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Another one joins the SVR 12 club! Congratulations 1a2x.
Hi Grateful – Welcome and Happy Valentine’s Day!
Well done for weighing up the options and taking the leap into generics and your treatment. Your best decision ever!
It sounds like you are having some pretty common side effects which shows that the meds are doing their job.
It’s a bit of a roller coaster so expect to feel a bit up and down. Often it takes time to adapt to the changes both physically and emotionally.As Dr F said you should start to feel better as the medication works. In my experience I knew very clearly when the virus was with me and when it was gone. This will give you a bit of an indicator if testing is not available.
Keep posting and we’ll be with you while you fight this. Coral
Hey Jimmy,
I love your fabulously positive post. I’m so very happy to hear about your 12 month anniversary and that you are totally embracing your HepC free life. Welcome Boo – what a great sister you are
I’m so happy that you have found this site. It will be a great support for you and your brother over the next while.
I have just come to the end of my treatment. It was a bit of a longer treatment process for me but I have been cleared of the virus for quite a few months now and it’s all looking good for the future. There are so many of us here who are living breathing examples of the ability to clear this virus with DAAs relatively quickly, with speedy access and without the dreadful side effects of interferon. A lot of us followed the story of our 15 year old friend posted here by Dr Freeman and we were overjoyed that it had such a happy ending. So there is no question that your brother can go on to live without Hep C.I have two sons. The blood tests for my oldest son showed that at some time he had HepC but managed to clear it himself which does happen. I would have passed it on to him at birth and it is indeed a shit hand! We’ll continue to monitor him but if things change I have every confidence in the new medication.
There is no better person to have in your corner than Dr Freeman but you will see that in so many of the posts. He has been my Dr throughout my treatment despite the fact that I live at the other end of Australia to him. You can make an appointment with him and talk to him via Skype through GP2U which is an online medical service in Australia. This is one very good option.
So keep asking questions and doing your research. We’ll be keeping an eye out for you!
Hey Sumblues. Congratulations on those good results.
You’re already over halfway so I’m wishing you smooth sailing to your EOT. Coral Hi Darbara,
That’s good news and I really hope that the pain stays away. Congrats on your nearly anniversary.
I can fully relate to your post RSF and to the points in everyone’s comments. I have no doubt now that the virus, that I refused to acknowledge and couldn’t talk about for so long, has been closely linked to my mental well being. I agree Gaj that the inability to talk about HepC (and for me at times the feeling that I had a “dirty little secret”
feeds the feelings of a/d. I fought this for so long but as the physical symptoms of the virus increased in more recent years so did my lack of motivation and tiredness until I can look back now and see that I was feeling increasingly depressed. When it brought along a new friend for me, anxiety, it caused a bit of a perfect storm and meant that something had to give – which ended up being my much loved but stressful career.
This got tested again when I had my relapse. Understandably this made me sad but when I felt the physical symptoms return I also felt the greyness return as a physical thing. I have no doubt about the links. I think there is still a bit of a battle once the virus has gone to find a way back to normal but I think being stronger physically has to give us a bit of leverage. Coral
Hi Bob in Ireland,
Just signed in and saw your post. Fabulous news. Great photo!!
Hi Nadia,
Great to hear from you but sorry you’ve had a bit of a rough time health wise. I’ve known people who’ve had gout and apparently it’s incredibly painful. I hope you are coming out the other end of it all now.
Those blood results are looking good Nadia. I am nearly at the end of my second round of treatment. It will be twice the anxiety coming off the medication but the virus cleared quickly this time so I am hopeful that it’s second time lucky;
Take care Nadia and I look forward to seeing your next results
Hi Maylily and a big welcome.
This forum has quite a lot of information about personal experiences with side effects so have a look through when you have some time.
As Gaj mentioned for most people the side effects for Sof/Dac are minimal to mild. I’ve had a couple of DAA combinations and can relate to the slight dizziness now and then. Another common one is insomnia and dehydration so be kind to yourself and drink lots of fluids.
Good luck with the treatment and fire off any questions. There is always someone here who will know or can find the answer.
