Texas - I think that we all have our own "escape plan" in order - and I also at the end will choose to go as I seem fit. I have never asked anyone for anything, and I won't now. Because they have now...
I agree David - exactly what I was saying....
Thank You for the advice, but I don't think I am in the right frame of mind to deal with much more of it today. At this point I think that I will just enjoy what I have left, and not worry anymore...
Thanks Carol, and just as Mike - I see no sense in doing any further treatments at this time. I think that the quality of life will be worse with the current treatments than the everyday life without...
Only after 5 weeks following the trial, I am sorry to have to say that the virus is back. Being the only one that made it all the way through the study I had high hopes that it would be done, and...
I will Connie - you too!...
Hi Connie, I have been off now for 4 days, and I go back March 8th - but was also told that to date they have had NO virus returning with this 7977. Done is done. Yes, I am still fat, I promised the...
Hi Ctrysinger, I have just completed the 12 week study with the Pharmassett 7977, and Rib. - no injections. I had very light side effects with nausea, and I got fat. But that was it. I have been off...
Thank you Angie - lets hope that it is a moniker that sticks!...
I still have the Meds. until Feb. 9th, and then the 36 weeks of follow up - so I will get as much as I can pry from them for you Connie. They are tight lipped, but one of the girls is very sweet -...
I was told that there was a major spike in the white blood cells of the ones that got the 2938, and it must of been a sustained level for them to have stopped it in just 6 weeks. They have already...
There is still hope!...
Pharmasset Announces Intent to Amend QUANTUM Trial PRINCETON, N.J., Dec. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharmasset, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRUS) announced today that the company will amend the design of the QUANTUM...
I was hopeful BM.......
Thank You Pink...I hope it sticks....
Thanks Connie......
I am hoping that I was being used as a medium with them knowing that I had not been on Interferon, as best as I can figure is that the virus mutates with the Interferon. I am at the least for now...
Hi Connie, The 7977 is the Interferon replacement drug from Pharmasett, and the 2983 was a "cocktail" that was being stacked to try and stop the mutating of the 1a genotypes. I am eligible for future...
The Quantum #2938 caused a major spike in the white blood platelets that caused the ones getting the active #2938 adverse effects. Enough to stop the study. Sorry....I was hopeful. Jim...
Quantum #2938 has been stopped. Failed. I have been getting the placebo along with the Rib., and 7977 and therefore eligible for further studies. The fact that I have not been treated to this point...
I will!...
NO more Hep C !!!...
OK - just left the Dr.'s office - and the Viral load has gone from 980,000,000 to less than detectable! I still have half of the study to do - until the middle of Feb., so WOOHOOO!...
Hi room, OK - been almost 7 weeks now, and they won't release my viral load count until the end of the study. I guess that too many people quit when they realize that they are taking the placebo. I...
Thanks All! It is all good Connie ;-) I don't know if there is going to be any really bad side effects, but if there are any I will most definitely warn everybody here. This is a second round study....
3 weeks into the study, and I can say that this is not too bad people. From all the horror stories I have read, I was a little scared to be honest. No bad side effects, other than some disorientation...
Thanks Connie, and David. I will try to keep everyone up to speed on this trial....
Yes Connie I did. With the hep c , 1a's, we all know that it will transfer to the new liver - so I am pulling for you as well as for me - I can't think of anyone more deserving than you. Middle of...
Good to see you again Connie! So far I have had NO side effects other than a slight queasy tummy if I smell grease cooking. I was told to continue my daily routine in every way as I do the trial....
Hi Connie, I am glad that you made it! I hope you feel better everyday....
Well - I was going to post on my last post from 3 weeks ago - but I can't find it now. I guess I won't....
Hi all - I am in the non-Interferon study right now. I will tell you that one requirement was that I had never been treated with Interferon. As I am only in the second week of the study I can't...
I will - thanks debbie & emma. I hope nothing falls off, or grows extra!...
OK - I have been accepted, and all the bloodwork (gallons I think) has passed both the Pharmaset (sp) labs, and VA. Masons - so the new trial starts Thursday - 9am ! I will take the trial drug...
Thanks all....
OK - I finally got the call from VA. Mason hospital, and have been accepted for a new study for 1a genotypes using a trial drug Quantum. This is a non Interferon (sp) drug trial for those with high...
I see that you are in a good spot too Connie! I will, and I saw not being treated was only going to lead to my World Conspiracy Theories. I have been rather depressed about the YEAR without treatment...
Hello again all, I was deemed not able to take the June releases due to my already having skin conditions. I have been transferred (my case) to VA. Mason in Seattle. There is a new treatment that is...
Good Luck Connie! I hope you are ok....
You were awake? Wow - I told them that I was manic depressive with violent tendencies on the check in sheets, and they knocked me out. I woke up in recovery. It is a done deal now Woody, good luck...
Dang....now I'm getting hungry!...
I took the Dr.'s statement after the diagnoses, and all medical notes. I think that a lot of the other conditions come from the liver damage....
Hi Mitzi, We all have done things that we aren't proud of in life - only difference is you got caught. Sorry it was you. The main thing you need to do right now is call your lawyer, and tell them...
Hi Mitzi, Please call me Jim. I tried all the Jim's when I got here but all that applied were taken. Then I was thinking pin cushion - but duh, it too was taken. For the time being if you need to see...
Hi Mitzi, Hep C is a terminal disease - it's not a matter of if you need treatment - you do. Not only is it destroying your liver, you are in some degree contagious. Not as contagious as HIV - but...
LOL - David , you're bad....
Thanks Mitzi - that's a two way street also. Connie (the wise) here said something that stuck - that was that even though the Meds haven't started - doesn't mean that you aren't already sick. You...
Mitzi, Sometimes with the meds comes emotional swings that are very dramatic, and things can get taken out of context. The written word is very cold. I am hoping that cooler heads will prevail, and...
Hey - I like jewels too. Mick, do you ever go fossicking for sapphires?...
Naaaa David - I get the big markers. She lets me use the square tipped ones as long as I promise not to draw on my arms with them. Mitzi, arneeb, welcome to the real Farmville! LOL!...