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Author Topic: Another Hep Blogger begins treatment  (Read 6902 times)

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Offline lporterrn

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Another Hep Blogger begins treatment
« on: April 23, 2015, 02:55:33 pm »
Hi - Two of Hep's bloggers are on treatment, Grace Campbell and Matt Starr. Both have powerful messages. Today, is Matt's first blog about it: http://blogs.hepmag.com/mattstarr/2015/04/the_healing_journey.html 

If you aren't reading Grace's blog yet, here is a link: http://blogs.hepmag.com/gracecampbell/
Lucinda Porter, RN
1988 Contracted HCV
1997 Interferon nonresponder
2003 PEG + ribavirin responder-relapser
2013 Cured (Harvoni + ribavirin clinical trial)
https://www.hepmag.com/blogger/lucindakporter

Offline Philadelphia

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Re: Another Hep Blogger begins treatment
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2015, 04:59:01 pm »
And in case you haven't worked it out yet, I'm Grace. It's the name of my daughter who died at birth, so it's a special name.
CURED SVR24  Class of 2015
Wk 12 post EOT 30.11.15: ALT 14 AST 22 GGT 22 VL UND
Week 19 07.08.15: ALT 17 AST 23 GGT 25
Week 12 18.06.15: ALT 21 AST 23 GGT 28
Week 8 25.05.15: ALT 23 AST 27 GGT 30 VL UND
Week 4 20.04.14: ALT 30 AST 36 VL 40
Treatment start 23.03.15: ALT 137 AST 185 VL 342,600
Cirrhosis Child-Pugh A, Genotype 1a - Viekira Pak + riba 24 weeks
Total failure interferon/ribavirin/boceprovir Mar 2013
https://www.hepmag.com/blogger/grace-campbell

Offline BubbaT

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Re: Another Hep Blogger begins treatment
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2015, 10:32:39 am »
Hi Grace  And Matt,

We wish you Health, speedily ! 
Thank you for sharing your stories..
From one  warrior to another!


Age 57 male
Infected late 70's
Diagnosed 95
1a, 2 prev biopsy 95, 2004
Ct 2007, 2015
Treatment Naive
F4 A3. Fibrosure/ CT 2-5-15. Ammonia 222
VL 2.2 mil.
Started Harvoni  3-3-15. 12weeks, finished 5-26-15
4 week VL undetected
12 week EOT undetected

Offline MEG

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Re: Another Hep Blogger begins treatment
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2015, 04:20:59 pm »
Hi Grace and Matt,

I'm sending you the best of wishes for a smooth journey on treatment and SVR...keep us posted..
Meg.
Geno 1a. IL28B+ with TT polymorphism.
Diagnosed 1993.
Liver Biopsy 1993 --inflammation.
Fibroscan 2014---no fibrosis.
ALT range---60s
AST range---80s.
Platelets: 200K range.
Viral load--2 million range.

Began Harvoni on January 23.
Finished 12 week course on April 19.

May 18---4 week EOT labs:
VL: UNDETECTED.
AST: 23
ALT: 22...........These have not been this low throughout treatment and since my 20s.

12 weeks EOT on July 15---Undetected.

 


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