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Goodbye me little lovelies 3 years 3 weeks ago #3147

Chester
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Now you see them.

Now you don't.

So that’s it. Other than 3 lonely little Riba waiting to be taken with dinner, I’m done.

Thanks to everyone for their support especially my doctors, Richard Ralph and Mark Wilson. And to Doc James and all the other health professionals who have seen these drugs for the breakthrough they are and responded by being reminded why they became doctors and nurses in the first place instead of being cowed by Big Pharma, government and their own fear of the unknown.

But especially, thanks to Greg Jefferys for being so clever and brave and big hearted and for giving me my life back (and to Google for being so damn good at what you do and allowing me to find him when no one wanted to tell me more than a few precious tidbits of information about him!)

Whither now?

To infinity and beyond!

Well, at least, SVR hopefully.

Roll on, 12 February 2016.

Huon Valley, Tasmania
Hep C+ since 1980s
Genotype 1b
F3/4
VL 480,000
Started Indian Sof and Riba, BMS Dac (comp access) 28 August 2015
UND at 4 weeks
Finished treatment 19 November 2015
12 February 2016 UND SVR12

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Goodbye me little lovelies 3 years 3 weeks ago #3148

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Hey "Chester"
I showed this to you while I was staying at your place. I didn't tell you I had English lyrics for it.
Here they are.
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Now for just what purpose is it I am living?
Cloudy days, all a haze that rolls on by, ya ...

This weak malaise, this sense of pain
What does it gain, and where does it get me?

Can't drown myself in yesterday
Today I write a dream
Confused as it may seem, ya ya

All the pretty twinkling stars that shine before the dawn
Now have they really gone?
Or moved on to tomorrow?

Tomorrow never knows
It's Happy Line

Now just what is it that I should be believing?
These spent days end in ways that can't be seen, ya ...

Yet as I gaze into the night
Somehow a light, not darkness I'm facing

And everybody has a face that they call "happiness"
Can mine really be seen?
Though I can't laugh, it seems, ya ya

With a passion for the future burning in my heart
With rose tints o'er my eyes
I'll try to laugh and smile

Tomorrow never knows

Can't drown myself in yesterday
Today I write my dream
Confused as it may seem, ya ya

All the pretty twinkling stars that shine before the dawn
Now have they really gone?
Or moved on to tomorrow?

Tomorrow never knows
It's Happy Line

Now for just what purpose is it I am living?

It's Happy Line
Words and Music ... Yui
Unauthorized English Adaptation ... Kevin
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Last pills, YAY!

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Goodbye me little lovelies 3 years 3 weeks ago #3149

emilio Offline Moderator In the field of opportunity its ploughing time Posts: 382 Thank you received: 476 Karma: 8	That is so awesome K, thanks for sharing mate. Em
	Geno 1b F2/3 snce early 80s. Treated in 2008_9 for 63 weeks on INF/Riba. Commence Sof/Dac on 6 October 2015 and completed 18 weeks of tx. UND at 4-6 weeks, UND at EOT, SVR 2, SVR 6 and SVR 12 on 6 May 2016. The administrator has disabled public write access. The following user(s) said Thank You: klhilde

Goodbye me little lovelies 3 years 3 weeks ago #3156

Joy Offline Elite Member Posts: 218 Thank you received: 265 Karma: 0	Farewell Chester, I like your creative exit. YOU are one of the generic pioneers, inspiring others like me to follow. Thank you for sharing your journey. I wish you all the best for whichever whither you wind up at. Beyond infinity?
	NSW Australia. Genotype 1b 30+ years, F0-F1, VL 91,000 Feb 2015 (740,000 in 2010), Tx naive. Ordered Sof/Dac from Buyers Club 21 Sept, received 14 Oct. Virus UNDETECTED at 3 weeks AND 12 weeks (EOT) AND SVR4 AND SVR12 AND SVR24. A thousand thankyous to Dr James and the amazing FixHepC team. The administrator has disabled public write access.

Goodbye me little lovelies 3 years 3 weeks ago #3159

Chester
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No my "little lovelies" are the drugs. Not you guys. I'm not gonna just eat and run.

Not that you aren't a little lovely too Joy.

Does no one remember Aunty Jack? God knows, most of ya are old enough!

Goodbye, me little lovelies! And don't forget to tune in next week to the show, because if you don't, I'm going to come round to your house, and I'm going to rip your bloody arms off. And I will too. Don't forget it.

