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Got a call from the good doctor Freeman today to say that the virus is undetected at my 6 weeks bloods. YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
I am on Sof/Dac from China
I have had this parasite for around 38 years and now it is not detectable.
As a bit of history - my week 4 bloods were viral load was below countable but still detectable. Geno 3a and no fibrosis. I have been sweating (a little) on the week 6 bloods and they are clear. No real side effects still except there are some days I need to sleep 9-10hours which is unheard of for me. So some fatigue and very slight nausea about half an hour after taking drugs, which lasts about 1-2 hours

Great news AB. Congrats.

Great news enjoy your new freedom from Hep C.

Congratulations! ..must be a truly wonderful feeling to be free of the unwanted passenger.

wow
there sure are some good results from this tx
Congrats on a long future

Congrats, Ann
I'm very happy for you!

This is great news Ann. So happy for you and for allnof us Emi

Yes that's really good news Ann. The last fortnight must have been a bit challenging, but all clear now and it must be a wonderful feeling.

And may there be many more happy endings for all of us.

Congrats Ann. You need to edit your signature. Anyone reading it might think you're one of those dastardly HepC carriers

OOOHHWW Ann BEE, such a good news!!!!! I'm also so exta tically happy for ya!!!!!

Good luck to you. also impressed that you have had this illness for 38 years and no fibrosis. You must have a pretty strong liver. Congrats

Thank you so much every body for those great cheers from the sides!! I am sure that nearly of us will have this same outcome and look forward to hearing the great news from everyone else.

Poodle I think that I do not have fibrosis because I have lived like a Yogi really for most of that time. Mostly very healthy diet and exercize PLUS no alcohol since my early twenties up until a few years ago. I think that is when some of my overt symptoms started but still no fibrosis considering I am a Geno 3a which is supposed to have a higher incidents of serious side effects. I would really like to hear from others about their alcohol use over their lives and see if that may be a co factor in the development of cirrhosis/fibrosis. My understanding is that is a suspected link.

Hello Ann Bee that is fantastic news!! I am happy for you!! You must be ecstatic..

I have had the virus for 40 years and got diagnosed approx 26 years ago..I stopped alcohol around that time as I became quite sick with chronic fatigue (now I think may have been hep c). Since then I have lived a drug alcohol cigarette free life style and eaten healthy food and done yoga/chi gong off and on over the years. My health has never returned although my healthy life style and alternative treatments over the years probably contributed to the hep c virus staying at F2 for years and not progressing. Last year I became very sick and the hep C progressed to F3. I am not certain why this happened but I became very stressed for a few years due to studying and working. And I am older. If anything I put it down to stress. Years ago my GP said to me don't drink alcohol not even one drop as it will aggravate your liver.
Thats not why I stopped alcohol but I do remember her words.

people who drink with fibrosis end up with end stage liver failure. most people i know who have died were drinkers. the iv users i know are still alive but some have died from other illnesses not hepc.
i am 3a and stopped drinking in 1990 when i found out. got it in 70's. took chinese medicine etc and i still got f4 cirrhosis. i think good luck is in your genes. kindly

Yes Ann Bee, drinking was not at all possible!! I got dissy and out of concentration everytime I started with a glass, never drink more then one glass,...euhmn every month...sadly, it infects your social life of making fun together and stuff...Good news for ya, and let's have a cup together!!!