Rather than abandoning the idea, perhaps you should have a consultation with Dr. James with the most recent information you have.

I don’t know this for sure, but Dr. James might have some insights with regard to testing.

No one should have right to deny you testing or treatment for a life threatening infection. Hep C kills. It kills us slowly, taking our lives and wellness from us bit by bit, day by day until we find ourselves at the precipice unable to live in denial, and unwilling to live with further physical, emotional, and mental decline.

I’ve been there, and I don’t think I’m out of bounds in surmising that is exactly where you are today.

Unless you are resigned to dying from this disease, I wouldn’t turn my back on treatment so quickly.

Don’t give up!

You know – and I’m sure my experience isn’t at all unique – when I decided I wasn’t going to take ‘no’ for an answer and simply allow the system to determine my worthiness to live or die from Hep C, a light went on. And, it’s stayed on.

I will never again take ‘no’ for an answer.

“Can do”, or “can’t do” in a connected world is a completely false choice. I sought out Fix HepC because I understand this, and you sought out Fix Hep C for the same reason. James Freeman knows “can’t do” is a false construct, and literally lives, and embodies the spirit of “Can Do”.

If there’s a cure, a better way, he’ll set out to find it, and share it with the entire world when he does.

I rather suspect that your PM didn’t recover on Oxygen therapy alone, but things being as they are, if whatever allowed him to emerge alive on the other side of this plague wasn’t immediately available to everyone, he’d have been tarred and feathered, and run out of office on a rail as an ‘elite’.

Hopefully, whatever that was will make its way very soon into the public health system.

Sorry to hear things are so rough in the UK. Here, they’re actually getting pretty good results with HCQ.

And yes the political media WAS reporting that, and all manner of other nonsense, all the time, but that’s long debunked as it turns out one of the blind funds he’s invested in owns a $1,000 share of a company that produces the stuff.

Meanwhile Gilead is running commercials non-stop on the same outlets that ‘broke’ the now debunked story, so use your imagination as to the motivation for the dangerously flawed reporting.

We are also getting real news from a Stanford University study which found the actual rate of infection is between 50 to 85 times the numbers being reported. Because many don’t show symptoms, have no idea they’ve had the virus and widespread serological antibody testing is only now being rolled out, there is discussion that once all is said and done the actual mortality rate will prove to be much LOWER that current models predict, by orders of magnitude.

Common sense tells me that at the truly unprecedented rate this spreads, it’s already washed through large segments of the population, and while the mortality rates are no less alarming, they represent only a tiny fraction of those already exposed, infected, who are or were asymptomatic, and are now (or soon to be) immune.

If I’m right, we’re already closing in on a level of ‘herd immunity’. If not, it’ll be a rough ride for some time to come.

Either way, finding effective treatments for those who do get sick is imperative, and I’m really relieved Dr. James is leading the way on this.

Probably a good idea to take a look at the papers Dr. James posted with regard to Indomethacin, as well. As the drug is used for arthritis (with which I have a history thanks to Hep C – hip replacements, spinal stenosis), obtaining a prescription though an online physician wasn’t a problem.

Not taking it currently, but now have a supply available for myself and my wife “just in case”.

From Dr. James letter it looks like Sof/Dac rather than Daclatasvir alone was used by the Iranians to cure SARS-CoV2 (Covid 19).

Have no idea what the going price is, but if I came down with Covid 19 symptoms again, having already tolerated generic DAA’s well during my Hep C treatment in 2016, I would most likely not hesitate to do so again.

So very saddened to learn of Guy’s passing. He was truly a good man, and absolutely dedicated to helping others, giving selflessly, providing steady guidance and an even hand with a deep and caring sense of compassion

So glad to know that Ariel was able to be there for him in his final days and hours. I hope he knows how loved he is, and how grateful we are to him.

So long my friend. Rest well.

Saw this band in Taos. Absolutely awesome!!!

Well said, rohhcvfighter!

It’s been a year and a month or so since I began treatment with generic DAA’s, and had frankly lost track.

Getting free of Hep C definitely sets one on a different course. Instead of waiting for the next shoe to drop, it’s all about making up for lost time and setting a new course.

Sounds a bit selfish, and so it was. Admittedly, the decision to save my own life was extremely selfish and self serving, and ‘insurance be damned’, making the decision to get well – in retrospect – was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

In the intervening time, I’ve lost my former GP to retirement and gained another through insurance. A nice enough guy, who was surprised to learn that I had to wait a year for an appointment to even see a Gastroenterologist, and was shocked to learn that when my specialist finally prescribed Harvoni, the insurance company said in no uncertain terms”you can have your prescription filled, but we won’t pay for it”.

Looking over my stats, he didn’t even mention Hep C. A year after starting treatment, and after a previous UND result ordered by former GP, my labs were normal. Completely unremarkable with a few minor niggles (cholesterol a bit high, need to exercise – walking is fine – watch the diet, etc) .

There was apparently absolutely no reason to bring up an issue that had been resolved long before I had been assigned to him.

So, I brought it up.

Pointed out to him that after loosing both hips to Hep C, undergoing a spine surgery which saved my ability to walk, and after loosing several teeth to Hep C, I was no longer having orthopedic or dental issues, that Hep C was a systemic illness, and that I was thankful to finally, once and for all, to be free of it.

I also pointed out, rather specifically, that I had been cured with generics.

Perhaps I was a bit too insistent, or pedantic, or my breath wasn’t fresh enough. It was like a curtain closing abruptly. Although my new GP remained courteous, and professional, the guy couldn’t wait to get out of the exam room.

No worries though. I’m happy, and well and free of Hep C, and that’s all that really matters