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Author Topic: Start Harvoni Tomorrow  (Read 6945 times)

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Offline pl1952

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Start Harvoni Tomorrow
« on: March 05, 2015, 07:22:15 pm »
After 2 denials by my insurance company, Gilead Support Path accepted me and I received my first shipment of Harvoni today.  I start tomorrow...I'm so thankful and excited, after reading how everyone is doing well on this.  I'm happy to be a part of this group!
GT 1b
Treatment naive
2/2014:  Fibroscan 4.5
12/2014:  VL:  650,000
Started Harvoni 3/6/15
EOT: 5-28-15
9-2015:  SVR 12

Offline Long_Haul

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  • Slayed the Dragon
Re: Start Harvoni Tomorrow
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2015, 08:01:21 pm »
Hi pl1952, Congratulations on getting through the insurance nightmare and finally getting Harvoni.  Make sure you drink a lot of water, about 64 ounces daily and you should be able to avoid most of the side effects. I am starting week 10 of Harvoni/Ribavirin tomorrow, so my suggestion is to establish and stay with a routine and treatment will go by very quickly.

Best wishes battling the Dragon, you are now getting the best opportunity to be cured!

AL
Genotype 1A

Diagnosed 1989
Biopsy-cirrhosis stage 4 2000, no starting VL this round

3 rounds of Int+Rib
(Combo/48wks,Peg/26 Wks,Triple with Incivek/16wks)
UND with Incivek, Relapsed
Started 12 weeks Harvoni and Rib Jan 2nd,2015
4 weeks Undetected
8 weeks Undetected!
EOT at 12 weeks Undetected
EOT at 24 weeks STILL UNDETECTED
Completed TX Mar 26th,2015

EOT plus 4 weeks UNDETECTED
EOT plus 12 weeks UNDETECTED !!!!!!!!!!! I am DONE!

NO LONGER a member of the "WAITING GANG"

Offline BubbaT

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Re: Start Harvoni Tomorrow
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2015, 08:35:42 pm »
Same here,  pl1952,

I started this week also, I'm feeling better already, my energy is increasing and I can feel a better mental/function, my insurance paid because I'm an f4, according to the
Insurance people you have to be really Sick or they think you can waste your Liver waiting, while they try to SAVE Money, which is a bunch of Crap!

They should Treat before you are  Too Sick, it makes me angry that Billion Dollar companies can discount your Life
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 atomic dog

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Re: Start Harvoni Tomorrow
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2015, 02:32:53 am »
After 2 denials by my insurance company, Gilead Support Path accepted me and I received my first shipment of Harvoni today.  I start tomorrow...I'm so thankful and excited, after reading how everyone is doing well on this.  I'm happy to be a part of this group!

Congrats. This is the first day of the rest of your life, as they say. I'm in Week 4 and after a few rough days, for the most part, I have zero side effects.
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 pl1952

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Re: Start Harvoni Tomorrow
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2015, 02:02:02 pm »
Thanks for all your support! 
GT 1b
Treatment naive
2/2014:  Fibroscan 4.5
12/2014:  VL:  650,000
Started Harvoni 3/6/15
EOT: 5-28-15
9-2015:  SVR 12

 


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