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6 months after the end of therapy
PCR test results came back. I worked HCV RNA quantitative test 6 month after end of therapy, and i am NEGATIVE
day 168 is passed before i become aware of this.
Now 3 months after the end of therapy
Everything is fine. blood tests are normal. PCR test we had not yet done (lack of money
), but because it FibroScan done yesterday. FibroScan result is better than my most optimistic aspirations. 7.9 kPa – which is approximately 2 degree of fibrosis.
So, the doctor says, after 6 months of therapy TWINVIR-om, from fibrosis 3/4 I returned to fibrosis 2. The first fibro scan which pointed to cirrhosis (16 kPa), is probably a mistake doctor or the device itself, which after a few months serviced and calibrated ….
Day 107
I feel ok these days. No side effects.
Blood test, ALT, AST, GGT are OK. Less then 60 days to the end of tretmant…
Day 49
I do not want to invoke the bad luck, but I feel a lot better these days, gone is the feeling of tension in the area of the liver. No side effects, it seems to disappear and afternoon fatigue.
I notice that when I wake up regularly 6 h, and went to take a piss, and then I can not sleep (regularly go to bed around 22 pm, so I can not say that I sleep a little) I do not know whether it has to do with therapy or with my 40 years.
Thank you all! I wish everyone a successful therapy
PCR test results came back. I worked HCV RNA quantitative test 22 days of therapy, and writes only NEGATIVE
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I expected that says “<15 IU / ml" or "<15 IU / ml" or UNDETECTED but writes only NEGATIVE.
Can HCV RNA quantitative test that is negative or only UNDETECTED, or should we say for example. "<15 IU / ml of"?
PCR test results came back. I worked HCV RNA quantitative test 22 days of therapy, and writes only NEGATIVE
.
I expected that says “<15 IU / ml" or "<15 IU / ml" or UNDETECTED but writes only NEGATIVE.
Can HCV RNA quantitative test that is negative or only UNDETECTED, or should we say for example. "<15 IU / ml of"?
I asked for a further explanation of the lab, we'll see.
On the 1st fibroskan test, the doctor insisted that keep air and do not breathe before each shot. He also insisted that transfer the right foot over left, right arm above head and bend over to get out ribs. The result of 16.3 kPa.
(because the results have not received free treatment to this drug, and have a slight doubt about the accuracy …
On the second test, after 20 days, (different hospital, doctor and Fibroscan device), but doctor was told me to lie down and relax, and just move the right arm across the chest. The result of 10.2 kPaIt is logical that if the lungs and body position squeezed the liver, it will increase its stiffnes.
I can not say does it have an impact on FibroScan result, because my tests are not made on the same fibroscan … although I believe it has some influence
Day 13. of therapy:
Side effects disappear, definitely.
I did a blood test.
Platelets, also called thrombocytes 132, riased for 4 (normal values is between 100 and 400)
AST 25 (normal 5-50) –> best value in last two years
ALT 23 (normal 5-50) –> best value in last two years
GamaGT 37 (normal 5-55) –> best value in last two years
Even better than before the start of treatment, when it was surprisingly good
Hemoglobin and erythrocytes(red blood cells) are incrased for 3-4% above the upper limit.
Everything else is normal.
The ninth day of therapy:
Small fatigue in the afternoon (it happened before TWINVIR)
Slight fog is gone, I think …
I have the impression that they start side effects disappear. Maybe it’s because I have a 97 kg … (I added 2 kg in the last two weeks, I start to look at the nutrition).
I’ll do the PCR test in the third week, and we’ll see what happens.
I saw the graph to load fibroscan values. And I do not understand why he told me f3 / f4.
For 6 months, or when I’m done with therapy, I’ll do again FibroScan, and we’ll see if something changes.That the last fibroskan only result that I have (along with biopsy from a year ago, which has resulted in F1, and blood analyzes, which show slight discrepancies in AST under 50, and ALT under 70, AST always smaller than the ALT …
, it would probably chose 12 weeks of therapy.
I’m worried about previous fibroskan of 16.3 kPa. What I was made a month ago, while I had a mild form of flu – a runny nose and hoarseness …
Enkel, thanks for quotes. I’m watching the trial, and study times and I conclude that we should go to 12 weeks …
However, given that I bought therapy for 24 weeks, I’m ready to extend. The question is whether that can do damage to me?
If I do not succeed with the first treatment, whether its length affects the likelihood of success following treatment?
I’d like to hear more advice. The doctor who follows me, (which we clearly said that there is no experience with these drugs), recommended me to go to 24 weeks.
