Hi poodle, that’s great to hear you have worked out the issue and everything has settled down. 4 weeks! Not long now. Wishing you all the best with the rest of your Tx and beyond

Hi Jill the poodle
Yup you got it I am on Buyers Club Sof/led around about week 9 now not long to go on a 12 week course. Very privileged to afford these meds which have done the trick I was UND around day 32 or so blood collection reported at Day 40 by my GP. I’m off to the liver clinic this morning so driving up to Melbourne ergh early start and thick traffic.
Agree with you about the PBS meds I was told verbally not much would be given out just last week over the phone by the hospital. Hopefully people who were advancing liver disease got in by now.
Have a great weekend good the aspirin thingy got sorted
Yes look forward not back I hear ya on that one
Ariel x

Hey Jill yes the hospital was a loooong wait for me I wrote up on my thread it’s called “Ariel takes the plunge”
Re giving out scripts I watched patients being pushed back to later appointments as I sat for a good hour in clinic also no obvious people’s on tx. I sat waiting for the nurse to “find a doctor for me” in a room for a good while. That went well but to note, the doctors who is usually there has gone overseas at this time hmmmm. I was also made aware not many people wear on tx and well I bought mine so I guess not many are available on PBS who knows how triage works!
I was told same verbally a week earlier as a response to my comment on the phone to receptionist “I bet you’re flat out now its March 1” no she said its very expensive and no we are not etc …..
I basically started tx before I told them and presented on tx “assuming” I would be seen after an initial phone call to the receptionist to say same went pear shaped back a few months ago, like you I wasn’t sure if a public hospital would see me using generics. The first consult on generics was about a 1/10 and the second about a 2/10 lol.
Saw a different gastro on Friday and she was lovely but clearly relieved I was UND. I am sure they are getting a lot of agro people wanting meds because I asked straight up. I’m so glad I ignored the gift wrapped speech by Minister Ley and after the knock back in Dec 1 ordered my script and meds. By the time her announcement was ready I was on tx. It irks me that I know some very unwell people who believe they will be treated but no nothing yet.
I agree about costing us time waiting around with the virus it’s like holding a bomb with the fuse lit but the fuse is of unknown length. The virus doesn’t just enter your body it enters every part of life. I’m so glad I landed here.
My bloods and all are being done by my GP and I am just using the hospital so I have the “specialist” contact as the original script came from interstate, and we have to have a specialist.
Well lovely to talk re hospitals and tx and the rollout
Almost into week 10 for me and hopeful for a successful EOT and SVR. As a peginf relapser I will do a two week post tx bloods just to watch for any signs of hidden resistance that hasn’t shown but hoping for the best of course. Been UND since around day 32 on these but of course time will always tell.
Have a great day thanks for touching base
Hoping your tx is chugging along and you have the extra nukes sorted Jill
Xxx Ariel

Hi Jill, I’ve seen you post elsewhere, but happy to see your blog here. Sounds like you’ve weathered your recent setbacks well and are moving forward to srv12.
Best to you on that and hoping to maybe hear from you banned Aussies in some way after your banishment begins

Matt

Congratulations Jill!

It’s party time for Poodle!