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wendyo


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Hi Julie,

Welcome and congrats on starting treatment. I took Harvoni in the morning with my breakfast. The side effects for me were not bad and tapered off after the first few weeks. Water is your best friend. You need to stay hydrated to combat the side effects and feel your best. I did not miss any work and kept going to the gym while on treatment. Everyone is different. Listen to your body. Eat healthy as best you can, try to avoid fatty, processed foods. Use this forum, ask questions. I bet the 8 weeks fly by. 

here for you!

wendy

 



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Wendy 53 y/o, DX 1994, geno 1A F1

1999 TX 1 - Inter -non responder 2001 TX 2 - Peg + Riba - viral load tripled and taken off

T3:  Harvoni 12 weeks Sept. 19, 2015 ALT 41 AST 30 VL 541800 UND at EOT and SVR 24 ALT 18 AST 26 platelets 223

 
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Hi Julie,

Just wanted to welcome you here, but I see your other post started over in "About to Start Harvoni", where you and others have been posting also, so I will just reply to you over there for now. Glad to see you here. smile C.



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HCV/HBV 1973. HBV resolved. HCV undiagnosed to 2015. 64 y.o. F. Canada.

GT3a, Fibroscan F3/12 kPa - F4/12.6 kPa, VL log 7.01 (10,182,417), steatosis, high iron load.

SOF/VEL with/without GS-9857 trial - NCT02639338.

SOT March 10 - EOT May 5, 2016 - SOF/VEL/VOX 8 week trial.

 

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Julie from Pville


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Hi Everybody:  My name is Julie, I am 54 yrs. of age, lol. And today I will be starting my first attempt at treating my hep c with eight weeks of harvoni.  As I said, I am so scared of the side effects because I am already sick physically due to my hep c.  Genotype one, which one of the genotype one's I am not sure as there are more than one of them to my understanding.  Any advice for diet, taking the harvoni would greatly be appreciated.  should I eat first, omg I am really nervous about this.

 



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