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Kellie


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Hi Tim,

Welcome to the Forum. You've landed on a great spot. Wonderful support.

It's good you're getting this done early. The younger the better. The search feature here, works great when you have questions.

Best to you, Kellie



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HCV 1A 1980. Dual tx 2003 -UND at wk 11-discontinued due to severe depression

Started Triple 4/16/13 for 24 weeks

UND wk 4,6,8,12,17 & 24

E.O.T. 9/29/13

EOT + 12 weeks=SVR, and EOT +26 weeks=Cured!
tomyboy


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Welcome to the forum. Good luck with your treatment. You will find lots of support and information on this forum.  When you find out which treatment on, please let us know.  There are various treatments and some new treatments are getting to be approved by the FDA. 

Laura and Tom



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Geno type 1,��after 20 YEARS Harvoni finally arrived....after six prior treatments...�Began harvoni for 24 weeks.....30 days viral count....STILL 0.......Tom now HEP C and Cancer FREE

Cinnamon Girl


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Hi Tim, and welcome to the forum.  I`m glad you`ve found us, you`ll get all the support you need here as well as plenty of helpful tips for dealing with side effects.

Have you discussed your treatment options with your medical team yet, in other words, do you know which treatment drugs you`ll be doing?  And when you say you have stage 2 `cirrhosis` do you mean stage 2 `fibrosis`?  Sorry for the questions! 

It`s natural to be feeling scared at this point but try not to take too much notice of any horror stories you come across, you`ll find it a lot more helpful to read about our members` own personal experiences.  Going through treatment can be hard going, but the side effects do vary quite a lot from person to person, and you are still relatively young compared to a lot of us here, which should help.

Please feel free to ask any questions you have, this a very friendly and helpful group!  smile



 



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Jill 

(71 yo, lives in UK)

Was Gen 3a, 

24wks Peg Ifn/Riba, Sep 2010 - Mch 2011

UND @ Wk.4, UND @ EOT, 

SVR Nov 2011 --> Still UND @ EOT + 4 yrs.

 

 
bigedawg23


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Greetings

I recently made the decision to start treatment. I got the results of my biopsy, Hep C genotype 1...Stage II Cirrosis. Happy to find a support network and I'm sure i'll be using you guys advice alot. I'm scared to death from all the horror stories I've heard about treatment but I'm 38 years old with a 7 year old daughter so I have to do all that I can to beat this thing. Thanks and prayers for all that are here or that are suffering thru this.



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