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davesf


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Final sunset on Big Corn Island. Those are lobster traps in the foreground. Time to come home. image.jpg

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Wonderful photos Dave, what a fascinating place to visit!   Great to see that you and Jen are having the time of your lives, very well deserved!  smile 



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Yep sharks from way back when the lake was still attached to the ocean. We didn't make it to San Juan del Sur this trip. Four stops in 12 days was already enough. We'll have to save that one for next time.

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Wow, I'm jealous. We were there a few years ago. That lake is so big you can't see the other side. It's like being at the ocean. A taxi driver that drove us around the southern part of the lake told us that the lake has the only fresh water sharks on earth.

Have you been to San Juan Del Sur yet?

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AH, Dave...this sounds fun...no rapture of the deep though! So cool...have fun...been a real long time for us, as my husbands father owned two scuba diving schools. We used to really enjoy going out on the boat. (got real sea-sick...until you jump in the water!) I never did dive though..too afraid of sharks, they say you can't panic, ...Ha! I would be totally panicing! I would just snorkle around the boat and wait for everyone to come back. That was like a hundred years ago, his father died of liver cancer in 1987.

So glad you are doing this, you really needed that healing the mind part of this treatment. Hope you and Jen are able to have some snuggle time on the beach, Blessed be this lifesmile

Much love to you two...Iris



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Scuba newba!!!!!!  hahahah.......I hope  the ones I have left are super duper ones. I'm gonna need them for running.........lol

Looks like a great vacation Dave. Keep the cards and letters coming. We love it!



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GT1a, St2 Lv2 last biopsy 2002, VL  11.4m,  start triple tx 9/30/11

VL 470 @4wks.....VL 22,000 @8wks  stopped tx

Round 2-  Started 3/16/12   PSI-7977, BMS-790052, Riba Undetectable day 14

Did 24 weeks Still UND 12 weeks post tx, SVR24!!!!!!! 2/14/13

 

 

 

 

 
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Hahaha Dave!  Sounds reasonable to me!  smile



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52 y/o F, started Epclusa 11-10-19, F0/F1.  EOT 2-1-2020. UND. All liver function tests normal.
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No pics today. I just went scuba diving and the camera doesn't work underwater. But I was remarkably efficient with my air consumption though. My humorous assumption is that having culled all the weaker red blood cells out my body last year, I now must have superior oxygen processing powers. Best, Dave

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Sounds very exciting Dave

I like the safety reminders in the parking lot and must have been a beautiful hike up that mountain

Keep the adventure alive

 



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I don't fish, but 80% of the economy in this area is fishing. We're out in then Corn Islands now; they actually export fish to the U.S. from here.

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What a beautiful vacation venue, Dave. Any opportunity for some fishing?

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What a great way to celebrate being FREE
OF HEP C!
I am thrilled for you and Jen too

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Nice to breath freely heh Dave? Looks amazing, thanks for the pics. Enjoy!



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GT1a, St2 Lv2 last biopsy 2002, VL  11.4m,  start triple tx 9/30/11

VL 470 @4wks.....VL 22,000 @8wks  stopped tx

Round 2-  Started 3/16/12   PSI-7977, BMS-790052, Riba Undetectable day 14

Did 24 weeks Still UND 12 weeks post tx, SVR24!!!!!!! 2/14/13

 

 

 

 

 
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Greetings my friends. This is Concepcion volcano on Ometepe Island in Lake Nicaragua. It is 1600 meters however the top third is in clouds most of the time so most peeps dont go to the top. We hiked to the lookout point at 1000 meters which is the bump on the slope on the left. Six months ago that would have required 500 stops to catch my breath. Yes there indeed is life after treatment. All the best, Dave image.jpg

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You deserve this break, my friend, and it is so exciting to see the beautiful shots of the area.

Alan



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SVR on January 14, 2013!!
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I'm loving your pics, along with the captions.  Thank you so much for sharing them.  And again, a huge congratulations!!  smile



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52 y/o F, started Epclusa 11-10-19, F0/F1.  EOT 2-1-2020. UND. All liver function tests normal.
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awesome thanks for sharing the DAVECATION pics.. you so deserve it dude.. Lava tube and bats kweelll. Bunnies and monkeys too cute.. awesome architecture I love the clay tile roofs.. LOL the get out of dodge safety parking... enjoy ...MJ



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Wow! Love it-so happy you are getting some much needed R&R. Loving the photos. I think the parking direction is a good idea--think I will adopt that for all my parking

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Greetings again my dart shooting friends.  We toured the Masaya volcano park which as you can see is an active volcano.  Not to worry; you can see by the second picture that safety precautions are in place in case of the need for a quick getaway, ha.  The hilight of this tour was getting to go 100 yards into an old lava tube.  Thousands and thousands of bats.  Just amazing.  (Jen wasn't nearly as thrilled).  

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How beautiful! Love the photos AND the fact
You are virus free! Puts a smile on my face.
Never thought of monkey and bunny together,
Precious! Happy for you and your family
Such great news

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was trying to figure out what that was a pile of!!  How many rabbits was in that monkey pile? Soooo cute. thanks for sharing, You having a good time?



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That view and SVR ? Priceless Thanks for the pics, whose got a happy life coming? That guy (aka Dave )



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This is Grenada on the coast of Lake Nicaragua. We stayed here for three days before moving on to Ometepe. I'm going to be uploading photos one at a time as the Internet service at the lodge I'm at is fairly slow. This is one of the many beautiful churches. image.jpgimage.jpg

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This is the monkey bunny cuddle puddle at the Cacao shop. image.jpg
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-- Edited by davesf on Tuesday 22nd of January 2013 11:59:50 PM

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