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dharmabum · dharmabum

http://www.hepatitiscentral.com/news/new-study-debunks-negative-hep-c-stigma/?eml=hepcen249

marjim48 · marjim48

Hi.... I am new to this board. Hep C.....Genotype 1a. Stage 2. My Harvoni arrived today. Will take first dose tomorrow morning. Also taking omzeropole 20mg. Was told to take both on empty stomach at same time. Looking forward to picking up info from this group.

Tom · Tom

I called my doctors office to arrange a prescription for a post TX blood test next Tuesday. No. They won't prescribe another assay until 12 weeks out. Protocol. I was initially told by his PA and by the pharmacist that I'd have three tests: One for the insurance company before the last four week scri...

Taira2001 · Taira2001

I'm looking for information to me have diagiosticate hepatiti C c 4 years ago but I was told that i have analisi perfect ,but now i will to know how function sistemy of health in England

Mike77 · Mike77

Day four of viekira plus 1200mg riba and my head is pounding. Had to come ho.e from work. I am drinking water and talk to the pharmacy said to take Advil but only two. So did anyone else have this problem? The pharmacy said it should go away after about a week.

alani2 · alani2

Greetings I was diagnosed with Hep C in 2008 and believe it came from a transfusion I had in 1996. My viral load has remained low and other then scarring there were not many signs. However there are things going on with my health that I did not attribute to Hep C like being tired and having digestion proble...

New Member · Larryd

Hello. New member and Day 3 on Harvoni. No side effects so far. feel fine.

Ruby Red · Ruby Red

Hi everyone :) A new member here and I am looking forward to receiving info and hopefully being able to give some information to help others. Looking at going into treatment this month....the stale is waiting hear which treatment I will be approved for. The meds are between Solvardi/Daclatasvir O...

New member, but not to HCV · Willy

Hi- new member. I was DX'ed in 2003, waited around for the end of interferon treatments. Got myself into a telaprevir trial but dropped out when my damage was slight- never dosed. In 2013 my damage had increased quite a bit and I was fortunate to get into a Gilead phase 3 trial (ION 1) for naives. I was cur...

JulieL · JulieL

I have just finished a 3 months course of Harvoni. I experienced most of the side effects; nausea, headaches, fatigue and insomnia. But I hung in there. My 4 week bloods showed the virus is gone. Have not been able to find another specialist to get more bloods done. Have been off it for 5 days and feeling l...

K8 · K8

HI I have read all descriptions and updated my signature, saved but yet I don't see it on my posts or replies. your Signatures and status of treatments/experiences help me tremendously. I want to do the same. Can someone advise what I may doing incorrectly that my signature is not saving? This one i...

NRA4ever · NRA4ever

Hello! I'm new to the site & to HVC. I learned I had Hep C in Feb. I'm just finished my third week in a ABT-493 ABT-530 study. I take 3 pills a day. I have not noticed any improvement yet but I have high hopes that I will be cured. I think I am geno2 with cirrhosis. The doctors think I may have been infected in...

UCHE · UCHE

Hi, I am a Hep C patient and with a type 4 Genotype, I got married to a hep B patient. I really would appreciate if my questions can be answered here. 1. What are the risk involved if we have sex without protection 2. What are the risk for my offspring 3. If we get treatments for these viruses what are still t...

lewis45424 · lewis45424

HEPATITIS C RNA BY PCR, QUANTITATIVE See notes below2650000 Reference range: NOT DETECTED Unit: IU/MLRESULT, HCV See notes below 6.42 Unit: Log IU/ml THIS SPECIMEN WAS TESTED BY THE ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS HCV REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY. THE RESULT GIVEN ABOVE IS THE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL UNITS (IU) OF H...

Steampunk · Steampunk

Just been informed that my viral load is 175,532 iu/ml don't know if that is high or low or what that means in respect of treatment

Hi, I am a new member · K8

So glad to find this site as I am feeling a bit alone in this one. I am one month into treatment of genotype 2 B. Solvadi & Ribaviran - 2 more months to go. I had treatment in 2007 with Interferon & Ribaviran for 6 months, was undetectable but low viral count returned. It took me 7 years and this new m...

Steampunk · Steampunk

I've been diagnosed with hep c in February and I've been in considerable pain I've been to hospital 3 times and discharged and I've been to see my doctor who told me that there's nothing else they can do I'm not scheduled to see the liver specialist until July and the pain I'm suffering is causing me conce...

david1806 · david1806

Just quick hello..... Diagnosed years ago and have finally decided to start the 12 week treatment a month ago. Interferon, Ribavirin and Sofosbuvir. The pills every day, Interferon injection once a week. Going okay so far. Will come back with more details later today for those interested. Hope you...

