lab results now, although I don`t really understand why your doctor thinks you need oxygen with your Hb and Hct levels, although I guess it must be related to the fact that you live at high altitude.  Normal Hb levels range between 12.5 to 17.5 g/dL, and Hct is expressed as a percentage range between about 38% to 50%. 

Your viral load would have been considered at a medium level and the log number is the same but just expressed in a different form which isn`t used much nowadays.  I`m sure you`ll see a big difference when you get the result of your first VL test!

Best of luck with your 2 week results!  Keep us posted.

 

PS- Ok, I`ve done some googling and I see that Hb levels increase with high altitude as part of the acclimatisation process... 

http://www.altitude.org/haemoglobin.php



-- Edited by Cinnamon Girl on Thursday 8th of January 2015 08:55:29 PM



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Jill 

(71 yo, lives in UK)

Was Gen 3a, 

24wks Peg Ifn/Riba, Sep 2010 - Mch 2011

UND @ Wk.4, UND @ EOT, 

SVR Nov 2011 --> Still UND @ EOT + 4 yrs.

 

 
mikeinco


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I finally received my lab results from just prior to starting on Harvoni, came back with a viral load of 3.4 million IU/ml and a Log IU/ml of 6.5. All of my other lab including LFT's were well within normal. The only thing out of whack was my Hgb/Hct of 17.6/51.8 and even though I live at 9000' my PCP seems to think I need oxygen(which he also knows I won't use), if I can hump around these hills and ski at 10000' I don't think I need any O's. Hope to reach SVR this year, next lab work is tomorrow after 2 weeks on Harvoni we'll see what that shows.

Mike

 



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