IThank-you Alsdad – I shall go In search of your / Dr F’s link! When you think that I am 2 stone less than half your weight for example, it seems kind of crazy to me that we would have the same dose!
It would still be interesting for me to know people’s rough build , eg light, medium, heavy build I know frame and body mass are considered for example, when deciphering the ‘ideal’ weight for your size /height.
Everything about me is small,; bones, height , frame, shoe size but weight has severely dropped with muscle-loss now too. I eat loads, it just doesn’t stay ! Everything seems geared towards losing weight, it’s hard to find much on gaining weight. I want to gain some weight before starting treatment, have been trying, but over a concerted effort for over a year, I have managed to gain 1 – 2 kgs. I want to gain weight for me, as a person, not just for treatment, although I just know it would be helpful. I sometimes worry about absorption of Meds too, as I don’t seem to absorb anything much at all!
Would like to add, this will NOT deter me from treating, but may help in organising time to start with work/life responsibilities etc
GT1a Dec14 F2/8.7 VL 900000-2.5M
Jan16 Hepcivir-L MonkMed/Redemption
Baseline: VL 913575 Alt 76 Platelets low
Wk2 VL1157 Alt 23
DET Wk 8 VL 32 Alt19 ‘In the slow lane’
June16 Fibro 5.7 F0/1 LIF 1.5
Wk 11 VL<12 Alt 13 Det/Unq
Extending tx 12 wks Mylan Sofo/Dac MonkMed
Wk 14 VL <12 Det/Unq
Wk 16 VL UNDETECTED
Wk 22 + 4 Wks Sunprevir FixHepC
Wk 24 UNDETECTED Alt 13
Wk 12 post tx SVR12 Wk 26 SVR24
Thank-you Tim, Dr Debasis @ MonkMed & Dr Freeman @ Fix HepC
– So totally and utterly delighted for you !!!