Wino Girl · Wino Girl

Struggling with the thought of quitting drinking. The Doctor said drinking won't effect my Harvoni treatment? I use my alcohol to help with stress and arthritis in my neck, while my Mother has terminal cancer. My Harvoni should be in this week, and I am supposed to be going back to school for a job trai...

robertsamx · robertsamx

its been about 1.5 years since SOF-RIBA was the norm for trials. With all the ns3-4"s coming out, along with the newer DAA"s , we are going to have a arsenal of drugs that will be effective against all geno types . I'm thankful for the early trials before mine , they layed down the tracts To get us here t...

New member going to India for treatment · thinmarble

Hi all glad to find you ive had hep c for 20+ years and can't get harvoni bc of having ppo insurance! i am going to India for an artist residency in June and will be in Trivandrum afterwards to see if I can get the generic drug. I do not have a contact there besides a homeopath. Does anyone know how I can conne...

studentnurse · studentnurse

Hi, I am a nursing student at Newcastle uni, 2nd year, and have an upcoming assessment on empathy. This assessment is designed to help us imagine ourselves in someone else's shoes and attempt to understand how they might be feeling. I have access to journal articles but I feel that the best way to try...

laughinggull · laughinggull

HI, I have been on this website many yrs ago. I was dx 10 yrs ago. I opted not to do tx as my liver enzymes were normal and my liver biopsy was normal also. Last summer my enzymes creeped up barely above normal. I applied for Harvoni and was denied by my insurance co. I am considering trying again for appr...

Bright_Lamb · Bright_Lamb

I'm a 41 year old woman and just got diagnosed with HCV G2 back in Dec. of last year. Not sure how long I had the virus prior to diagnosis but I had concerns about fatigue & such and sure enough liver enzymes were high so they did the hep panel and sure enough HCV. My initial VL was 2,290,000 and so started...

confused_extremely · confused_extremely

Hi, Just a background about myself. 29 years old male. Never had any drug (not even once), no smoking (not even once), no sexual activity and no blood transfusion ever. For a totally different scenario, I was asked to take some blood tests and one of that test was for Hep c. Again this test was not taken be...

keesotom · keesotom

Hi My name is Tom, I am 61. I live in Buffalo, NY. My wife had hep c and went through 3 (unsuccesful) treatments in the late 90s- early 2000s. She died of liver cancer in 2004. I was diagnosed with hepc in 2000; I believe type 1. Anyhow with the advent of new treatments I have decided to move forward. Just go...

new member, lots of questions · irenesnow

My husband (age 61) had a kidney stone 3 weeks ago, CAT scan revealed "something" on his liver. Today he had an Ultrasound and blood tests, which confirmed Hepatitis. He has not consumed alcohol in over 25 years, but prior to that led a pretty rowdy life. He had no symptoms, other than being tired at t...

JimmyK · JimmyK

Click on the attachment below that looks like a litte picture at the bottom of this post. This is a line from where we were talking to the start a new post function. See if this helps. -- Edited by JimmyK on Tuesday 3rd of May 2016 06:18:34 PM

Transient · Transient

Hello! I really like this HepC forum community and find it very informative. I am feeling somewhat unsettled by a recent Ultrasound report, however, i shall begin by giving a bit of background. I was HCV+ GT3a for 30 odd years. I'm female 59 yrs old. I was Tx naive when I was offered 24 wks Sovaldi+Ribavi...

