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Posted 7/11/2014 3:45 AM (GMT 0)
Dearest,

My urine has fluctuated too..
I'm on my last 2 weeks and I also feel like my body is flushing itself...because of the often yellow urine.

Energy level is off the charts and insomnia is getting worse.
The occasional dull minor headaches have pretty much subsided since, in into my last month.

Hang in there...it gets better.
Posted 7/11/2014 6:48 AM (GMT 0)
Hi, im new here.
Im female, 53 years old from Sweden.
HepatitC since 1978 blodtransfusion got Hep in hospital.
Didnt know anything until 2010. Did a livertransplant 2011-11-11
Tried two cure with Rib+interferon didnt work.
Start with Osylio+Sovaldi june 23
Start with 26 milion after 2 weeks only 2430.
I have headache that always start in the evening, not so much though.
The most positive is my "clearness" in head. I have lives in an oily bubble all my grown life campare of how i feel now. Its so great.
It feels that i have no time to sleep because i have to do that, and that and that etc etc.
My next blood test is 22 july. Looking forward to see what happends with those 2.430 virus.
Posted 7/11/2014 3:31 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks Mitpabon...the orange urine had me a bit concerned...but now seems to be much lighter.  It has not been quite as dark.  But, when it gets a bit darker, it reminds me to drink more water/Gatorade/etc.  Tomorrow will be 4 weeks for me and I will be 1/3 of the way done!!!  Had my first labs today hoping they will be ready by Wednes. when I see the Dr.  I do not suffer from the exhaustion.  I take both my pills together in the morning with a granola bar.

I have had only two bothersome headaches.  Both in the evening.  One made me go to bed.  With the other, I ate something and it went away.  The insomnia is quite different than I expected.  I have always been a great sleeper.

I took a half dose of ZZZQuil a few times but have stopped that.  I don't want to do anything to help the HepC survive!Three months with little sleep is a walk in the park compared to interferon! Wonderful dreams and sleep will come back to me this fall!!!!

I am VERY OPTIMISTIC that this will work!  I hope everyone else is too!!!!!  I can't wait to see my lab results!!!

Posted 7/12/2014 11:38 PM (GMT 0)
Yahalom
I started olysio/sovaldi about eight weeks ago and I had labs done about four weeks in and my vl had gone from>50,000 to undetected and my last/alt was well within the normal range.
I'm uninsured and my Dr hooked me up with a patient assistance program called encompass rx for the olysio and Gilead has a program also and they give me the sovaldi for free. Good luck to you.
Posted 7/16/2014 6:38 PM (GMT 0)
I am just completing 5th week of 12 weeks Sovaldi/Olysio for genoype 1A. I am starting to get moderate headaches more often, fatigue, continuing queasiness and foggy in the morning. Also Tinnitus (ringing ears) and always weird taste in my mouth. I haven't missed work yet but getting up, eating and taking pills in the morning is slow and difficult. However-28 day Hep C RNA quantitation just came back <43 which means undetectable (started with 3.5 million). I am walking on air over those results after decades having HEP C hanging over me and my family.  Here's to my next 7 weeks of meds and to everyone else hoping to get cleared!
Posted 7/17/2014 3:09 AM (GMT 0)
4 week labs came back today!!!! Viral Load...undetectable!!!! ALT....almost to normal!!!!
To 12Weeks: I am also genotype 1A. I am in the middle of my 5th week. The headaches and fatigue have just started hitting me now also. I have found that eating a snack, and drinking fluids does help. I have started drinking Gatorade also when I feel like this. I think the sugar in it also helps with the fatigue. There was one day when I could not get rid of that dull headache. The Dr. suggested 2 regular Tylenol if it should happen again. Queasiness may be helped by a snack. I take my meds together in the morning with a granola bar. By 10 a.m. I have to eat something else or I start to feel a little off. Some posters have also mentioned being helped by switching their meds to the evening.

I asked the Dr. for a percentage of people taking this combo that have the HepC return. She said it was 4%!!!!! We're all going to do this!!!!
Posted 7/17/2014 3:21 AM (GMT 0)
12 weeks and Dearest! Take your meds ;) We are all rooting for you dragon slayers. Congrats on the RVR!! Don't forget the water with Riba. 1/2 your body weight in oz. per day. Seems like a lot, but really helps with side fx. Big Hugs
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