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Why it's not a good idea to wait for treatment 7 years 2 weeks ago #24112

DrJames Topic Author Offline Platinum Member Posts: 1980 Karma: 111 Thank you received: 7263	Wondering if you should treat now? This study was just published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and shows that waiting to get to Moderate or Severe Fibrosis (where you might qualify for free treatment) is not good for your health. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28329108 YMMV The following user(s) said Thank You: coral, Vororo, Gaj, Greedfighter, Mnem

Why it's not a good idea to wait for treatment 7 years 2 weeks ago #24121

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I was F0/F1 with no chance of treatment under the NHS. Even though I was "only" F0/F1 and so I was not going to die immediately, I knew I was sick. As well as the classic fatigue, I had all sorts of other little ailments - eczema, itching, alcohol intolerance, fungal infections and suspected lichen planus on the skin, unexplained eye infections, work colleagues often remarking that I looked "tired" (euphemism for "look like shit")...

All that is gone now.

Hepatitis C affects different people in different ways. Sometimes it takes a long time to really start feeling the symptoms, but in the end the bastard virus can really start to bite.

The cure is here today. Don't delay. Get yourself treated right away.

Cheers,

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).

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Why it's not a good idea to wait for treatment 7 years 2 weeks ago #24132

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Many of the drugs that doctors prescribe to patients are only slightly better than doing nothing.

For many patients, and that's many - not all, the results of DAA treatment on quality of life are hard to explain, but like you say - all sorts of annoying weirdness often seems to vanish.

We all get old, but Hep C seems to deliver the problems of old age way too early.

YMMV

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Why it's not a good idea to wait for treatment 7 years 2 weeks ago #24156

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Contracted HCV 1980's
Geno Type 1a
F3 ( doc says once treated I'll be F2 maybe F1)
Meds shipped 6/17/2016 arrived early 7/2016

Viral count - 3,471,080

4 week quantitative bloods: August 17, 2016. I have been diagnosed as <15 (told undetected)

8 week quantitative bloods: September 14th. I have been diagnosed as <15 (told undetected)

11 week PCR RNA Qualitative bloods: September 26th 2016 - Undetected

December 19th 2016: Cured!
Viral count: zero!!!
2018 viral count: still zero!
Cured!

Why it's not a good idea to wait for treatment 7 years 2 weeks ago #24168

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Like Dr. Freeman said, it's not a good idea to wait for treatment.

But you don't have to wait! Through this site, the only requirement is you have Hep C

You can sign up for the Redemption trials, it's easy and anyone qualifies...It costs $1600 for 12 weeks of Generic treatment (Epclusa/Harvoni)

Sign up here fixhepc.com/home/redemption-etrials.html

:cheer:

Welcome to the cure! This is for real and totally legitimate! Dr. Freeman is a Saint

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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