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Offline Sheltonmj

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I made it here !!! Eot
« on: November 27, 2015, 08:21:13 am »
Hi Guys
 I just took my last dose of H on Thanksgiving day.
 
 I feel okay.
 I mean I don't have a feeling great day since my last steroid shot but I do feel better than I have in years.
 I have gone thru several rounds of deppresion and headaches , sissy headaches that is, and  after 30 years of swimming uphill or drowning I feel like I'm floating down the rapids heading for a calm peacefull river.
 
 Am I suppose to do anything now?
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Been infected since early 80s
60
W male
Genotype 1a
 F4 cirosis
 Vl 4,000,000

Offline gnatcatcher

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Re: I made it here !!! Eot
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2015, 08:59:08 am »
Hi, Sheltonmj -- long time no hear, so I'm glad things are better for you than pre-Tx. Congrats on taking that last pill. Are you supposed to do anything now? Well, don't be surprised if you find yourself reaching for the empty bottle today. Being done with treatment can take getting used to. There's a whole thread on these forums somewhere on what it's like to begin living life without the specter of HCV. Some people find it very difficult to wait for the 12-weeks-post-treatment labs to find out whether they're cured. Maybe I'm an odd bird, but I don't think about it because I'm busy with other things. In short, the only thing you're SUPPOSED to do is get labs the next time your doctor wants you to, whenever that is (doctors differ on when and how often they test). Wishing you a wonderful life!

Gnatty
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9/29/71 transfusions
HCV genotype 1a
7/09/15-9/30/15 Harvoni

Before treatment:
Viral Load 9,490,582
FibroScan 19.5 kPa [F4]
ALT 262
AST 217
ALP 183

Most recent:
VL still UNDETECTED (SVR 102)
FibroScan 7.6 kPa [F1-2]
ALT 15
AST 20
ALP 85

Offline Sheltonmj

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Re: I made it here !!! Eot
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2015, 11:20:51 pm »
Will be posting labs in about two weeks.
Thanks.
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Been infected since early 80s
60
W male
Genotype 1a
 F4 cirosis
 Vl 4,000,000

Offline Philadelphia

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Re: I made it here !!! Eot
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2015, 12:45:52 am »
Looking forward to seeing your results! All the best.
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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
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Offline Mike

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Re: I made it here !!! Eot
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2015, 09:40:20 am »
Sheltonmj,

Congrats on getting through treatment!

Best wishes for a cure and another dragon laid to rest!


Mike
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Treated 2001 with PEG and RIBV
Treated in 2014 SOL+PEG+RIBV
Cured July 2014

Offline beto

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Re: I made it here !!! Eot
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2015, 12:38:11 pm »
Sheltonmj,

End of tx...saying goodbye to the orange warriors...I remember well.  I like your river analogy...It's taking us where we are going.  No more upstream battles, but perhaps some bumps as we get used to our new biologies.  Funny, the emotional stuff is coming up with all the other oddities of exiting decades of the fighting and bedding down with C and all its stigma for that long haul.  Welcome to the other side as Tommy would say.  Enjoy the ride...see you at SVR.
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HCV/nonA,nonB acute phase 1975
HCV detected active 1990
HCV persistent chronic diagnosis 1995
1995 liver enzymes mild elevations
1996 Biopsy F2 fibrosis
treatment naive geno 1-A
2000-to early 2015 Viral load 150, 000 to 800, 000
recent liver enzymes before treatment alt/ast 59to209,  Fibroscan F4,cirrhosis
start tx Harvoni 7/11/2015
6.5 week-UD-ast/alt 25/25
9wk-UD-ast18 alt23
10/3/15 completed tx
11/5/15 new fibroscan f0-f1 amazed
6wk EOT UD ast/alt 20/20
12EOT-UD-ast/alt19/21
25wk-SVR! 19/18

Offline Sheltonmj

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Re: I made it here !!! Eot
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2015, 07:03:58 pm »
Thanks Guys.
 Yes I have been experiencing the thrills of not having to be on guard with my energy and am trying to relax.
 Headaches late in the day. A week of depression and just enough anxiety to make my hands sweat at time.
 But all this ain't nothing -t compared to what I had gotten use to living like before the big H miracle pill.
 So some zen yoga and a trip to Colorado may help huh?
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Genotype 1a
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 Vl 4,000,000

Offline MaryC

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Re: I made it here !!! Eot
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2015, 07:55:59 pm »
Congrats Sheltonmj!

The hard part is over..now you just have to let your body recover from the years of abuse by the Hep C virus.  Best to you! 

Mary
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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!

Offline chino1969

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Re: I made it here !!! Eot
« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2015, 11:02:05 am »
Congratulations.  I actually missed taking that daily pill but quickly accepted the fact that this insidious disease was finally conquered.  Good luck to all.
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