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Dear Ariel, Happy reading
I send you
and hugs 
Lots of love, Mrs Grumpy-bottom
Hi Ariel the UND mermaid,
Surf on the weekend. Good for you! What makes happy a mermaid….WATER…more WATER… much more WATER
One month left to EOT. Yay!
Good luck with the four specialist appointments!
There is a ducky crying over you overhere…tears of joy…xxxxxx wave it baby!
Great to hear you’re on the way to EOT too, Ariel
And you’re feeling better, minor issues aside! Surfing sounds awesome as an endorphin-booster too…and self-confessed mermaid heh
(speaking as someone who never learned to swim /facepalm lol)
Bit in front of you with 3 weeks, woohoo
Small update from the mermaid cave
Went to Liver Clinic took privately sourced excellent path results from blood collected at around day 32 which was reported on Day 40 as UND gave a duplicate to nurse got gold star for providing duplicate rather than them photocopying
Sat and waited for a gastro for so long I started making toys by blowing up the blue gloves from the sanitation box
Organised EOT bloods. Receptionist didn’t know what EOT meant. Now does.
Lovely gastro this time, regular one gone to Europe nice timing given the PBS recent thingy.
I’m one of only patients on tx was told. You can all read into that one good to be our own boss hey.
Booked follow up colonscopy had a small scare post interferon re polyps and adenomas so now need frequent check not looking forward to it hate general anaesthetic have a rough time historically but liver clinic hospital know about it and frankly I don’t want to have it done through my private health insurance anyway.
Have read as many updates as I can and stoked to read EOT and SVR coming in.
Just over three weeks to go here
Insomnia has increased don’t care.
Nausea decreased and I have put on 7kgs in total very pleased that the skeletal legacy of peginf is now resolved. Looking much better than just bones with Surfie muscle now face is fuller and tummy too. More feminine.
Hair very soft, skin much healthier granuloma reducing weekly will hope for the best with that I would like to never take predisolone again
Love my psych visits fantastic to chat to another lady who has ears and who is completely void of judgment re why I was put through peginf for no reason it’s been a very difficult realisation for me. Like how she allows me to grieve for my lost hearing and other residual physical damage from that tx.
Very healing for my mind and going forward
It’s 4am here and I have been awake since 2 despite a long day
Gastro at clinic agreed that insomnia is a sx they noted during trials phase at hospital it’s just ride it out anyway it’s quiet in the small hours I like it for collecting my thoughts and something just do a TM (transendental meditation)So that is me done. EOT is April 4 no bloods til then as I mentioned when I got my UND earlier
Just riding the wave until then and the Brian Wilson gig the night b4 so nice way to go out.
Hoping all are traveling well
Sending happy vibes
Splashes from ArielYou’re almost there Ariel.
Insomnia oh well I know you can deal with that. Great to read that your girls are doing well. Keep on keeping on I’ll post a tune for you today 
Good luck Ariel
I wonder if you can have a different type of sleeping pill.
You need your sleep?Cindi x
Keep on keeping on
Hope you get a good splash
Sending from afar
So happy for you Ariel, UND
and everything else looking good. You sound like you’re doing and feeling well. Also glad to hear your daughter’s doing well – is this the one that was in Fiji?Not long for you to EOT, I’m continuing on to 16 weeks.
Happy days, happy waves and happy health to you
QLD Australia ☀️
G3a HCV 35 yrs Tx naive
Started Sof/Dac 13/01/16Dec ’15
AST 70
ALT 89
GGT 124
Fibroscore 8.5
F1-F2
13 Feb’16 VL UND
AST 24
ALT 26
GGT 50HHi Ariel,
Originally Dr James prescribed 16 weeks of Sof/Dac because Genotype 3 is a bit tougher to beat and research so far indicated 12w tx-96% ( hope I’m remembering this correctly) success rate; 16w better; then 24w if I wanted 99.9% (I don’t think there’s ever a 100% guarantee?)
It is always that last few% that are the tough persistent mutants, who may appear to be lying low while the war is on but when the DAA Army recedes they can multiply very quickly. So, if I felt any sides I’m experiencing ok then I give it my BEST SHOT doing the longer course. Since most of my bad symptoms seem related to pre-existing conditions, I don’t really think – but won’t KNOW – how much of what I’m experiencing is a DAA side effect until after EOT.
I’ve decided I want to do the 16 weeks, maybe longer, now it’s on PBS. I want to be rid of it and no return visit like an unwanted house guest
I’m still very fatigued, struggle to get things done and have bad dizzy spells when bending/crouching down.
But the scariest thing is this burning, numbness on the left side of my face, my cheekbone swells right up, my left eye becomes really blurry, hurts to blink, pain all-around eye socket, becomes bloodshot and half-closed by night. I start out ok but as the day progresses so do the symptoms. You get migraines, like me and I get the aura, it’s like the prodrome phase (the days leading up to an attack) and the days after, the pain and tenderness and lurking headache, light sensitivity etc BUT add to that burning tingling pain that starts at temple/cheekbone, and travels down side of face, around left eye and even down the left side of my tongue!! As well as really swollen cheekbone and can’t wear glasses properly, have to sit them sideways
Anyway, I’m glad you are doing well and happy your daughter is safe. Start moving today so I’m off to sign contract etc.
Happy days My Dear Friend
QLD Australia ☀️
G3a HCV 35 yrs Tx naive
Started Sof/Dac 13/01/16Dec ’15
AST 70
ALT 89
GGT 124
Fibroscore 8.5
F1-F2
13 Feb’16 VL UND
AST 24
ALT 26
GGT 50HI think those “mutants” from the old Peg Riba tx would be knocked out quick by the orals?
Any resistant ones would probably be resistant to the Peg, like what happened to me.
So try not to worry.
I know it’s hard not to worry though.
But I think these orals are miracle drugs Cindi x
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