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  • 31 July 2016 at 1:51 pm in reply to: Hard to treat Gt3 – Another stage of the journey #21732
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    • Guardian Angel
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    Hi Rightsaidfred
    You can only give 1 karma every 6 hours, just in case you didn’t know

    Genotype 1a
    Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
    Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
    4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
    Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
    VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so

    EOT Results
    Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND

    12 Weeks post EOT
    Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
    Cured baby

    31 July 2016 at 1:51 am in reply to: Major UK Hospitals that monitor generics #21697
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    • Guardian Angel
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    RPA in Sydney Australia will as well. My impression of them is they care about the patients.

    Genotype 1a
    Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
    Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
    4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
    Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
    VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so

    EOT Results
    Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND

    12 Weeks post EOT
    Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
    Cured baby

    30 July 2016 at 5:15 pm in reply to: HepC from India #21684
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    • Guardian Angel
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    Thank you, Warrior for your very interesting post.
    I am guessing the cost of the drugs in India would be out of reach of many people – is that right?

    Genotype 1a
    Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
    Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
    4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
    Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
    VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so

    EOT Results
    Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND

    12 Weeks post EOT
    Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
    Cured baby

    30 July 2016 at 12:11 pm in reply to: Hard to treat Gt3 – Another stage of the journey #21680
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    • Guardian Angel
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    Gaj
    Oh dear.
    Hard cardio.
    Problematic for back issues.
    But doable.
    Exercise bike.
    Yuck.
    If that’s the biggest of my problems I’m doing ok.

    Genotype 1a
    Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
    Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
    4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
    Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
    VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so

    EOT Results
    Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND

    12 Weeks post EOT
    Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
    Cured baby

    30 July 2016 at 12:04 pm in reply to: SVR 12 #21679
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    Great news!
    Gefree looks like the love child of an Ewok and a Pokemon.

    Genotype 1a
    Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
    Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
    4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
    Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
    VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so

    EOT Results
    Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND

    12 Weeks post EOT
    Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
    Cured baby

    30 July 2016 at 11:54 am in reply to: HepC from India #21676
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    • Guardian Angel
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    Hi Warrior from Mumbai
    How was your treatment experience? How is it for people in India generally? Very interested to learn.

    Genotype 1a
    Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
    Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
    4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
    Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
    VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so

    EOT Results
    Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND

    12 Weeks post EOT
    Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
    Cured baby

    30 July 2016 at 5:02 am in reply to: Pharmasset Development Costs vs Gileads Profits #21648
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    • Guardian Angel
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    Hi Doctor James
    I know. I work for a big bank after all. (Which bank? Not that one, but go one down)
    So many injustices.

    What makes it worse is those obscene profits only really benefit a small “gentlemen’s” club (and the occasional token”lady”.
    Not about the shareholder or customer at all.

    Meanwhile people are dying.

    Kudos to you for being the change you want to see in the world. #flower

    Genotype 1a
    Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
    Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
    4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
    Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
    VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so

    EOT Results
    Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND

    12 Weeks post EOT
    Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
    Cured baby

    30 July 2016 at 4:25 am in reply to: Pharmasset Development Costs vs Gileads Profits #21641
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    • Guardian Angel
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    @beaches
    MAKES ME SOOOO ANGRY!!!!! :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:

    Genotype 1a
    Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
    Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
    4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
    Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
    VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so

    EOT Results
    Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND

    12 Weeks post EOT
    Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
    Cured baby

    30 July 2016 at 3:53 am in reply to: Hard to treat Gt3 – Another stage of the journey #21639
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    • Guardian Angel
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    Hi Paul and fellow posters

    I’m G1a and waiting on SVR12 (hopefully). Here goes

    Everyone is different and we have to find what works for us once we get rid of the gift that keeps on giving (and WE ALL WILL!!!)

    I worry about the strict protein diet on many levels, the first being ethics.

    I wonder how sustainable a high protein, low carb diet is for our bodies in the long term.

