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So, the battle is joined! 8 years 6 months ago #12876

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Damn, late to my own thread! Ha, story of my life :lol:


Wow, thanks so much everyone for the kind words, very much appreciated :)

Still a bit sore and swollen atm but it will be interesting to see the surgeon in a couple of weeks time when the steristrip gets removed and we see the damage (as it were!) Considering I don't think we've ever exchanged words, apart from a hello & handshake just before I went under lol

Ha, it sure does Mike. I think that first 4wk SVR is when everyone holds their breath heh. Only 3 weeks until your definitive SVR, great stuff! Everything crossed for you mate :)
GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
F0, tx naive
VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 - 2.9
Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
11/02/2016 - 6 weeks UNDETECTED
AST 26
ALT 26
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Hi Zhuk,
Sorry for you! Surgery during tx is not something pleasant.
I am sure that all ends well. :lol:

I wish happy EOT with UND!
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HCV since I don't know. Diagnosed in 2010.
GT1b, F0/F1, VL 9M, ALT 44, AST 42, Tx naive,
started 12 wks Twinvir on 06.12.2015. Feeling great and grateful :)
virus not detected 06.02.2016 & SVR24
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Thanks very much isaing :)


Only about a week to go now...I'd be lying if I said there wasn't a slight measure of trepidation involved

But the proof of the pudding, and all that...we shall see!
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F0, tx naive
VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 - 2.9
Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
11/02/2016 - 6 weeks UNDETECTED
AST 26
ALT 26
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Welp, yesterday was finally EOT day, 12 weeks done and dusted :)

(6am photo for posterity lol)




One week to find out if UND has stuck (which I have no reason to think it hasn't, recent liver pain aside!) Though I reckon I may have the answer for the crushing exhaustion I've had lately.


Alas I spent most of the day in the ER, again /facepalm (really need one of those emoticons lol) 3rd time in as many weeks :whistle:

Still dehydrated after more than 2 litres of water pre blood-test that morning (running out of places to stick cannulas at this point lol) and so lightheaded I didn't think I could make it back home under my own steam. I've been feeling worse and worse over the last 5 days or so, fatigue/weakness/brain fog which put anything I experienced with Hep c to shame heh. So, guess its not surprising that the docs have come round to the conclusion that I'm amongst the 25% of post-op thyroid patients whose remaining one doesn't look like its gonna kick back in properly. Well that would explain a few things lol

On the way up to the hospital, I was trudging so bad a white-haired elderly couple passed me :lol:

And just when I'd turned my alarm off from sof/dac daily 6am dosing...on it goes again for thyroxine :P
GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
F0, tx naive
VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 - 2.9
Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
11/02/2016 - 6 weeks UNDETECTED
AST 26
ALT 26
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Hey zhuk, fantastic to see the commemorative pics of your last two capsules before they disappeared for good! :cheer:
Best wishes for UNDs on all your SVR tests.

Sorry to hear of your tribulations with the thyroid but sounds like you and your docs now have a plan in place. :)

PS My Gran & Pops said that if you keep to the left they promise not to call you a "young layabout" next time. :P
G3a since '78 - Dx '12 - F4 (2xHCC)
24wk Tx - PEG/Riba/Dac 2013 relapsed
24wk Tx - Generic Sof/Dac/Riba 2015/16 relapsed
16wk Tx - 12/01/17 -> 03/05/17 NS3/NS5a + Generic Sof
SVR7 - 22/06/17 UND
SRV12 - 27/07/17 UND
SVR24 - 26/10/17 UND
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Hi Zhuk
Congrats on EOT and sorry to hear about your day being so rough
I hope you get better soon.
Your confidence is good for me, I have anxiety about staying UND.
Re the virus I was very happy to still be undetected recently but I am fighting a nutso legacy from peginf.
I don't like to write it out loud because nobody else has actually walked in my shoes so I leave myself wide open for interpretation of my actual personality which isn't interferon!!!

I must sound ridiculous and selfish to tx naive people who are waiting for UND.

I don't envy you having thyroid issues. I also know ER its no fun either. Long waits huh?

Well its a rant and it wound up on your thread. Sorry!

