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  • #22793
    Avatar photoSven
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    @sven

    Hey brother, I know your cured so please make plans to enjoy your life. We all here appreciate your wisdom as it is obvious you’re extremely gifted and you have so much empathy and praise for those whom have had a hard time dealing with what HCV has done to them and their family :)
    May our paths cross again my friend as the world is a small place and may God be with you always.


    Contracted HCV 1980’s
    Geno Type 1a
    F3 ( doc says once treated I’ll be F2 maybe F1)
    Meds shipped 6/17/2016 arrived early 7/2016

    Viral count – 3,471,080

    4 week quantitative bloods: August 17, 2016. I have been diagnosed as <15 (told undetected)

    8 week quantitative bloods: September 14th. I have been diagnosed as <15 (told undetected)

    11 week PCR RNA Qualitative bloods: September 26th 2016 – Undetected

    December 19th 2016: Cured!
    Viral count: zero!!!
    2018 viral count: still zero!
    Cured!

    #22813
    Avatar photofitz
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    @fitz

    Thanks my friend. We’re all in this together, for and with each other. Just sent a Karma point your way brother! Would give you ten if I could!

    #22814
    Avatar photobeaches
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    @beaches

    You got this bro, I can feel it in my waters #duck


    Genotype 1a
    Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
    Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
    4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
    Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
    VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so

    EOT Results
    Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND

    12 Weeks post EOT
    Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
    Cured baby

    #22821
    Avatar photofitz
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    @fitz

    Thanks Beaches! Still have that Champagne locked and loaded for you, and for Meg too! Have decided to wait until EOT +4 weeks to test again. The way it works here, EOT VL is on the test schedule, as is SVR12, but nothing in between. So will use the EOT tests at 4 weeks post EOT, to determine if SVR4 has been reached.

    If I remain UND at SVR4, then we can infer UND at EOT as well. My decision, my consequences, but hey – I bucked the system to get here, and reaped the rewards with <15 at 6 weeks, and UND at 8 weeks. I think I'm starting to get the hang of this ;)

    May pop into a walk in testing facility for interim LFTs. If so will post. :)

    #22822
    Avatar photoisaing4
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    @isaing4
    fitz wrote:

    Yesterday was my last dose of generic Sof/Led obtained through the REDEMPTION 3 Trial. 6 weeks since VL <15, and 4 weeks since UND.

    Today is EOT for me, and it feels a bit surreal not to have opened the bottle of MYHEP LIVR -- Generic 'Harvoni' Sofosbuvir 400mg, Ledispavir 90mg produced under Gilead license in India by Natco for Mylan. The medicine bottles are now quite empty, there is no medicine left. I have taken the entire 12 week course of treatment. I'm done.

    Happy EOT and only UND!
    #love #love #love


    HCV since I don’t know. Diagnosed in 2010.
    GT1b, F0/F1, VL 9M, ALT 44, AST 42, Tx naive,
    started 12 wks Twinvir on 06.12.2015. Feeling great and grateful 🙂
    virus not detected 06.02.2016 & SVR24
    isaing4@gmail.com

    #22826
    Avatar photoAriel
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    @ariel

    Wishing you all the best Fitz
    Sounds great for SVR4 coming up and like you say LFTs are a fallback when we need a little boost I sure use that blood test often enough since SVR12 even! (Just being vigilant)
    I’m backing you Fitz your empathy and kindness are so appreciated too on this forum by myself anyway! You are always so encouraging and affirming
    Sending you Goodvibes for your forthcoming path
    Happies from Ariel

    #22831
    Avatar photobeaches
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    @beaches

    All I got was EOT and 12 weeks, that will do me, but will ask my GP (General Practitioner for you S….. sorry, Americans) for LFTs in a year or so.


    Genotype 1a
    Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
    Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
    4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
    Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
    VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so

    EOT Results
    Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND

    12 Weeks post EOT
    Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
    Cured baby

    #22833
    Avatar photofitz
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    @fitz

    We get by with a little (or a lot) of help from our friends! OK Karma party! Thank you for your well wishes Ariel and Isaing! Pow, pow! Everytime I log on – good karma points are going out!

    Yeah baby!

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    #22834
    Avatar photofitz
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    @fitz
    beaches wrote:

    All I got was EOT and 12 weeks, that will do me, but will ask my GP (General Practitioner for you S….. sorry, Americans) for LFTs in a year or so.

    Ha Beaches – you stinker you! I knew you couldn’t resist…. Breath deeply dear. Yoga breaths – that’s right!

    #22837
    Avatar photobeaches
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    @beaches

    Keepcalm.png


    Genotype 1a
    Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
    Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
    4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
    Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
    VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so

    EOT Results
    Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND

    12 Weeks post EOT
    Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
    Cured baby

    #23239
    Avatar photoMatt-Kenney-google
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    @matt-kenney-google

    Just caught up to the last exchange between you 2, (fitz & beaches) …. couldn’t resist m’self …. YOU GUYS are toooo fun …. Thanks for being that way :lol:
    Matt


    GT1a; Got it some time in the 70’s; Diagnosed @1976
    Tx naive
    METAVIR: A2-F2
    SOT May 18, 2016: CMP: AST 162 ALT 241 VL 13000000
    3 weeks after SOT: AST 27 ALT 31 VL 138
    Reached EOT Aug. 10, 2016 / Received svr4 results Sept. 20, 2016: AST 22 ALT 24
    Hep C RNA NOT DETECTED”

    #23243
    Avatar photobeaches
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    @beaches

    Hey Matt and Fitz, here’s something that will help you connect with your inner selves

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDLzl-Ozg1A


    Genotype 1a
    Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
    Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
    4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
    Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
    VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so

    EOT Results
    Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND

    12 Weeks post EOT
    Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
    Cured baby

    #23244
    Avatar photoSven
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    @sven

    Keep on rolling my man, you deserve all this! UND, frign beautiful, just beautiful.
    In good health to you


    Contracted HCV 1980’s
    Geno Type 1a
    F3 ( doc says once treated I’ll be F2 maybe F1)
    Meds shipped 6/17/2016 arrived early 7/2016

    Viral count – 3,471,080

    4 week quantitative bloods: August 17, 2016. I have been diagnosed as <15 (told undetected)

    8 week quantitative bloods: September 14th. I have been diagnosed as <15 (told undetected)

    11 week PCR RNA Qualitative bloods: September 26th 2016 – Undetected

    December 19th 2016: Cured!
    Viral count: zero!!!
    2018 viral count: still zero!
    Cured!

    #23259
    Avatar photoLondonGirl
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    @londongirl

    Hey, Good idea Fitz (re VL testing).

    I hope there’s a glass of fizz chilling for me too? ;-)

    All my best wishes go with you

    Cheers :-)


    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

    #23288
    Avatar photofitz
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    @fitz

    Hey ya’ll, RHF, Ariel, Matt, Beaches, LG, and Sven, I appreciate the well wishes!

    Went in for EOT +4 week labs before the sun was up, and had CMP and CBC results back before noon.

    Good news so far. LFTs are in the normal range as are all other metabolic markers. Blood counts are completely normal for the first time in memory. Will have VL tests back in a few days.

    Fingers crossed my friends!

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