http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/hepatitis-c-cures-now-as-cheap-as-620-20160229-gn6zyk.html

I certainly will keep you all posted Ariel
I did see a specialist in December, and I have to say if anyone needs one in Brisbane, I’d certainly recommend him…just message me, as I feel a bit uncomfortable about giving his name openly, especially as he was totally cool with monitoring generics for me.
When all this broke I found myself a great GP (likewise, happy to recommend) who has done the course on the meds. She has since been in communication with my specialist so I intend seeing her tomorrow for script.
After that I might wander up to the hospital pharmacy and see if they have any stock..if not it might take my regular pharmacy a day or two to get the meds.
I am so freaking excited!!
Not just for me but for everybody who is suffering.

It does seem that there is a quota deal happening, in that after the first 6000 patients, the rest of the years treatments are free.
Hopefully we can knock that right out of the ballpark!

I also have friend who is cirrhotic and I am hoping she can get her GP to do likewise, because her treating Liver Clinic is swamped. Either way, I am sure they will treat her within a month.

$114.90 on the PBS, or $18.60 with a Health Care Card…for three months.
according to a Liver Specialist from Cairns who is on the Facebook.
I tend to trust his view of how things will pan out generally….after all he is at the coal face to to speak.
Once the initial rush on Specialists subsides I don’t think its going to be that hard to get treated.
Certainly if I can get a script on Wednesday then anyone can…I am F0-1 with 600,000 viral load.
Admittedly I’ve got all my ducks in a row, but it really wasn’t that hard. I had to pay for a Fibroscan but thats okay.

Of course it may all yet go tits up, but on the whole I think its unlikely.

Scott Ludlum is lovely I have to add!
And so funny.

Oh god Ariel dump that silly psych. Someone to talk to is really only useful if they are older and wiser, and frankly Psychologists in this country are a joke! It’s really a dumbed down discipline and very conservative as it is taught here. They think Jung is the devil! If they’ve even heard his name.

I use Gentian extract to boost my low stomach acid…fifteen minutes before eating. I put Gentian root into vodka for a month and drink a teaspoon of the resulting brew. It might also be possible to buy it ready made, especially in a huge city like London. Its similar to Bitters.
There are probably other ways…I’ll have a research when I get my fast internet back.

Yeah but there really is no triage going to happen, unless the pbs are lying.
There must be more to this deal than straight pay a set sum per patient otherwise they surely would have triaged.
I guess I won’t be able to say for sure, no triage till next week, but so far all the official info is going that way.

Otherwise they will run out of money in 6 months and then have people dying.