After treatment

[Pam09]

My Dr. might be taking me off my meds cos at my 6 monrh lab work,my viral load was 610.My main side right now is fatigue.I think I should have a little time off work to cooperate.I've been off work for almost 3 months.But if I'm taken off the meds right now-I really dont think I could stand on my feet 8 hrs. & do my job without getting exausted.I wonder how long it takes to get your energy back?I have a Dr. appt the 22nd. I don't want him to take mo off.He lowered my dose cos I got down to 98 Lbs from 124 lbs.Any way I'm fixing to find out whats going to happen.

[babs824]

initially i was losing weight until i read that riba metabolizes best with a high fat diet. i began adding nuts, peanut butter, cheese and hi fat yogurt to my diet. i eat every 2 hrs even sometimes during the night. i see my weight going back up. if i am nauseated i try to consume a milkhake so at least my stomach is not empty. maybe this will put some weight back on so doc may not have your weight to consider. as bill said it looks like you are responding altho slower than u might like, this does not indicate that you are a non responder. i would be tempted to bulk up and see if he would go back to original dose for a while...btw how far did he lower the riba? i gather your genotype is 1? what was your 4 week vl ? i feel that if your worst sx is only fatigue and u have a 6 month investment and a pretty low vl one could make an argument to keep going with no guarantee of course. i am just a rookie here but i am aware of what a battle this is and once begun, it seems logical to keep going unless there is very little chance of SVR. good luck, babs

[Bill1954]

Hi Pam—

Do you know what test was used to determine your viral load? ARE you being treated by a primary care doc, or a liver specialist? I’m asking because some of the older viral load tests had a lower limit of sensitivity of 615 IU/mL; suspiciously close to your stated viral load. I if this is the case, and your doctor is using an older ‘bDNA’ quantitative test, you might in fact be undetectable for virus. If a PCR or TMA test is used, of course the outcome is different.

I treated twice, and felt significantly better (90%?) within 3-4 weeks; back to normal after 2 months or so.

Hopefully, you’ll get this resolved on the 22nd regardless. Good luck; let us know how it goes—

Bill