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1504401 tn?1387565861

Viral Load

Just joined up with you guys last night, and am filling out my charts.  Start combo TX on Monday, with Meds arriving today!  Yippee?? Not.  lol.
I don't know my Viral Load..Serious.  First Lab Results show Hep C RNA PCR Quant...is that it? I can find pretty much everything else that was required for my tracker.
Thanks, everyone.  I am SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE!!
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87972 tn?1322661239
Yes, if you have the HCV RNA by PCR Quant results, this is your viral load.

Welcome to the discussion group, by the way; and good luck to you,

Bill
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In many cases, the first shot is truly a non-event. I see more people saying they kept waiting, and waiting for side effects, and nothing happened - or something very mild.

Not to say their aren't people who do have bad effects, but I think most do not have anything unmanageable.

Good luck!

RBW
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1504401 tn?1387565861
This is even better than Facebook! Way better..because I don't have to hide my journals.  Itching stopped, got in a nice late evening walk, and feel the vibe of new friends all around me.  Looking forward to Sunday and my fears about that First Shot have gone by the wayside. Have a good night everyone..Janee
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691935 tn?1421027090
thought i'd chime in just to say "welcome"
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1431734 tn?1421011671
welcome to a great group for discussion. there is a wealth of information, humor and experience here. it has helped me enormously. the early days of pretreatment and treatment are the most stressful. you will settle in shortly and have a bit of sense how things will work for u. keep asking question! best, babs
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87972 tn?1322661239
Do I get double best answers now :)?
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87972 tn?1322661239
:o)
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Oh geez, it's that silly "best answer" thing that got me again. Thought you double posted there William.

RBW
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"Yes, if you have the HCV RNA by PCR Quant results, this is your viral load.

Welcome to the discussion group, by the way; and good luck to you,

Bill "

You can say that again. :-)
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446474 tn?1446347682
Yep that should be it. "Hep C RNA PCR Quant"

Hectorsf
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