It’s a funny thing…since I cleared I feel like I don’t really need it any more. Didn’t really enjoy the combination of it with tx, and now, well, I’m sure I’ll still have the odd smoke, but it doesn’t seem important anymore. It certainly helped me chill out with all the unpleasant effects of the HCV over the years. And of course avoid the drinking as well.
Well, vape, not smoke, because smoking is so last century.

I probably had HCV for 30 years, out of which there might be a total of one or two years out of that (not concurrently) in which I didn’t hoover down the marijuana…and I mean hoover!
Still only F1. And quite a low viral load before I started tx. Maybe I am a statistical anomaly, but if you ask me the major culprit is more likely to be pharmaceuticals, which I avoided assiduously.
There’s also the method of consumption to consider…I felt considerably better when I stopped smoking it. Whatever you do, don’t smoke!

Had to mention this in the name of science…two weeks after I started Harvoni, I got quite a heavy period, which is very unusual…they have been light/intermittent/occasional for years now and I had assumed Menopause was kicking in. But NO. It was the hepopause!
Second period now confirms it.
Quite astonishing really, and added to much improved and deep sleep, it makes me very happy to be on these meds, even if the sides are a little icky now at about 7 weeks. Even they seem to come and go before you really get sick of them.

Thanks Ariel
I do think you are right and if I did a qualitative at this point it would be undetected.
There must be a wide variety of tests out there because it seems some quantitative tests do give back a detected or undetected result as well as a VL count, whereas others do not. A whole mass of potential confusion going on for those of us who like to watch our bloods.
Testing during tx isn’t being encouraged in the current regime of PBS meds, and its probably for the best in most cases, but for those of us who already know too much its never going to work out. Hence my using requests from here there and everywhere.
I will try to get my specialist to give me a qualitative test on the 28th. Think I can live with this for now. Tired of getting my blood sucked out!

Its a bit complicated Gaj, because the GP who gave me these bloods is not the GP who prescribed my meds. So I don’t really want to make him do the clarification. Like I say he’s a bit clueless, which is why I decided to go elsewhere in the first place. Trying to make him sort things out would be a chore for all concerned. I could go see the prescribing GP, except she didn’t want to test at all, which turns out to have been a bad idea, because if I hadn’t tested I probably would have ended up seriously low in sodium.
Luckily I have a specialist appointment on the 28th so I’ll try and get some sense from him. Not sure there’s much point in chasing this lot up. It’s good enough really, for week 4 bloods.

Thanks Isaing
Thats the thread that sent me back down the roller coaster. At least it has a happy ending!

So is <15 in a quantitative test Undetected or not??
Doesn't say detected or undetected. I guess at least there's no point doing any more quantitative tests.