New Fibroscan

[mhudnall]

I just got back from LA where I had my second fibroscan. Both were done by HR. The first scan, done six months ago, showed an average of 11.5 kpascal for a high F3 fibrosis staging. A week later I started doing HepTech products. Six months later, today's fibroscan showed an average of 8.7 kpascal for a F2-F3 staging. Pretty decent drop in six months.

I am geno 1a, infected 35 years ago. Six years ago a biopsy also showed high F3, followed by a failed course of SOC. After failed tx I had a VL of 7 million, high enzymes, chronic fatigue and a destroyed immune system. Now I have great energy, low VL and normal enzymes and decreasing fibrosis. I am very happy that my way is clear: keep doing the same things and look for more reduction of fibrosis.

My protocol is 4.5 mg low dose naltrexone, Zhang herbs and HepTech products. Based on my readings, I will not change my protocol and will re-scan in another six months. At that time I hope to see another drop in fibrosis

Next week I will also do labs to check enzymes and viral load. My last labs showed a VL of 58 thousand and normal enzymes. I am hoping for close to the same results this time. I will post the lab results when I get them.

Not a cure, but I believe I am turning back the clock on my liver's lifeline. Severe side effects derailed my first tx attempts after 12 weeks. Accordingly I believe that another course of tx would have the same results. So I, like many hep c patients, needed an alternative strategy to forestall what looked like the inevitable. I'm happy to be making progress and, at the same time, to have great quality of life.

[Bali05]

Mike I am so happy for you . Just terrific !
Now we both have evidence of Fibrosis regression poven by Fibroscan

Great news

Cheers
b

[paen53]

The fibroscan results sound great. I wish they were more available cross country and hopefully they, or another less invasive means of assessing liver damage will be in the near future. Do you plan to have them routinely?

Glad to hear you're feeling better too. Having energy sure ups the quality of life quotient, doesn't it? I'll be interested in watching your progress as you go along. Thanks for posting your results.

[mhudnall]

Essentiale Forte Ingredients

Essentiale forte contains essential phospholipids(EPL substance) 300 mg, Thiamine mono nitrate(Vitamin B1)6 mg, Riboflavine(Vitamiin B2) 6 mg, Pyridoxine chidrochloride 6mg(Vitamin B6), Cyanocobolamine 0.06 mg (Vitamin B12), Nicotinamide 30mg, Tocopherole acetate 6 mg(Vitamin E).

PhospholiponG is an ethanolic extract with the ethanol removed. The master file says that it is: "- Pure phosphatidylcholine stabilized with 0.1% ascorbyl palmitate" The master file also lists residual ethanol at a max level of 0.2%. That means that 0.2% is the maximum allowable as a residue. By label standards, it is correct to claim that it is pure phopholipid.

By contrast, life extensions PPC is 30% ethanol.

[desrt]

Agree with Willy. I certainly don't have any financial interest in LabCorp, but I'll continue to 'promote' their IL28B test until people start to snap to what a powerful tool we've been given. Sometimes you can't help mentioning brand name.
I don't agree with mhudnall's approach to tx or many of the conclusions he's drawn in his particular case, but it's his life and his body. Besides, if he's able to reverse fibrosis without killing the virus, he's going to be in all the text books anyway.

[it'sallgood]

thanks for the clarification.

[Trinity4]

"It is evident that you are advertising for HR. It is well known (or soon to be) that HR has interest in Hep Tec products."

I agree with copyman and cando. Interesting fibroscan and Hepatitis Technologies are mentioned in yet another thread by the same person who posts the same information over and over.

I don't know of any doctors on the advisory board for Merck or Roche who have advocates or soldiers they send out to promote their product or post here specifically targeting their product.

Yeah yeah, we all know there are variations with fibroscan especially in the stage that mhudnall is in.  So he gets a stage 3 and then a 2/3 and next time he might get a 3 again.

I wish you would quit lecturing us Willy.  The only time I ever see you is when you're shaking your finger at us.  It gets old.

Trinity