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I finished 24 weeks of treatment for HCV 4 weeks ago...
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AND AND TODAY I GOT A CALL AND WAS TOLD THAT FUCKING VIRUS IS GONE!!!!!!!!

FUCKING A....goddamn,, I knew it was becuase I have felt better than I have since I was a teenager.  Unbelievable energy level, my hormones are functioning and not only that, I have/had severely advanced cirrhosis of the liver from the HCV and drinking, and ALL my liver functions have reached normal and my liver is fucking repairing itself.  In fact the doctor told me he's taken a couple of patients off the transplant list because their livers were working again. :awesomenod:

I'm like on cloud 9 all day and like one of my friends at work said--because last november i was almost dead--he said, goddamn dude you are one lucky fucking bastard.... :awesomenod: :cool::awecid::highfive::rockon:


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Re: I finished 24 weeks of treatment for HCV 4 weeks ago... [Re: starfire_xes]
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:thumbup::mushroom2::thumbup::sun::thumbup:

Sounds like you had a very good day. Congratulations.

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Re: I finished 24 weeks of treatment for HCV 4 weeks ago... [Re: Detached]
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Detached said:
:thumbup::mushroom2::thumbup::sun::thumbup:

Sounds like you had a very good day. Congratulations.


Happy for you my brother


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Re: I finished 24 weeks of treatment for HCV 4 weeks ago... [Re: Detached]
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Glad to hear it,  I hope your good health continues. :thumbup:

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Re: I finished 24 weeks of treatment for HCV 4 weeks ago... [Re: qman]
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Gratz man that must be a huge weight off your shoulders.

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Re: I finished 24 weeks of treatment for HCV 4 weeks ago... [Re: FreeTheSoul]
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FreeTheSoul said:
Gratz man that must be a huge weight off your shoulders.



For years all I could think was 'fuck, this shit is just slowly killing me' as I got sicker and sicker, and felt worse and worse, and everyday was kind of gloom and doom view of the future.  One of the things i remember most is thinking, quite often, that I just wanted to be rid of that obscene tiredness and fatigue.  It got where I was sleeping sometimes 30 hours at a time.


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Re: I finished 24 weeks of treatment for HCV 4 weeks ago... [Re: starfire_xes]
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Life and biology isnt perfect
it sucks
and its dark and scary

But things will be ok
through life or death
:heart:


im so glad for you though
you always seemed like a cool guy throughout the years
you deserve this


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Re: I finished 24 weeks of treatment for HCV 4 weeks ago... [Re: SunnyD]
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AddyZomeD said:
Life and biology isnt perfect
it sucks
and its dark and scary

But things will be ok
through life or death
:heart:


im so glad for you though
you always seemed like a cool guy throughout the years
you deserve this



Its certainly made me think differently about how I treat and act to other people.


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Re: I finished 24 weeks of treatment for HCV 4 weeks ago... [Re: starfire_xes]
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Aw, that's great news, Starfire. I'm very glad for you.

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Re: I finished 24 weeks of treatment for HCV 4 weeks ago... [Re: starfire_xes]
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Thats a good thing man
i feel

:hug:

glad once again


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And to everyone who thinks life is just a game,
Do you like the part you are playing?
This is the time in life I am living!
And I face each day with a smile :smile:
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Re: I finished 24 weeks of treatment for HCV 4 weeks ago... [Re: SunnyD]
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thats amazing starfire. its nice to hear some good news once in awhile.
if i remember correctly, you were using an experimental treatment, right? and HCV is traditionally incurable?

sounds like an a-fucking-plus for the medical community and hepatitis sufferers

Edited by Adolin (06/18/15 10:07 PM)

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Re: I finished 24 weeks of treatment for HCV 4 weeks ago... [Re: Adolin]
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I think the hope fore medical advancment is immense


I think the possibiltys for many things is endless


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Re: I finished 24 weeks of treatment for HCV 4 weeks ago... [Re: Adolin]
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Gresh said:
thats amazing starfire. its nice to hear some good news once in awhile.
if i remember correctly, you were using an experimental treatment, right? and HCV is traditionally incurable?

sounds like an a-fucking-plus for the medical community and hepatitis sufferers


That treatment has now gone mainstream, but they are still unsure about whether ribiviran was needed along with it, so they are still studying the protocol.  But I think what it really was, my doctor who is also the head of the SO Cal Liver research foundation and one of the foremost experts on HCB and HCV, he used this study as an excuse to get nearly free treatment to his patients who were in immeadiate need of treatment. 

He's cool as hell too, he said he's going to take me down to the Gaslamp district in SD and hangout.  He said, I dont get to drink though, which is fucking A-OK with me.

As far as the drugs, I took Olysio, Sofusbuvir, and Ribiviran for 24 weeks.  The first two are new, direct acting anti-viral drugs, and the other one is used to treat several other diseases, like Congo Hemmoraghic Fever and it used to be used for AIDS. the drugs were actually all approved since last november to use together. 

