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Offline Lukey

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VL from Und to 15
« on: March 27, 2015, 03:47:17 pm »
I talked to my Gastro's assistant today and I now seem to have a VL of 15. She said it's "detectable but not quantifiable".

My ALT is 21 (0-53) and AST is 30 (0-37), so they're still in the normal range but a tad higher than they were the last time.

I have lower WBC and she wants to have that checked again in 2 weeks, and the VL checked again in 4 weeks.

Not what I hoped to hear about my Und status. I guess the next VL test may really tell if the HCV is going to replicate or not.

Got any idea what might be going on here?

Lukey
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Did 8 weeks of Harvoni in 2015. Got normal AST & ALT and undetected VL by week 5, then relapsed 4 weeks post.
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July 5, 2018 : began 12 weeks of Vosevi with a VL of 540,000 and AST & ALT of 65 and 105.
2 weeks in : AST 19, ALT 20
5 weeks in : AST 18, ALT 12, VL "<15 detected"
10 weeks in : AST 19, ALT 14, VL "<15 not detected"
4 weeks post : "<15 not detected"

Offline Mike

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Re: VL from Und to 15
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2015, 04:53:26 pm »
Hi Joe,

Here's some research that be helpful.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CEUQFjAG&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biomedcentral.com%2F1471-2334%2F14%2FS5%2FS8&ei=H08LVa-cI4e_ggSo3IGoAg&usg=AFQjCNEmpciJX59xDMq3MILfA_dzQoiZyA

Basically, having a RNA quat test result that indicates <15 - detected, does not mean treatment failure.

Best wishes, Mike
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Offline Lukey

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Re: VL from Und to 15
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2015, 04:57:53 pm »
Thanks Mike.

Something I'll add to the info is, that both the 7 week Und status test, and the 5 days ago VL test, were done at different labs.  :o  ::)

If I had got this test done by the same Und lab, I have a feeling I would have gotten the same Und result that they found on week 7.   :P

Lukey
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Did 8 weeks of Harvoni in 2015. Got normal AST & ALT and undetected VL by week 5, then relapsed 4 weeks post.
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July 5, 2018 : began 12 weeks of Vosevi with a VL of 540,000 and AST & ALT of 65 and 105.
2 weeks in : AST 19, ALT 20
5 weeks in : AST 18, ALT 12, VL "<15 detected"
10 weeks in : AST 19, ALT 14, VL "<15 not detected"
4 weeks post : "<15 not detected"

Offline Lukey

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Re: VL from Und to 15
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2015, 05:05:27 pm »
In case any of you ever wanted to know who Lukey is, this is the real Lukey :

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Male -  HCV since 1982 - Born 1951 ~ Geno 1a

Did 8 weeks of Harvoni in 2015. Got normal AST & ALT and undetected VL by week 5, then relapsed 4 weeks post.
-----------------------------------------------------------
July 5, 2018 : began 12 weeks of Vosevi with a VL of 540,000 and AST & ALT of 65 and 105.
2 weeks in : AST 19, ALT 20
5 weeks in : AST 18, ALT 12, VL "<15 detected"
10 weeks in : AST 19, ALT 14, VL "<15 not detected"
4 weeks post : "<15 not detected"

Offline Mike

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Re: VL from Und to 15
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2015, 05:36:07 pm »
Hi Joe,

That's what I was thinking and why I posted the link!

Also, how did you post the picture of Lukey. You're the only person I've seen that has been able to do so. I've tried; but can't figure it out.

Let me know and I'll post a pic of Winston.

Mike
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Offline Mike

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Re: VL from Und to 15
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2015, 06:18:31 pm »
I figured it out, Joe.

Here's a picture of my cat Baxter

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Offline Lukey

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Re: VL from Und to 15
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2015, 06:22:57 pm »
Hi Mike,

The 2 week VL test, they gave me an order for and I had the blood drawn at a lab in town. I think the 7 week test was done at the same lab, but the last test I had at their office (and I'm almost positive they do not use the same lab). When I called this afternoon to ask about it, she almost seemed embarrassed by it.

The next VL test in 4 weeks I'm going to have done here in town again, and will hope for another Und result. I wish I'd asked her if we could do this last test at the same local lab. The gastro's office is 25 miles N of here.

To post a pic you need to get the pic online on a hosting site (can be facebook) and then paste the link inside the photo HTML markers without spaces. : [ img ] [ /img ].

I copied this image URL from another website.
It's a 1950 Pontiac. If you post a pic over about 900 pixels wide, it will have to be scrolled sideways to view the whole pic. I think this pic is 1000 pixels wide.



