Hi Josie, you can get the generics in Melbourne ok, they can be posted to your home address, you don't have to wait for the Australian clinics to come on line if you want to jump their que so to speak. Not much monitoring is required on these drugs, I have not seen a doctor since I started tx or felt the need to do so. People in Sydney I know are going the generic route via the club despite the Governments announcement on PBS listing, They want to get cured now is all.
Get a script through gp2u.com if your doctor won't give you one. if you use gp2u or monkmed get pathology referrals for 2 viral load tests at the same time, one for the start of treatment and one for a month after starting,
Look at
fixhepc.com/home/redemption-etrials.html to see if you can get into the Redemption Trial 3 or 2, there are no placebos in these trials.
See a Doctor, either on gp2u.com, or use monkmed.com if your GP won't give you a script,
You can be feeling better within a month or so, your LFTs don't look too bad,
You will need skype to set it up, but its not that difficult, you sign an import document, scan it and send it through to the club, once they receive the money, the medicines will be posted to you.
Takes a couple of weeks usually in Australia.
The gastric issues you are having sound rather bad and I would get them investigated by a gastro specialist or GP at the very least, if possible, you can't keep dropping weight like that. My observation of Hepc is that those issues don't usually show up for some time if for years after initial infection, there is often just an initial jaundice after infection which most people don't even notice and then no symptoms for years until the bloody thing starts its nagging destruction of your liver and brain,, depression is very common with this virus.
Tx(treatment) takes 3 months or 6 months treatment depending on the Doctors recommendation, if you have a recent viral load test or a fibroscan that will help the doctor to choose the correct medications,
Its all very doable, I have not missed a day off work during treatment, I started feeling better in 7 days after starting the medications, my guts were terrible also, couldn't eat anything almost. Now I can eat anything again.
And keep posting if you still need more information, many here will help out, its like some big weird family where no one cares about anything but getting you well again, just like Lynne an CC2B above, we all want you to get your life back again,
regards,
Jim