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  • #16800
    Avatar photoPhoenix
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    Got test result yesterday. Despite having a week of feeling just like having the illness – headaches, fatigue, mild nausea for days, that endless hangover feeling – the viral load test came back “Undetectable” :) :) :)

    I hope this can give some encouragement to others who feel like crap after treatment. The really scary thing for me was that from a few days after finishing treatment to a month later I felt good – really more energy, even went to a gym. Then 4-5 days of crap. Just as I imagined a relapse would feel. But it wasn’t. It just seems my poor body is taking its time recovering from decades of virus and treatments, and that this recovery goes up and down, rather than in a straight line…

    So in a nutshell, no matter how you feel after treatment, there is hope, and you’re probably doing just fine!

    #16801
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    Oops. Can someone move this to Patient Stories?

    #16803
    dope-on-a-rope.jpgDr James
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    @fixhepc

    I’ve moved it to SVR. It’s important to remember that just because you don’t have Hep C you can still get all the variations of flu etc.

    As always, if the symptoms persist, see a doctor.


    YMMV

    #16804
    dope-on-a-rope.jpgDr James
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    Fantastic news……..hope you feel better soon though….I also put my SVR12 post in the admin section….must be the rush to spread the good news :)


    YMMV

    #16806
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    Thanks Lynne & thanks Dr Freeman. I actually came down with a cold on Friday. Perhaps the liverish feelings I had were the beginnings of that. In between the 5 days of complete crap and getting the cold on Friday was about a week of feeling run down with insomnia (though I think the insomnia was largely worry). I slept well last night :)

    #16807
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    Feels really good to have joined the SVR section if only in a small way as yet :) :)

    #16809
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    :woohoo: Congratulations Phoenix! :woohoo:

    Great to hear of your SVR5 and hope your cold goes away soon so you can really celebrate. :+1: :cheer:


    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
    :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

    #16811
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    Great news! Congrats on your first UND! So what are you taking, generic drugs or real Harvoni?


    G1a dx’d in 1992, Biopsy F2 VL 8mill +. Tried tx with Interferon/Riba, back in 2008 didn’t last long it felt horribly ugly!! I stopped tx, after 5 weeks!!
    Started tx 6/1/16 with Harvoni.
    12 Month Labs= UND

    #16812
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    Thanks Gaj & Fretboard :)

    Actually my third UND. Was UND at weeks 4 and 8 during treatment. This is my first UND post-treatment.

    I took generic drugs from Mesochem through FixHepC. 12 weeks Sof/Dac, and the proof seems to be there so far that it’s good stuff :)

    #16814
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    Congrats Phoenix on your SVR, hope your cold takes a hike soon :+1:


    GT2b diagnosed 10/2015
    since: unknown
    11/20/15 VL= 214,070
    12/4/15 ALT=18 AST= 24
    1/16/16 started sof/dac
    2/13/16 @4wks VL=UND ALT=13 AST=22
    3/12/16 @8wks VL=UND ALT=10 AST=18
    4/9/16 EOT VL=UND ALT=11 AST=19
    9/23/16 SVR24 ALT=11 AST=22

    #16820
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    Phoenix wrote:

    Actually my third UND. Was UND at weeks 4 and 8 during treatment. This is my first UND post-treatment.

    I took generic drugs from Mesochem through FixHepC. 12 weeks Sof/Dac, and the proof seems to be there so far that it’s good stuff :)

    Great news! Always glad to hear about a Mesochem success story!!
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    G1a dx’d in 1992, Biopsy F2 VL 8mill +. Tried tx with Interferon/Riba, back in 2008 didn’t last long it felt horribly ugly!! I stopped tx, after 5 weeks!!
    Started tx 6/1/16 with Harvoni.
    12 Month Labs= UND

    #16821
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    Feeling like crap too

    Liverish

    #16822
    dope-on-a-rope.jpgDr James
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    Hi again Phoenix I had insomnia all the way through my treatment but I really did get used to it after a while because my energy levels were so much better throughout the day…..all back to normal now!! Went to sleep okay but around 4am – 5am, boing eyes wide open! :) :)


    YMMV

    #16825
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    Thanks CC2B.

    Hang in there Tweakmax! I have SO discovered that liverish does not necessarily equal virus. The crap feeling will almost certainly pass.

    Lynne I really relate to a strange new energy/insomnia thing. It feels sometimes like I might just need less sleep now, like my biorhythms are being reset in a good way, but it still takes a bit of getting used to. Though when I feel crap it feels like the same old crap! I think I’m getting easier with the idea that the road to recovery will still have twists and turns.

    #16829
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    Thankyou Phoenix for being honest and posting this. I had a little smile at your turn of phase for the title as that would be my sentiments exactly! ( apart from the UND as haven’t had the test yet.) I find your post quite reassuring.
    I am going for a liver function test next week as I asked my gp for one and won’t get a VL test until 12 weeks post EOT, as per NHS standard.
    Cheers, and really glad you remain undetected. Congratulations! :) :+1: :lol: #duck #flower

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