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Rybronco


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Congrats!!!

What a sense of relief!!!

Rockon with the rest of your life!!



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49 yo. G1a prior tx 2005 with peginf and RIBA 12 weeks dc due to side effects. vl 7.8mm Current tx Sovaldi/Olysio 12 weeks started 2-21-2014,  UND at 4 weeks, EOT+12 SVR
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Fab news Kellie!  So pleased for you.



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My husband had genotype 1a, 46yo, started triple therapy (peg/rib/vic) 23rd July 2012, VL prior to treatment 14 million, UNDET 12, 24 weeks, EOT 24th June 2013, EOT +1.5 weeks UNDET, EOT +12 weeks & EOT +27 weeks UNDET; SVR January 2014
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Hey Kellie,

Great news!  It is always great to hear from another who has conquered the beast.  Congratulations!



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Hep C 1a since probably 1981.  Incivek, riba and interferon-48 weeks.  UND at weeks 2-4-6-8-10-12-16-20-24.  Previously Interferon alone for 6 months non-responder.  SVR 48 weeks 12/11/14
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 Kellie,

Hey buddy! So happy to see to your name on this list of names today! It has been a great day for so many reasons. First it was the most excellent news from Sally (Globetrotter) who just passed her 24th week of 48, with the same special attitude and outlook for the future that you've always had. Now you show up and bless the pages again with your always uplifting and cheery message. The news today, as you know, is so different than just a year ago! It just keeps getting better and better. I feel an end to the hopelessness that this disease caused for so many decades, is on the horizon. The future truly looks bright for all of us, especially the newest warriors among us. 

I'm thrilled to see your renewed strength and all of the new activity you've entered into. One year ago today you started something that gave you hope and you paid dearly for that hope, but it paid off in so many ways. Your willingness to share your journey and ultimately your knowledge, has helped us all so very much. Your advice helped me on so many occasions, for that I will be forever in your debt and will always consider you a special friend. 

I wish you the very best of luck and the best, happiest and fulfilling Hep C free future you could have ever dreamed of. You did it my friend, you did it.....

  Tig

 



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Tig

67yo GT1A - 5 Mil - A2/F3 - (1996) Intron A - Non Responder, (2013) Peg/Riba/Vic SOT:05/23/13 EOT:12/04/13 SVR 9+ years!

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Had some liquid sunshine today, helps to knock the pollen down.   Recent UND for me after 2 failed attempts.  Life is good, and made better by the folks here biggrin



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1b  Int/Riba relapse @ 48 weeks.  Stop tx Peg Int/Riba 12 weeks ill. Relapse S/O 6/23/14 :(   Started Harvoni 11/12/14  EOT 4/28/15.  EOT+4 UND :)  SVR! 8/4/15  :)     Thankful for every morning.
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And you do the same as well. Happy Spring my friend. Let's make this a year of new beginnings. I see the weather is warming in your part of the world. No more brrrrrr

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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!
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Kellie, haven't had the pleasure of conversing with you but when I saw this:

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

E.O.T. 9/29/13 - 24 weeks

EOT + 12 weeks - SVR, and EOT +26 weeks UND cured    

 

A great big smile  smile  came upon my mug.  Really happy for you.    Enjoy your new life.



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1b  Int/Riba relapse @ 48 weeks.  Stop tx Peg Int/Riba 12 weeks ill. Relapse S/O 6/23/14 :(   Started Harvoni 11/12/14  EOT 4/28/15.  EOT+4 UND :)  SVR! 8/4/15  :)     Thankful for every morning.
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kellie,

yippee-yah!!!!!! CONGRATS!!!!! now go & enjoy your hcvfree life to the fullest. tig & i are right behind you....of course w/ our fingers,toes,but not eyes crossed.

sandy,ucbgal



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Oh Kellie, that is wonderful news, I`m so happy for you...congratulations!!!  biggrin

It`s wonderful that you`re feeling so fit and well now after all you went through on treatment, and doesn`t it feel great to finally get your life back?!  Really pleased you`re doing so well, and it`s great to read such an encouraging post, this is what we all love to hear!!

Thanks for sharing your journey with us and being so supportive to other members along the way, and do keep in touch, we`ll be pleased to hear from you anytime!   

 



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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.

 

 
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Hi Gangola,

i'm still UND 6months eot and exactly 1 year ago today I started tx.

