Hi Splitdog,

I am off to have my blood taken for my hoped for SVR12 tomorrow. I did 24 weeks and at this time I do not think the virus is around. But I will know for sure after the test comes back. I purposely did not have tests after EOT, just one in Nov 2015 and one in Jan 2016 while on treatment.

Best wishes and let us know the next strategy – it may be helpful for me to know what to do if my test comes back no good. And your calm demeanour is reassuring for me as well.

Yours

Jeff

They move quick!

You involved with the RPA? Once I got there I felt like my backside was spinning with the tests etc. And once there I handed over the ‘driver’s’ keys and things went well.

Hope/know things will do well for you.

Oddly enough, I found that having a HCC for me mainly just added another reason to dislike the virus.

Yours

Jeff

Quoting Woobia 22 “I personally would see out the full cycle and complete the 6 months or whatever was recommended by the Docs but we are all different.”

Me too.

The only time I went against a doctor telling me something was when I was told to wait for treatment back in October 2015. But that was the exception that proves the rule I expect. Best wishes for your treatment and a good outcome along with the rest of us.

Yours

Jeff

“And not to forget who is on the side of monopolists… Bill Gates ( former CEO of Microsoft) just declared US drug pricing system is better than most and that Gilead’s prices are justified: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-…tem-better-than-most

For sure when reading such “wisdom” one barely can handle the own anger,”

I started to go off that bloke after Windows 3.1. Eventually wised up in 2011 and went Apple all together. But of course stuck with Windows 7 and Word for work and Uni, and for my wife using Word at Uni too.

I found the whole experience with that corporation’s products (with some relief via Win 98 and XP at home, and now 7 at work) more traumatising then the Hep C virus. Had bought a laptop with Vista and one for my wife with Windows 8 (Bill did not do that one?) which is considerably worse. What were they thinking???

I don’t think Mr Gates is really qualified to talk about software least of all Gilead’s pricing structure. I think the ‘market’ they manipulate eventually tricks them into believing their own bullshit.

Yours

Jeff

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Just thinking …..

“CONCLUSIONS: The risk of HCC after HCV cure, while considerably reduced, remains relatively high at 0.33% per year. Older age and/or presence of cirrhosis at the time of SVR are associated with a high enough risk to warrant surveillance. Diabetes is also a risk factor for post SVR HCC.”

Always seems to come full circle treatment wise – get treated ASAP before your liver takes a beating (and you grow older).

Jeff

Hi Ariel,

Was going to ask you to make some for me, but mine are in crummy black and white.

But maybe you could photoshop out the scarring so I don’t worry as much; or for some of our friends who have livers not bad enough for treatment to be covered, add some marks here and there?

yours

Jeff

Hi London Girl,

wish I had that scan thingo here 18 years ago – they stabbed me five times during a liver biopsy!

Could not get a fibroscan recently because of a previous liver resection – so I am guessing about F scores but have to accept F3 -> F4…

I am also a bit worried about ongoing scans (for HCC) that may involve contrast dyes. Necessary, but I often worry about having too much of a good thing.

yours

Jeff

P.S.
did you get around to making a T shirt with the scan on it??