6 months PCR

[quak]

Hey gang -- remember me!  I haven't been writing much but I have been lurking around.  Things have changed a bit -- what's with all these icons and advertising.  

Anyway, I just wanted to share with all my pals that I got my 6 months results:  HCV RNA, QN, PCR <1.70
                 HCV RNA IU/mL <50

So this means that I'm cleared post 6 months.  HURRAY

I'm 1a bx grade 1 did 1 year of pegasys/rebetrol and cleared at 12 weeks 24 weeks and now post 6 months still clear.  

This was my favorite place to come and share and listen to all of you.  God bless you guys and please hang in there -- it will get better.

Lots of love, Lori

[tina b]

What wonderful news as we get this Easter off and running! Good for you! I love these stories! Way to go!
Tina

[Oreos]

What awesome news!!!!!!  That puts your odds way up there.  As a fellow 1A who finished 21/48 last night, your post gives me added inspiration and I'd like to say THANK YOU for sharing your wonderful news : )

What an accomplishment!!!

Peace by with you.

[cuteus]

another 1a inspired here,,,,good for You... and hope for us

remain well

[ts2010]

Hello Lori,

That is wonderful news.  You must be full of joy today.  Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come back every now and then to let us know how you are doing.

[grouchyOldGuy]

Thanks for posting Lori,I love hearing success stories like yours and you are truely blessed and wow a geno 1 too! I'm hoping to make a similar report some day and because of people like you I may even have the nerve to try...Thanks

Hi Tina how are you? Hope all is well with you and yours. Hope your hunters returned with lots of good stuff for you...like chocolate bunnies and such. hang in there with all this doctor stuff I know it gets frustrating at times and seems overwhelming, but alot of people do clear like Lori and I'm glad when they post, sorta cheers me up, thinkin that they beat that evil bug! I'm in calif and the weather is nice.. just gonna stay cool.. and enjoy the day... have a good one! .....laters

[pearse]

Hey Lori, I have been waiting to see what happened to you. Thats Great news. We 1's are kicking a$$!

[mikesimon]

Congratulations on the fantastic news. You must be thrilled! Thanks for the good news. Good luck. Mike

[Foreign girl]

Hi Lori,

Congratulations! Great to hear from you. You started a little bit before me and always were a great support for me! How is your big family doing?

Foreign girl.

[quak]

It's so great to share spirit and strength with you.  Doing tx for a year with 4 children ages 11, 9, 7, and 5 yrs old was no picnic.  I was really dying towards the end of tx.  It took a lot out of me.  But I did it and so can you.

Lori

[MichaelT]

Great news! congratulations! And thanks for sharing your joy. -Michael

[OkieJim]

Wonderful news!! SVR is now in your pocket. Continue on a healthy life and enjoy every bit you can.

Love, Peace and Happiness

[tina b]

Hey Guy,
The hunters didn't have any luck this round, maybe next year. Hubby is doing "fairly well" according to doc. Still waiting for 8 week PCR test results, it has been 2 weeks since they drew the blood for it....it is the only thing not back, all the labs were okay I think, alt/ast were 50/56, a little high, but not bad. He does 10/48 in a few minutes....he seems to handle them fairly well. Hope all is well with you and yours, Have a Hoppy Easter!
Tina


Scott,
I have been lurking and reading all the posts. It is very refreshing to see someone take control of their own medical condition, it is rare indeed and you are to be commended for it! So, I commend you! You are one tough cookie....60 weeks, WOW! Your wife is great, I have read her posts and tell her for me that I am with her 100% and I understand completely.
Tina


GOD

[MajNeni]

Hello, Lori!
Welcome back with such wonderful news.  I'm 11-weeks post, in one of those waiting phases.  It's great you made it with all four kids intact...

To All my Friends here,
HAPPY EASTER, PASSOVER, and all the other holidays coming together.
Maj Neni

[Galen]

Hey Lori!!  That is wonderful news.  Quite the winner's circle we are getting around here.  Seems like 1a's are a little more rare around here than b's, but maybe that is my imagination.  Anyway, I know what a great weight you've had lifted from your back and that it makes the fight all worth while.  Kudos!!!!

[Indiana]

WAHOOOOOO!!!!!!! ATTA GIRL!!!! YOU GO GIRL!!!! THIS WAS THE BIGGIE!!
I am Soooo happy for you Lori.
I will get out and tip some BUNNIES in your honor!! (can bunnies be tipped?) If I can't get them the it's "cow Time" tonite then.
Congratulations baby.............

[bunkywoo]

Lori,

I am sooooo HAPPY for you!!! I'm another SVR lurker. So glad to see us "oldies" posting our SVR reports - very encouraging to those in tx and those debating whether to do tx.

Keep enjoying your health and none of the worries that went along with this battle.

Laurie

[hepcbilly]

So encouraging!! Thanks for sharing Hope!

[raheem]

Great news.  It gives us all a boost!

[cindee]

Lori!!!!! HIP HIP HORAYYYYYYYYYYY !!!!!!! way to go! I know you are on cloud 9 and you should be!!!!!!!!!!! Love ya, Cindee

mikesimon, I haven't seen you in a while....and I have missed your wonderful in-put. Glad to see you again, Luv ya, Cindee

[cindee]

Hi "family", just in case I'm not on here in time to wish you all a Happy Easter.......well.......HAPPY EASTER TO EACH AND EVERYONE!!!!! I hope the Easter Bunny is good to you! But not to get lost in the meaning of Easter....HE IS RISEN!!!!!! Love, Cindee   Peace and Prayers to all.

[berlynn]

Is anybody out there....I know  that probably sounds really weird but I am having a slumber part (kids and husband gone til tomorrow..LOL)...here with my friend Tracer who is a 2b, she has posted here a few times but didn't get much in a way of response it seems that there were too many other things happening here. She has alot of questions and one is that she is afraid of whether life after TX is really going to be any better. She just started TX 6 weeks ago and was given the peg-intron. The first 4 weeks she did the mix and inject. And then she got the new dial a pen. I am sorry but I think this thing is a pain...its way more work and she is having problems with the STUPID dial a thingy (load)sorry..hahaha...tooo girls  get together an we are either laughing or analizing...anyway...I don't think she is getting the right dose. Maybe only half. When you ial it...It shoots out the extra...so it is gone. Ok...It's late here..so I'm rambling....is there anyone out there wh ocan take the time to help us out. I don't want Tracer to stop Tx cause she is scared to give herself this shot.

Thanks in advance, kim

[Eyedeas]

Hi Kim, Sorry no one here has been able to help so far.  Seems its more important to fight with each other and call each other names.  I'm doing Pegasys, but not the pens.  If you don't get a reply here soon, try the roche pegassist site (not sure of spelling)  as they have an assist program where they'll answer questions.  So does SP.  Otherwise I'd stop in your docs with last weeks, and have them show you, or make an appointment to have them help do next weeks.  Tracer, hang around.  Thhis disfunctional family will get it together before long!

Kim

[madbyron]

Congratulations, Lori. That's the kind of good news that makes me realize why I come here. Best wishes and continued good health.

[eyehavegr8life]

This is "Great News" indeed! I too am a geno 1 I'm only at the begining of this journey...still waiting for a biopsy and then on to treatment! I found out about having HepC in Dec and have battled the HMO since then! It's very incouraging to read about geno 1s achieving SVR!  The cards are kinda stacked against us so, this news is the greatest to hear and gives us all HOPE!!
Positive thoughts your way, Annette