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Barnacle


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Rubye wrote:

Congratulations Barnacle and pl1952's husband. When I get discouraged about simply finishing treatment, let alone reaching SVR, it does me such good to hear the success stories. Let your new lives begin!

 Before Tx my body would remind me in various ways, daily that I had Hep C. Already I hardly think about it so I still need to come back here and see how everyone is doing.

Hang in there it will be over before you know it.



-- Edited by Barnacle on Sunday 4th of January 2015 04:22:33 AM

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57yo male gen 1a since '70s. Fib F3-4 VL >2M Tx started 5 Apr 14 Sov/Oly/Rib

wk 4 UND wk 8 UND, wk 12 EOT UND...keep em coming 24wks UND = SVR!
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Thanks for the good wishes Rubye!



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Me: 62 yr. old female, GT 1b, fibroscan 4.5; VL 650,975 as of 2/4/14;started Harvoni 3/6/15; SVR


Hubby: 59 yrs.; GT1b; fibroscan 25-cirrhotic; S/O for 12 weeks started tx 3/20/14; SVR56; fibroscan done 7-7-15 = 8.5
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Congratulations Barnacle and pl1952's husband. When I get discouraged about simply finishing treatment, let alone reaching SVR, it does me such good to hear the success stories. Let your new lives begin!



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UNDETECTED 5/4/15 - 16 weeks after EOT, 1st treatment - Sovaldi and Olysio, Geno 1a, 67 year old with compensated cirrhosis, over 40 years with HCV.
Barnacle


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Thanks guys from the bottom of my heart. I was only moments away from a different course of treatment when I discovered through this site that I had options.
As Jill has mentioned I didn't know how messed up I was until I got better. This disease is so insidious and slow acting that I didn't even know what normal felt like.
Very likely the new drugs that make us feel better so quick are giving us a look at our sickness. I can only assume the 48wk survivors didn't get that same realization at least immediately. I know my Tx was working the first week just by how I felt.
I have done a lot this last 6 months because I now feel confident I will be able to enjoy the fruits of my labors.

God bless you all.

Oh and by the way. The hep c clinic in Nanaimo BC run by Dr Morse and two angels named Sarah and Shelby are top notch and told me they were just as excited as I was about my SVR because I was the first to get this Tx on Vancouver Island. They did lots of research for me and helped me get the meds, the copay the whole deal.

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57yo male gen 1a since '70s. Fib F3-4 VL >2M Tx started 5 Apr 14 Sov/Oly/Rib

wk 4 UND wk 8 UND, wk 12 EOT UND...keep em coming 24wks UND = SVR!
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AWESOME!!!!!smile



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62 year old female      1a, f1-2, had virus 40 years   STARTED HARVONI for 8 weeks 11/19/14, relapsed one month after tx  ended in 1/15.  Fibrosis level was only .5 after fibroscan 12/15. Began treatment with Mavyret on January 20, 2018 for 16 weeks!  Ending May 12.
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Hi David,

Congrats on your SVR. Great Christmas present. Cheers.



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Geno 1b, IL28B CT,  x3 prior relapser,  ex-cirrhotic, 75 yo, did 48 weeks with Victrelis/Peg./Riba.  VL 1.28m at start, UNDET. at 8 ,12 ,16 ,24 ,30  and 48 weeks.  EOT 15 Feb 2013 , UNDET. at EOT + 28 weeks. SVR!  Still Undet. at EOT +5 years

Malcolm
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Another SVR 24 weeks!  Congrats to my hubbie -- just got the results today and the doctor said he is "cured".  I needed to share with you all...He's 1b, with a fibroscan score of 25 and cirrhosis.  Was on S/O 3 months.  No problems on treatment. Thanks for everyone's support and sharing their knowledge here.  That was how we found out how to proceed. I've been patiently waiting since February and see my Dr. Tuesday.  Hopefully, I'll have good news about treatment with Harvoni for me.  Merry Christmas everyone! :)  



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Me: 62 yr. old female, GT 1b, fibroscan 4.5; VL 650,975 as of 2/4/14;started Harvoni 3/6/15; SVR


Hubby: 59 yrs.; GT1b; fibroscan 25-cirrhotic; S/O for 12 weeks started tx 3/20/14; SVR56; fibroscan done 7-7-15 = 8.5
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That is such excellent news, David, congratulations on your SVR!!!  biggrin

You must be so relieved and happy to have arrived at this point after such a long time, and what a wonderful feeling it is to know you`re finally free from Hep C! 

I agree with Gator Man that for many people it`s only after we start feeling a lot better that we realise just how much the virus had been effecting our general health and energy levels, sometimes for many years or even decades before we cleared the virus.

