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JimmyK


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Welcome!

Harvoni is fantastic. I failed a prior dual therapy miserably. Waited a few months and started Harvoini. It was a very easy treatment plan and I am cured.

Drink your water and lots of it and you will breeze through this.

 

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Welcome to the forum,

I admire anyone who coped with those early cocktail of meds! So disappointing that it came back after all that! I came close to doing that early (experimental) regime once or twice but the universe kept getting in the way, so although I was pretty darn sick for many years, it only took one rather easy kick at the can for me to be virus free. I'm so happy for you to be on the harvoni train.

As the others have told you, water is the best thing you can do for yourself care.  I like to remind people to never miss a pill, consistency is pretty important with these wonder meds. You don't want to let the virus have an opportunity to mutate.

I look forward to seeing your success.

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Jay Sol


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Thanks Canuck
I appreciate the positivity Day 4 now
Still such early days.
I certainly am hoping this is the cure and I'll definitely be taking good care of myself


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Hey Jay Sol,

So glad you joined here. We will all look forward to getting to know you and following the cure you should have had long ago.

So sorry to hear of your long haul prior, yes, very arduous.

But, lucky for us, this IS a new era, a new day, the best drugs, finally your cure is here.

Just wanted to say hi for now, but reading between the lines, being on "day 3" and mainly all you have noticed is "dull taste, and dry mouth/throat"?, says to me, POUR ON THE WATER, make absolutely sure you are consistently dousing yourself with TONS of water, each day - DO aim for drinking a gallon of water per day, without fail. Important. But, likely you are already doing this, as you are expressing being sick of drinking! But DO keep it up! Tig is always right on with his info and advice, enough rest is also important.

Day 3, of many more better days to come. Good you are doing everything right. biggrin C.



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That's a very good kPa score! Once this is all behind you and it will be soon, your liver is going to be a happy boy! I'll be interested to see your coming test results. I know they'll be impressive! 

Treat yourself right, which includes plenty of rest, a good diet and yes, water! Stay on schedule and listen to your body. Before you know it, you'll be dancing on a dead Dragon!



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Jay Sol


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Thanks Tig
If my only complaint is im sick of drinking so much water, it's going to be happy days

My fibrosis was 4.2 and my genotpe is 1a
That's about all I can tell you for now. I'm seeing the doctor in a few weeks and can get more information.



-- Edited by Jay Sol on Sunday 14th of May 2017 11:20:05 AM

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Hey Mate!

Welcome to the forum, Jamie. I'm thrilled to have you here and hope we can relieve some of your concerns along the way. You're with friends...

I went through 7 months of the same ugly treatment 4 years ago this month. I know how difficult that was and didn't do well either. I did go on to SVR and have remained clear ever since. Nasty stuff, wasn't it? Better than Incivek, but that can be debated. My white count crashed and I was put on home isolation with twice weekly Neupogen injections. I can promise you that Harvoni will be far easier!

Do you have any current lab results? If you can share your genotpe, viral load, liver enzymes and fibrosis scare, it helps us when replying. You can add it in your signature line so we don't have to ask in future posts.

The best bit of advice is to drink at least 3-4 liters of water everyday! I can't express how important that is. Many state that following that recommendation eliminated all side effects. 

Put the hopelessness away and concentrate on the great results ahead. These are exciting times for anyone with Hep C and a bad day for the Dragon! Good luck, Brother!



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Jay Sol


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Hello all, This is my fist time joining a forum, let alone contributing. So, I was diagnosed 7 years ago with hep c after a routine health check up. I'm not sure how I contracted the virus but it was definitely sometime between 2001 and 2010. I started treatment in 2013, I was on triple therapy, boceprevir, peginterferon, and ribavirin. I was taking 21 capsules a day and an injection once a week for 9 months. The symptoms hit hard and my life was taken one day at a time. I was showing a negative result for the hep c virus in my monthly blood tests which pushed me on to complete the entire course of treatment. When I finally did finish I cried with relief and accomplishment. It was a difficult road to say the least. I continued to have blood test to Monitor whether the virus had returned. Unfortunately it did and I fell into complete disrepair. I have spent the last 2 years pulling myself out of that dark hole I called hopelessness. My doctor has been talking to me about new treatments that are available and after a lot of research and questions I'm going to give it another go. This time it's only one tablet a day (Harvoni) for 12 weeks with minimal side effects. I'm on day three and so far the only symptoms I'm having is a dullness of tast and a dry mouth/throat. I know it's only early days but I'm keeping up my fitness regime and healthy diet. I haven't felt to tired or nauseous yet. But I'm feeling confident and positive. Honestly, after my last bout of treatment, I think this is going to be a walk in the park. Thanks for reading and I'm looking forward to sharing the Journey with you with you all.

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