Now, I may be on a long term study, they are going to see how long it takes for the liver to become completely normal, they estimate 5 years, but they aren't sure.  I would have to put up with liver biopsies, but thats cool, he gives me a whopping dose of demerol right after the biopsy for the pain.


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Re: I finished 24 weeks of treatment for HCV 4 weeks ago... [Re: starfire_xes]
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That's pretty crazy, I didn't realize how long you had been gone until now actually :lol:
Work of God, sleep cures all ailments, praise jesus!


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Re: I finished 24 weeks of treatment for HCV 4 weeks ago... [Re: Konyap]
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Illyabo said:
That's pretty crazy, I didn't realize how long you had been gone until now actually :lol:
Work of God, sleep cures all ailments, praise jesus!


actaully, ive been working and posting here a bit in political.  but i was gone in the sense that i would sleep sometimes 30 hours at a stretch when the disease was at its worst, i felt sickeningly miserable, sic to my stomach all the time, my skin was turning yellow and grey, and i had like infections and sores and shit and itching constantly, ad there was this fucking black cloud of gloom hanging over me all the time.
I would have been dead in about 2 or 3 more years. 

it ws so bad, i would probably kill myself now before i let myself die of that fucking disease.  And my legs where all swelling up with water where i could barely walk.  Man that was fucked.


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Re: I finished 24 weeks of treatment for HCV 4 weeks ago... [Re: starfire_xes]
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wow
death sounds like a visit into the dark ages
makes you want to live in a hole
glad you're back to normal again


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Re: I finished 24 weeks of treatment for HCV 4 weeks ago... [Re: Konyap]
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Illyabo said:
wow
death sounds like a visit into the dark ages
makes you want to live in a hole
glad you're back to normal again


:awesomenod:


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Re: I finished 24 weeks of treatment for HCV 4 weeks ago... [Re: starfire_xes]
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:congrats: starfire, that's great to hear.

I'm just starting week 5 of my 12 week treatment with something called 'Viekira pak'.
They got their FDA approval in Dec. 2014.

http://abbvie.mediaroom.com/2014-12-19-AbbVie-Receives-U-S-FDA-Approval-of-VIEKIRA-PAK-Ombitasvir-Paritaprevir-Ritonavir-Tablets-Dasabuvir-Tablets-for-the-Treatment-of-Chronic-Genotype-1-Hepatitis-C

My insurance co. wouldn't cover it, but fortunately,
the pharmaceutical co. is providing it to me at no cost.
They even send a RN to my house once a week, see how I'm doing/feeling.

Got to just keep on keeping on...:shrug:
:waits: 4 :bliss: . . . :peace:


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Re: I finished 24 weeks of treatment for HCV 4 weeks ago... [Re: vinsue]
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vinsue said:
:congrats: starfire, that's great to hear.

I'm just starting week 5 of my 12 week treatment with something called 'Viekira pak'.
They got their FDA approval in Dec. 2014.

http://abbvie.mediaroom.com/2014-12-19-AbbVie-Receives-U-S-FDA-Approval-of-VIEKIRA-PAK-Ombitasvir-Paritaprevir-Ritonavir-Tablets-Dasabuvir-Tablets-for-the-Treatment-of-Chronic-Genotype-1-Hepatitis-C

My insurance co. wouldn't cover it, but fortunately,
the pharmaceutical co. is providing it to me at no cost.
They even send a RN to my house once a week, see how I'm doing/feeling.

Got to just keep on keeping on...:I:
:waits: 4 :bliss: . . . :peace:


:highfive:  I've heard about those, they are also direct acting.  Is it workiang?  How do you feel?  I started better by the 2nd week of treatment, by the 4th week, my liver enzymes were normal.  I had to do 24 weeks of treament because I had cirrhosis with a Child-Pugh class score of B, (55% survival proabability for 2 years) at 24 weeks, end of treatment, i was low on a few liver functions felt a lot better.  Now, 5 weeks after the end of treatment all my liver functions are normal, the liver is regenerating according to the doctor, but it is the way I feel that is different.  I can't describe it but its like the dark cloud is gone in my head, and I have so much energy it is crazy.  And no more depressed doom-and-gloom feeling all day.  Even people at work are asking me what happened to me because they said I look really good now. 

I got my medicine free also through a study, courtesy of the pharm company.  And my doctor--who is also the head of the hep research foundation, and a big wheel in C and B treatment, is working with Pharms, if patients don't have the money, or insurance wont pay, the worst cases that need it are getting the treatment free.  I think that means f3 ad f4 fibosis cases.

So much for 'greedy pharmaceuticals' eh?  Its the fucking insurance companies that fuck people over. Keep going, and post your results here.  YOU CAN'T BELIEVE what you are going to feel like in a couple of months.

FUCKING A!!!!!  :rockon: :awesomenod:


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Re: I finished 24 weeks of treatment for HCV 4 weeks ago... [Re: starfire_xes]
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Did u have a ton of side effects from the treatment. My friend had this crazy new shit he said it was the shit

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