Huon Valley, Tasmania
Hep C+ since 1980s
Genotype 1b
F3/4
VL 480,000
Started Indian Sof and Riba, BMS Dac (comp access) 28 August 2015
UND at 4 weeks
Finished treatment 19 November 2015
12 February 2016 UND SVR12

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Goodbye me little lovelies 3 years 3 weeks ago #3162

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I should add that I think the downside of the Riba has been kicking in over the last two weeks. Been short of breath, bit fatigued and right quadrant abdo discomfort. Which is disconcerting but as I understand you can't go backwards on treatment, I'm not letting it worry me.

Anyway, I'm going to get an FBC done tomorrow when I go in for my eot VLs and will report back the results for the benefit of others on riba. Doubt I'm anemic but like Greg, I think I might be heading that way. I had an FBC at 2 weeks when everything was comfortably normal so the comparison will be interesting. It hasn't been unpleasant being so close to the end. But if it is the riba, don't think I'd like to be doing 24 weeks of the stuff.

Really, the entire treatment has been a doddle.

Huon Valley, Tasmania
Hep C+ since 1980s
Genotype 1b
F3/4
VL 480,000
Started Indian Sof and Riba, BMS Dac (comp access) 28 August 2015
UND at 4 weeks
Finished treatment 19 November 2015
12 February 2016 UND SVR12

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Goodbye me little lovelies 3 years 3 weeks ago #3166

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Hi Chester,

So glad you've finished, or will be tonight after those last ribas!

The ribas always knock you around a bit because they destroy the red blood cells.
They hit much harder though if paired with the Ifn.

No wonder you feel it.

Hope you get your strength back soon.

And I really hope so much that you get a SVR

Thank you you so much for all your help to me, it really made a difference being able to talk to you on the phone.
Love Cindi x

J the young dragon slayer is:
HepC 1a since birth
Male aged 15
VL 2000000
Started Twinvir/ 10-11-15-then Sof/led.
NO sides so far !
after one week VL : 37
after 4 wks VL : UND !
EOT 2/2/16 UND.!
4 wks. post tx results....pending....
7/3/16 VL result : 4 week post tx: SVR !
12 weeks SVR !
24 wks SVR yeeaa!!

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Goodbye me little lovelies 3 years 3 weeks ago #3168

Paul-Jarman-facebook Offline Moderator The gypsy woman told my mother Before I was born Posts: 383 Thank you received: 660 Karma: 9	Good stuff Chester good to see people coming to the end of treatment with so few side effects well compared to the past treatments anyway. It's also good to see someone so passionate about generics although I have never mentioned it you posts here and elsewhere helped encourage me to chase down these meds. Good Luck
	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 The administrator has disabled public write access.

Goodbye me little lovelies 3 years 3 weeks ago #3169

karilo Offline New Member Posts: 6 Thank you received: 2 Karma: 0	I wish all the all the best for your new life !
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Goodbye me little lovelies 3 years 3 weeks ago #3173

zhuk Offline Platinum Member Posts: 551 Thank you received: 502 Karma: 3	Love your pictorial farewell Chester heh...great that you will see the end of the Riba too. Yes thank god we aren't condemned to the hell of the old treatments and their length, now that we have the means. Hope you do well mate, and all the very best for achieving SVR And props for rekindling some fond old memories
	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 Last Edit: 3 years 3 weeks ago by zhuk. The administrator has disabled public write access. The following user(s) said Thank You: Joy, Annasnow

Goodbye me little lovelies 3 years 3 weeks ago #3182

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Dear Chester - An extremely well done to you Everything crossed for the expected result

Loving the bike pic zhuk !

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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Goodbye me little lovelies 3 years 3 weeks ago #3191

Archer Offline Senior Member Brief is life...love is long.. Posts: 70 Thank you received: 176 Karma: 5	Yahoo. How the time has flown. EOT - the time has come the walrus said .... To speak of many things. Dont become a stranger- you have been an inspiration to so many - a cherished fellow traveller. Wishing you SVR sunshine - sweet freedom and a richer life ahead. Archer xx
	Fem. Gen 1a.18.4 kPa. IL28b - CT. Cirrhosis 4B/c. MELD 11. Portal Hypertension. Ascites. Varices. (Gr.3). post surgical Coma 2011- Tx denied. 15/09 - INR 1.2 platelets 58 (150-450) albumin 32 (35-50) bilirubin 40 (2-20) ALT 183 (0-45) AST 281(0-41) GGT 39(0-45). Liver lesions AFP 16 <8. The administrator has disabled public write access.