Hi folks!

When i get my hands on Sof+Dac i will post detailed info (blood charts) of progress. My plan is to do PCR @ pre tx, 4w, eot, eot+12w, eot+48w. Liver enzymes (ALT/AST) @ pre tx, 2w, 4w, 8w, 12w, eot, eot+12w,eot+24w, eot+48w. Since i am not insured, it will be a bit stretch on the budget, so i might reduce number of PCR tests to 4w, eot+12w, eot+48w. Regarding supplements, probably nothing. Maybe vitamin D and fish oil. Regarding diet, i will most likely go with same one as i when i was on Peg+Riba. No fatty foods (pork/lamb), from meat mostly turkey/fish/chicken/veal, no sodas, steamed veggies as much as possible, lots of green tea (which i drink anyways), no spices except ginger and turmeric. Thats the plan

I had really bad permanent damage from PegIntron (damaged left ear, severe tinnitus), so i do not intend ever in my life to repeat interferon based tx. Was pretty ok with tolerating Riba tho. From what i heard from people that went on Sof+Dac clinical trials, which were long time ago while Gilead and BMS were cooperating, sx were negligible and all got cured.

glad to see you all doing good on Sof+Dac!

best

Hi Zlickster,
I take fish oil, but not at the same time as meds because it may interact with the absorbtion. I take Dac/Dof first thing in the morning with planty of water and the fish oil sometime in the afternoon.
With regards to checking your bloods I think 2nd and 4th weeks are important to see how well your are responding to the treatment and after that if everything is fine and you get negative result you should maintain your SVR until at least the end of the treatment.

Just woke up early start for day 7 and feel fine no sfx at all. I was going to wait until week 4 for first bloods now I think I will get it done after 2 weeks as I am feeling confident that this is working.

Cheers

Awesome news vicki – fantastic that you have cleared the virus after only 7 weeks! It gives hope to us all

No idea how I missed this thread until now lol

Great to hear everyone’s stories and experiences, am keeping my fingers well crossed for you all. Good to hear those who felt rough initially are improving, and high five to those with minimal side effects – great stuff

Hopefully I will be able to start treatment when the meds arrive (3-4 wks) but not sure atm. I have developed a large thyroid nodule within a 24-hr period which making me feel a bit under the weather (though I now have a bit of a husky baritone!) and I don’t know yet if surgery is indicated…the public hospital system moves in its own special timezone heh.

If I can’t, its going to be awkward having bottles of meds burning a hole in my medicine cabinet, so to speak

I’m into my third week and I’ve had zero side effects.

I was at the lover clinic last week with a view to going back in a month having had my
bloods taken at week four.

I may have bloods done at the end of this week( Week 3)

So far so good.

working on my 10th day, so far nothing, just wide awake when i wake up and some really bizarre dreams that seem to reach deep into really old molecular memories for material–not like anything I’ve had before, weird. But physically, nothing, I feel fine.

Anybody else having sleep issues and maybe using any medication to help sleep? I’m on day 14, and now its like clockwork that when I fall asleep, I will wake up almost exactly 3 hours later, and be wide awake. It doesn’t matter when I fall asleep, whenever it is, 3 hours later, BOOM, like an alarm clock went off. then it will take me another 3 or 4 hours to fall back asleep and by then its time to get up and go to work, so its an issue.

Not an issue that I wont gladly be happy to have to get rid of this, but I’m thinking maybe I need something to keep me sleeping past that 3 hour mark.

I can’t take ambien or any kind of hypnotic sleep med because I get up and walk around in my sleep with those things, dangerously so. Other than the 3 hour sleep cycle and some weird and intense dreams, I got nuthin to complain about so far as side effects.

I had the same thing …. short sleep and then wide awake. It lasted for maybe 10-12 days. I’m getting longer sleep now but still wake up much clearer than before treatment.