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Author Topic: Harvoni: Engage!  (Read 6960 times)

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Offline humbled

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Harvoni: Engage!
« on: September 16, 2016, 05:27:54 pm »
Hi Everyone,

Hope you're all well - thanks so much for all your help and support during this past summer! It was a really difficult one for me as I received my diagnosis in April, and I had to endure a summer away from both my home and my partner.

I'm back home now and just wanted to let everyone know that I was approved for Harvoni and am starting my treatment tomorrow (Saturday)! smile

I'm very nervous, but keeping my fingers crossed that the next twelve weeks won't be bad.

I plan to drink lots of water (bought two gallons today), and I'm keeping my thoughts set on the end goal.

Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers!
GT 1a, VL 3.7ml Fibroscan 13.6 Diagnosed: April 2016

SOT: 9 / 17 / 2016 (12 weeks Harvoni)

4-Week Bloods: AST (22) ALT (15)

EOT: 12 / 9 / 2016 - UNDETECTED!!

EOT + 12 weeks - 4 / 6 / 2017 - UNDETECTED!!!

Offline FutureThinker

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Re: Harvoni: Engage!
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2016, 06:34:00 pm »
Humbled, sounds like you've got this.  Sending healing, happy thoughts your way -- the future is bright!! 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 KimInTheForest

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Re: Harvoni: Engage!
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2016, 08:06:48 pm »
Congrats on starting, Humbled! And good luck. I'm sure you'll sail through. :)

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 Philadelphia

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Re: Harvoni: Engage!
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2016, 08:48:05 pm »
Congratulations on starting and all the very best!
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 Lemonade

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Re: Harvoni: Engage!
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2016, 11:52:01 am »
Humbled, congratulations!  I, too, was extremely nervous before boarding the Harvoni train. Now I'm on Week 10, no longer fearful, and looking forward to reaching my destination. The time is really going by fast.
Dx 2001, GT 1a
Tx Naive
Bx: 2001 (F1), 2014 (F1)
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6/07/16 Lab Results
VL 4.5 million, AST 38, ALT 52
Liver Fibrosis Score - F0, A0
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7/11/16 started Harvoni (8 wks)
8/09/16 4 wk labs - AST 16, ALT 19, VL 16
8/26/16 Harvoni extended to 12 wks
9/06/16 8 wk labs - VL: Not Detected
10/3/16 Tx completed
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12/27/16 12 wk Post Tx - VL: NOT DETECTED!!!
AST 18, ALT 15
10/2/17 12 MOS Post Tx: NOT DETECTED
AST 18,  ALT 11

 


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