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  • #14471
    Avatar photoPaul-Jarman-facebook
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    @paul-jarman-facebook

    I got a call from the DR James last week informing me that I flunked my SVR 4 test, the bastard virus is back.

    Hopefully I’ll have meds on Tuesday to retreat again. Dr James was quick off the mark organising treatment again which I am thankful for.

    It didn’t come as a complete shock as some of the Hep C symptoms had come back and I was already thinking the worst before I got test results back. The good thing is we now have options and easy access to treatment so I am confident that at some point a SVR will be achieved.

    cheers


    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

    #14472
    Avatar photoTina-Hill-facebook
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    @tina-hill-facebook

    Hi Paul
    sorry to hear your news and I was wondering when I saw you had changed your signature to “having another crack”. So good we have options for when this thing happens. What meds and treatment length are you going to do?


    SVR 24

    #14473
    avatar876.jpegGaj
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    @gaj

    Hi Paul,
    Sorry to hear mate, but glad to see you’ve got back on the mule. Was the first Tx just 12 weeks?


    G3a since ’78 – Dx ’12 – F4 (2xHCC)
    24wk Tx – PEG/Riba/Dac 2013 relapsed
    24wk Tx – Generic Sof/Dac/Riba 2015/16 relapsed
    16wk Tx – 12/01/17 -> 03/05/17 NS3/NS5a + Generic Sof
    SVR7 – 22/06/17 UND
    SRV12 – 27/07/17 UND
    SVR24 – 26/10/17 UND
    :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

    #14475
    Avatar photoLondonGirl
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    @londongirl

    So sorry to read this Paul,. Glad to hear you’ve got a new plan.
    Wishing you the very best with the next fight for freedom and glad you’re sorted.
    I am extending tx by 12 weeks, so will still be around too.
    You’re not alone.
    lg


    GT1a Dec14 F2/8.7 VL 900000-2.5M
    Jan16 Hepcivir-L MonkMed/Redemption
    Baseline: VL 913575 Alt 76 Platelets low
    Wk2 VL1157 Alt 23
    DET Wk 8 VL 32 Alt19 ‘In the slow lane’
    June16 Fibro 5.7 F0/1 LIF 1.5
    Wk 11 VL<12 Alt 13 Det/Unq
    Extending tx 12 wks Mylan Sofo/Dac MonkMed
    Wk 14 VL <12 Det/Unq
    Wk 16 VL UNDETECTED
    Wk 22 + 4 Wks Sunprevir FixHepC
    Wk 24 UNDETECTED Alt 13
    Wk 12 post tx SVR12 Wk 26 SVR24
    Thank-you Tim, Dr Debasis @ MonkMed & Dr Freeman @ Fix HepC

    #14477
    Avatar photoPaul-Jarman-facebook
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    @paul-jarman-facebook

    Will be re treating with Sof and Dac and taking the Docs advice from there.

    Apparently the GT3 can be a stubborn bastard to treat in some. :dry:


    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

    #14479
    Avatar photojay kim
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    @jay-kim

    so sorry to hear that :(

    this time, you will be cured stubbornly by dynamic duo of sof/dac.

    Jay


    hep-c for 20yrs.
    GT1a. Started twinvir(sof-led) 05/03/16.
    Before tx: VL=1.7mil. AST, ALT in normal range
    2nd week of tx: VL <15. AST, ALT in normal range
    6th week of tx: VL < 15. AST, ALT in normal range

    #14481
    Avatar photoSirchinenge
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    @sirchinenge

    Bollocks, sorry I can’t think of a better word am really sorry to hear this Paul
    did you do 12 weeks or 24 I think you were UD from early on too.

    I know you’re sorted through James its worth mentioning there are many trails on right now
    for those who failed DAA treatment I would think you’d get on one if needed.

    I know its upsetting,anyone I’ve read about that has failed has managed too get there with
    a different regime. Fingers crossed actually everything crossed for you.


    Sob/Dac from Oct 29 2015
    Geno 1b
    Fiberscan 9.9 Pre treatment
    Fiberscan 7.4 week 10
    VL 1.3 million pre treatment
    Week 2.5 VL 96
    Week 5.5 VL 17
    Week 10 VL UD
    SVR 3 UD
    SVR 16 UD
    Cured:
    All liver functions in normal ranges.

