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Author Topic: 8weeks into Harvoni treatment blood work  (Read 6410 times)

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Offline debham

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8weeks into Harvoni treatment blood work
« on: June 07, 2015, 04:13:32 pm »
I had blood work done at the end of week 8 on Harvoni. My Dr. has a patient results network. I call to get results. His message was my AST 52 high 40 is normal, "I'm not concerned" my potassium was low 3.3 "I'm not concerned." And all other blood work came back normal. Stay on treatment and we will see you on the 24th of June the end of treatment. Of course I know nothing matters until 12 weeks after treatment, but it sure would be nice to have more information that this. I can't wait until I can stop drinking all of this water.   :P 
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

Offline KimInTheForest

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Re: 8weeks into Harvoni treatment blood work
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2015, 05:29:32 pm »
Are you having problems with cramps, debham? Foot or leg cramps? Or high blood pressure? If you are drinking a lot of water, you could be washing out potassium, which can contribute to those problems. I am doing my best to eat potassium-rich foods daily while on treatment - dark leafy greens, yogurt, bananas, avocados, sweet potatoes, squash.

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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 debham

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Re: 8weeks into Harvoni treatment blood work
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2015, 07:55:18 pm »
Kim,
I have had some bouts with my B/P, no cramps but I have noticed while in spin class I struggle to get through it some days my legs just don't want to go. I'm a big yogurt eater and I eat a lot of green salads. I think it's all water we drink while on this treatment. I'll have to make up a green smoothie everyday with spinach yogurt and bananas. That may help.  :)
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

Offline Lynn K

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Re: 8weeks into Harvoni treatment blood work
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2015, 10:04:07 pm »
Just for the record I really don't drink enough liquids ever. I improved a little on treatment by drinking 2 glasses of water but not much more than that except the milk in my cereal and my morning 16 oz coffee.

The adequate intake (AI) for women is about 9 cups (2.2 liters) of total beverages a day.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/water/art-20044256

What about the advice to drink 8 glasses a day?

Everyone has heard the advice, "Drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day." That's about 1.9 liters, which isn't that different from the Institute of Medicine recommendations. Although the "8 by 8" rule isn't supported by hard evidence, it remains popular because it's easy to remember. Just keep in mind that the rule should be reframed as: "Drink eight 8-ounce glasses of fluid a day," because all fluids count toward the daily total.
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 sabre

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Re: 8weeks into Harvoni treatment blood work
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2015, 01:36:22 pm »
I have kidney disease and I can't overdo it on the water intake. And truthfully, I don't subscribe to the belief that you need to drink a ton of water while taking Harvoni. There is no evidence that it helps anything.

I personally think some of the "make sure you drink a lot of water" comments are carryovers from the Interferon days. I can't comment on water intake if you're taking Riba because I don't have any experience there.

Drink when you're thirsty and enough to avoid dehydration. Most fruits, vegetables, etc. are high in water content as well. i.e. an average-sized apple is 84% water.

My nickel's worth on the water intake thing...
Infected 1980 / Diagnosed 2008
GT 1 / Treatment naive / VL 190,000
Biopsy 2008: stage 0 grade 1
Fibroscan 2015: F2 mild fibrosis
Chronic kidney disease (due to HCV) / Proteinuria

12 weeks Harvoni began on 03/28/2015
End of treatment: 06/19/2015
Labs on 06/17/2015: Undetected
Labs on 09/21/2015: Undetected (SVR12)

 


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