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  • 26 November 2015 at 12:32 am #4661
    Joan
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    @joan

    Hi Lynne

    good to hear your managing work and that no 2 days are the same. Thankfully. I have heard that the insomnia can shift and last night I had a reasonably normal sleep. Woke up but went straight back to sleep without the vivid dreams.

    I look forward to hearing your 4 week results. Thank you for your well wishes.

    All the best for you too.

    GT2B Diagnosed 1989
    Started Tx 6.Nov.2015
    F3 Fibroscan 17: April.2015
    Alt PreTx: 186 Ast PreTx: 157 VL PreTx: 733,000 27.10.2015
    Alt Week 4: 14 Ast Week 4: 28 VL Week 4: UND 7.12.2015

    26 November 2015 at 7:29 am #4686
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    Thank you very much for sharing your experience Joan. Your description of your insomnia pattern is exactly what I’ve had forever! For many years the struggle to fall asleep but always waking around 4 am and then unable to get back to sleep until about 7am, very deeply and full of lively dreams! But I’ve been on an antidepressant for years that I take before bed because it’s sedating – so fall asleep easily (most nights) BUT still wake at 4 am etc.
    I only have coffee in the morning and if I have tea at night it’s herbal. Careful with diet, don’t tolerate a lot of things especially sweet/sugary things. I drink lots of water though.
    As you say it’s going to be different for everyone just as our experience of living with Hep C has been.
    Wishing you well :)

    QLD Australia ☀️
    G3a HCV 35 yrs Tx naive
    Started Sof/Dac 13/01/16

    Dec ’15
    AST 70
    ALT 89
    GGT 124
    Fibroscore 8.5
    F1-F2
    13 Feb’16 VL UND #woohoo!
    AST 24
    ALT 26
    GGT 50H

    29 November 2015 at 3:56 am #4795
    Joan
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    @joan

    Hello

    Today is day 23. All going along ok. Happily my sleep patterns are starting to get back to normal. The past few nights I have still woken up after 3 hours but I go straight back into a normal sleep. Not this hovering not asleep not awake state. What a relief.
    Hope it keeps up as when I have a good nights sleep I definitely feel better.

    GT2B Diagnosed 1989
    Started Tx 6.Nov.2015
    F3 Fibroscan 17: April.2015
    Alt PreTx: 186 Ast PreTx: 157 VL PreTx: 733,000 27.10.2015
    Alt Week 4: 14 Ast Week 4: 28 VL Week 4: UND 7.12.2015

    29 November 2015 at 5:24 am #4798
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    Great to hear you’re going so well Joan, with few sx and very positive that your sleep patterns seem to be normalising. Good stuff :)

    Curious as to what mine will be, since I have fairly broken sleep anyway. Ironic that after so many years of having the virus and just putting it out of my mind, that I’m so impatient now lol

    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    1 December 2015 at 3:17 pm #4966
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    Thanks, Joan, I feel the same…not into socialising, and not really talking about treatment…vulnerable is a side I have aswell at the moment…It feels like the past is catching up or something….bizarre…but besides that I feel ok…no other sides…thanks for your posts….

    20 December 2015 at 1:23 am #6748
    Joan
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    Hello

    I have been absent for a couple of weeks…I have currently passed the 6 weeks mark of treatment and am on the downhill run…at week 4 I had my bloods done and I am HCV free…with normal liver function tests…great news as I have had hep C for 40 years…sleeping patterns still interrupted but getting used to it. I am doing so much at the moment..without the normal dragging myself around..I have much more energy…For the first time in years I have a clear head, no brain fog, I have no nausea, no tightness in my liver and more energy…

    Have just turned on the TV and seen the news about the announcement of the new drugs on PBS..fantastic!!! It gives so many people the chance of a cure.
    I thought for a moment… should I have waited for the announcement and not purchased the drugs? And the answer is NO!! I have absolutely no regrets or doubts that paying for the drugs was a mistake. It has been incredibly empowering for me to value my life and take it into my own hands without waiting or stalling, being able to make my own decisions and not getting any sicker has been one of the best things I have done. As soon as I started treatment the anxiety of waiting left me.
    .