Joe
« Last Edit: March 27, 2015, 06:46:04 pm by Lukey »
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Male -  HCV since 1982 - Born 1951 ~ Geno 1a

Did 8 weeks of Harvoni in 2015. Got normal AST & ALT and undetected VL by week 5, then relapsed 4 weeks post.
-----------------------------------------------------------
July 5, 2018 : began 12 weeks of Vosevi with a VL of 540,000 and AST & ALT of 65 and 105.
2 weeks in : AST 19, ALT 20
5 weeks in : AST 18, ALT 12, VL "<15 detected"
10 weeks in : AST 19, ALT 14, VL "<15 not detected"
4 weeks post : "<15 not detected"

Offline Mike

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Re: VL from Und to 15
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2015, 06:25:34 pm »

Here's my dog Winston. He helped me get through treatment. I don't know what I would have done without him!

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Offline Lukey

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Re: VL from Und to 15
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2015, 06:28:24 pm »
That's a nice shot of your dog. :)

Last night I watched this video about 10 times before going to bed. I was totally absorbed by it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ouPGGLI6Q

Listening to them might have been how I got Hep C, I'm not sure.  ;)

Lukey
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Male -  HCV since 1982 - Born 1951 ~ Geno 1a

Did 8 weeks of Harvoni in 2015. Got normal AST & ALT and undetected VL by week 5, then relapsed 4 weeks post.
-----------------------------------------------------------
July 5, 2018 : began 12 weeks of Vosevi with a VL of 540,000 and AST & ALT of 65 and 105.
2 weeks in : AST 19, ALT 20
5 weeks in : AST 18, ALT 12, VL "<15 detected"
10 weeks in : AST 19, ALT 14, VL "<15 not detected"
4 weeks post : "<15 not detected"

Offline Lukey

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Re: VL from Und to 15
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2015, 06:43:57 pm »
Baxter is a fine looking feline. :)
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Male -  HCV since 1982 - Born 1951 ~ Geno 1a

Did 8 weeks of Harvoni in 2015. Got normal AST & ALT and undetected VL by week 5, then relapsed 4 weeks post.
-----------------------------------------------------------
July 5, 2018 : began 12 weeks of Vosevi with a VL of 540,000 and AST & ALT of 65 and 105.
2 weeks in : AST 19, ALT 20
5 weeks in : AST 18, ALT 12, VL "<15 detected"
10 weeks in : AST 19, ALT 14, VL "<15 not detected"
4 weeks post : "<15 not detected"

Offline Mike

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Re: VL from Und to 15
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2015, 06:45:57 pm »
That might have done it! 

Here's the one that got me:

https://youtu.be/PCjhgiVnYDs


Mike  8)
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Re: VL from Und to 15
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2015, 06:52:02 pm »
Joe - As much as I am enjoying the photos, I want to get back to your original post. See if this helps: http://blogs.hepmag.com/lucindakporter/2015/03/new_hepatitis_c_trea_2.html

As for the photos, I couldn't figure it out. So, imagine a big furry black sheep dog, and that is Charlie.
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1997 Interferon nonresponder
2003 PEG + ribavirin responder-relapser
2013 Cured (Harvoni + ribavirin clinical trial)
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Offline Mike

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Re: VL from Und to 15
« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2015, 07:35:01 pm »
I'm sorry. I took this thread completely off topic.

In any event, that Lukey looks like a heck of a mouser! :)

Best wishes, Mike
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Offline BubbaT

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Re: VL from Und to 15
« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2015, 09:52:55 pm »
I thought we had rock and roll in the states, but u guys take the cake!
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1a, 2 prev biopsy 95, 2004
Ct 2007, 2015
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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 Lukey

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Re: VL from Und to 15
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2015, 01:20:21 pm »
Mike,

I used to love Back in Black. :) I don't know how that guy can move his head around so much though. Seems like it would give me a headache.

Lucinda, Thanks for the link. :)
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Male -  HCV since 1982 - Born 1951 ~ Geno 1a

Did 8 weeks of Harvoni in 2015. Got normal AST & ALT and undetected VL by week 5, then relapsed 4 weeks post.
-----------------------------------------------------------
July 5, 2018 : began 12 weeks of Vosevi with a VL of 540,000 and AST & ALT of 65 and 105.
2 weeks in : AST 19, ALT 20
5 weeks in : AST 18, ALT 12, VL "<15 detected"
10 weeks in : AST 19, ALT 14, VL "<15 not detected"
4 weeks post : "<15 not detected"

Offline Mike

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Re: VL from Und to 15
« Reply #15 on: March 28, 2015, 01:42:13 pm »
Angus Young is the man. He probably has some herniated disc in the cervical region, due to his excessive rocking!

I saw him 4 times in the late 70's and he was non stop. He would do pin wheels on the stage and not miss a lick! I also saw the Back in Black tour, in the early 80's; but Iv'e always been a fan of the Bon Scott years (he's the original singer and the one singing in the video).

Best wishes, Mike
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