This will be my last post. I finished my treatment on Oct 11th and as expected showed undetectable again at week 13. The side effects were really awful for me especially in the last month. Dizziness...
Hi Yes, thanks. I've had viral tests at 3, 5 and 7 weeks. The last two showed no virus detected. The test at 3 weeks showed 43 units down from 4.3million. I'll start the last 2 weeks of meds on...
I JUST GOT MY WEEK 3 VIRAL LOAD TEST RESULTS! UNDETECTABLE!! (less than 15) That's pretty good for only 3 weeks of meds. I was expecting as much. It's great news. I had 4.3M units at baseline prior...
Ok Miz! Thanks. You might post a list of acronyms for the medically uneducated.... :-)...
Good Luck Willy! Thanks Plant....
Hi Pet Lover, Yes I understand. I don't nap well but sometimes I have no energy like today. I knew this could be a problem so it was no surprise. Thanks Rob...
Hi Everyone, I don't know if anyone is reading this. I've had few responses. I'm in the middle of week 4. Starting to feel the fatigue and low energy. Labs are good, some anaemia but everything else...
Hey Everybody, Starting Week 3. Had labs today. Everything still within normal ranges. Some fatigue. I was really tired on Sunday and just lay around but it doesn't seem to be consistent. Today I am...
My Bilirubin took a sharp upward spike from the test after one week on Sovaldi and Ribavarin. Now it's at the upper limit of normal but you can see it went up sharply since I started the meds 11 days...
Day 10 Doing fine. No significant side effects. I'm wondering if they will kick in after 3 weeks? I had my first labs and everything was still in the normal range for all of my labs. Some spikes in...
Thanks for the encouragement! I am starting day 6. I had headaches the first two days but they are gone now. I'm not sure if I have any other symptoms except sometimes it's hard to sleep. So far so...
Today I took my first dose of Sovaldi and Ribivarin. 12 weeks to go... I have Hep C, Type 2 about 4.3 million units of virus I've had the Hep C since I was 16 in 1966, so for most of my life but I've...
OK Mama Lama I'll think about starting a new thread later. I've only been to 44 countries so far... Thanks Rob...
Hi Everyone, Thanks for the responses. Thanks to LiveAloha. Your comments were very relevant. I'm not happy to hear that it takes so long to get approved by Kaiser. According to my doc, I have to see...
Hi. I got Hep C in 1967, I think, but because I have never drunk alcohol during my whole life my liver seems to be in good shape. I was diagnosed in 1990 with Hep C, and now they call it type 2b. I...
Hello Realtor & Everyone, I have Hep C, type 2. I've had it for a very long time, probably since 1967 but since I have never drunk alcohol and don't do drugs my liver and general health is pretty...