    GT2B Diagnosed 1989
    Started Tx 6.Nov.2015
    F3 Fibroscan 17: April.2015
    Alt PreTx: 186 Ast PreTx: 157 VL PreTx: 733,000 27.10.2015
    Alt Week 4: 14 Ast Week 4: 28 VL Week 4: UND 7.12.2015

    20 December 2015 at 2:19 am #6752
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    @zhuk

    Couldn’t agree more, Joan…we have been given the remarkable chance at a cure, and now your waiting for that is over. Great to hear, congrats :)

    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    20 December 2015 at 2:28 am #6753
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    Congrats Joan! :cheer:

    I didn’t hear the news about the orals??!
    is that here in Oz?

    J the young dragon slayer is:
    HepC 1a since birth
    Male aged 15
    VL 2000000
    Started Twinvir/ 10-11-15-then Sof/led.
    NO sides so far !
    after one week VL : 37
    after 4 wks VL : UND !
    EOT 2/2/16 UND.!
    4 wks. post tx results….pending….
    7/3/16 VL result : 4 week post tx: SVR !
    12 weeks SVR !
    24 wks SVR yeeaa!!

    20 December 2015 at 2:36 am #6754
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    @zhuk

    Yep Cindi :)

    http://fixhepc.com/forum/experts-corner/481-australian-pbs-listing-in-march.html?limitstart=0

    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    20 December 2015 at 2:38 am #6755
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    OH! yes, just saw Doc James post!
    Amazing!!!!
    Must admit I’m surprised, but i’ll believe it when I see it, ….will a billion cover it for everyone?
    Hope so?
    x

    J the young dragon slayer is:
    HepC 1a since birth
    Male aged 15
    VL 2000000
    Started Twinvir/ 10-11-15-then Sof/led.
    NO sides so far !
    after one week VL : 37
    after 4 wks VL : UND !
    EOT 2/2/16 UND.!
    4 wks. post tx results….pending….
    7/3/16 VL result : 4 week post tx: SVR !
    12 weeks SVR !
    24 wks SVR yeeaa!!

    20 December 2015 at 2:49 am #6758
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    @zhuk

    If they’re talking about a billion/year, then it will take (thanks for the number-crunching Vororo!) just over 11 years for the currently infected population.

    Although the article doesn’t mention a lump sum or yearly expenditure :unsure:

    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    20 December 2015 at 3:45 am #6764
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    It’s a billion over 5 years according to ABC news:

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-20/federal-government-spending-1billion-on-hepatitis-c-treatment/7043624

    20 December 2015 at 3:51 am #6765
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    @zhuk

    Thanks for the clarification Joy.

    So that’s 11.000-odd of the sickest patients over 5 years – great that they will get help so badly needed. However this is still a triage-due-to-cost and will be by no means available for all. And after that 5 years, another billion?

    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    20 December 2015 at 5:16 am #6775
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    @coral

    That’s great news Joan! Congratulations!
    I agree with you – I am also really pleased that I didn’t wait. It will take quite a few years to treat everyone and we now have those extra years back and the government can treat more people in the meantime. :cheer:

    20 December 2015 at 6:30 am #6779
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    Joan wrote:

    I have absolutely no regrets, or doubts that paying for the drugs was a mistake. It has been incredibly empowering for me to value my life and take it into my own hands without waiting or stalling, being able to make my own decisions and not getting any sicker has been one of the best things I have done. As soon as I started treatment the anxiety of waiting left me.

    I totally agree Joan!

    Thanks to Dr James and the fixhepc team we have been given the gift of taking control of our own health. A huge hand up.

    As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. Bill Gates

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