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how are you doing nathan? i'm thinking about you today and hoping you are seeing some improvement.

i know my month after tx was stressful for me and i look forward to hearing how you are doing.

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Hey Nathan,

Glad to hear back from you again, although i wish you felt better. Congrats on finishing your epclusa

You never did write yourself up a informational signature line, so, we still don't even know what your GT was, it would be so much easier if you had a signature line and if it included some of your basic info, like at what point your VL testing was done during treatment, what all your labs were, what your GT was.

You've had about 3 different threads you've shared info with us on, and if i search them, looking for your info details, I think you said you had an undetected VL result sometime during treatment - I assume maybe that was done at the week 4 mark, but you never did confirm this. Nor did we  ever find out your GT, or pre-treatment labs or on-treatment labs, but, we can probably assume you have successfully normalized important labs.  

Your last thread, you posted (about 2/3rds of they way through treatment) in regard to an itching complaint and I think you said you were going to try phenergan for that?? Did that happen, did you take phenergan or anything, did it help at all, what did/does you doc say? You also mentioned at the 2/3rds juncture that you had regained some energy, that was very good. But the "photophobia" and eyes bothering you, shaky hands now, I have no idea quite what could be behind that - are you still working very hard outside labouring in strong sun and heat?? Maybe you are working too hard, and too soon, not enough rest - you have only very recently got yourself cured up of a mighty viral infection, don't forget that. Everyone needs recovery and recoup time from curing themselves of chronic hep. Are you still taking phenergan?? Are you still drinking lots of water?

Without more details it would be hard to guess at what direction to look at for any explanations for what you are experiencing, I am just going to bet these thing will pass, but you do need the doc to assess those things, not us or you assessing them.

We are assuming you had an undetected VL at about week 4, but Tig is right to point out that you need your VL (and labs) done at "end of treatment plus 12 weeks" (EOT+12 weeks) - that will be the official good news date of your successfully "sustained virological response" - (your SVR12).

You need to make sure your doc arranges for you to have your EOT+12 week VL and labs. And you can request an appointment with him any time to discuss these things you are experiencing.

Keep posting, we will want to know how you are doing and making out. Nice you are done.  C.

Hi Nathan,

Why are they making you wait 6 months for your final blood work? Protocol calls for final viral load testing at 12 weeks after the end of treatment. If you tested 4 weeks after treatment and it was undetected, you’re good as gold (imo) That’s very indicative of SVR. Used to be years ago, they waited 6 months for the final VL, but that was changed a few years ago to 3 months.

You present some unusual issues and I’ve never heard of Epclusa or any DAA causing such symptoms. I would also suggest you present this to your family doctor and see if there is another explanation. Epclusa clears your system completely within one week. As 5 mentioned, give yourself some time to let your system readjust. We all, regardless of medication, went through some changes after treatment. You just finished a powerful course of antiviral treatment and noticing some changes after you stop them, isn’t unusual. They shouldn’t be long term. If they continue to affect you, especially if these issues get worse, you need to see your doctor. I would anyway, just to be sure nothing else is the cause.

nathan, it just takes awhile for the sides to go away. keeep drinking the water and eating well, rest  as much as you can.

relax and try not to worry; your body has gone thru a great ordeal to get rid of the virus and it just needs to be respected as it goes thru all of this.

my month after harvoni was the worst of weird things and then like magic all the sides were gone.

i still don't have the energy and vitality i did when i was younger; but i have plenty to live well.

hang in there...... and talk to a doctor as soon as you can.

i'm so sorry you are going thru this, but you are there.... and this will be a faint memory some day.

my eyesight changed and my gums swelled. i even had a migraine... [the first ever]. 

put a cold pak on the back of your head, those muscles seemed to get very tight and tense for me and the cold pak helped a lot... when those muscles at the back of the neck get tight and inflamed it can cause other problems too.

keep us posted.