Lucas · Lucas

Hi all, I'm 45 years old, got HCV for 27 years, genotype 3a, fibrosis 3 (fibroscan). Treatment naive, I was waiting for interferon free cure. My decision was to wait until fibrosis gets to 3 and then start with whatever would be available at the moment. So I started this September with Daclatasvir and S...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Unsafe medical procedures, not risky business (Preview) http://www.hepatitiscentral.com/news/new-study-debunks-negative-hep-c-stigma/?eml=hepcen249	dharmabum	9	1203	Jun 26, 2016 by mallani
	Newbie here (Preview) Hi.... I am new to this board. Hep C.....Genotype 1a. Stage 2. My Harvoni arrived today. Will take first dose tomorrow morning. Also taking omzeropole 20mg. Was told to take both on empty stomach at same time. Looking forward to picking up info from this group.	marjim48	25	1276	Jun 25, 2016 by marjim48
	No EOT blood work??????? (Preview) I called my doctors office to arrange a prescription for a post TX blood test next Tuesday. No. They won't prescribe another assay until 12 weeks out. Protocol. I was initially told by his PA and by the pharmacist that I'd have three tests: One for the insurance company before the last four week scri...	Tom	14	1362	Jun 22, 2016 by Sydhanrahan
	Hello everyone I need help Hello everyone I need help (Preview) I'm looking for information to me have diagiosticate hepatiti C c 4 years ago but I was told that i have analisi perfect ,but now i will to know how function sistemy of health in England	Taira2001	12	1165	Jun 21, 2016 by Cinnamon Girl
	New to Viekira Pak (Preview) Day four of viekira plus 1200mg riba and my head is pounding. Had to come ho.e from work. I am drinking water and talk to the pharmacy said to take Advil but only two. So did anyone else have this problem? The pharmacy said it should go away after about a week.	Mike77	44	2151	Jun 21, 2016 by RAGDOLL
	New to Hep C Friends (Preview) Greetings I was diagnosed with Hep C in 2008 and believe it came from a transfusion I had in 1996. My viral load has remained low and other then scarring there were not many signs. However there are things going on with my health that I did not attribute to Hep C like being tired and having digestion proble...	alani2	16	1961	Jun 20, 2016 by Loopy Lisa
	New Member (Preview) Hello. New member and Day 3 on Harvoni. No side effects so far. feel fine.	Larryd	3	805	Jun 19, 2016 by Linuxter
	Starting treatment again (Preview) Hi everyone :) A new member here and I am looking forward to receiving info and hopefully being able to give some information to help others. Looking at going into treatment this month....the stale is waiting hear which treatment I will be approved for. The meds are between Solvardi/Daclatasvir O...	Ruby Red	22	2946	Jun 15, 2016 by Loopy Lisa
	New member, but not to HCV (Preview) Hi- new member. I was DX'ed in 2003, waited around for the end of interferon treatments. Got myself into a telaprevir trial but dropped out when my damage was slight- never dosed. In 2013 my damage had increased quite a bit and I was fortunate to get into a Gilead phase 3 trial (ION 1) for naives. I was cur...	Willy	6	1440	Jun 12, 2016 by Willy
	Hi...new to this forum (Preview) I have just finished a 3 months course of Harvoni. I experienced most of the side effects; nausea, headaches, fatigue and insomnia. But I hung in there. My 4 week bloods showed the virus is gone. Have not been able to find another specialist to get more bloods done. Have been off it for 5 days and feeling l...	JulieL	10	1361	Jun 11, 2016 by robertsamx
	Posting with my signature (Preview) HI I have read all descriptions and updated my signature, saved but yet I don't see it on my posts or replies. your Signatures and status of treatments/experiences help me tremendously. I want to do the same. Can someone advise what I may doing incorrectly that my signature is not saving? This one i...	K8	6	1009	Jun 4, 2016 by Linuxter
	Louisiana newbie. (Preview) Hello! I'm new to the site & to HVC. I learned I had Hep C in Feb. I'm just finished my third week in a ABT-493 ABT-530 study. I take 3 pills a day. I have not noticed any improvement yet but I have high hopes that I will be cured. I think I am geno2 with cirrhosis. The doctors think I may have been infected in...	NRA4ever	11	1323	Jun 1, 2016 by Linuxter
	HEP C MARRIED TO A HEP B (Preview) Hi, I am a Hep C patient and with a type 4 Genotype, I got married to a hep B patient. I really would appreciate if my questions can be answered here. 1. What are the risk involved if we have sex without protection 2. What are the risk for my offspring 3. If we get treatments for these viruses what are still t...	UCHE	16	1390	Jun 1, 2016 by JimmyK
	Hello everyone my name is Eric and have HEPATITIS C RNA don't understand these reports (Preview) HEPATITIS C RNA BY PCR, QUANTITATIVE See notes below2650000 Reference range: NOT DETECTED Unit: IU/MLRESULT, HCV See notes below 6.42 Unit: Log IU/ml THIS SPECIMEN WAS TESTED BY THE ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS HCV REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY. THE RESULT GIVEN ABOVE IS THE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL UNITS (IU) OF H...	lewis45424	27	2584	May 28, 2016 by Cinnamon Girl
	Viral load results (Preview) Just been informed that my viral load is 175,532 iu/ml don't know if that is high or low or what that means in respect of treatment	Steampunk	12	1477	May 25, 2016 by JimmyK
	Hi, I am a new member (Preview) So glad to find this site as I am feeling a bit alone in this one. I am one month into treatment of genotype 2 B. Solvadi & Ribaviran - 2 more months to go. I had treatment in 2007 with Interferon & Ribaviran for 6 months, was undetectable but low viral count returned. It took me 7 years and this new m...	K8	11	1548	May 24, 2016 by Loopy Lisa
