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  • 19 January 2016 at 4:14 pm in reply to: Hairdressers – risk of infection? #9823
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    Interesting point on the hair clippers. The blades can be removed via screws but of course the whole unit cannot be cleaned/immersed. I have been cutting my own hair with them since the 80s and there hasn’t been one time that I’ve drawn any blood – maybe hairdressers/barbers aren’t as careful I dunno. You do tend to go a lot slower with DIY though lol

    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    19 January 2016 at 3:37 pm in reply to: has your hep dr rejected the medicine? #9818
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    Cindi, yours and J’s story and journey to recovery is one of the most moving I’ve read on this site. That your boy now has a life ahead of him, unburdened by the fear of what may happen down the track…and that the conventional medical profession wanted to give him Intf/Riba :blink:

    Well I don’t think the word ‘miracle’ is too strong…I reckon nothing short of a AO for both of them :)

    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    19 January 2016 at 3:30 pm in reply to: Honker Heads for Hobart #9817
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    I couldn’t think of a more awesome place to begin your new life Honkers…Tassie is like nowhere else :)

    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    19 January 2016 at 2:54 pm in reply to: Ready to start treatment #9811
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    Great to hear you’ve joined the January tx list too, CC!

    Most of us seem to have few sides, hard to believe its working sometimes heh. Very positive that you’re able to get monitored with no hassle as well.

    All the best for your treatment journey and look forward to a great result :)

    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    19 January 2016 at 2:17 pm in reply to: Sirs treatment journey! #9800
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    Me too Debs

    Great to hear your result Sir! Don’t think it matters when you achieved UND either – fantastic news :)

    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    19 January 2016 at 2:09 pm in reply to: Ariel takes the Plunge #9799
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    Absolutely priorities! :lol:

    Glad to hear you’re OK Ariel!- damn, that must have been a real worry. You guys down there always have a rough time of Summer…sometimes its not so bad living in the concrete jungle.

    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    19 January 2016 at 1:23 pm in reply to: So, the battle is joined! #9787
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    Great to hear it, Mike :)

    You deserve major props for being our resident US Pied-Piper too, awesome work :lol:

    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    19 January 2016 at 1:15 pm in reply to: Honker Heads for Hobart #9784
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    Great to hear you’re on the tx journey now too Honker, only 2 weeks to go :)

    One recommendation if you have the means, get to Cradle Mountain if you possibly can – breaktaking scenery and lots of hiking opportunities. Visited in 1996 and I really wish I could go back there.

    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    19 January 2016 at 12:42 pm in reply to: My parcel of Magic Pills has arrived!! #9780
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    Chejai – mea culpa for my absence over the past week and finally getting to your thread. Brilliant that you’ve started tx now and are feeling the benefits already :cheer: Particularly great to hear you are sleeping better, despite your nerve pain…mine is of a far lower magnitude than what you must endure, those are some heavy-duty pain meds. Reading over your pre-treatment symptoms you’ve improved so much already! Really great to hear.

    Fingers well crossed for the rest of your tx :) Apologies again for being late to the party lol

    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    19 January 2016 at 12:18 pm in reply to: MtGoat USA/AUS Fix #9777
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    Following your initial post on Splitdog’s thread, great that you have the ball rolling now MtGoat. That’s an impressively low VL too, I don’t think you’ll have any issues. Looking forward to hearing of your progress.

    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    19 January 2016 at 12:12 pm in reply to: isaing4 Twinvir story #9775
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    Heh you are right, isaing! The bastards were indeed many – and most have been decimated now, only the more persistent stragglers left

    As LG says, you can have detectable levels at EOT and still go on to achieve SVR, so I wouldn’t be worrying at 4 weeks. Easy to say I know, when you read of others getting UND by that time. But there’s still a long way to go :)

    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    19 January 2016 at 12:05 pm in reply to: Greedfighter’s Generic Epclusa or Harvoni to USA Journal #9774
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    Congrats for taking the reins and deciding enough was enough, GF. Another 1a here, in a few similar position to you fibrosis & stats-wise. I too thought why wait until we have become more symptomatic and our livers more compromised in order to access tx at some future date?

    Good on you for being proactive and kicking off the fight now. And hard as it is to believe, it does work, as you’ve noticed already. All the best :)

    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    19 January 2016 at 11:52 am in reply to: Splitdog in the US #9772
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    Great to hear it CC…Mike has done amazing things in getting the word out to you guys in the US, its very heartening to catch up on this thread. All the best to you, Splitdog & The Dude (great nick, btw lol) :)

    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    19 January 2016 at 11:30 am in reply to: has your hep dr rejected the medicine? #9771
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    Definitely a case of finding the right doc Ariel, and some can be hidden in deep cover amongst collegues in the same clinic who are steadfastly against the monitoring of those on generics…it was just a fluke that my usual liver doc happened to be one of those well disposed. The increasing numbers of professionals in Australia willing to monitor as time goes on is a very positive move, and can only increase as the Govt-supplied meds eventually roll out.

    I could not agree with you more that we are extremely fortunate to have men of such compassion as Dr James and Greg who dared to stand up against the rest of the medical profession and take the courageous steps to help sufferers, when no one else was prepared to take the risk. What a debt we all owe them.

    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    19 January 2016 at 4:01 am in reply to: So, the battle is joined! #9724
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    Joy wrote:

    Yeah Zhuk, welcome back, so glad you’re still alive and kicking, and sleeping well on meds. Onward and upward to SVR…

    Thanks very much Joy, I really appreciate it :)

    I am apparently unafflicted by the insomnia issue yeah…so I feel very fortunate there. I’ve also started a very low dose of one of the old-style tricyclic antidepressants for chronic pain, and I bet that is helping too. Rather impatiently waiting for 4 week bloods now…by all accounts it has to bbe working – but the numbers are a reassurance huh!

    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

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