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What are the REAL odds of permanent SVR?

  I have always known Hep C to be incurable. Realy what are my odds being a type 2 that I will never have this returne. I contracted this through a needle stick at work and luckilly they are covering everthing, but what happens at the end, I mean do I settle believing I am good for the rest of my life. What hapens if it comes back ten-fold if 6 years. I mean realy how many people have this virus diassapear permanintly? does anyone know? I am having a hard time believing that the incurable disease I just got lucky. I am srugling with this, and have since the begining- on top of it I am strugling becouse in a month I will be back to work and playing with blood again- and for the first time in 10 years I am afraid of my job, I am afraid of this coming back or getting re-infected. I am greatfull i am clear now, but REALY for how long?
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More specifically, the odds of relapse start to approach zero after being UND one year post treatment.
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As a genotype 2, ballpark odds are 80% that you can be cured with 24 weeks of treatment. If you're cured, the odds of Hep C coming back are as close to zero as anything in this life can be.
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