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  • 18 March 2016 at 1:39 am in reply to: Splitdog in the US #14049
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    Strike one up for the Dawg! :+1: :+1:

    No idea how to get dancing bananas…

    HCV 35 yrs G1a F3 Tx naive
    started Lesovir-C 15/12/2015
    pre tx: VL 5,250,000 ALT 374 AST 208
    FIBROSCORE 10.4

    4 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 33. VL < 12 UI/mL 8 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 34. VL UND 4 weeks after tx UND. SVR4. ALT 24/AST 18

    17 March 2016 at 6:45 pm in reply to: Good news at 8 weeks in – UND! #14034
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    Where’s that dancing banana? woo hoo!

    HCV 35 yrs G1a F3 Tx naive
    started Lesovir-C 15/12/2015
    pre tx: VL 5,250,000 ALT 374 AST 208
    FIBROSCORE 10.4

    4 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 33. VL < 12 UI/mL 8 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 34. VL UND 4 weeks after tx UND. SVR4. ALT 24/AST 18

    15 March 2016 at 7:54 am in reply to: Greedfighter’s Generic Epclusa or Harvoni to USA Journal #13837
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    Woohoo. I wish i was sufficiently tech savvy to put in the dancing banana but you know I am feeling it.

    #woohoo!

    Added # woohoo! (without the space)

    HCV 35 yrs G1a F3 Tx naive
    started Lesovir-C 15/12/2015
    pre tx: VL 5,250,000 ALT 374 AST 208
    FIBROSCORE 10.4

    4 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 33. VL < 12 UI/mL 8 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 34. VL UND 4 weeks after tx UND. SVR4. ALT 24/AST 18

    15 March 2016 at 7:51 am in reply to: HARVONI FATIGUE #13835
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    Ooops Zhuk, i see you are F0. I doubt my comment applies to you.

    HCV 35 yrs G1a F3 Tx naive
    started Lesovir-C 15/12/2015
    pre tx: VL 5,250,000 ALT 374 AST 208
    FIBROSCORE 10.4

    4 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 33. VL < 12 UI/mL 8 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 34. VL UND 4 weeks after tx UND. SVR4. ALT 24/AST 18

    15 March 2016 at 7:49 am in reply to: HARVONI FATIGUE #13834
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    About the liver twinges. We must remember that the liver has to heal as well and liver twinges could very well be from a damaged liver and not just from the hep c per se. The area around my liver still feels kind of bloated/ inflamed a lot of the time . I figure that at F3 before tx, it’s going to be a while until those feelings diminish and hopefully one day disappear.

    HCV 35 yrs G1a F3 Tx naive
    started Lesovir-C 15/12/2015
    pre tx: VL 5,250,000 ALT 374 AST 208
    FIBROSCORE 10.4

    4 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 33. VL < 12 UI/mL 8 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 34. VL UND 4 weeks after tx UND. SVR4. ALT 24/AST 18

    14 March 2016 at 9:41 pm in reply to: Shakes (SofDac) #13813
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    …What Price said!

    HCV 35 yrs G1a F3 Tx naive
    started Lesovir-C 15/12/2015
    pre tx: VL 5,250,000 ALT 374 AST 208
    FIBROSCORE 10.4

    4 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 33. VL < 12 UI/mL 8 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 34. VL UND 4 weeks after tx UND. SVR4. ALT 24/AST 18

    14 March 2016 at 5:32 pm in reply to: Shakes (SofDac) #13807
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    Great Chejai,
    I am sure you will figure it out!

    HCV 35 yrs G1a F3 Tx naive
    started Lesovir-C 15/12/2015
    pre tx: VL 5,250,000 ALT 374 AST 208
    FIBROSCORE 10.4

    4 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 33. VL < 12 UI/mL 8 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 34. VL UND 4 weeks after tx UND. SVR4. ALT 24/AST 18

    14 March 2016 at 6:27 am in reply to: Go easy at the gym first few days of treatment #13793
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    Hopefully your own body will tell you when a work out is a good idea and when it is a better idea to just chill. Personally, i had no problems with exersize the first 6 weeks of treatment and then the meds whacked me out. I did almost no exersize the last 1/2 of treatment. Even a 1/2 hour of tai chi would leave me exhausted for the rest of the day.
    For me, the least of all evils towards the end of tx was lying around reading whenever my presence wasn’t required for something. But we are all different. Maybe you will sail thru tx. A couple of times i thought maybe i was being lazy and forced myself to go for a light jog or do some taichi. It was never a good idea. I got thru the exersize ok but then i was bagged for the rest of the day, or longer. I should have listened to the voice that said “you are fatigued, not lazy. Take it easy”…

    HCV 35 yrs G1a F3 Tx naive
    started Lesovir-C 15/12/2015
    pre tx: VL 5,250,000 ALT 374 AST 208
    FIBROSCORE 10.4

    4 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 33. VL < 12 UI/mL 8 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 34. VL UND 4 weeks after tx UND. SVR4. ALT 24/AST 18

    14 March 2016 at 6:09 am in reply to: HARVONI FATIGUE #13788
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    Yup! The last few weeks of tx kicked my ass. I finished taking the meds 6 days ago and every day I am feeling more normal. More energy, almost no achy muscles, appetite is better, digestion as well. Not sooooooo thirsty all the time. Hang in there!

