If negative 6 months after 48 weeks treatment , did anyone relapse?

[WillPower]

I had 48 weeks combination TX as a genotype 1A with EVR, age 66, male.  Now I have negative TMA 3 months post TX, progressively feeling better (still with diminishing side effects) at 4th month (today). I live a "perfect" diet life style, no drinking...etc, lots of willpower, but my doctor says no alcohol for 5 years post TX!

Apprehension "lives" in me, as with all of us, moment by moment as we assess our physical state.  I am not allowing too much "hope" to exist, staying optimistic, because I want to be psychologically capable of handling the possible disaster of relapse.  

After 6 months post TX negative TMA test as a 1A, assuming no exposure, how many people relapse?  

Thanks for your help. The people in this site are wonderful.

[WillPower]

We all know that when we are well we can't recall the torture of being sick, especially for a year and a half of flu-like symptoms accented with nagging fear, depression and brain fog.  A jury in America only shows up when they are "well".  They have no "connection" whatsoever of what we are experiencing, unless you have plenty of money for a notable attorney and expert witness' to express the realities suffered.  Even then, the defense, representing the medical world, has an unlimited pocketbook and the jury "thinks" the plaintiff is in a money grab.  These people literally took away the best years of my life and there will be little monetary justice.  In jury selection, you can bet none of them will have experienced Hepatitis C.

[Myown]

Believe me,,,YOU have a good case if you can prove your doc caused this.
You should go speak to a lawyer. None of us know what health problems we may face in the future due to the virus and toxic meds.

This is a case that a lawyer will be more than happy to help you with. Believe me,don't worry about the jury not being able to "connect" with being sick.

A good lawyer will paint such a vivid picture,that the jury will feel pain in their liver,have riba rage towards the doctor and itch through the whole trial.

Wish you the best.

[mremeet]

Geez, don't sell yourself short. If you have a reasonable body of evidence that he did infect you, and others were infected as well, then you damn well could successfully sue his a$$ off!! (in the US anyway) And you won't have to pay a red cent for a good lawyer, if you have a good case they'll be all over it pro-bono. I'd go after him with a vengeance for infecting me and then mismanaging my acute HCV treatment. And even if you personally don't have strong evidence he infected you, you can get together with the other infected people and compare notes. Between all of you enough evidence could be mounted for a class action suit.

Don't be cynical and dismiss your ability to be recompensed; if he really did infect you and you're in the US, go after him!

[mremeet]

The odds are building in your favor that you're going to make it to an SVR. Don't remember offhand what the odds are after being clear three months post treatment, but I'm almost certain it's over 90%. I think it goes up to roughly 95% at 6 months and then approaches 100% after a year or more.

Also, since your doctor infected you and then mishandled your treatment while in the acute phase - of course you've secured a good lawyer, right? I'd sue the living $hit out of him for that one!! You have every right and justification to a BIG legal remedy.

[WillPower]

I was, along with 6 other people, infected by a small doctors office which put me into the "acute" classification as opposed to "chronic".  I immediately presented sx in a big way.  I began mono-tx 12 weeks after infection, then after the doctor that infected me ordered treatment stopped, of course I relapsed.  Changed doctors, paid my own bills, and went 48 weeks combo-tx.  I would not let anyone do a biopsy; fibroscan was the most I would allow.  So, liver damage is unknown, but likely minor. I had major sx, including liver pain, 2 weeks after exposure.  I had EVR with both tx.  1A and age are the two factors against me on the svr issue.  Thanks for your help.