dude, thanks for coming back and sharing that...you rock..stay well!!!!
Great news. It gives us on treatment some sorely needed hope. It seemed like I was getting close to the end and then my hepatologist sat down with me. We went over all my stats, and he recommended extending to 72 weeks. I remember being glad that I was more than half way through, and then I was less than half way again. I knew from what I learned about Hep C (mostly here -- and I'm a doctor!) that 72 weeks gave me the best chance of SVR, but I cried when he said it out loud.
I'm still grateful that I haven't had as many problems as some others. Still working full time. Was able to climb stairs again after starting Procrit. As far as I know, I'm on everything possible that might give me an SVR: interferon, high dose ribavirin (1600/day), Alinia and Lescol. Wellbutrin, too, to calm down my frontal lobe. Some times I feel like James Brady. He was shot in the head during the Reagan assassination injuring his frontal lobe and can't control his emotions. G-d bless him.
Thirty more weeks, and I'm already imagining how I will take the news that I'm still negative or positive 6 months post treatment. Time will tell. Until then I appreciate all of the info and help from the people on this forum.
Jeff
i honestly can't believe the lack of noise about this disease.
i've learned so much from my close call with it (who knows if i had it or not, unless they do another antibody test) that i want to educate people around me now. i started last night by educating my health food friend who surprisingly didn't know anything about this disease.
and congratulations, Pauly, on your SVR!
Happy Hepatitis C day still clear day. I read that this weekend on Janis and friends site that today is" Hepatitis awareness day" and we should all do something to make someone aware that 1 in 50 people in the USA Have this including me of coarse. A quite epidemic compared to others that get all the attention . So little awareness and so big a problem . There is a patition you can down load and instructions on how to contact your local gov ect and make your voice heard . All non us cits should tell start making your vocies heard too. Let the world know in any way you can about this today.
Enjoy your longer healthier life Pauly, 12 days tx ,Jan
Pauly,
Looks like we did it after all huh? Hard to imagine when we were dying and complainning and crying and whining and wanting SO bad for it all to be over that we'd not only make it but achieve SVR too!
I'm SO GLAD for you - the happiness that I see when it's someone that i"ve been there and done that with just makes me stay here and encourage others that they can too.
I would NEVER have believed I could have done it either without people pushing me onwards when I wanted to give up. The longest 72 weeks of my life but.......totally worth it.
Debby
CONGRADULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SVR Forever!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so glad for you. How normal are things for you at this point. I go this Tuesday to do my 1 1/2 year post. I feel great so far in post tx. No long lingering sides; hope the same with you.
Have A Great Life,
Cajun
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is just so beautiful!!! And thanks for sharing this moment and all the encouraging words. It gives me great hope. I have not started tx, but am preparing myself mentally and practically for my and my daughter's tx.
Marcia