    HCV 35 yrs G1a F3 Tx naive
    started Lesovir-C 15/12/2015
    pre tx: VL 5,250,000 ALT 374 AST 208
    FIBROSCORE 10.4

    4 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 33. VL < 12 UI/mL 8 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 34. VL UND 4 weeks after tx UND. SVR4. ALT 24/AST 18

    14 March 2016 at 5:59 am in reply to: Shakes (SofDac) #13787
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    If you have a problem with blood sugars then you need to be careful with how much juice you drink. Juice has a lot of sugar. If you dont have a problem with blood sugars maybe it isn’t such a big deal. Chejai, the chances of you learning anything from a blood test as to whether you suffer from bouts of hypoglycemia is pretty miniscule. You would have to be in one of your shaky states when they draw the blood. Buying a home kit and checking yourself when you feel “that” feeling coming on is the best way to figure out if it is indeed low blood sugars that are kicking your ass. Good luck people! My . 02

    HCV 35 yrs G1a F3 Tx naive
    started Lesovir-C 15/12/2015
    pre tx: VL 5,250,000 ALT 374 AST 208
    FIBROSCORE 10.4

    4 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 33. VL < 12 UI/mL 8 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 34. VL UND 4 weeks after tx UND. SVR4. ALT 24/AST 18

    13 March 2016 at 6:45 pm in reply to: Shakes (SofDac) #13762
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    Hey Chejai,
    before you just start taking honey or sugar you should test your blood sugar with one of those little kits they sell. If your blood sugar reading comes out normal the honey or sugar won’t help anything, if they are too low it will help a lot. If they are on the high side you shouldn’t take any honey or sugar at all…

    HCV 35 yrs G1a F3 Tx naive
    started Lesovir-C 15/12/2015
    pre tx: VL 5,250,000 ALT 374 AST 208
    FIBROSCORE 10.4

    4 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 33. VL < 12 UI/mL 8 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 34. VL UND 4 weeks after tx UND. SVR4. ALT 24/AST 18

    13 March 2016 at 1:19 am in reply to: Shakes (SofDac) #13728
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    BTW, one thing i have never experienced is the shaking remaining after my sugars are back up to normal. That, to my understanding of hypoglicemia, is odd.

    HCV 35 yrs G1a F3 Tx naive
    started Lesovir-C 15/12/2015
    pre tx: VL 5,250,000 ALT 374 AST 208
    FIBROSCORE 10.4

    4 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 33. VL < 12 UI/mL 8 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 34. VL UND 4 weeks after tx UND. SVR4. ALT 24/AST 18

    12 March 2016 at 6:55 pm in reply to: Shakes (SofDac) #13723
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    Eat more regularly and smaller meals. If you feel a sugar low only take about 15 grams of “fast acting” carbs. (sugar honey, glucose pills) . Meals themselves should have carbs with a slower glycemic punch (lower glycemic index). About 45 grams of carbs per meal. You can google which foods have a lower glycemic index. Stress ,as well as exercize, almost always guarantee a sugar crash for me.
    Eating too many sweets or stuff with sugar in it will make your blood sugars spike. They will roller coaster. Go up too high and then come down too low. If you are prediabetic, not watching what kinds of carbs you are eating can turn it into diabetes in a hurry. Check it out! Buy a kit and prick your finger when you feel the shakes…

    HCV 35 yrs G1a F3 Tx naive
    started Lesovir-C 15/12/2015
    pre tx: VL 5,250,000 ALT 374 AST 208
    FIBROSCORE 10.4

    4 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 33. VL < 12 UI/mL 8 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 34. VL UND 4 weeks after tx UND. SVR4. ALT 24/AST 18

    12 March 2016 at 7:19 am in reply to: Pharmasset Development Costs vs Gileads Profits #13689
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    I am all for free enterprise, but that is sickening…

    HCV 35 yrs G1a F3 Tx naive
    started Lesovir-C 15/12/2015
    pre tx: VL 5,250,000 ALT 374 AST 208
    FIBROSCORE 10.4

    4 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 33. VL < 12 UI/mL 8 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 34. VL UND 4 weeks after tx UND. SVR4. ALT 24/AST 18

    12 March 2016 at 7:16 am in reply to: Shakes (SofDac) #13688
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    I am type 2 diabetic and it sounds a lot like what happens when your blood sugars get too low. This can be hard to find at a routine blood sugar test. Do you feel like that you need to eat to clear the shakes? Is that what your instincts tell you? You can buy inexpensively a testing kit and check your sugars while you have the shakes. If they are too low you have your answer. If that turns out to be the case, eat a tablespoon of honey or sugar and wait 15 minutes and see if it gets better. Sometime within an hour after taking the honey/sugar you should have a normal meal. Hypoglycemia is a nasty feeling. Shaky, anxious, inability to concentrate and a strong desire to eat something sweet. Very manageable however…

    HCV 35 yrs G1a F3 Tx naive
    started Lesovir-C 15/12/2015
    pre tx: VL 5,250,000 ALT 374 AST 208
    FIBROSCORE 10.4

    4 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 33. VL < 12 UI/mL 8 weeks tx ALT 29/ AST 34. VL UND 4 weeks after tx UND. SVR4. ALT 24/AST 18

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