I agree!   I needed to read this today, because I think I'm in the mid - Tx blahs.  Thanks for lift!
Take care, ty

Scott,

Congrats to you, I am so pleased to read stories such as your"s. Tx is a strange journey, but the destination can be the most precious sight in the world.

Enjoy your next climb !!!

Simon

i like to read posts like yours )) makes me wanna go thru it!!!

Hi Scott,

You ROCK Bro,

well done - great news.


Lau

Wonderful news Scott well done

I was reading that you have a rash that has not cleared, I am the same my leg had a rash then i had a form of staff which cleared thru cortisone but yet I still have the rash which flares up clears and comes back.   I mentioned it to my nurse and it seems that there are no direct answers in clearing it completely.  My next appointment is in 11 days (result of post 6months) and I will discuss it again and see if there is anything new on how to be rid of the rash i will post it in this site.

So cool u achieved SVR

Great new AuScott! Very encouraging to the rest of us on our various stages of treatment. It is possible!

great news AuScott,......it is a relief and makes it worthwhile.  I too was a 48 weeker about 1 month ahead of you.  I feel great although since back to work I haven't stopped...like a treadmill at work...you just keep going and going, ...the cobwebs in my head have been cleared    thank goodness...There are still a few things that are lingering from treatment but very mild and manageable!!!!!!

Hi guys,

I haven't really been around this forum very much, but you may recall that I embarked on the treatment journey in February 2009. Genotype 1a, so 48 weeks of fun on the drugs. I seemed to respond fairly well to treatment right from the start. My viral load dropped from astronomically high before Tx to undetectable after six weeks, and remained undetectable for the duration of the treatment.

Today I got the result of my 6 month post Tx PCR, and the virus was undetectable! I feel like a huge load has been lifted. To be effectively cured of this thing that has been on the back of my mind for most of my life (the infection was first identified when I was about 12, I'm 29 now) is a giant relief.

I have an appointment with the doctor in a couple of weeks to discuss the future. I guess he'll want to test me again in six months to make sure the virus hasn't returned. I know there is still a small chance that it will, but I feel very positive about it, and I don't think I'll be dreading the result of that test the way I was for the one I got back today.

Being on the drugs sucked bigtime. I got depressed, my head hurt non-stop for a year, I couldn't think straight most of the time, and I developed a pretty bad rash in the last six months that still hasn't completely gone, but it never got to the point where I considered stopping. I wanted to give myself the best chance of successful outcome, and I'd hate to think I'd put myself through the misery of treatment and quit before it had had a chance to work. I had put off going on treatment for years before I finally did it because I wasn't willing to deal with the side effects and the disruption to my life, which I was generally enjoying.

Now that the treatment is over I'm back to my normal active self, and I've been able to spend most weekends of the last several months out doing the important things (ie climbing rocks).

My advice to anyone trying to decide whether or not they want to put themselves through treatment is to do it sooner rather than later. If I can clear the toughest genotype of the virus after being infected with it for 20 years, you can too.

Good luck to everyone. And hang in there!