Hi folks,
Oor Wullie here!
If ye ken remember, last yere ma luvver enzyme livels were up an doon like Wee Eck's yo-yo, an ma maw wis gettin fed up me praktisin ma cattapult in the front room cus ah wusnae aloud tae sit in the Drumnadrochit wi ma paw onymore on account o the virus. She'd aye be tellin me tae up an dae ma haemwurk or awae an plai in the traffic wi ma frends. But a didna reely hae much enerjy for ony a thayse thungs onymore.
So in the end, me an Wee Jeemie went on-line an foond a super solushun in Australia. An fae the sake o ma poor old maw's porcelin, me an the lads had a whip-roon an we decidid tae awa doon the offy evry nite durin ma treetment. Anyway, its now three munths later, an a jus thoot I'd gie a wee up-date on the latest results fae ma wee eksperiment wie the swalley.
Date | AST | ALT | GGT | Lipase | V-Load | Comment |
10-nov-15 | 82 | 133 | 52 | 135 | 1.9M | Started FixHepC Sof+Dac |
01-dec-15 | 47 | 63 | 46 | 74 | | So far so good... |
10-dec-15 | 47 | 58 | 44 | | < 15 | Crivvens! Its reely workin! |
03-feb-16 | 30 | 26 | 30 | 105 | UND | EOT - Sléinte!! |
As ye can see fae the tabel, the Sof+Dac has wurked jus perfeckly. Ah ma luvver enzymes are bak tae normel an even the GGT has come rite doon, despite ah the swalleyin wi me pals. So I can only sae tha the good Dr James was absolutly rite (drinking alcohol will not adversely impact your treatment). An at leest in my case, ma wee eksperiment shows that swalleyin durin the treetment had absolutly no negative effect (an in fact it helped tae keep me sane durin the stress o waitin for the figgers tae come oot). OK, its ony n=1, and so not very "sientifik", but that's plenty good enuff for me!
So if there are ony other doktors reedin this, I'd jus like tae sae that ye shoodnae be botherin yer pashents wi stupit questions aboot alcohol. Ye shood jus get on wie it an treet them ah, jus like the Good Dr James does!
Anyway, ma maw and paw are absultly delited that am back tae ma usuel tricks, even tho they've had tae buy me a nyu pair of dungarees cos I've put on neerly half a stane (which is aboot 4Kg in forrin money). An ma girlfren Primrose is also super-happy that I am kyured an have ma enerjy back (wink). But she still beets me at fitba, which is a bit of a dooner. Still, naebody's perfek!
So I'd jus like tae say I'm awffy grateful tae Dr James and the rest of the FixHepC team! As well as treetin thoosands o folks aroon the wurld, which is nae meen feet, yev also fixed up one o Scotland's favorite icons! So if yer ever visitin Scotland, yed be maer then welkome to join ma wee gang!
Sláinte!!
(Scottish toast)
Diagnosed Jan 2015: GT3, A0+F0/F1. Fatigue + Brain-Fog.
Started Sof+Dac from fixHepC 10-Nov-2015. NO sides.
Pre-Tx: AST 82, ALT 133, Viral Load 1 900 000.
Week4: AST 47, ALT 58. VL < 15 (unquantifiable).
Week12 (EOT): AST 30, ALT 26, VL UND
Week16 (EOT+4): AST 32, ALT 28, GGT 24, VL UND
Week28 (EOT+16): AST 26, ALT 22, GGT 24, VL UND
Ever grateful to Dr James.
Relapsed somewhere after all that... Bummer!
Jan 2018: VL 63 000 (still GT3).