    A few years ago I joined a personal training gym and adopted their way of eating, did weights and lots of hard cardio (this was post diagnosis – I’d started getting acupuncture and it made me feel well enough to be able to consider this). Getting fit made me feel very good but I noticed my cholesterol levels went up a bit. I lost lots of fat and put on some muscle and looked pretty good. I thought I’d killed the fat kid that lives in my body. :)
    But no :(
    I think that way of eating is unsustainable on many levels – the impact it has on the planet, our bodies and our wallets, not to mention the animals who suffer in brutal conditions and die horribly to put food on our plates.

    I don’t know the answer to the food question or the exercise question. :unsure:

    But I do know that if you don’t use it you lose it and it’s important to find some activity we enjoy be it walking, swimming, Yoga, lawn bowls or whatever.

    I am fortunate in that I have activities that I love and are good for me but unfortunately they aren’t enough to keep the weight off at a level I would like. (Can’t do impact cardio any more due to low back injury). The fact that I don’t have a fatty liver (well, no one has mentioned it) is more good luck than good management.

    Genotype 1a
    Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
    Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
    4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
    Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
    VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so

    EOT Results
    Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND

    12 Weeks post EOT
    Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
    Cured baby

    29 July 2016 at 1:33 pm in reply to: The second wait! #21609
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    • Guardian Angel
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    @beaches

    Bugger, Bugger, Bugger
    The gift that keeps on giving, hey
    Sending you good vibes

    captaingoodvibes-2.jpg

    Genotype 1a
    Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
    Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
    4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
    Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
    VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so

    EOT Results
    Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND

    12 Weeks post EOT
    Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
    Cured baby

    29 July 2016 at 1:26 pm in reply to: Transmitting the virus after SVR12? #21605
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    • Guardian Angel
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    @beaches

    Hi Peach
    I almost certainly contracted HCV in 1975(I got Hep B then) but wasn’t diagnosed until 2004.
    My partner at the time never got Hep B.
    My husband does not have HCV, nor do our children (born in 1990 and 1993)
    We unknowingly took risks.
    We used the same nail clippers very regularly ;)

    Genotype 1a
    Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
    Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
    4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
    Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
    VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so

    EOT Results
    Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND

    12 Weeks post EOT
    Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
    Cured baby

    29 July 2016 at 5:48 am in reply to: ABC News Breakfast on HepC #21571
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    • Guardian Angel
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    With respect to ROHCVF,
    There’s no value in comparing countries what treatment in one has government funding but not in the other.
    I get that in your eyes 10% is a big number and from the perspective of someone living in a country whose government doesn’t fund treatment it is, but I think it’s not enough here. Lots of GPs (general practitioners) aren’t prescribing and they could be. People in Australia can get treated for a little over $100.00 but many are not.
    Very short sighted because treating someone with end stage love disease costs much, much more

    Genotype 1a
    Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
    Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
    4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
    Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
    VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so

    EOT Results
    Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND

    12 Weeks post EOT
    Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
    Cured baby

    28 July 2016 at 4:58 pm in reply to: ABC News Breakfast on HepC #21547
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    • Guardian Angel
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    Only 10% of people with HepC in Australia have started treatment. Is this an expected statistic?

    Also, are people accessing generics being counted in these stats?

    HelenTyrell’s comment about people experiencing stigma from the health sector is very upsetting :angry:

    Genotype 1a
    Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
    Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
    4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
    Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
    VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so

    EOT Results
    Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND

    12 Weeks post EOT
    Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
    Cured baby

    28 July 2016 at 4:49 pm in reply to: World Hepatitis Day – July 28th 2016 #21545
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    • Guardian Angel
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    @beaches

    Not a word about treatments. Plonker.

    Genotype 1a
    Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
    Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
    4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
    Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
    VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so

    EOT Results
    Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND

    12 Weeks post EOT
    Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
    Cured baby

    28 July 2016 at 10:55 am in reply to: World Hepatitis Day – July 28th 2016 #21529
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    • Guardian Angel
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    Greediad had the unmitigated cheek to tweet about it. I admonished them most severely. How dare they! :angry: :angry:

    Genotype 1a
    Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
    Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
    4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
    Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
    VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so

    EOT Results
    Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND

    12 Weeks post EOT
    Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
    Cured baby

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