12 week post PCR UND-Thanks Victrelis!!!!!!

[spectda]

Treated with boceprevir (Victrelis) for 43 weeks. tx was stopped 5 weeks early because of severe anemia. First und tx week 10.  I know it's not over yet, but it's looking pretty good :)

It wouldn't have happened without the help and advice from so many of you and our dear friend Trinity.

Wishing the same from all of you who are treating or about to treat. Hopefully we'll have a great year filled with great news!
-Dave

[EyesofBlue55]

Sorry Im late but congrats go out to you!!!!You deserve it!!!  cindy

[dabink]

Congrats! Just to give you extra inspiration... My DH was in the Victrelis trial, 35 total weeks of treatment, today we got his 6 month follow-up: UND. Those magic three little letters. I know how hard this has been for you, and I wish you the best in your continued recovery! Feel well and congratulations to you and all of the Blue Bomber Survivors!!

[child24angel]

YES ,YES,YES!!!!
This is wonderful !!!!!
On to SVR land!!
Very , very , happy for you and with you Dave!

Many Huge Hugs sent your way !!
Elaine

[can-do-man]

Kwo will be glad to hear the news also Dave..... BTW whats your wifes excuse now? Back to the "I got a headache"  :)

[spectda]

Thanks for helping me through my tx and taking the time to speak with dr kwo about my early stall in vl and dose reductions early in tx. Your experience with boce, and the anemia were invaluable.
-Dave


We really have an incredible group of people here, and so many of you have taken the time to help the rest of us when you could have moved on and left the this relentless disease behind.

[spectda]

Thanks friends!
Looking forward to hearing your und result also James. Good luck!
-Dave

[Isobella]

Congratulations!!!!  Next stop.....SVR!!  Happy dancing in my red flip-flops for you!!

Wishing you all the best,

Isobella

[Bill1028]

That's great news!  I'm impatiently waiting for the same results due any day.

[mikesimon]

I'm late congratulating you Dave.
But CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wish you the very best.
Stay well,
Mike

[spectda]

Bill-There a few benefits of having hep c, but gaining you as a friend has been a huge win regardless of the outcome. You gave me an idea about electrolysis for dogs that shed a lot, this could be big. Come down for a visit and we'll try it on Oscar :)
Thanks for everything brother!


Willing-If you get any more intelligent your brains are going to start leaking out of your ears! Thanks for the brilliant good natured advice to me and all of us. The crowd will roar when we hear your of your SVR!

Georgia-Thanks for the well wishes, I hope things are improving for you.  Hopefully our study group will as well as everyone else will be posting our SVR stories before long, go red and yellow bombers!!

Thank you everyone!!!!
-Dave

[neptune235]

Awesome news!!  Congrats!

[GoofyDad]

That's excellent, Dave! It's all over but the celebration now, buddy. And that one lasts a lifetime.

[Bill1954]

Pretty good outcome for a guy whose back looks like Cousin It’s front; in fact, seriously good stuff, my friend. What a ride, huh? It looks like you’ve put it behind you now, so what’s next; full-body electrolysis :o)?

Thanks for sharing your wisdom and good company, my friend--

--Bill

[pcds]

Happy birthday!

[frijole]

I hope it wasn't the post about losing back hair, wearing white sox with Birkenstocks, or sex at 7.7 hgb :)

Well, give me a link -- I never saw that last one!!!!!!!   But yes, the back hair -- ah yes, that was some post.

Ps - your HGB is spiffy

[James10500]

Great news Dave !!!  Yaaaah Baby

[Magnum]

Great! What a big weight off your shoulders huh?

Magnum

[working dog]

great news dave...good luck with everything......billy

[Boobert]

Very Awesome News.....Congrats!!!!

[Gee704]

This is the post I have been waiting to see Dave! I was just thinking about you yesterday and thinking "happy thoughts" for you!

AWESOME NEWS - I am so happy for you ; )

Georgia

[ejoli]

       Another one bites the dust.....BLUE BOMBERS are the bomb!      
                  Congratulations!                     -Libby

[Trish77]

Great news, Dave.  All the way to SVR now.

[spectda]

"So very happy and just know you are  SVR and I can't wait to say told ya so told ya so it's going to feel goooooood!"

Thanks Deb, I am looking forward to hearing you say that also. You,Trin and my dear wife Marilyn seem to have little doubt that it would go well.

[spectda]

Thank you so much for the well wishes everyone. It's been a really good day for me. I was pretty shaky when I went to the lab to get my results today. I've been quite lucky so far. I feel really good and healthy. As Pam mentioned if the result is good the rough ride is worth it.

Frijole-
"Oh yes, so glad to see this post.  Congrats on this.  How is your hgb now-- getting back to normal?"
My HGB went from 7.0 eot to 15 at 9 weeks post. Platelets, WBC, ANC and LFTs are all normal now. I took two shots of procrit post tx and let it climb from there. I think my bone marrow had enough stimulation.

"I want to tell you how much I have enjoyed your posts over the months.  Seems like when I read your first post I thought to myself  - I don't know about this guy"

thanks, I hope it wasn't the post about losing back hair, wearing white sox with Birkenstocks, or sex at 7.7 hgb :)

-Dave