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Offline brie41

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6 month eot
« on: December 02, 2016, 07:15:30 pm »
Hi All,

   Well my 6 month eot test came back undetected.  I expected that result but it is so nice to see if for myself and know that the dragon is really dead!!  It has been quite the journey and I just want to say thanks again to all of you and wish you all only the best!  Take care.  Brie
Diagnosed  HCV, 1A 2006
Viral load 6 million
Ast/Alt always in the 20's
F0-F1, never changed
Treatment naive, started 8 week Harvoni 3/15/16
4 and 8 week labs undetected
6 week eot labs undetected
13 week eot UNDETECTED!

Offline andrew j

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Re: 6 month eot
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2016, 08:33:06 pm »
Fantastic news, Brie! Congrats!

Actually - yeah .... I was just thinking we must have been going through at about the same time (Do you remember?) - and I suddenly realise that it's exactly six months for me too.
(They generally don't test at 6 months though, here in N.Z.).

It's great, isn't it, not having that horrible lurgy to deal with?

Hoping you are having a good day!

Lots of love,
A.

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Re: 6 month eot
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2016, 09:24:36 pm »
Congratulations Brie! That virus is dead, buried, cremated. All gone.
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 Lynn K

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Re: 6 month eot
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2016, 10:48:27 pm »
Congrats Brie!

Good luck and go for it go live your hep c free life
Genotype 1a
1978 contracted, 1990 Dx
1995 Intron A failed
2001 Interferon Riba null response
2003 Pegintron Riba trial med null response
2008 F4 Cirrhosis Bx
2014 12 week Sov/Oly relapse
10/14 fibroscan 27 PLT 96
2014 24 weeks Harvoni 15 weeks Riba
5/4/15 EOT not detected, ALT 21, AST 20
4 week post not detected, ALT 26, AST 28
12 week post NOT DETECTED (07/27/15)
ALT 29, AST 27 PLT 92
24 week post NOT DETECTED! (10/19/15)
44 weeks (3/11/16)  fibroscan 33, PLT 111, HCV NOT DETECTED!
I AM FREE!

Offline brie41

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Re: 6 month eot
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2016, 09:16:16 am »
Hi All,

  Thank you for the kind words and yes it is beyond wonderful to be free of this disease.  I wish you all well and Happy Holidays to everyone!!!
Diagnosed  HCV, 1A 2006
Viral load 6 million
Ast/Alt always in the 20's
F0-F1, never changed
Treatment naive, started 8 week Harvoni 3/15/16
4 and 8 week labs undetected
6 week eot labs undetected
13 week eot UNDETECTED!

Offline FutureThinker

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Re: 6 month eot
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2016, 11:47:09 am »
Hey Brie41 -- what a great end-of-year gift!!!!  So happy to hear your news.  I go in for my last test in Feb., but I slowly continue to feel better each month, and feel I am still UD. Doing a happy dance for you!!  FT
Treatment naive
Likely contracted mid-70s
Diagnosed 1a, 2011
F1-2
Harvoni X 12 weeks, completed 5/17/16
Pre-treatment: VL 3 mil, AST 64, ALT 84
4 week labs: VL 30, AST 21, ALT 14
8 week labs: VL UD!!!, AST 22, ALT 16
12 week labs: VL UD, AST 23, ALT 14
2 wk EOT: VL UD
12 wk EOT: VL UD, AST 22, ALT 13 =  SVR 12! Yay! 
Last hep appointment: VL UD, AST 19, ALT 12 = SVR 39! I AM DONE!

Offline yag1064

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Re: 6 month eot
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2016, 03:10:15 pm »
Brie41,
    Great news. Sent chills up my spine. The medicine is finally working. We are starting to be cured... I just had my 1-year-after-treatment visit yesterday. I only heard one thing...Undetectable. I am slowing starting to believe it. I had a 6 month after treatment failure, and I know how devastated I felt. But I guess the pest is finally gone. It only took 10 years, 3 treatments, 2 denials to get here. It's worth it.
   Hey, something to pass along. I had a young gastro intern explain a thing called MEND. It's some kind of scale to evaluate your liver function. The scale range is 4 to 40. A healthy liver is at 4. You get on the list for liver transplant at 30. He calculated mine based on the test results. Mine was 5. If your interested, talk to your Doctor. I am a patient of a teaching hospital. So I don't know if that makes a difference.

     Congratulations,   Live Well!

     Rick
Tested positive 2007
Non respond-er to treatment 16wk of 48wk
Started I/R/Sol May 2014
Hep C returned as of Jan 2015
Started Harvoni Sep 16, 2015
1st Test V/L:20
2nd Test V/L: undetectable
Dec 2015 EOT V/L undetectable
12 wk SVR :undetectable  Mar 25,2016
24 wk SVR: undetectable  Jun 24,2016
52 wk SVR undetectable   Dec 16,2016   -- I,m past it!!!
Shambhala

Offline Lynn K

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Re: 6 month eot
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2016, 03:57:21 pm »
Hi

I think he said MELD score

Here is a calculator to determine yours from the organ procurement and transplant network

https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/resources/allocation-calculators/meld-calculator/

MELD means Model For End-Stage Liver Disease basically it is used to stage patients for liver transplant priority on the transplant list. Your MELD must be higher than 12 or 15 depending on your transplant center to be on the list. Most patients are above 30 when they receive a transplant.

There is also another staging system called the Child Turcotte Pugh of simply Child score.

http://www.hepatitisc.uw.edu/page/clinical-calculators/ctp
Genotype 1a
1978 contracted, 1990 Dx
1995 Intron A failed
2001 Interferon Riba null response
2003 Pegintron Riba trial med null response
2008 F4 Cirrhosis Bx
2014 12 week Sov/Oly relapse
10/14 fibroscan 27 PLT 96
2014 24 weeks Harvoni 15 weeks Riba
5/4/15 EOT not detected, ALT 21, AST 20
4 week post not detected, ALT 26, AST 28
12 week post NOT DETECTED (07/27/15)
ALT 29, AST 27 PLT 92
24 week post NOT DETECTED! (10/19/15)
44 weeks (3/11/16)  fibroscan 33, PLT 111, HCV NOT DETECTED!
I AM FREE!

Offline KimInTheForest

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Re: 6 month eot
« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2016, 06:33:57 pm »
Congrats on your good news, Brie! Bye Bye Hep C. :)

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 brie41

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Re: 6 month eot
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2016, 07:42:13 pm »
Thank you everyone!  I know I have finally accepted my new status because I now go weeks without even thinking about hcv.  It used to dominate my thoughts and it sure is nice to cross this off my worry list! 

FT, I will be thinking good thoughts for you and I am more than sure that you will get excellent results in Feb! 

I hope you are all enjoying your holidays and I wish you a Happy and Healthy New Year!!  Brie

Diagnosed  HCV, 1A 2006
Viral load 6 million
Ast/Alt always in the 20's
F0-F1, never changed
Treatment naive, started 8 week Harvoni 3/15/16
4 and 8 week labs undetected
6 week eot labs undetected
13 week eot UNDETECTED!

 


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