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13 November 2015 at 12:46 am in reply to: Blood tests by post in the UK #3770
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They actually state on their website that results often come back the same day. Maybe they were angling for a further consultancy by not releasing your results straight away. But I’d lean more toward poor admin, which is rife throughout the UK health sector. Not that it’s any excuse for the poor service that you received.

I would be astonished if the results were altered/doctored. The labs certainly wouldn’t do that, and Blue Horizon would be finished (and It’s senior management prosecuted) if only one instance of this was exposed.

What’s really surprising is that a reptable, high-end private hospital group like Spire is using students to analyse it’s blood samples. I suspect that most, if not all of Blue Horizon’s postal work is analysed by The Doctors Lab. That’s certainly where their viral load tests are done, and the half-a-dozen others that I looked at.
12 November 2015 at 8:31 pm in reply to: Emilio’s Place #3759
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Plenty of time for you to get to UND yet Em. Some don’t get there until 9 or 10 weeks into a 12 week treatment and still achieve SVR.
12 November 2015 at 7:06 pm in reply to: Glossary? #3757
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The meaning of local abbreviations would be useful.

In the UK:

NHS = National Health Service (or alternatively = Not Happening Soon)
GP = General Practitioner
NICE = National Institute for health and Care Excellence

And:

EASL = European Association for the Study of the Liver

Also, this one’s good for a chortle:

http://messybeast.com/dragonqueen/medical-acronyms.htm
11 November 2015 at 1:36 pm in reply to: Day 14 Results #3674
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That’s great news for you Paul. You must be feeling pretty chuffed.
11 November 2015 at 1:25 pm in reply to: Gamma GT #3673
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It might be a nice story if there was any major media interest in it. But it isn’t going to happen due to personal circumstances.
11 November 2015 at 1:42 am in reply to: Mesochem #3641
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Muir, you won’t need a script if you buy from Greg Jefferys or Mesochem. Some correspondence from the NHS confirming your HCV status is enough for Greg. As Mike said, read his blog thread for info on dealing with Mesochem. Mesochem also accept a letter of involvement from a compounding pharmacist as sufficient to supply to you, so you could be creative in that aspect. If you do need a script, Pall Mall Medical (0161 236 2111) have an excellent Hepatology Consultant working out of their Manchester and Newton-le-Willows clinics who will prescribe (but take your medical history with you to the consultation).
10 November 2015 at 9:52 pm in reply to: Gamma GT #3626
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Blood test pages 3 & 4.
10 November 2015 at 9:48 pm in reply to: Gamma GT #3625
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Picked up my GP Practice week 9 blood test results today. Gamma GT is down to 47, now in the ‘normal’ range. So, as things stand, I’m virus-free and my liver is functioning normally.

Previous two GP Practice blood test results have been a one page affair containing basic LFTs and KFTs. This latest one is a pretty thorough four page job. Makes me think that the progress of my treatment may have made someone’s ears prick up in the NHS.

I’ve attached the results with all identifying info redacted manually (for the lowlife scumbag who unredacted the digitally redacted first set of documents I put up).
10 November 2015 at 2:17 pm in reply to: Joy To the World #3611
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Congratulations Joy. Onward and upward to SVR!
10 November 2015 at 1:50 pm in reply to: How Safe Is Treatment? #3607
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I’ve started this new thread to move this important discussion away from an Experts Corner thread started by Doc Freeman, and give it it’s own life.
6 November 2015 at 11:39 am in reply to: High temperatures. #3391
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Room temp. But keep a sachet of silica in the containers to absorb any airborne moisture.
6 November 2015 at 11:30 am in reply to: Can hep C cause strange symptoms? #3389
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miko3 wrote:

There is one symptom I forgot to mention,and I note no-one else has.My sex drive over the last few
years plummeted from normal plus to zero minus.I note it is listed amongst the known symptoms in the book..
I wonder if others have experienced it,or if it just a topic that is taboo.

Mine’s not changed over the years. I’m fibroscan F0. Maybe it’s related to liver damage?
6 November 2015 at 11:23 am in reply to: My twinvir story #3387
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My muscle and joint pains got worse (in the first 10 days) before they got better. A few other people have mentioned this too. It can be a symptom of the battle thats going/gone on in your immune system.

Just think of the pain that those poor little HepC cells are going through as they’re being exterminated.
3 November 2015 at 2:21 pm in reply to: Emilio’s Place #3255
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Might be an option for someone with a high level of fibrosis or cirrhosis. I know the higher doses were trialled, up to a week if I remember correctly. I’m 95kg (no comments please, I get enough from my wife!) and F0 fibrosis, and the standard dose is working fine for me.
3 November 2015 at 1:50 pm in reply to: Sirs treatment journey! #3252
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That’s good advice about not over-using the extra energy Em. I felt like Superman when I left for a day at work on site yesterday. I completed work that I’d have paced myself over a day-and-a-half or two days in recent months. Eating dinner last night, Superman felt like he’d been kicked down a flight of stairs by General Zod.
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