So pleased for you, have a very Merry Christmas!  smile

 



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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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Congratulations to you!!!  My trial coordinator said that 24 weeks SVR is considered CURED!!!   Isn't that a wonderful feeling!  Enjoy and may every day be a blessing for you.



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Long-term HCV, GT1a, IL28B C/T, T/G;  VL 2 mil.  Merck C-Edge Clinical trial  EOT 10/01/14. +24= UND
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Awesome David!

Im so happy for you. What a great Christmas present!

Merry Christmas!

-Rob



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Age 33, Male. GT-1 for ten years. Diagnosed in March, 2014.

Treated with Sovaldi/Olysio: SVR 24 on February 16, 2015!
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Congratulations! I guess statistically speaking, you now have a better chance of a Boeing 767 landing on your head than you do of relapsing.



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Diag. with hep c in 1992; A3:F2;  GT 1a; IL28B CT; VL 900k, ALT 150, AST 100 on 8/5/2014; SOT 9/5/2014  S/O ---VL 127 after 6 days; VL detected on day 18 but < 15.; --> UND @ EOT+ 1 year SVR!
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Great news, David.  It certainly is a Merry Christmas...smile

 



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Dx. 2005-liver bx.: stg 2/gr 1. at that time  - GT 1a multiple transfusions in 1981.  Started Sovaldi and Olysio 1/16/14  (No prior treatments) Q80K present.  UND week 4,8 and at EOT.   UND at wk 4EOT, Und at wk 8EOT  SVR 12!!!..SVR 24 :-)
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Barnacle wrote:

So here I am almost a year since I started down the road to recovery and 25 years since I was told I had a disease that could kill me I'm cured You guys are the best. 

 Hey David, thanks for the inspiring story of your HCV trip. We all look forward to the same ending.

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! 
pl1952


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Way to go!  Congrats!

 



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Hubby: 59 yrs.; GT1b; fibroscan 25-cirrhotic; S/O for 12 weeks started tx 3/20/14; SVR56; fibroscan done 7-7-15 = 8.5
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Hey David,

SVR it is!! Congratulations on this excellent milestone. I can tell you that getting those test results back, confirming a still undetectable viral load, never gets old! I don't care how many weeks or months go by, it stays as sweet as it was the first time. 

I hope to see you on the forum in the future! We need to talk about the successes with those starting down Treatment Road. You Veteran's bring hope to all of the Newbies and nobody understands the journey better than you do!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you!

Tig



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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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Outstanding! Just a few weeks ahead of you Barnacle and I do feel like a new man as well. Because of the insidious nature of this disease, it can take time to realize how much better one feels compared to the last few years prior to Tx. Nearly nine months post-EOT, I know I'm in much better shape than I've been in at least a decade. I certainly hope our good fortune becomes routine for everyone suffering with HCV.

Merry Christmas Barnacle, and good holiday wishes to all. Keep in touch. Let's hope that 2015 is the year that we start putting HCV in the rear view mirror for everyone!



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Geno 1b, compensated cirrhotic, 54 yo, prior null responder. Pre tx VL approx 595,000, tx with Sovaldi/Olysio (no Riba) started 1/8/14. VL 40 @ 2 weeks, UND @ 4 weeks. Still UND @ EOT + 1 year.

Gator Man SVR12, Dragon 0, Final Score.
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What a feeling it must be!!!

Congratulations!

pamigo



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Great news!! I could never get tired of reading posts like this.

Have a great Holiday Season.

 



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Barnacle


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My clinic nurse just called me. UND 24 weeks post TX! I found this forum because my Dr had suggest it was time for treatment. Things were getting grim and postponing was a bad idea. I started all the testing poking prodding and bloodletting as well as MRIs ultrasounds fibroscans and then somewhere in that process I found this site. I was reading on here about a new TX that did not involve interferon. I told my Dr about it and he said its available but likely too expensive to pay out of pocket. Then the next miracle was my health insurance provider agreed to pay for it. Public health plan wouldn't since the Dr wanted me on an off-label Tx. So here I am almost a year since I started down the road to recovery and 25 years since I was told I had a disease that could kill me I'm cured You guys are the best. My treatment was mostly uneventful. I sleep the night through mostly and don't need a back scratcher by my bed. Other than a few post Tx aches and pains which I'm hoping will go away eventually I feel like a new man. Thanks for all your support. God bless those who are still fighting the fight. I will be still watching this forum to see how everyone is doing Merry Christmas

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wk 4 UND wk 8 UND, wk 12 EOT UND...keep em coming 24wks UND = SVR!
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