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  • 27 September 2016 at 9:11 pm in reply to: Fitz starts REDEMPTION 3 Trial #23307
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    ”James-Freeman-facebook” wrote:

    On relapse the liver functions usually tell the story – if they are up that’s bad, if down that’s good and the VL will be UND

    Thank you Dr. James! That is very reassuring. ALT is a touch higher – within 4 points of 8 week labs (while still on DAAs). AST is actually 4 points lower than the 8 week labs.

    A buddy came by last weekend with a bag of Chicharrones (fried pork rinds) in his hand, and I’m afraid I indulged a bit. No alcohol though. Also had chicken quesadillas (lots of low quality carbs, and gobs of melted cheese but delicious) later the same day, and at the time didn’t think about the effect it might have on labs. Don’t usually eat that way, or I’d feel like crap, and weigh 500 lbs. :lol:

    I was a bit concerned about the increase in ALT, but found the following study which points to the spike in dietary fats, and carbs as the culprits so not sweating it at all at this point.

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1884438/

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    I didn’t live like a monk before treatment, and probably won’t afterwards. So better to have real world baselines I can live with than worrying about fractional increases and decreases that are well within the normal range :)

    Mike G. Thank you, brother! It sure feels like cured, and hopefully we’ll find out if it’s SVR 4 within the week. :+1:

    27 September 2016 at 7:55 am in reply to: Matt Joins the Fray! #23292
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    SVR 4, Matt! This just keeps getting better and better, brother!!!

    27 September 2016 at 4:18 am in reply to: finished treatment now the wait #23289
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    So many of us have failed with Interferon, and in spite of that are getting well both with Generic DAAs, and their branded counterparts.

    Congrats on EOT, Another Attempt. On to SVR 12!

    This time the odds really are in our favor! :)

    27 September 2016 at 3:07 am in reply to: Fitz starts REDEMPTION 3 Trial #23288
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    Hey ya’ll, RHF, Ariel, Matt, Beaches, LG, and Sven, I appreciate the well wishes!

    Went in for EOT +4 week labs before the sun was up, and had CMP and CBC results back before noon.

    Good news so far. LFTs are in the normal range as are all other metabolic markers. Blood counts are completely normal for the first time in memory. Will have VL tests back in a few days.

    Fingers crossed my friends!

    22 September 2016 at 7:10 pm in reply to: First dose today, the journey begins…. #23215
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    Sven wrote:

    I find it strange, but he said if it was detected it would say <15iu detected. I asked why it doesn't say undetected and he said, isn’t that obvious

    So, the arrogance of power! Glad you persisted and got the answer you were seeking Sven.

    BTW – no one told me I could do it, but I called the lab that did my tests and requested they mail the results directly. They did so, and I had them about a week after I had gone in to have blood drawn. A lazy two weeks after that I got a letter from my specialist with the results.

    Here’s the upshot, Brother. You are getting well because you had the will to buck the system, and you took the initiative to save your own life.

    If there’s a lesson from all this it is that if we wait for the system to save us, odds are that we’ll just get sicker, until we either become so grievously ill that they have to treat, or too sick to treat, period.

    If we want to get well, WE must take the initiative, and your story is a testament to that, Sven!

    In good health, brother.

    18 September 2016 at 7:19 pm in reply to: First dose today, the journey begins…. #23110
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    Your physician may have access to deeper report results than are shown on your printout. This was the case with one of my earlier tests.

    At 6 weeks my quantitative analysis showed a viral load of <15 with HCV RNA still detected. This didn't mean there was live virus still present, it just meant they could detect pieces of the exploded (dead) replicons.

    By 8 weeks HCV RNA was undetected. They couldn't even detect the genetic debris. I suspect this is the case with your results Sven. To ease your mind about this, you can certainly call your specialists office to confirm, and get copies of the full HCV quantitative analysis report, which in my case was separate from the Complete Metabolic Panel report.

    Your printout looks like it might be a summary of both reports, but different labs will report results a bit differently, so this is just a guess on my part.

    18 September 2016 at 6:56 pm in reply to: Ariel takes the Plunge #23109
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    Woohoo! CURED!!! Congratulations Ariel! :cheer:

    Time to break out the bubbly!

    15 September 2016 at 2:49 am in reply to: Dan’s Twinvir story #22980
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    SVR24. Thats a magic number. Congratulations Dan!

    14 September 2016 at 6:55 pm in reply to: Beaches Treatment – Harvoni (Aus PBS) #22966
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    And so, the dragon was slain!

    Hah! Pam Anderson can’t hold a candle to you Beaches :)

    SVR12! YESSSS!!!!

    14 September 2016 at 7:51 am in reply to: Greedfighter’s Generic Epclusa or Harvoni to USA Journal #22941
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    Fighting greed. Kicking ass!

    Buh bye Hep C, adios, aufwiedersehen…..

    14 September 2016 at 7:41 am in reply to: SVR 12 #22940
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    YESSS!!! SVR 12. You got this Peach!

    14 September 2016 at 7:34 am in reply to: SVR12 4 G3a #22939
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    Dragon slayer! Yeah baby!!!

    14 September 2016 at 2:33 am in reply to: Meg’s Test Results #22927
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    Fantastic news Meg! Those lab numbers are incredible. WOW!!!

    Here’s to SVR 4!!!

    11 September 2016 at 5:33 am in reply to: HepCBC Weekly. Bull article on need for Redemption trials #22892
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    Great article! Thanks so much for posting :+1:

    10 September 2016 at 7:16 am in reply to: First dose today, the journey begins…. #22884
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    Those are awesome results Sven. So amazing to see the printouts isn’t it? The results are read over the phone, but it just doesn’t seem real until we are holding them in our hands.

    Looking forward to those 8 week labs, brother!

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