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Week 6 bloods WOOHOO!! 8 years 11 months ago #1843

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Indeed it's in the genes...!

berrinice wrote: people who drink with fibrosis end up with end stage liver failure. most people i know who have died were drinkers. the iv users i know are still alive but some have died from other illnesses not hepc.
i am 3a and stopped drinking in 1990 when i found out. got it in 70's. took chinese medicine etc and i still got f4 cirrhosis. i think good luck is in your genes. kindly

Week 6 bloods WOOHOO!! 8 years 11 months ago #1864

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Hi Ann, I quit alcohol in 2004, 11 years after diagnosis, and 20+ years after infection. I was in Turkey at the time, where I lived for almost 20 years, and drinking was a big part of expat social life, and sailing. But hangovers were happening too easily (one glass of wine), often followed by anger. After doing a meditation retreat in 2004 I decided to ditch the alcohol and keep the meditation. Twice a day.

My first viral load was taken in 2010 - 740,000. Five years later it's 91,000 and not sure why. Meditation?

I'm one of the lucky ones, and really feel for everyone who was tortured by interferon and everyone who has relapsed and everyone out there who can't afford the generics or can't get a script. Don't give up hope. These new cures are like miracles.

NSW Australia. Genotype 1b 30+ years, F0-F1, VL 91,000 Feb 2015 (740,000 in 2010), Tx naive.
Ordered Sof/Dac from Buyers Club 21 Sept, received 14 Oct.
Virus UNDETECTED at 3 weeks AND 12 weeks (EOT) AND SVR4 AND SVR12 AND SVR24. :-)

A thousand thankyous to Dr James and the amazing FixHepC team.

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WishIWasAWombat Offline Junior Member Posts: 23 Thank you received: 40	Oh very good news, I just had my cleared results @ 4 weeks today.. amazing feeling isn't it. Diagnosed in the early 90's, geno 3, had Interferon 2006, currently on Sofosbuvir & Daclatasvir NO VIRUS @ 4 WEEKS of Sofosbuvir & C Daclatasvir Still free - SVR4 and at 8 weeks too Still free at 7 months, CURED!! The following user(s) said Thank You: DrJames, Ann Bee

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berrinice wrote: people who drink with fibrosis end up with end stage liver failure. most people i know who have died were drinkers. the iv users i know are still alive but some have died from other illnesses not hepc.
i am 3a and stopped drinking in 1990 when i found out. got it in 70's. took chinese medicine etc and i still got f4 cirrhosis. i think good luck is in your genes. kindly

I've been off the drink for 25 years as well and would have been dead years ago if I didn't, of that I am certain.

Two time relapser.

SVR 4 achieved 12/16 at last
SVR 12 achieved 22/02/2017 The Bastard has been defeated

GT 3 - about 28 yrs with HCV

Week 6 bloods WOOHOO!! 8 years 11 months ago #1873

tweakmax Offline Elite Member Posts: 256 Karma: 2 Thank you received: 301	I think chinese medicine probably help a bit. Could have been worse, we won't know.