Sheesh. Hard to believe a month has gone by since I made my last post! I hope my online friends here are all doing well~ I'd like to say I haven't posted because I've been feeing so good I've been...
Well here it is folks-- "Component Results Component Standard Range Your Value Flag HCV RNA QUANTITATION <15 IU/mL <15 HCV RNA QUANTITATION <1.18 (Log_IU)/mL <1.18 Note HCV RNA Not Detected." NOT...
Thanks Miz~ I will for sure post when I get the results. Thanks for your support my dear!...
Thanks Mama-so happy for you and Mike! You guys have been through a lot, and yes hopefully this disease will no longer be a death sentence for anyone. Now for me "life after treatment" and hoping...
Well folks, I'm happy to report I finished my treatment Saturday night--Hip-hip-hooray!! I keep thinking I've made a mistake but it's true, it's over. Sometime today I go for my bloodwork and...
Thanks MamaLama and TheMiz for your helpful support, I've appreciated throughout! I typed up a reply a few days ago and somehow deleted before sending and couldn't muster the motivation to rewrite (I...
Wow. I can't believe it's been so long since I posted on my original thread here! Where's the time go when one is obsessing about one's self? So. I just passed the 2 month mark of my treatment. It's...
Thanks for your encouraging words Mama. So glad your partner finally recovered--you guys sure went through ALOT to get there! In truth I was getting "grumpy"(?) for a few months prior to treatment...
Thanks Miz -- The Ribo Rage, eh. Good name for it.... Altho I sure hope it really doesn't continue four or five months after treatment! I never considered that. Now that I'm thinking about it--how...
Thanks for sharing your experience and wisdom Music. It's good to know this is common and temporary....I've been in recovery programs for almost 30 years now and it seems all my self improvements...
So quiet on posts I've been following--wondering how AIF is doing... I'm still on hold for more GB tests and I'm closing in on finishing my 6th week of treatment, almost halfway there! Biggest...
Update re: GB test Went to doc yesterday and GB ultrasound did not show anything significant. She ordered blood work for pancreous and a different test for a GB that will show if it's functioning...
Ok Mae-- I really feel like complaining today! :smhair: I have been feeling SO sick!! I went for ultrasound for gallbladder today--had to fast all day with no water even, yikes. I'm not sure when...
I agree MamaLama, We are SO lucky to get this new medicine!!! I'm very grateful, even if I do whine about it ;-) I've had this disease for 40years (!?!) and I'm one of the lucky ones to have made it...
Thanks HF. I got advised early on from a few people on this site to be sure to eat before meds and drink lots of water so haven't had an real problem with feeling sick until this GB thing....altho me...
So~ I just got back from a wonderful vacation/trip that had been planned since Xmas (I was hoping to wait until after trip to start treatment but couldn't look gift horse in the mouth!) I pulled it...
Thank you HF and themiz for your comments. Congrats HF you only have 2 weeks to go!!! And yes, very exciting times, we're so fortunate to have this opportunity! It's good to hear from all of you...
My gosh. Today is day 16 of my 12week treatment. I just got my first labs yesterday-ALT 26 AST 25. HOLY COW!!!!! Those numbers haven't been below 200 in decades Unfortunately my red blood cell count...
Good advise, after feeling STARVED yesterday while 'on the road' and gobbling down greasy food and suffering the bad results I'm going to start carrying around healthy snacks so I don't repeat...
Oh my gosh Allen, what a beautiful uplifting reply, thank you!! I too am a "worry wart" and have been on meds for years because my anxiety disorders are so extreme-unfortunately. Hopefully said meds...
Is it just me? First three days smooth sailing...woke up today feeling 'weird'. Some headache--been chugging water as advised by those of you before me--but I'm SO emotional! I was on a business call...
You're right Mae , doy. I'll see if I can repost it on original thread, thanks....
I plan on heeding your words Music and thanks for the welcome! ;-)...
Thanks David. I plan to. (Altho I'm more than likely being punished for a bad deed rather than a good one. But I appreciate your sense of humor!) And, I appreciate the support y'all and look forward...
MamaLama- I forgot to say CONGRATS(!!!) for your partner...sounds like you've both been through a lot, and undetected? That. Is. Incredible!!...
Hey there MamaLama, Thanks for your hello and encouraging words! Just to make a correction though--my kid's dad and I parted ways almost three decades ago so we weren't partners when he passed, but...
Thanks Barry :-)...
My first dose and my first post! I just started my Solvaldi and rivovarin 12 week treatment for my Hep C Genotype 2 I was fortunate enough to be approved for my meds through insurance (in 4 days!...