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  • 16 June 2017 at 8:24 pm #26420
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    • Guardian Angel
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    @rightsaidfred

    Hello Everyone,
    Got the viral load test results back today and it is undetectable. Obviously that’s a huge relief but now I’ve got to find out why 2 glasses of wine give me a hangover, so off to see my GP again next week……
    Thanks to all for your support,
    RSF

    G3a. Probably infected 40 years ago.
    Diagnosed July 2015
    7/7/2015: ALP 69, ALT 209, WBC 5.8, VL 40,000. Fibroscan 9.5 Kpa.
    Commenced treatment Sof/Dac (Natco Pharma) 24 wks in Feb 16
    VL UND @ 4 wks, 12 wks

    EOT 6/7/16
    SVR 12
    SVR 24

    PHEW! Thank you so much Dr James, Monkmeds and all at Fixhepc

    17 June 2017 at 3:53 am #26424
    dope-on-a-rope.jpgDr James
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    @fixhepc

    Hello RSF,

    Really happy for you! One of the things I’ve noted over the years is my personal tolerance for excess alcohol or caffeine has gone down. Anything much over 4 standard drinks (2 typical bucket glasses :-) or 1/2 a bottle leaves me the worse for wear. Coffee after midday and I don’t sleep.

    Youth, I say, is wasted on the young!

    Sleeping away all those awesome teenage years – what a waste!

    YMMV

    30 June 2017 at 2:57 am #26515
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    ”James-Freeman-facebook” wrote:

    Hello RSF,

    Really happy for you! One of the things I’ve noted over the years is my personal tolerance for excess alcohol or caffeine has gone down. Anything much over 4 standard drinks (2 typical bucket glasses :-) or 1/2 a bottle leaves me the worse for wear. Coffee after midday and I don’t sleep.

    Youth, I say, is wasted on the young!

    Sleeping away all those awesome teenage years – what a waste!

    So true Doc, so very true.

    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!

    3 July 2017 at 6:16 pm #26525
    countless
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    @countless

    What a relief . Not a drama queen at all , I have no symptoms but I am still worried about relapse ! Wishing you to find out that your hangovers are a result of your body’s new layout and nothing else.

    Diagnosed September 2016.
    1b
    ALAT in 40s.
    VL 460 000
    Fibroscan 12.5
    Start of treatment 18/10/16
    Wk 2 VL 145
    Wk 4 VL detected unquantifiable
    Wk 8 VL detected unquantifiable
    Wk 12 undetected
    week 30 after eot – undetected

    5 July 2017 at 5:17 am #26531
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    rightsaidfred wrote:

    Hello Everyone,
    but now I’ve got to find out why 2 glasses of wine give me a hangover, so off to see my GP again next week……
    Thanks to all for your support,
    RSF

    Hi RSF,

    I have been on the wagon for quite some time but an occasional light beer drinker, maybe 2 schooners of light beer with mates over tea every 2 and mostly 6 weeks. With treatment generally laid off more and after EOT stopped.

    Did try a beer a few weeks ago and found I had largely lost interest, but also felt not as good as normal later!? I wonder if this relates to:

    1. just old age and having suffered a liver being bashed about over a few decades and now it can’t cope.
    2. life minus the virus and possible ‘brain fog’ changing the way booze affects the body/brain? I remember when I first tried beer as a young bloke, I was not that fussed on the taste anyway and seemed to be affected by it more.
    3. anxiety about any feeling of being not so good possibly meaning the virus is back.

    I still think that being ‘cured’ of HCV has two parts. First is getting rid of the bug, and for me many thanks for Dr F. with the two goes I needed. The second is the psychological damage of having one’s life and future f..ked over by the bug for the odd decade or two that is not soon forgot. And this forum helps with this aspect…..

    Yours and enjoy SVR

    Jeff

    5 July 2017 at 9:55 am #26534
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    @rightsaidfred

    Hello everyone,
    Thanks for your support. It has taken me a while to work out what’s been going on – stupid or what? Wine doesn’t give me a hangover, it gives me a migraine. Why this has started, I have no idea, but I am prone to occasional migraines anyway. I had one the other day, having had no alcohol for several days and that’s when the penny dropped.
    Having scoured the internet on the subject, I am going to try Guinness, which several people find alright. Wish me luck!
    RSF

    G3a. Probably infected 40 years ago.
    Diagnosed July 2015
    7/7/2015: ALP 69, ALT 209, WBC 5.8, VL 40,000. Fibroscan 9.5 Kpa.
    Commenced treatment Sof/Dac (Natco Pharma) 24 wks in Feb 16
    VL UND @ 4 wks, 12 wks

    EOT 6/7/16
    SVR 12
    SVR 24

    PHEW! Thank you so much Dr James, Monkmeds and all at Fixhepc

    5 July 2017 at 10:13 am #26536
    Donna
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    @donna

    Good luck rightsaidfred

    5 July 2017 at 12:45 pm #26537
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    @coral

    Gotta love the internet. Good luck with that Guinness RSF (nothing quite like a Guinness on tap).

    6 July 2017 at 3:04 am #26539
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    @iain

    Hi RightSaidFred, just on the topic of wine and migraines this appears to be a common issue for many people. I know several people that cannot drink wine any more or else they suffer horrible migraines the next day, most of them either don’t drink wine at all now or they use additives to ease the symptoms (particularly those caused by sulfites). The information here might be somewhat helpful for you. http://blog.themigrainereliefcenter.com/the-connection-between-wine-and-migraines

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