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Author Topic: Undetected at 7!weeks!!!!!!  (Read 8265 times)

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Offline SIXFOOTFOUR

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Undetected at 7!weeks!!!!!!
« on: April 24, 2015, 07:26:02 pm »
Just got my first labs back, they were drawn this week. I'm just starting my 8 th week of Harvoni.

HCV RNA Quantitative Real Time PCR
<15 not detected IU/ML

I feel so relieved !! Did not think it would hit me like this but Infeel like a huge weight has lifted off me,

I'm wishing the same success for the rest of you in treatment.
Sixfootfour
* Contracted Hep C 1971 post transfusion (non A - non
   B Hep dx in 1971)
* Dx as Hep C early 2000
* Geno 1b
* Stage 3-4 Fibrosis by Biopsy and FibroScan
* VL at start of TX > 6 mil
* ALT/AST High normal range at start of Tx 
* Started Harvoni 12 week course 3/6/15 -
   completion 5/29/15
* Undetected at 6 weeks on Tx
* ALT/AST Mid normal range at 6 week blood test
* Completed 12 weeks (84 pills) 6/28/15
* Undetected at 11 weeks & 6 months EOT

Offline atomic dog

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Re: Undetected at 7!weeks!!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2015, 08:06:47 pm »
Congrats. Took me 10 weeks but finally not detected. I know that viral loads are overrated--I was <20IU/ml for first three HCV RNA VL tests, and that ain't bad--but it feels good to be undetected. Onward and upward.
Infected 1969, dirty needle
Geno 1a
Stage 2 fib, some necrosis
TX naive
1/29/15 ALT61; AST43
2/16/15 Started Harvoni; VL 1.5 m;
2/19/15 ALT40; AST24
2/29/15 ALT29; AST25
3/9/15 ALT28; AST25; 
3/9/15 < 20 IU/mL (3 wks) HCV RNA remains 'detected'
3/24/15 ALT30; AST25;
3/24/15 <20 IU/mL (5 wks) HCV RNA
4/10/15 <20 IU/ml (7 weeks) HCV RNA
4/20/15 ALT36; AST27
4/20/15 UND
5/11/15 UND (EOT); ALT33; AST25
6/11/15 UND; ALT 34; AST 29
8/14/15 UND
11/15/15 SVR, 24-wk EOT

Offline Gramsgrl

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Re: Undetected at 7!weeks!!!!!!
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2015, 08:17:40 pm »
Congratulations ! I am just 2 1/2 weeks into my 8 weeks and had my first labs done on Tuesday. Hoping for good results like yours. Enjoy your new chance at good health!
 
  WJL

Offline BubbaT

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Re: Undetected at 7!weeks!!!!!!
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2015, 01:46:46 pm »
Awesome news bro!

Win this war at all costs!  I start week 9, and headed for the home stretch...
Good success, right on, another one bites the dust!
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 TTSP

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Re: Undetected at 7!weeks!!!!!!
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2015, 10:18:47 am »
@SIXFOOTFOUR

Reading your post was like reading what I was about to type! Congrats!!! Me too!
Whoopee!  :)

Offline debham

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Re: Undetected at 7!weeks!!!!!!
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2015, 12:35:33 pm »
I will finish week four of my twelve week tx tomorrow. I have been feeling pretty good. I try to make sure I drink a lot of water I'm still going to the gym four to five days a week. At the onset of the treatment my VL was 2.3 million last ultra sound showed normal. My Dr. will have me tested on week 8 I think he is waiting until that time because he wants to make sure I get all 12 wks of treatment, and by week 8 I will have received my last bottle of Harvoni. I've read some bad news today on people relapsing. Kind of scares me. I'm hoping the extreme cardio  workout I do will push those meds into every nook and cranny of this tired old body. I do feel tired but I've been feeling tired for a long time. That's why the first test for HCV was ran I was in my Dr office crying about the fatigue the depression. I'm hoping and praying that this bad nasty disease is knocked off this planet and no one ever has to go through what we have gone through. Bless you guys.
Diagnosed 2003
VL 300,000
Geno type 1 a
Start TX 4/01/15
VL 2.3 million
Tx Naive
12 wk Tx
Harvoni
Last Ultra Sound
No presents of fibrosis

 


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