I have never had any memory problems at all except when I used to be blacked out drunk. I take my pills same time every day no problem. My last psych said my IQ has increased since sobering up and I...
Welcome again and you should be just fine. Please don't stress out like me and search for bad things to happen. I start week 11 of Sovaldi/Ribavirin tomorrow and some tiredness is about all I'm...
Sammanthac, Welcome! I would not worry about any sides. I see more people make themselves sick with fear of side effects than the actual drugs. I'm halfway through week 10 and only side effect is...
Hey music! Hope you are doing better and sorry you having issues. As someone who has suffered anxiety issues since childhood, I sincerely feel your pain. I also detect some stress which always make...
WEEK 10 labs just posted online. This is day 66 for me. Only 19 more to go.Complete Blood Count/w Diff showed my HGB dropped to 11.8g/dL. RBC dropped to 3.50g/dL. HCT was low for the first time at...
Only 1 month left and feeling no side effects at all. My Docs were very pleased with recent labs even with the glucose drop. Glucose changes are not uncommon with liver disease and treatment. Said...
Hi Peaches and congrats on getting your meds! "The human liver is one of the few organs in the body that can regenerate from as little as 25 percent of its tissue," says Seth Karp, assistant...
Welcome Mac!! I am on Sov/Riba so the sunshine issue is not a problem for me. As far as the alcohol, why in the heck would you even want to compromise clearing this deadly disease for a couple of...
In order to qualify for free Sovaldi you must make less than $100K a year, have a Dr. willing to fill out and fax the Gilead PAP paperwork, and have no prescription insurance coverage. Luckily, I...
My week 8 labs just posted online. WBC and RBC just under normal range. HGB increased and almost back to normal. Everything else on the CBC/Differential was normal. The Metabolic Panel was all still...
CONGRATS ON UNDETECTABLE! I have to wait till the very end of treatment to get my viral load done, but my Doc says maintaining my excellent Metabolic Panel the past few weeks is evidence the...
WELCOME TEEN! I replied to your comments on my board as well. Don't overthink this treatment and make yourself sick like I did. If you are having cramps try taking the Sovaldi apart from the...
Hey teen! Sorry I missed your first post. I am on my 8th week and not having any side effects at all. Full of energy and sleeping like a rock. I had more labs done yesterday, they will post in the...
DAY 42! Everything is going fantastic! Since returning to my normal medical marijuana routine, things have drastically improved. My weight is back up, my attitude is staying positive, and I actually...
I just lost my very best friend due to drinking alcohol during Hep C infection. He went down fast and hard. He died 2 years after being diagnosed with Hep C, and never slowed down drinking at all....
I guess the NSA is having trouble spying on us through IE now. Too bad, too sad.And to those who think these government reindeer games have no bearing on our health are sadly uneducated....
I had a couple pinpoint spots pop up on my chest when I was early in treatment and very stressed. Now that I've found this treatment is actually very tolerable, the spots are gone, along with the...
Thanks Allen! I am doing so much better now. This past week has been one of the best ever.Today is day 36. I'm up to 168lbs. My recent labs are still very good. My Hemoglobin is only down to 12.3...
Welcome to the forum! I also have severe PTSD and anxiety problems since childhood. I used booze to cover all my symptoms and finally sobered up in 2008 to a whole new world of alcoholic related...
I see alot of patients using Benadryl for congestion. The only real interactions I found are some anti-seizure meds, and St. Johns Wort. Was wondering what your hemoglobin dropped to, if any. I think...
Day 25 and my second bottle of Sovaldi arrived yesterday. I kinda had a cold-like, fluey-feeling, scratchy-throat, throbbing-headache, generalized yucky-day feeling after visiting the primary care,...
Hope things have improvfroved for you. I had some very similar feelings but they passed really fast. I thought I may have exposed myself to a bug at the Doc's office but I feel great today. Hope your...
You sound determined to do whatever it takes. Hope you can coast the rest of the treatment! Good Luck!...
I moved to a legal medical marijuana state and tossed all my addictive pain pills in the trash. Then I found it also treated my severe body spasms, and my depression, so I tossed the rest of my pills...
LOL Thanks Steve! He probably thinks I would get stressed if I saw the viral load not dropping fast enough.I think he has had some type 2b patients clearing very fast and then quitting the treatment...
