Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
December 30, 2024, 01:31:54 pm

Login with username, password and session length


Members
  • Total Members: 6315
  • Latest: DRG
Stats
  • Total Posts: 55137
  • Total Topics: 4855
  • Online Today: 284
  • Online Ever: 3061
  • (September 25, 2024, 11:40:40 pm)
Users Online
Users: 0
Guests: 240
Total: 240

Welcome

Welcome to the Hep Forums, a round-the-clock discussion area for people who have Fatty Liver Disease, Hepatitis B, C or a co-infection, their friends and family and others with questions about hepatitis and liver health. Check in frequently to read what others have to say, post your comments, and hopefully learn more about how you can reach your own health goals.

Privacy Warning: Please realize that these forums are open to all, and are fully searchable via Google and other search engines. If this concerns you, then do not use a username or avatar that are self-identifying in any way. We do not allow the deletion of anything you post in these forums, so think before you post.
  • The information shared in these forums, by moderators and members, is designed to complement, not replace, the relationship between an individual and his/her own physician.
  • All members of these forums are, by default, not considered to be licensed medical providers. If otherwise, users must clearly define themselves as such.
  • Product advertisement (including links); banners; and clinical trial, study or survey participation—is strictly prohibited by forums members unless permission has been secured from the Hep Forum Moderators.
Finished Reading This? You can collapse this or any other box on this page by clicking the symbol in each box.

Author Topic: Wooohooo! HepC GT-2 Undetected after 4 Weeks of TX - Solvadi & Ribavirin  (Read 6509 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Endless Summer

  • Member
  • Posts: 7
Diagnosed Hepc positive in Nov 2014.  HCV count measured 225,800 in March 2015.   METAVIR F0-F1. GT2.  I'm a 54 year old male.  No idea of when or how I was infected.

Started Treatment 8/1/15 - - TX is for 12 Wks of Solvadi & Moderiba (Ribavirin)
As of 9/14/15 I have had no discernable side effects. 

4 Wk Blood Test Results:

AST (SGOT) U/L - 16
ALT (SGPT) U/L - 13
HEPATITIS C VIRAL-RNA - Not Detected 

Entire metabolic panel was within normal limits.

Offline Endless Summer

  • Member
  • Posts: 7
18 more days to go on the 12 week plan. Undetected after first 4 wks.    No side effects after 66 days of TX.  I am so grateful!  Feeling great!  Thankful for each day! 

54 Yr old Male.  Diagnosed Hepc positive in Nov 2014.  HCV count measured 225,800 in March 2015.   METAVIR F0-F1. GT2.

4 Wk Blood Test Results:

AST (SGOT) U/L - 16
ALT (SGPT) U/L - 13
HEPATITIS C VIRAL-RNA - Not Detected 
Entire metabolic panel was within normal limits.

Offline KimInTheForest

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,972
  • Believe in yourself
Excellent results, Endless Summer! And great that you've had no sides effects. No hemolytic anemia from the ribavirin? That was the big problem for me. But good for you for managing to escape that! Keep on keepin on! :)

kim
Kim Goldberg (Nanaimo, BC)
1970s: Contracted HCV (genotype 3a)
2015: Cured with Harvoni + ribavirin (12 weeks)
MY STORY: https://pigsquash.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/undetectable-my-hep-c-story/

Offline Endless Summer

  • Member
  • Posts: 7
KimInThe Forest -- no anemia from ribavirin either.   Thank you for the encouragement! 

Offline MaryC

  • Member
  • Posts: 117
  • Life is not a sprint; it's a marathon.
KimInThe Forest -- no anemia from ribavirin either.   Thank you for the encouragement! 

Endless Summer,
This is reason to celebrate!  Best to you as you complete your tx journey! 
Mary
GT 3a
Dx'd 4/15 not known when contracted
Labs 7/15:
-VL 537,000
-AST 32
-ALT 41
-Fibrosis score 0.46 (F1-F2)
Started tx 9/17/2015 with Daklinza + Sovaldi
6/6/16: 24 week EOT SVR!  Cured!

 


© 2024 Smart + Strong. All Rights Reserved.   terms of use and your privacy
Smart + Strong® is a registered trademark of CDM Publishing, LLC.