    #14484
    Avatar photoAriel
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    @ariel

    You are a bleedin trooper Paul. Bugger this virus. You will get on top of the thing. Thank Gawd we have these meds, Dr J, and these friends all on the team. Guessing you’re good to go round two asap, wishing you all the best.
    Love from Ariel

    #14485
    Avatar photoPaul-Jarman-facebook
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    @paul-jarman-facebook

    I did 18 weeks, if this was a couple of years ago I would be worried but I know we will eventually get there. I don’t have any issues on the DAA’s and we are fortunate to have access to meds in this country. I also helps having the expertise of Dr James available. :)


    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

    #14490
    dope-on-a-rope.jpgDr James
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    @fixhepc

    Sorry to hear Paul..I’m sure your next lot of treatment will see the end of this rotten virus….good luck.


    YMMV

    #14494
    Jimmy6429
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    @jimmy6429

    Just gutted reading this Paul, I’d thought the same thing, symptoms reappearing etc, Turns out I was wrong and so far at eot+4 all is good
    Good luck on the sof/dac or which ever tx Dr J prescribes, guess it will be 24 weeks this time around,,
    Hugs mate, really feeling for you,,
    jim
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    3 years cured, Sof/Dac, thanks Doc Freeman, hepc only a distant memory, go for it ppl

    #14500
    A.L.
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    @a-l
    Paul-Jarman-facebook wrote:

    It didn’t come as a complete shock as some of the Hep C symptoms had come back and I was already thinking the worst before I got test results back.

    What was the progression of symptoms that made you suspect what turned out to be an unfortunate relapse? I mean, did you feel better during treatment and then things changed in a particularly noticeable way?

    I’m just asking as I’m sure that most people have waves of vitality and enervation, so you must have noticed something out of the ordinary that provoked your suspicion. Maybe there is something for all of us to look out for just in case.


    G4, F4, cirrhosis.

    Thank you to Gilead, Michael Sofia, and the terrific folk at FixHepC for making this adventure possible.

    YEAR….. ALT….. AST….. GGT… FERRITIN………………………………….
    2009……. 210….. 215….. 953….. 1400……….. (Bad health, stupidity)
    2015……. 60……. 45……. 150….. 360…………. (Improved diet and health, FixHepC treatment)
    2016……. 20……. 24……. 25……. 156…………. (SVR 12)

    #14502
    Avatar photoDebs
    • Guardian Angel
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    @debs

    Hi Paul, sorry to read this that this has happened. It’s the worry at the back of our minds. Feel for you. However it is good you say that you have no issues with the DAA’s, so at least you have no worries about sides. You will get there in the end, wishing you all the very best.
    Deb X #flower

    #14510
    Avatar photoPaul-Jarman-facebook
    • Guardian Angel
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    @paul-jarman-facebook
    A.L. wrote:

    It didn’t come as a complete shock as some of the Hep C symptoms had come back and I was already thinking the worst before I got test results back.

    What was the progression of symptoms that made you suspect what turned out to be an unfortunate relapse? I mean, did you feel better during treatment and then things changed in a particularly noticeable way?

    I’m just asking as I’m sure that most people have waves of vitality and enervation, so you must have noticed something out of the ordinary that provoked your suspicion. Maybe there is something for all of us to look out for just in case.[/quote]

    Good question A.L and I’m glad you asked it. The symptoms that came back were bloating, swollen liver and some mild liver pain which I hadn’t had for 3 months. I was on a cruise at EOT and had been putting on weight eating a lot of rich food so I was hoping that it was just my fatty liver playing up. I knew I had a bloods coming up so didn’t worry about it.

    I knew that not all of us would SVR straight up and it appears that GT-3’s are batting about 90% on the DAA’s, we’ll get there eventually :)

    PS; Wife has me on these bloody raw veggie shakes for breakfast now, lost 4 kgs in 3 weeks ;)

    cheers


    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

    #14559
    Avatar photo2b
    • Guardian Angel
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    @2b

    So sorry Paul, keep at it, you will get there…little bastards are on the run!


    GT 2b; since 80’s, no prior tx, sofosbuvir and daclatasvir compounded from API’s at Kingswood Pharmacy in Sydney, started tx nov 6,2015, undetected at 4 wks, UND at 8 weeks, UND at 1 week after EOT, UND at 4 weeks after EOT and UND at 8 weeks after EOT. I feel GOOD!! I knew that I WOULD!””

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