Hey Rob! Most of my early symptoms were brought on by stress and anxiety, so they would not be relavant to everyone. Since I have settled into the treatment, I get some fatigue, aches and pains,...
First, CONGRATS! That sounds like great news!Second, I truly admire people like you. You are able to go through hell, and still manage to lead a very productive life. You are yet another true hero,...
Thanks Dog and Mama!! Dog, don't overthink the treatment like I did! My counts were already low before I started. I just got my new labs and the HGB only dropped 1.1gm/dl within the first two weeks....
Thanks so much Stef!! You'll be fine! Can't wait to hear your new lab results. Most of my issues I've been dealing with before I even started this treatment. Having severe anxiety always makes even...
Last couple of days have been hell. I should have my butt kicked for losing all that weight. I had a couple mild sinus tachycardia attacks and been laid up in the bed with my best friend the heating...
Welcome Vickie! Your Doc didn't go into any details about your testing? I would have never left the office until I had real answers that I could understand. They are paid well and you should be a...
How are you doing Stef? Hope you are still doing good. My HGB dropped, but it's still very tolerable. I've had much worse drops with alcohol poisoning and survived all of them. I had a very thorough...
Oh boy. I got slammed by the hemo drop last night right before bedtime. It figures right after I find out I'm taking too much Riba for my current body weight I would get hit by it. It's tolerable,...
So sorry to see yet another serious health issue from alcohol abuse. I'm a recovering alcoholic going on 6 years sober. Started drinking very young at age 12. I was one of the lucky ones and got a...
DRASTIC WEIGHT LOSS! And I don't need that. I dropped from 175lbs to 155lbs in the past two weeks. I had pretty much cut out all medical marijuana so I could watch for any serious side effects, so I...
WAHOO!! Congrats on undetected!! The dragons are dropping like flies in here!!Two weeks for me today and no sides except thirsty all the time. CONGRATS AGAIN!! HAVE A GREAT DAY!!...
DAY 13! Since I'm not having any side effects at all, I may stop posting every day. I think my biggest problem was the stress before starting the treatment, and during the first week waiting to see...
Sorry you are feeling down. Have you tried listening to music? I found plugging in my favorite CD has a great impact on improving the gloom and doom of being down and depressed. If you start having...
Hey SyXx! I've had liver inflammation and elevated AST/ALT over 30 years now. My readings have always fluctuated from about 10 points over, to a max of about 180. My recent liver biopsy still showed...
WELCOME eyesRopen! You are in the right place. Some really good people here.I've fought with alcohol abuse from age 12 all the way until I turned age 48. Proud to say I will be 6 years sober this...
AWESOME! I was hoping your Doc didn't have to wait a whole week as well. Normal sounds very good to me! They probably did a Complete Blood Count/with differential, and a Comprehensive Metabolic...
DAY 12 and I feel better than ever! I've noticed a decrease in appetite and I'm losing weight rather quickly. I think it's time to go back to my regular medical marijuana doses before they reduce my...
WOW! A whole week? That is a big bummer! My labs are always completed within 3 hours after the blood draw and post online the following night. If it's an emergency, or the Dr. request it, I can get...
Wondering how the labs went. Hope you are still feeling well. I feel like any other day except alot more energetic. Gotta have water at all times to avoid the sneaky little headaches waiting to pop...
DAY 11 and going great. I had a tiny itch on my elbow last night, but I think it was just a tiny itch on my elbow. I really need to quit looking for symptoms. I'm not having any at all right now, but...
Hello. Glad you found some help. Being that you are in Canada I'm not sure how your healthcare system works. I was going to mention contacting Gilead Sciences directly like I did. If you have no...
**David** said... Your doctors that said it's okay to drink aren't looking out for your best interests. I have a feeling that you are having trouble quitting alcohol and might be twisting their...
FIRST WEEKS LABS JUST POSTED ONLINE! I am literally in tears. ALT dropped to normal at 44 from 87U/L. AST dropped to normal at 34 from 58U/L. The only two flags are slightly elevated bilirubin up by...
I didn't know that about inflammation enlarging the liver. That would explain why my hepa docs are always in shock about my liver size. They always expect it to be huge and instead it's always normal...
Yippee! You're on a roll now!! When are your first labs? I had to get mine today as my blood counts were on the low end when I started. I feel fine. Staying busy as heck and having no problems doing...