My alt is 21 and ast is 23. its gone for good and not coming back - ever!

I lived with it for so long it feels kinda funny saying i'm clear of it.

I've never felt better in my life. My thinking is clear and my energy is high. I'm carrying a 97% avg in school.

I'm learning to re-inhabit my new virus free body. Running 3 to 5 times a week. Walking daily and I've found the joys of kettle bell training.

If anybody is just thinking about getting tx: Run, don't walk to get it treated

Grateful I am for all my friends here that listened to me when i was soooooo sick. Thank you all. I have a friend who'll be starting tx soon and I told her about this forum. It was so important during tx to connect with people who understood what I was going through.

Tig and UBC Gal: way to go and congratulations!. Thank you both for all your special attention during the difficult times. Cinnamon Girl thank you for having this forum available, you're my angel, always the understanding voice and thank you mallani for your wisdom and straight talking style.

I'll check back in every now and again, and lurk a bit while I follow the new tx's.

Love to you all



-- Edited by Kellie on Friday 18th of April 2014 02:20:41 AM

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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!
ucbgal


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kellie,

like tig said you have a 99% svr success rate.

you have it in the bag, i can just feel it in my bones.

if you're only sufferring from minor issues consider yourself blessed & fortunate.

missing our forum commradderie.....

good news is i'm 3mo. svr., but hgb is low again & back on some procrit.

be well.

sandy,ucbgal



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Hey Kellie

Rest assured you are one of the 99% and you have made it, from time to time we all get little things that can cause fatigue but you know your body the best.

 

Tig- That last post to Kellie made me laugh! thanks for the levity.

 

matt 



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61 year old Geno type A1, F4 Cirrhotic, started 24 weeks on Harvoni 12-17-14 ,EOT-5 week = UND, 8-31-15 =UND , SVR-24 Baby YES! 
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Hi Kellie,

So happy to see you here again!! For those of you that don't know Kellie, she was my first saving Angel here on the forum. I had a horrid case of oral thrush and thought I'd die from the pain and trouble it was causing. Her wisdom and suggestions saved me untold days of discomfort and cemented my relationship with her and this forum! Her ever present goodwill and friendship helped so many on our pages. She is a true friend to us all...

As Jill mentioned, you'll be fine. The incidence of relapse is <1% after a SVR12. That doesn't mean you're going to always escape and evade the typical post-Tx issues. I agree with Jill that it's going to take every bit of 6-12 months to recover. My joints, particularly my hips are really hurting these days and I'm seeing progressive discomfort in my other large joints. I'm sure it's Interferon related as do my doctors. As long as the SVR's keep coming, I'll deal with the joint pain and hope time resolves it. We all accepted some risks and have to deal with it, with our sights on the future. I believe our willingness to try the treatments available to us were stepping stones for the researchers developing these new wonder drugs. If I end up old and decrepit, I'm going to find one of our new members to push me around in my wheelchair, lol!! But I think in time we'll be back chasing the little one's around the playground and telling people what HCV Tx was like in the beginning. If we don't see an outright end to this disease, perhaps it'll be something we can find an easy cure for at the local Walgreens. I'll keep my fingers crossed that whatever happens comes soon.

Be well my friend and please let us know what your results are. Good luck and enjoy all those bright days ahead

XO, Tig  smile



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67yo GT1A - 5 Mil - A2/F3 - (1996) Intron A - Non Responder, (2013) Peg/Riba/Vic SOT:05/23/13 EOT:12/04/13 SVR 9+ years!

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Hi Kellie, good to hear from you again! 

You`ve been undetected all the way through your treatment so I`m also 99% sure that you still are.  I can understand you being anxious though... we all feel like that until we hear those magical letters...SVR! It often takes at least 6 months to make a complete recovery after treatment with peg/riba so try not to worry, there could be lots of reasons why you`ve been feeling tired and achy lately.

Wishing you all the best of luck, and hoping to hear some good news from you as soon as you get your results!! 

Sending hugs! 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.

 

 
Kellie


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hi all!

the months end is 6 mos. post eot for me.

gave blood today for my last vl.

curious because i haven't been feeling tip top the last month or so. fatigue and muscle aches mainly so i emailed the doc and she set up the CBC and VL.

i'm 99% sure i'm ok. just a nagging little voice that says i better check.

will fill you in when i get word.

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!
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