Hello everybody, its been awhile since I visited the forums and everything has been going great with myself and most of all my health, I began exercising again and eating as good as I could after my...
Thanks music, I'll do my best to start coming regularly again...I stayed away during the summer to avoid the stress and so I wouldn't worry for three months until my next blood test and it worked, no...
Thanks everyone, its amazing and I'm so glad it worked like they claimed, i was very worried after treatment when they claimed it was still detected, I thought it was a false reading and then I had...
I'm back music and glad to hear you're doing well, I've updated my thread after getting a phone call about 20 minutes ago telling me I am now UNDETECTED! It worked! Such a wonderful feeling and so...
Hello everyone, I'm back and I have great news!! I just got the phone call from my blood that was drawn last week(three months post treatment) I was told the Hepatitis C that was once in my body is...
Your welcome and thank you! As for losing and gaining weight, the ONLY reason I gained weight was because I choose to eat alot of comfort food, that was my excuse to make myself feel better and...
Personally I think you will be fine, I had the luxury of working and home and being able to sleep if I wanted but believe me on the days I had to stay awake I did and it wasn't impossible to do at...
I had these same feelings happening during treatment and I think Music also had a few times where she felt emotional, I honestly believe myself personally that I was getting emotional because I kept...
Hello Forever Helpful, glad to see you here and thanks for reading my thread and I hoped it helped you but I want you to know that I was probably one of the ones that had more side effects than...
SunLife Financial covered my three month treatment of Sovaldi+Ribavirin but I had to pay $3000 CDN but was fully covered after that. Plan was through my wife and she is a government worker or public...
Hello Copenhagen, glad to hear you're going through with the treatment. I noticed throughout the treatment I did lose hair and it seemed to thin out a bit but now a about 50 or 60 days later I don't...
http://www.bioscript.ca/alberta.html Paid for by insurance, cost for both Sovaldi and Ribavirin treatment for three months was somewhere around 90k CDN though I would have to ask the wife for the...
Good luck John!...
Hi David, yes I do work from home so I was sorta "Lucky" in that sense however I believe I probably could have also worked daily outside of the home and toughed it out though some days any sort of...
Thanks :-)...
Hey, hair is important to use men also ;-) Anyways as for the hair loss I personally think I lost a bit, I noticed during the treatment that I would see pieces of hair on my keyboard as I work on...
Hello Mary and Sam, I recently finished treatment with Sovaldi and Ribavirin around May 1st and I am doing well again. The side effects were minimal and out of everybody on the forum I felt I...
Hello everyone, just a small update to say that I had a routine blood test the other day and my ALT is still at 18 after about 41 days since I ended treatment. My next viral load test will be July...
Hello jonesmr, they claim Dr. Wong is the best in your city. Call early morning to the number below I think between 9-11 a.m and you will need to leave a message for the secretary Patricia to reply...
Thank's for all the comments and help everyone, appreciated....
So sorry to hear Karen and I hope that even though Chuck has given up that you don't, I'm very new to the forums but have read your posts and I hope to still see you posting here in the future....
Thank's for the info Steve, appreciate your comments....
I have no idea why the nurse didn't mention "detected" off the test result, also they DO NOT fax lab results in Canada that I am aware of, they have always been delivered to me via postal mail and...
The problem is I'm in Canada and its VERY different than the U.S and I don't know anywhere I can just go schedule another VL test, the way they do things here the government pays for everything and...
Great to hear you finally got your meds!...
I'm aware I'm not the first in Canada, I'm not in Calgary but close and the clinic tells me I was the first in my city with about 15 others 2 weeks behind me. I guess I'm just sorta bummed that my...
Hello again, I have spoken with the nurse again and the wording is <12 DETECTED I'm sorta emotional because I have anxiety as it is and its been stressful since last year, I feel good and positive...
Thank's for the info, I called and left a message requesting more information and a copy of my records and hopefully will know more soon....
I called last night and asked the nurse to clarify if the words "Detected" or "Undetected" appears anywhere after the <12 that was mentioned to me and if not then I asked that she call the testing...
Okay everybody I need help understanding something, I was just called by the nurse who has been assisting me through all of this and I am not sure if this is good news or bad news so please if you...
Thank's MamaLama...
I'm glad I could help and glad to see your doing well still :-)...
I agree 100% with Dog Ledon, I suffered with anxiety and stress mostly work related, though I work from home the work I do is very specialized and at times intense and its ALWAYS on my mind for many...
Hello hep-c victim and very nice to meet you, also thanks for taking the time to read my thread of my journey through treatment and I'm glad you found it and can relate and unfortunately the side...
Excellent Dog! Hoping the best for you also!...
You mean Al ;-)...
Thanks hateuc, I am so very lucky my wife's insurance plan covered me because initially I was scheduled to take Peg-Interferon and Ribavirin but when my wife read the side effects she went out of her...
Thank's Music, I hope you're doing well also. I've noticed since I stopped my medication my sleep pattern is all screwy and I will feel exhausted at 9:30 or so when I usually go to bed and then I...
I think why things are not as "busy" is also due to coverage by insurance and not all insurance is covering this, luckily I was covered by our insurance for Genotype 2 and here's my story of the last...
Hello everyone, yesterday I got the first of my blood results taken this past Thursday after completing my three months treatment of Sovaldi and Ribavirin. WBC= 5.7 ALT= 19 HGB= 122 Plat = 211...
Thank you everyone, 90 minutes away from my last dose of meds...so happy and relieved!...
I forgot to mention, I accidentally counted my pills wrong last week and tomorrow(April 30th - 20014) is actually my last day of treatment. Emotionally I am feeling great, I'm glad this is all over...
Hi Bill, glad to hear this thread has helped you somehow. I also have had many days where I am dizzy and when I mentioned to my specialist all she could say was "Stand up slower" :-) or basically she...
:-) I get teary eyed all the time, I mentioned Mike and what he's been through over the years and how after 4 weeks he is also undetectable to my wife and she also tears up at times when we talk...
This is it, I've completed 11 weeks of treatment and this is now my FINAL WEEK! Next Thursday at dinner will be my last dose of Sovaldi and Ribavirin. I also will get may blood levels and my viral...
Costco sells chocolate protein drinks similar to Ensure and they taste pretty good, another option when I can't eat is to purchase a "Magic Bullet" which is the mini blender they sell at Costco for...
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Welcome to the forum, I am also Genotype 2B Girl From Missouri and you can read all about me treatment here for the past 10 weeks or so...
Thanks music, I had hoped someone would come along in the future and read it start to finish and even if they miss some of it they realize the treatment isn't bad, last October I was truly scared and...
Hello everyone, as of yesterday April 17th I was down to 14 days left of treatment and I also had my blood taken. Late in the day they had the results and told me everything was going but my...