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Hepatitis C Main Forums => On Hepatitis C Treatment => Topic started by: StillChoppin on November 02, 2016, 10:27:22 am
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Well i just swallowed my first Harvoni!!
I also just received my first of 3 vaccine shots for A & B.
I was diagnosed on Sept 20th.
I saw my infectious disease Dr. on October 4th, & onemont later after so much anxiety, stress, fear, sadness & guilt im starting treatment, & I cannot express my gratitude to my Dr. for the help & speed in which it all happened..
I honestly feel & told himi feel like my life is being given back to me..
I am also extremely grateful for those of you that took the time to make me feel better.
I am looking so forward to beating this & given my geno type 1b he says he is pretty certain it will be cured.
I will continur to pray & keep myself healthy.
Also when this is behind my, my rught hand to God i will make it a priority that i will reach out & help others in my exact position..
I will keep posting as time progresses..
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It's a GREAT day, StillChoppin!!!!! You are now on your journey to a life w/o HCV on the Harvoni Train. Mine was a very enjoyable ride, flew by before I knew it and was much more smooth than I'd believed was possible. I hope your journey is the same.
Keep a positive attitude, drink a lot of water to keep dehydration at bay, and you will be on the other side --- the side of SVR --- very soon!
The future is bright, FT
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Good deal SC and congratulations on beginning.I know how much this means to you and you're going to do just fine.The VA vaccinated me for A and B when I started also.The A took but the B didn't so they had to re-vaccinate me for it.You know we're always here if you have any questions or need the support.Keep us posted.Cheers
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Alright SC!
Hard part done getting through the red tape now to the easy part getting cured
Best of luck to you :)
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seams we started on same Day :) but im taking my Second pill of Epclusa right now!
good luck!
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Same to you Andrew
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Same to you Andrew
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how was your first day w/epclusa?
starting this pm .
Also take methadone for serious multiple back pain/issues .
anyone in same boat here?
feel so bad ,anything short of biting the bullet has to be better.
GOOD LUCK ALL, hope I'm right behind you .
God Bless
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no sides at all
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StillChoppin, wsv3424, and andrew90, it looks like you've found your tribe. People who start treatment at about the same time form a special support group to cheer each other on and keep everyone upbeat. Best wishes to all three of you.
Gnatty
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gnatcatcher et al,
same to you friend, are you cured ?
when do we begin feeling alive again and w/out the fatigue and cramps?
thanx ,God bless all!
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wsv, I've been cured for over a year now (after having had HCV since 1971). Post- treatment, it took my body a few months to readjust after decades of fatigue, joint pain, and dulled mental faculties, but in recent months my mind has been amazingly keen, the joint pains infrequent for a senior citizen, and my energy level more than I'd had during my forties and fifties. Although everybody is different in how they react during and after treatment, for most of us, it gives us our lives back to a significant degree. Plus, my hepatologist expects me to have a normal life span now. HTH. -Gnatty
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gnatty,
much thanx my friend . I'm 65 and had hep c who knows as was mis-diagnosed as hep b and while I had only slightly elev spoc spog enzymes I had energy then year before last during routine BW doc says hey you got type hep c , surprize surprize . Since ,its been downhill fast ,muscle wasting bigtime , leg,arm cramps , zero energy so my hopes are just to be able to have a life again w/my sons ,grankids cause currently even walking is a major deal,wow!
so happy for you friend, maybe we'll be able to endure after all and have a life again.best of fortunes and God Bless
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. . . cause currently even walking is a major deal . . . best of fortunes and God Bless
wsv, along with drinking enough fluids, I encourage you to walk at least a little more than you want to each day. I believe my extra walking during treatment was helpful.
If you look below at my signature file, you'll see that my ALT and AST enzymes (what your lab calls spoc and spog; I'm not sure whether ALT=spoc and AST=spog or the other way around) had gotten very high before treatment, but Harvoni brought them back down to normal when I was tested after just 4 weeks of treatment.
Every good wish,
Gnatty