	Slow progress with hep c treatment (Preview) I've been diagnosed with hep c in February and I've been in considerable pain I've been to hospital 3 times and discharged and I've been to see my doctor who told me that there's nothing else they can do I'm not scheduled to see the liver specialist until July and the pain I'm suffering is causing me conce...	Steampunk	7	1554	May 18, 2016 by Sydhanrahan
	Hi all.... (Preview) Just quick hello..... Diagnosed years ago and have finally decided to start the 12 week treatment a month ago. Interferon, Ribavirin and Sofosbuvir. The pills every day, Interferon injection once a week. Going okay so far. Will come back with more details later today for those interested. Hope you...	david1806	8	1200	May 18, 2016 by wendyo
	New to site and starting Harvoni this week (Preview) Struggling with the thought of quitting drinking. The Doctor said drinking won't effect my Harvoni treatment? I use my alcohol to help with stress and arthritis in my neck, while my Mother has terminal cancer. My Harvoni should be in this week, and I am supposed to be going back to school for a job trai...	Wino Girl	8	1422	May 15, 2016 by wendyo
	History of the Soft Ribavirin train (Preview) its been about 1.5 years since SOF-RIBA was the norm for trials. With all the ns3-4"s coming out, along with the newer DAA"s , we are going to have a arsenal of drugs that will be effective against all geno types . I'm thankful for the early trials before mine , they layed down the tracts To get us here t...	robertsamx	1	1186	May 14, 2016 by Linuxter
	New member going to India for treatment (closed) Trivandrum India generic (Preview) Hi all glad to find you ive had hep c for 20+ years and can't get harvoni bc of having ppo insurance! i am going to India for an artist residency in June and will be in Trivandrum afterwards to see if I can get the generic drug. I do not have a contact there besides a homeopath. Does anyone know how I can conne...	thinmarble	4	1449	May 12, 2016 by thinmarble
	please help (closed) (Preview) Hi, I am a nursing student at Newcastle uni, 2nd year, and have an upcoming assessment on empathy. This assessment is designed to help us imagine ourselves in someone else's shoes and attempt to understand how they might be feeling. I have access to journal articles but I feel that the best way to try...	studentnurse	5	1155	May 11, 2016 by Cinnamon Girl
	Hi , I am a newbie ! (Preview) HI, I have been on this website many yrs ago. I was dx 10 yrs ago. I opted not to do tx as my liver enzymes were normal and my liver biopsy was normal also. Last summer my enzymes creeped up barely above normal. I applied for Harvoni and was denied by my insurance co. I am considering trying again for appr...	laughinggull	11	1684	May 10, 2016 by laughinggull
	New to this... (Preview) I'm a 41 year old woman and just got diagnosed with HCV G2 back in Dec. of last year. Not sure how long I had the virus prior to diagnosis but I had concerns about fatigue & such and sure enough liver enzymes were high so they did the hep panel and sure enough HCV. My initial VL was 2,290,000 and so started...	Bright_Lamb	7	1102	May 10, 2016 by Bright_Lamb
	First test for hep c positive but second test without treatment was negative Hep C Initial test positive but second test negative (Preview) Hi, Just a background about myself. 29 years old male. Never had any drug (not even once), no smoking (not even once), no sexual activity and no blood transfusion ever. For a totally different scenario, I was asked to take some blood tests and one of that test was for Hep c. Again this test was not taken be...	confused_extremely	4	1977	May 7, 2016 by Tig
	Just got viral load and genotype test results (Preview) Hi My name is Tom, I am 61. I live in Buffalo, NY. My wife had hep c and went through 3 (unsuccesful) treatments in the late 90s- early 2000s. She died of liver cancer in 2004. I was diagnosed with hepc in 2000; I believe type 1. Anyhow with the advent of new treatments I have decided to move forward. Just go...	keesotom	20	2961	May 6, 2016 by robertsamx
	new member, lots of questions (Preview) My husband (age 61) had a kidney stone 3 weeks ago, CAT scan revealed "something" on his liver. Today he had an Ultrasound and blood tests, which confirmed Hepatitis. He has not consumed alcohol in over 25 years, but prior to that led a pretty rowdy life. He had no symptoms, other than being tired at t...	irenesnow	25	1599	May 6, 2016 by Linuxter
	For JennyJ (Preview) Click on the attachment below that looks like a litte picture at the bottom of this post. This is a line from where we were talking to the start a new post function. See if this helps. -- Edited by JimmyK on Tuesday 3rd of May 2016 06:18:34 PM	JimmyK	0	885	May 3, 2016 by JimmyK
	New and confused (Preview) Hello! I really like this HepC forum community and find it very informative. I am feeling somewhat unsettled by a recent Ultrasound report, however, i shall begin by giving a bit of background. I was HCV+ GT3a for 30 odd years. I'm female 59 yrs old. I was Tx naive when I was offered 24 wks Sovaldi+Ribavi...	Transient	9	1455	May 2, 2016 by Transient
	Are foreigners welcome here? (Preview) Hi all, I'm 45 years old, got HCV for 27 years, genotype 3a, fibrosis 3 (fibroscan). Treatment naive, I was waiting for interferon free cure. My decision was to wait until fibrosis gets to 3 and then start with whatever would be available at the moment. So I started this September with Daclatasvir and S...	Lucas	36	3914	Apr 29, 2016 by wmlj1960
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