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Hi 40-odd,
Great to have you on here! Your doctor’s interpretation of your tests as “some mild scarring” sounds like fibrosis, so you might need longer than 12weeks treatment. You now need more information. See if you can get hold of it from your healthcare team. Ask them to give you a copy of your liver function tests. Also for the fibrosis score or liver biopsy test results.By knowing your own numbers you’ll become expert by experience in your own healthcare. This ensures your next steps can be the right ones.
Reflecting on your experience of your NHS healthcare so far reminds me how much of patient
rovider relationships are defined by healthcare-rationing. In the US by contrast people can buy whatever healthcare they want so long as they have enough money and insurance. It is an interesting contrast.
Hi MWILLIAMS, To answer your general question: Those with cirrhosis require 6 months treatment in order to improve their chances of reaching sustained virological response (SVR)
Hi MWILLIAMS,
There is no need to be over-anxious about starting the treatment. The big thing is to take it at the SAME TIME EVERY DAY, REMEMBER TO TAKE IT DAILY. Also TAKE ALL OF THE PILLS.Some of us have done well taking the pills in the mornings.
By the end of week one, all or most of the virus in your blood will be gone
Hi HCV2B, thankyou for explaining about your Portland area Doc
Hi HCV2B,
You should be able to see in my signature the short version of my HCV story. I was cured this year though generic Sofosbuvir + Velpatasvir. Incepta, its manufacturer name it Panovir. The Pan part of the brand name comes from the fact that this drug works for most types of HCV. The vir part of the word is the suffix from Sofosbuvir. With these HCV treatments everyone needs the Sofosbuvir but can often get a choice on the accompaniments.You were prescribed generic Epclusa, so that’s Sofosbuvir + Velpatasvir, otherwise known as Velasof or Sofvel. I could just as easily have opted for the drug you were prescribed because I had a choice, but I went for something else because one of the papers I read suggested it might be better by a fraction of one percent. In other words the drug you are getting is as good for HCV2
And no, I do not need to add a Capcha code each time I post. Someone more techy than I should be able to advise a fix for that problem you are experiencing
Alternatively ask a teenager, they know everything.
Hi HCV2B, You are doing fine, your smartphone is a small and powerful computer which is perfect for forum-ing, so do not angst. Through regular writing and posting here you’ll most likely become tech-savvy
while getting cured of HCV.The title of this forum thread is 2B Here. That’s the subject title created two years ago when a member started the thread, I wonder whether it’s a wink to Shakespeare’s Hamlet)
When you post on this forum it can be read by visitors and by members. But only those who are logged on can post a response.
If you want a private dialogue with a fellow forum member there is a facility for that on this site.
btw I got cured of HCV2B earlier this year through one of the Redemption trials
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Hi HCV2B,
Welcome to the forum. Waiting for the medications to arrive can certainly feel akin to watching paint dry, so hopefully yours will arrive one day soon. Then, when you do get the medication you wonder whether to take the first one then and there, or wait until morning, or the evening. Finally you take one and get your daily routine set up for success Looking forward to hearing more about your travel on the road to becoming HCV-free.
Yours, Mnem *)*
Welcome and hello Top14u,
Many people come to this site after treatment failure, so this is a good place for you to be right now..You’ll need to know what type of HVC you have in order to get the right prescription to get rid of it once and for all. No need for trips to India for most of us on this site. I got my treatment from the FixHepC redemption trials. But there are other ways too. The thing I liked about FixHepC was the money-back guarantee
of delivery.Mnem *(*