Thyroiditis is a bummer not a great way to eot I agree and send you a cyberhug
You're in fine company here re waiting for that SVR I have a week to EOT.
Keep us posted on your health Zhuk
Thinking of you with this issue going on
Ariel
Gen 1a
Peg/inf/riba 2012(!) stop @ Wk 43 potassium low +issues (rlps week 4 post tx, VL120,000) scnds eg. adenomas.
pre sof/led VL 240,000 Fibsc F0
Day 25 <30
Day 32 UND
Week 10 UND
EOT UND ALT11AST17GGT19
SVR4 UND ALT10 AST16 GGT13
SVR8 UND ALT <9 AST16 GGT15
SVR12 UND ALT14 AST19 GGT12 Bili 5
EOT +18 ALT13 AST20 GGT9 Bili 5
EOT +21 ALT11AST15
Cured SVR12
Dysplasia Adenomas RemvdAug '16
SVR24 UND ALT11AST16
ColonoscopyClear Nov17
LumpectomyClear ‘18
LithotripsyCytoscopyBiopsy 4/18

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Hey Zhuk we all have our fingers crossed for you.
Two time relapser.

SVR 4 achieved 12/16 at last
SVR 12 achieved 22/02/2017 The Bastard has been defeated :):):)

GT 3 - about 28 yrs with HCV

So, the battle is joined! 8 years 5 months ago #13499

Best of luck with everything Zhuk! It's all going to work out fine :cheer: :+1:
Gt 1a, F0, VL 6.5 million, AST 59, ALT 62
Started Twinvir 1/15/16
6 wk. labs VL UND, AST 27, ALT 20
EOT labs VL UND, AST 23, ALT 19
SVR 16, VL UND, AST 28, ALT 17
SVR 24 , VL UND, 10/8/16
SVR 125, VL UND, 9/22/18
SVR 230, VL UND, 10/3/20

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Hey Zhuk,

i am pretty sure your result will be fine :)

please post wonderful test result
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GT1a. Started twinvir(sof-led) 05/03/16.
Before tx: VL=1.7mil. AST, ALT in normal range
2nd week of tx: VL <15. AST, ALT in normal range
6th week of tx: VL < 15. AST, ALT in normal range

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Hoping you get well soon, and.good luck wth EOT results...take care Zhuk
HCV since 35-40yrs., GT 1a , Dx 2004; VL 4-5 mil, F2-3
Tx sof/led started 3/4/16
4wks VL <15
9 weeks VL UND, ; Alt-15,Ast-13
16 weeks VL UND Alt-20, Ast-22;
EOT 24 wks UND
SVR 4 UND
SVR 12 UND, Alt.15, Ast. 17
SVR 24 UND

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and, at the finishline, ahead by a nose...
Zhuk!!!!


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G 1a F-1
Started tx 10/23/15 (Meso sof & led) ALT 48 AST 28 v/l 1.6 mil
11/17/15 4 wk lab ALT 17 AST 16 <15
11/18/15 Started Harvoni
12/16/15 8 wk lab ALT: 15 AST: 13 V/l UND
1/14/16 Fin. Tx
7/07/16 UND SVR 24
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Hi to all,
I'm treatment naive, GT 3, VL 1.283,000 IU/ml, fibroscane result is 1,2 m/s, so i think, F1. Today is day 22 of 12 weeks Darvoni treatment. No sides. On day 14 basic blood tests are good and AST is 24 Alt 26, like never before. I read on Gregs blog this: "The research suggests that people G3 and without cirrhosis should do a minimum of 16 weeks of Sof+ Dac" What do you think, whether to go on 12 or 16 weeks?
Thank you all and best wishes.
G3 since '93
VL 1.283,000 log 6,11
Fibroscan 1.2 m/s
Prior TX-Naive
16wk Tx - Sof/Dac DARVONI 08/03/16
Pre Tx = ALT 70 AST 49
22/03/16 = ALT 26 AST 24
21.06.2016. EOT UNDETECTED
20.09.2016.SVR 12 UNDETECTED

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What were your platelets, AST and ALT before treatment?
YMMV

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PLT was 148, AST 53, ALT 80. Now PLT is 152.
G3 since '93
VL 1.283,000 log 6,11
Fibroscan 1.2 m/s
Prior TX-Naive
16wk Tx - Sof/Dac DARVONI 08/03/16
Pre Tx = ALT 70 AST 49
22/03/16 = ALT 26 AST 24
21.06.2016. EOT UNDETECTED
20.09.2016.SVR 12 UNDETECTED

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Your platelets and APRI score suggests you may be more than F1. If you can afford it an extra 4-6 weeks is not a bad idea.
YMMV
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