Another question about testing

[St. George]

During treatment and up until a year after it has ended I have been using Quest's Heptimax for viral load tetsting.  I recently lost my insurance so now pay out of pocket so I am considering a cheaper alternative viral test by LabCorp called Quantasure.  It's $300 dollars compared to the Heptimax which is nearly $500.  Has anyone had experience with the Quantasure test and is it as reliable as the Heptimax?  

Thanks,
Saint

[nygirl7]

I agree it's just that he's nervous.  Seriously I'm done with having doctors tell me "why not" uh cause they are tres expensive el doctor and I don't need it.

Ain't got it and ain't going to reinfect myself so time to say adios to thinking about it any longer.

It's just hard cause we are all wierd.  ;)

[FlGuy]

At a year-plus SVR, I'd think that a pcr more frequent than every few years is unnecessary.  I wonder if even that much testing is needed.

[nygirl7]

if you were to have relapsed your VL would be much greater than any difference in the tests.  Remember my first post tx VL was positive - I didn't believe for a minute that I had succeeded but at '60' the docs assured me that it was false or it would be in the 100s of thousands.

He was right, I've tested neg ever since.