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Good luck to both of you, Fitz & Sven
Cindi x
Hi Sven
Good to hear that your meds have been shipped. The first step is always the hardest …trusting strangers on the other side of the world to deliver life saving meds to your door. Time seems to slow down waiting for the meds to arrive. However after you’ve taken that first tablet, it’s amazing how time speeds up and how much better you feel.
I look forward to hearing how your treatment progresses over the coming weeks and months.
Best Wishes
GT2
1983: Hospitalised with Acute non-A, non-B Hepatitis after ICU blood transfusion 3mths earlier => HCV GT2
22/02/16: (pre-tmt) ALT 61, VL 2.48 IU/ml Hepascore 0.32 (F1/2), fatigue, brain fog, bloating (Treatment Naïve)
10/04/16: (Start tmt) Sofovir +DaclaHep (SOF + DCV) by Hetero Labs in India
09/05/16: ALT 34, VL: NOT Detected
🙂 , FBG 11.9 
17/6/16 FBG 5.7; PPBG (@14.22) 6.9 (@ 20.45) 7.1; BP 124/72
🙂 (Accu-Chek Mobile & Omron Auto BP Monitor) 🙂
here’s to your good health Fitz
you must be feeling sooo stoked
amazing path results
Congratulations Fitz! Those are great LFT results.
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
fitz wrote:June 20th, 2016
Went in for labs (bloods) today 3 days early. Specialist’s office called Sat. morning (which is very unusual) to let me know everything had been set up with the lab. I was rather surprised since I had spoken with a nurse last week, and she had said to go in nextThurs.
I asked about that, and no, the doctor wanted the lab results now. Originally, when I spoke with the nurse last week, they had just wanted routine metabolic panels. Apparently though, that had changed and a viral load has been ordered.
So far, aside from the previously mentioned emotional ups and downs – which have since subsided – mild (and I mean really mild) and fleeting headaches, dry patches of skin on my face, some minor insomnia – waking up around 3:00 AM, but eventually falling back to sleep, there isn’t really much to report in the way of side effects.
on the plus side, energy is generally pretty good and seems to be improving. Bruise like patches which had appeared on my left forearm prior to treatment are gone. Pulling on my jeans this morning I noticed they were looser than the last time I had worn them. Had to hitch my belt up to keep them from slipping down too far.
Waiting for the results which should be in by weeks end.
Hi Fitz
Firstly those LFT’s are stellar! you must be feeling like a teenager again
My train of thought in relation to your doctor wanting your results earlier – my gut instinct thinks this is a good sign as they are excited about the generic’s and their effectiveness and maybe this doctor will be willing to prescribe for others?If this is the case then woohoo!! as it’s no small feat to change the opinion of a skeptic.
You’re really kicking HCV to the gutter Fitz.
Less than 2 weeks into treatment and:
ALT dropping from 190 to 32
AST dropping from 111 to 19… forever screwed … don’t think so … only by your health insurance that knocked back your DAA treatment request after waiting over a year … now, that’s being screwed over …
Cheers
GT2
1983: Hospitalised with Acute non-A, non-B Hepatitis after ICU blood transfusion 3mths earlier => HCV GT2
22/02/16: (pre-tmt) ALT 61, VL 2.48 IU/ml Hepascore 0.32 (F1/2), fatigue, brain fog, bloating (Treatment Naïve)
10/04/16: (Start tmt) Sofovir +DaclaHep (SOF + DCV) by Hetero Labs in India
09/05/16: ALT 34, VL: NOT Detected 🙂 , FBG 11.9
17/6/16 FBG 5.7; PPBG (@14.22) 6.9 (@ 20.45) 7.1; BP 124/72
🙂 (Accu-Chek Mobile & Omron Auto BP Monitor) 🙂Thanks guys. I’m pretty stoked
, especially after seeing Meg’s UND. result at two weeks! Apparently a viral load assay was not ordered. After messaging my specialist, I got a call from a slightly flustered nurse today. They want me to come in to the office. I’ll find out more about that tomorrow.
They have a Phlebotomist (a fancy word for someone who draws blood samples) at the specialist’s office. I guess they want to make double sure I didn’t send someone else in (a ringer!) for yesterday’s Labs?
My guess is I’ll have blood drawn again. Will update.
Fitz
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