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Cruising along on Harvoni!
Starting on week 9 tomorrow. My last bottle! My doctor and I decided to cut from 24 weeks to 12 since I'm responding well. Side effects have been mild and come and go. I feel good now. I hope the insurance company will be happy to save $90,000. :) BTW, 1a, 4.1 fibroscan, tx exp, 8 million initial VL. Just an update for others. Harvoni is easy.
Dear Carl , Congratulations and i think you and the doc made the right choice with the 12 week tx period .
your fibroscan score is perfect and 12 weeks is what is suggested by gilead .
my only question would be ( since u have not specified above ) what was your vl report at week 4 !!
i would not worry about anything if u were clear or very low on the week 4 vl load test -:) , finish your last bottle of Harvoni and get on with a healthy and happy life ahead .
my best wishes and congrats once again .
your fibroscan score is perfect and 12 weeks is what is suggested by gilead .
my only question would be ( since u have not specified above ) what was your vl report at week 4 !!
i would not worry about anything if u were clear or very low on the week 4 vl load test -:) , finish your last bottle of Harvoni and get on with a healthy and happy life ahead .
my best wishes and congrats once again .
Great news! I am doing 24 weeks of Harvoni as a 2-time non responder with Stage 3 Fibrosis. I just took pill #7 this morning. Side effects are pretty mild - getting tired and my sleep is off but the hepatology nurse said these will slow down as I adjust to the meds. Those are some giant pills to swallow!
Thanks for the encouragement everyone. My Fibroscan of 4.1 indicates a completely normal liver! The indicated regimen for me is 12 weeks; I fought for 24 weeks because I was concerned with the initial high VL. Since I was UND at 4 weeks we are going with the 12 weeks. Time will tell if that was a mistake or not but I feel pretty good about this. I'll be around but probably won't have an update on my case until 12 weeks EOT.
Way to go Carl. Be done before summer kicks in. I'm assuming you don't have cirrhosis. I did for 12 weeks and it seems like it may work out, but it came out after I finished cirrhotics should take for 24 weeks. My 24-week EOT labs are coming up, but it nags at the back of my head should have done 24 weeks. Anyway, congrats to you on a course soon to be finished.
Never mind what Virt said, don't try standing on you head for 3 weeks! It is hard to eat and exercise in that position (hee hee).
Seriously, so glad you are progressing well! This 3 weeks will fly by as you are on the down hills side. I, agree that your decision to reduce your treatment is a good one in this case.
Good treating, good luck -- anf finish off that Dragon!!
Blessings,
Pat
Seriously, so glad you are progressing well! This 3 weeks will fly by as you are on the down hills side. I, agree that your decision to reduce your treatment is a good one in this case.
Good treating, good luck -- anf finish off that Dragon!!
Blessings,
Pat
That all sounds great, Carl! One more month...you can do that standing on your head.
Wishing you well on your road to SVR.
Marc
Wishing you well on your road to SVR.
Marc
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