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    Avatar photorightsaidfred
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    Hello all,

    I went and had this done in Oxford on Saturday. It was organised by Andy McKay of Perspectum Diagnostics. It has come up for discussion on the forum before but for those of you who missed it, it’s a new method of data processing to get in depth information on liver state/function from MRI scanning. PD have been running the study for a little while now and I forgot to ask if they are still recruiting for it but you could contact Andy and ask (if you are in the U.K.) – Andy.McKay@perspectum-diagnostics.com -.

    The system produces distinct images of several “slices” of liver and then calculates values for iron, fat and inflammation. I am now 4 weeks post treatment and the results showed that there is no fibrosis and all other values were normal. To put this in context, last November I had a fibroscan which showed 9.5 Kpa, so there was evidently some damage at that time.

    I went and had some blood taken for LFT’s and viral load this morning. The LFT’s will be back pretty soon but VL seems to take a gutty 2 weeks.

    So, looking good so far but still keeping fingers firmly crossed.

    R


    G3a. Probably infected 40 years ago.
    Diagnosed July 2015
    7/7/2015: ALP 69, ALT 209, WBC 5.8, VL 40,000. Fibroscan 9.5 Kpa.
    Commenced treatment Sof/Dac (Natco Pharma) 24 wks in Feb 16
    VL UND @ 4 wks, 12 wks

    EOT 6/7/16
    SVR 12
    SVR 24

    PHEW! Thank you so much Dr James, Monkmeds and all at Fixhepc

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    dope-on-a-rope.jpgDr James
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    The images definitely look funky!

    Best of luck with your SVR. If your ALT looks good you can relax a lot….


    YMMV

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    Hello there rightsaidfred! Thanks for the link to the cool MRI scanning. So great to be able to see your liver in such detailed ways! :cheer: Best of luck to your SVR 4! #flower


    Blood transfusion in 1992 – Diagnosed in 2007
    Tx naive -G1b – F1
    VL 2.270.000
    ALT 40
    Start tx June 4th/2016 with DAAs – Sof/Led from India
    Bloods on two weeks of tx (June 18th)
    AST 17 – ALT 10 – GGT 19
    Virus UND
    Bloods on six weeks of tx (July 16th)
    AST 17 – ALT 8 – GGT 12
    Virus UND
    EOT on August 8th (did 9 weeks and 3 days)

    SVR 4 Virus UND (September 7th)
    AST 13 – ALT 5

    SVR 14 Virus UND (November 12th)

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    Good news: LFT’s are back and ALT is 16, which is within the normal range. Thanks to James and Meg.
    RSF


    G3a. Probably infected 40 years ago.
    Diagnosed July 2015
    7/7/2015: ALP 69, ALT 209, WBC 5.8, VL 40,000. Fibroscan 9.5 Kpa.
    Commenced treatment Sof/Dac (Natco Pharma) 24 wks in Feb 16
    VL UND @ 4 wks, 12 wks

    EOT 6/7/16
    SVR 12
    SVR 24

    PHEW! Thank you so much Dr James, Monkmeds and all at Fixhepc

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    Yay that is great news rightsaidfred! #magic
    I guess you can relax now…. a lot! :)


    Blood transfusion in 1992 – Diagnosed in 2007
    Tx naive -G1b – F1
    VL 2.270.000
    ALT 40
    Start tx June 4th/2016 with DAAs – Sof/Led from India
    Bloods on two weeks of tx (June 18th)
    AST 17 – ALT 10 – GGT 19
    Virus UND
    Bloods on six weeks of tx (July 16th)
    AST 17 – ALT 8 – GGT 12
    Virus UND
    EOT on August 8th (did 9 weeks and 3 days)

    SVR 4 Virus UND (September 7th)
    AST 13 – ALT 5

    SVR 14 Virus UND (November 12th)

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    Hey RSF :) Great Alt ! When you get your psychedelic image, are you going to post it here? You know Ariel designed some pretty funky flares from mine :lol:

    But really, the scan is awesome and should mention, no dye needed. Those guys are doing great work.

    Very best of luck for your VL test, but looking good my friend.

    LG x


    GT1a Dec14 F2/8.7 VL 900000-2.5M
    Jan16 Hepcivir-L MonkMed/Redemption
    Baseline: VL 913575 Alt 76 Platelets low
    Wk2 VL1157 Alt 23
    DET Wk 8 VL 32 Alt19 ‘In the slow lane’
    June16 Fibro 5.7 F0/1 LIF 1.5
    Wk 11 VL<12 Alt 13 Det/Unq
    Extending tx 12 wks Mylan Sofo/Dac MonkMed
    Wk 14 VL <12 Det/Unq
    Wk 16 VL UNDETECTED
    Wk 22 + 4 Wks Sunprevir FixHepC
    Wk 24 UNDETECTED Alt 13
    Wk 12 post tx SVR12 Wk 26 SVR24
    Thank-you Tim, Dr Debasis @ MonkMed & Dr Freeman @ Fix HepC

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