Hi Bloot,
I had my biopsy done in 1998 - it took five passes and before the chap trying to do it was done the theatre had filled with men who looked somewhat senior and concerned. Had to stay overnight and not allowed out of bed for some hours.
Could not have a fibroscan done due to the person doing it being convinced he could not do it. Anyway, I had a liver resection in 2012 - nearly as good as an autopsy for the purposes of measuring scaring I should think, and was F3. Pretty confident I may be F4 now, hence the 24 weeks Sof/Dac.
My rationale with respect to all this? Even with half the liver missing, I figure not having HCV will help things not get worse; if it helps the scaring get better then it's a bonus.
Yours
J.
GT3a 1990 Failed Inter 1998, comb in 2000. HCC 2012
Started 24/52 Sof/Dac 27th October 2015.
1. Bloods 2 October 2015: AST - 165 (20-40), ALT - 265 (5-40), GGT 189 (5-50)
2, Bloods 20 November 2015: ALT etc normal; VL 19
3. Bloods 8 January 2016: AST - 40, ALT - 59, GGT 48 VL RNA UND
4. EOT 12 April 2016 - blood tests: all is well, CT scan: okay
5. AFP 11 June 2016: 4 ref< 11
6. VL July 2016: DET
7. Oct16 start treat - June17 UND
8. Jun 18, lfts okay, platelets a bit low.