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Author Topic: Hep C Cleared !  (Read 6842 times)

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Offline seaspice

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Hep C Cleared !
« on: September 03, 2011, 12:29:34 am »
     On cloud 9 ,  the treatment was difficult at times , but it worked !
 :)

Offline phildinftlaudy

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Re: Hep C Cleared !
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2011, 12:43:17 am »
Great news - Congratulations - you have good reason to be on cloud 9.
September 13, 2008 - diagnosed +
Labs:
Date    CD4    %   VL     Date  CD4  %   VL
10/08  636    35  510   9/09 473  38 2900  12/4/09 Atripla
12/09  540    30    60   
12/10  740    41  <48   
8/11    667    36  <20  
03/12  1,041  42  <20
05/12  1,241  47  <20
08/12   780    37  <20
11/12   549    35  <20
02/12  1,102  42  <20
11/12   549    35  <20

Offline HollyStar

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Re: Hep C Cleared !
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2011, 01:48:06 am »
That's awesome news indeed! Congratulations to you:)
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Offline spacebarsux

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Re: Hep C Cleared !
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2011, 01:52:19 am »
Congrats!  :)
Infected-  2005 or early 2006; Diagnosed- Jan 28th, 2011; Feb '11- CD4 754 @34%, VL- 39K; July '11- CD4 907@26%,  VL-81K; Feb '12- CD4 713 @31%, VL- 41K, Nov '12- CD4- 827@31%

Offline J.R.E.

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Re: Hep C Cleared !
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2011, 05:08:27 am »
     On cloud 9 ,  the treatment was difficult at times , but it worked !
 :)


Fantastic !!

Ray
Current Meds ; Viramune / Epzicom Eliquis, Diltiazem. Pravastatin 80mg, Ezetimibe. UPDATED 2/18/24
 Tested positive in 1985,.. In October of 2003, My t-cell count was 16, Viral load was over 500,000, Percentage at that time was 5%. I started on  HAART on October 24th, 2003.

 As of Oct 2nd, 2023, Viral load Undetectable.
CD 4 @676 /  CD4 % @ 18 %
Lymphocytes,absolute-3815 (within range)


72 YEARS YOUNG

Offline Andy Velez

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Re: Hep C Cleared !
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2011, 09:26:44 am »
WOW! You are a BIG winner on that one. Great to hear!

ROCK ON!
Andy Velez

Offline emeraldize

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Re: Hep C Cleared !
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2011, 09:56:47 am »
Congrats. Someone I know went through this and it kicked his ass, but he, too, cleared it.
Lot of sufferin' for a lot of gain.

Offline le_liseur

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Re: Hep C Cleared !
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2011, 12:51:10 pm »
Congratulations, it is awesome. Good job!  :)


Offline elf

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Re: Hep C Cleared !
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2011, 08:34:14 pm »
Great!!! At least one nice thing I found out today.  :)

Offline seaspice

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Re: Hep C Cleared !
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2011, 01:16:55 am »
        Thanks All !     I  feel very gratfull , strugled some years to go with the treatment . 
 Finaly decided I would be a fool not to at least try ,
     if anyone is thinking of it , feel free to contact me if you like

Offline BT65

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Re: Hep C Cleared !
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2011, 05:02:05 am »
Good news Sea.  I know a few people who started the treatment and didn't finish it because of the side effects.  And my best friend was diagnosed with Hep C back in the late 80's, and may have cleared it on her own.  Anyway, that's great to hear!
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Re: Hep C Cleared !
« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2011, 09:00:22 am »
Great news Sea! How long after treatment cessation was your hcv VL tested again? I remember in my first year post-treatment, they tested me at one month, three months, six months, and then at one year. Now they test me every year or two and I've remained UD for nearly ten years now. They reckon if you're still UD six months post treatment, you've definitely have had a sustained response. Even so, good doctor will still continue to test you periodically - a case of better safe than sorry.

Here's to your sustained response! I'm glad you stuck with it and I bet you are too.
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Re: Hep C Cleared !
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2011, 08:13:38 am »
Magnifico
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Offline seaspice

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Re: Hep C Cleared !
« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2011, 12:35:02 pm »
    tested after 6 months ,  Doc  said next test  1 year ,
   

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Re: Hep C Cleared !
« Reply #14 on: September 06, 2011, 10:29:19 am »
    tested after 6 months ,  Doc  said next test  1 year ,
   

Fantastic! A true sustained response. What a relief!
Condoms are a girl's best friend

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"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

 


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