Welcome to the forum. Be sure to post often. Sounds like you made it through the roughest part already. Congrats to you! Stay the course!
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ROFL can't blame auto correct on this one *15 not 115 years
I have had the same stage of damage for over 115 years now (when I first started getting biopsies). I'm told the reason mine hasn't progressed even with the virus is because I don't drink any alcohol anymore which speeds up the damage process. In addition I discuss with any Dr's (my condition) before accepting any new prescriptions to make sure they are not hard on the liver.
I'm cirrhotic, but fortunately my liver has stayed fully compensated (hooray!), so as long as I don't develop HCC I won't have to worry about a transplant - thanks to successfully beating the damn virus! My doctor says I'll have to see him every six months forever, but he's confident the visits will all be very boring. Sounds great to me.
Thanks for reply friends.
Pooh was UND at week 6 cuz the lab lost my results and had to go back but thinking would of been UND at 4 weeks. Can't wait for 6 mos to see if I'm SVR even though I have to continue full term it's a good sign. Actually feeling loads better since my intro, that Incivik is probably almost out of my system now.....hurray!
ceanothus: I'm not full blown chirrhosis just the stage before that I think it's called Bridging Fibrosis. Are you a candidate for liver transplant?
Hey do any of you have hemotoma's on your liver? Is yes any of yours increasing? Is there a treatment that you know of?
Enjoying reading all the threads and gaining knowledge. Feels good to know it's a "we" thing and not a "me" thing!
Darn iPhone spell-check, I was trying to say "having failed three attempts".
Another welcome! Congratulations on finishing the Incivek and on getting to UND! It's a wonderful accomplishment, and before long will be eclipsed by more wonderful news. I'm like Pooh: had to treat for 48 weeks and had a pretty rough time with it, but achieved SVR. All's well that ends well, and getting to SVR is just incredibly wonderful after having had the virus for about 30 years, with cirrhosis for the last 9 years, and having failed REI previous treatment attempts. I hope you will soon be joining us in SVR!
Welcome to the forum.
Glad to hear you are UNDETECTABLE. (Were you UND at week 4 or week 8, just curious.)
Sorry to hear you are having so many side effects. Hopefully some of them will ease up a little now that you are done with Incivek. Hope your hemoglobin stabilizes soon so you can increase your Ribavirin back up to the recommended dosage.
I had to do 48 weeks too (DET at week 4) abd it was a long haul, but it was worth it. I did attain SVR.
Here's wishing that the rest of Tx is easier and that you attain SVR.