Hello everybody,

I was thinking these days to the forum members and the generic drugs for treating HCV and thought it would be good to write a line here in this thread.

Life without HCV is amazing and allows you to think and act on goals that would have been almost impossible while still being sick. I am doing well and preparing currently for my 3rd marathon race which will take place in about 6 months.

I found that exercising was very helpful on both aspects: physically and mentally, therefore, unless otherwise recommended by a doctor, seek to do a (safe ) sport activity that you enjoy.

If allowed, I would say that: cured of HCV + sport = happiness . So….. treat your HCV and be happy!

EC2

Hi CJ,

thank you for your reply, thinking on how to support others is a very good tip. Especially about letting them know that there exist affordable treatment with the generics from India. I think it will require a certain “diplomacy” when discussing with people about this, as many people have biases about India. I experienced this already when I informed people around me that I was going to get generics from India (“you’re crazy”, “it’s dangerous”, “not safe”, “waste of money”, etc). sometimes I was really exhausted not because of the HCV, rather of too many fears to handle and which were not mine, rather of others, healthy people.
I believe so far a challenge was to find a cure, the next challenge is to demonstrate people that it works. EASL congress and fixhepc are very good sources of information in this regards.
Cheers,
Serb