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I was still undetectable 4 mo post tx
(which is good sign & great considering I had already relapsed by then after the first round) So I'm going for a 15 mo. post TX Pcr this week..
So I think I qualify... I just can't confirm just yet..LoL
:)
I am G3a and yet to experience the joy of relapse, so never been UND.
Actually with the What Ifs and If Onlys I have with NR, Relapse would just annoy the hell out of me.
CS
GI wants to go 48 weeks because I'm a fatso, but I think I'm going to start bargaining for 24 or at worse 36.
Just took injection 14 10 min ago---
Type 2, almost 60 (infected 35 years), 9 million to UND in 4 weeks, 180 (but slim at 6'2")--
Do blood work tomorrow----
I am down to 8 shots, 40 to go.
UND at week 4
Treated for 13 weeks, was UND at 4 weeks post tx. Will have next blood draw on 7/17, and doc appt. on 7/27. If I'm not still UND, I don't know what I'll do because SOC causes me to have severe autoimmune problems.
I am UND, 31/32. Only one more shot to go.
undies!
hahahahahahaha
Good luck to all of you.
Triggertime
Keepdafaith&don4get2giggle
That's fantastic NEWS.
And lots of combined info for newbies needing help.
What a wealth of information and positive reinforcement!
Meki
Hugs to you!
Meki
( we are only allowed to test at 12 weeks in Aus ) and I believe I have stayed that way - week 30/48 here :)
I was a geno 2, overweight, clear at week 4, and stopped at 20.
Haven't had a 1 year post tx test yet. Will wait until I am at the end of my pregnancy, but I was clear at 6 months post.
Meki
See people --- there is hope... I'd love to hear more!
I am genotype 2b and was UND on my week 12 PCR test.
I have 9 shots to go out of my 24 wks of TX.
That's fantastic!
triggertime
keepdafaith&don4get2giggle
You need to include the relapsers.
I wasn UND during entire TX, but relapsed at 6 months. Therefore I'm neither SVR or UND.
Me got mutated virions at 30 weeks, no UND, no SVR, geno 1, no a or b specified, stage 3, grade 3, vb at 30 weeks SOC with Pegasys. That sums it up. Sort of.
I did not count the relapsers.
I think the main purpose of the basic was that UND can be reached --- and so can SVR.
To give hope to those that are searching as to whether TX works.
I think the main answer then, would be, that TX does work for some. Not everyone. But it does work.
I'm sorry for those who have to do more than the basics. I feel for those who have to do more than one round. And for those who never clear. My heart goes to them. Because I don't know if I could have done more than one round. Those people - They deserve medals - Purple Hearts. Because that TX was the worst thing I've ever done. I made it through...
But I don't know if I could do it again.
Meki
And "Man" LMAO!!! that's just the right attitude. But ya need to do yer profile... LOL!
Meki
A sense of encouragement & a sense of humor can work wonders.
Hugs,
Sandra
And Pd - WTG!!! Awesome!
Meki
Doing TX was absolutely the best choice for me - never had a regret.
BJN
BJN
UND & SVR 2.5 years!
but still so many issues to conquer,
frank
UND at wk 4,wk 12,wk 24
shastri
round 2 Peg-intron & riba 48 one year clear-SVR.
Very difficult TX & recovery has been slow steady progress.
Feeling better every day (stage 3 57 male)
rock
12 weeks vx-950 + soc
then 12 weeks soc
UND 37 WEEKS POST!!
was caught without doctor for 4 weeks....had VL @ 3 wks - was 135 (4 log drop however)
found new doctor....had VL @ 7 wks - was UND
at end of Tx was UND
Female, age 56 (no biopsy, only Fibrospect II & ultrasound)
12 week post VL testing to be done next week - I claim UND right now!!
Val hey I haven't seen you in so LONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Geno 1a and 1b 72 weeks Intron and 1200 riba minimum Stage 3 Grade 2
Round 1 was Pegasys monotherapy (insufficient response at 12 weeks- during acute stage).
Round 2 is Pegintron / Riba combo therapy (technically started during chronic stage). UND at 4 weeks, about 30 odd weeks in of 48.
Symptoms of Round 2 are far far worse than Round 1 was indicating to me that Riba is the nasty drug in the mix, not interferon (or that Pegetron is much much worse for side effects than Pegasys).
I was 1a, vl 29,000,000, bx 3-4 and UND at week 4. 60 yr old female (59 when tx began). I am 5 months post tx and pcr is coming in 1 month. If I'm still SVR, Doc says I, too, am CURED.
Shannon
My reccomendation - if your doc is telling you to go for treatement, do that, it is not easy but it is not so difficult, if you don't do the treatement it can be much more difficult.
It was difficult for me on some parts along the treatement but is was also very difficult for me to leave with the infection before the treatement.
So I recommend to do the treatement.
wish SVR for all of us.
Jack