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Well the day is almost here my meds arrive shortly thank you to those who have affirmed this choice to take my own life into my own hands and with the fantastic work by James and his team here, the vibe, the understanding of the anxiety of a relapser, I feel like I have landed in the right place..not much support out here in the wilds so I will defs blog my tx story, I hope to inspire others to take this important decision. I am Gen 1a, have a low viral load, F0 so a good little liver still in the ol bod, had a rotten time on intfn/ribva, like many so let's not go there done and dusted and all....I am starting this today seeing it is New year. Already feeling the love here. Love without boundaries is my phrase for the New Year. I hope to achieve my SVR and to be free as a result. Love ya all! cannot wait to post my first update into tx and thanks again to the FixHepC peeps for this all of it.

There is no such thing as failure.

There is only low aim.

Props for being your own messiah and saving yourself. Wishing you all the best, Ariel.

Great stuff, Ariel...congrats on making the decision to get proactive and take your treatment into your own hands.

Looks like we will be tag-teaming on this huh. I am GT1a as well and like you (both fortunately and amazingly enough), have managed to stay at F0 over the years...and despite the new good news re the PBS I think those in relative good health like us will be down the public queue. All the more reason to act to shoot for SVR before our status worsens, IMO! Strangely enough I also have PTSD, will be interesting to see if the hep had any influence on that as tx progresses.

Look forward to following your progress

All the best Ariel........looking forward to seeing your test results down the track.

Hi Ariel,

Want to wish you luck, you'll be fine, how exciting for you.
Please keep posting.

xo

You will be ok Ariel most people seem to cruise through the treatment without too many issues, the nerve wracking bit is waiting for them to arrive but shouldn't be much longer.

One blessing regarding this horrible situation we find ourselves in, is the wonderful people we meet along the path

Hi Ariel the mermaid and welcome,
Wish you good luck and let us know your journey!
With these new medicines it will be an easy one.

Hi London Girl, You are almost there, beginnig of the treatment.

I am sure it will be an easy one for you too.
The only side effect I noticed is that I am gaining weight! I must pay attention to what and how I eat!

hi Ariel, just wanted to wish you all the best & symptoms-free tx,

What a fantastic way to start New Year, the year to get out of hcv prison & be free for so many here.
I too was a relapser on the old tx, please don't forget that it was the old toxic tx that has failed us, not the other way round, we did not fail, we fought the battle as advised.

The new DAA tx is just not comparable with the old tx & with hardly any fibrosis at all, you'll be fine,
Congratulations of taking charge of your own health & life,

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win

Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Ariel - Good Luck!
Lots of support here!
Debs X

isaing4 wrote: Hi London Girl, You are almost there, beginnig of the treatment.

I am sure it will be an easy one for you too.
The only side effect I noticed is that I am gaining weight! I must pay attention to what and how I eat!
Well I can't wait to add a few kgs to this carcas That said I do have other pals who are battling a weight gain whilst beating Hep so I hear you
Somehow I lost half my reply because I was writing from my iphone not my laptop, isaing4, but you have made me feel really happy with your posts about sx on the new drugs xo

Hey Ariel

So good that you came over to the bright side. Best of luck to you with tx and sx. You will be okay and be UND and SVR b4 you know it. Lots em

Good Luck on your journey Ariel