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Vit D seems to be a really hot topic at the moment Doctors are really excited about it. Acquiring all kind of ailments can be attributed to low vit d levels. Our bodies seem to need the adequate amount in order to be strong enough to withstand all kinds of diseases, depression, stress, etc... very interesting! It only makes sense that it would also help with this ugly virus.
I believe it is important to get one's vit D levels tested. Mine were low before starting tx and I was on good dose of vit d and monitored all the way through tx and still am. My levels are back to normal, but normal doesn't seem to be the optimal. The optimal is way higher than the normal.
It takes many months to build up the level in your system. But ending up with to high vit D is not healthy either. So it is important to monitor the progress.
And for control group only 18% which I can imagen is what most geno 1 could expect with regular soc.
44% Thats remarkable figures and bare in mind the best predictor for SVR is RVR.
Having to retreat and prolong second tx my self.
And I´m not the only one who have done so.
I dare speak for most of us and say that is nothing we wish for others.
Everything that can upper the ods to get cured is worht looking in too I believe.
I was thinking about it the other day how tuff my two treatments really was.
The tuffest part of it all I think was when I didn´t know if I could fulfill treatment,
still knowing that I had to and at the same time in the back of my head
thinking its a big chance I don´t make it to SVR anyway.
That what tx is and has been for a lot of us thats also why we get so
exited and happy when we see those three letters SVR among us!!
I salute you all hepper warriors who have done this fight whether you SVRd or not!
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