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A Wild & Crazy Year!! 5 years 5 months ago #15817

mgalbrai
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One year ago....
I was sick and really frustrated. My GI had given up on getting insurance approval. We couldn't travel to eastern Europe to see my wife's family for the 3rd year in a row because of HCV-an early July appointment with a new GI and the constant battle with my insurance company. The tail was wagging the dog.
One year ago....
I had contacted Artemis Health in India and was waiting on their call saying they could treat me with sofosbuvir and ledipasvir, because I had heard of some crazy guy who went there for sofosbuvir and was making his own medicine or some such crap. It sounded so insane at the time. I immediately began "digging"...
Nobody is crazier than me...
If he can do it, by God, I can.....
Then a name popped up to go with the "crazy" man: Greg Jefferys. And a place: Tasmania.
The first question was "WHERE IN THE SHIT IS TASMANIA?" The next was "How can I find this guy?"
The rest is now history.
What a wild and crazy year!!!
Headed to Romania in two weeks.
Leaving HCV behind.
Got a gozillion new friends.
Feeling pretty damn good overall.
Ain't that something!!
m

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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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A Wild & Crazy Year!! 5 years 5 months ago #15818

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Yeah it's shameful how Hep C sufferers are being treated in the US. Thank god for generic solutions.

M, 57, Live in Wellington,NZ.
Genotype 1a diagnosed in 2013.
Treating for the first time since October 31 with Buyers Club Sof/Led. Thanks so much guys. Minimal side effects apart from sore throat at the start..
Viral load 5.4m when treatment started, Undetected at 4 weeks, 8 weeks, End of Treatment and 12-weeks post EOT. Yay!

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A Wild & Crazy Year!! 5 years 5 months ago #15819

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Feeling very happy for you

Genotype 1a
Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so

EOT Results
Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND

12 Weeks post EOT
Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
Cured baby

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A Wild & Crazy Year!! 5 years 5 months ago #15836

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A wild and crazy year indeed...

You cured yourself making pills from powders from some chick "Rachel" at Mesochem in China. Talk about sketchy!

And then went on to help scores of people get cured, including me!!

Ain't that something!!

You deserve much love from many, many people!!

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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A Wild & Crazy Year!! 5 years 5 months ago #15842

MtGoat Offline Senior Member Posts: 79 Thank you received: 178 Karma: 1	Thanks mgalbrai for your posts, your inspiration & your support. I hope your upcoming year is wild with good times & a new sense of freedom.
	Cheers 3a for 35 years Dx 1996, tx naive, ALT 46 AST 38 VL 140K Started Sof/Dac 1/23/16 Kingswood generics AUS 2/19/16 4wk lab HCV Undetected ALT 14 AST 19 EOT 6/1/2016 TX was 18 wks (w/some 1/2 doses & 1 skip dose after 11 wks while waiting for +6 wks to arrive) SVR4 6/30/16 SVR12 SVR24 Redeemed The administrator has disabled public write access. The following user(s) said Thank You: mgalbrai

A Wild & Crazy Year!! 5 years 5 months ago #15844

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Thanks to all of you.
We have helped each other get to a better place.
A global version of the Dallas Buyers' Club on steroids.
A guerilla war on greed, fought on the Internet, with brilliant, dedicated and caring people working together for the common good.
Still more to do.
m

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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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A Wild & Crazy Year!! 5 years 5 months ago #15845

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You deserve every bit of your new found life!

Hope it's long & happy!

And thanks for all your support & encouragement during my young feller's tx.

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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A Wild & Crazy Year!! 5 years 5 months ago #16381

CC2B Offline Elite Member Posts: 173 Thank you received: 300 Karma: 2	Have a great time on your way overdue trip! You truly deserve to enjoy yourself Thanks for all that you do! Laissez les bon temps rouler
	GT2b diagnosed 10/2015 since: unknown 11/20/15 VL= 214,070 12/4/15 ALT=18 AST= 24 1/16/16 started sof/dac 2/13/16 @4wks VL=UND ALT=13 AST=22 3/12/16 @8wks VL=UND ALT=10 AST=18 4/9/16 EOT VL=UND ALT=11 AST=19 9/23/16 SVR24 ALT=11 AST=22 The administrator has disabled public write access. The following user(s) said Thank You: mgalbrai