HR Supplements - One Month Blood Test

[CockSparrow]

I Received a letter from my GP that requested I see him regarding my last Blood Test results.
He was on Holiday so saw another. This Doc is into Life Extensions.
Anyway heres my blood test results at Baseline (before taking HRs list of Supplements.) and the one month results of taking them.

Blood
Chemistry……March 1st...March 28th…Units…...Normal Range
T Bilirubun......16..............4................umol/L....(3-20)
C Bilirubin.......2................2................umol/L....(0-7)

ALP.................57.............52................U/L.........(30-115)
AST.................55H..........37................U/L.........(5-40)
ALT.................91H..........56H..............U/L.........(5-40)
GGT................45............21………......U/L……..(5-65)

Cholesterol…..2.8L……...2.7L……….mmol/L...(3.9-5.5)
Triglyceride….0.7………..0.6………...mmol/L...(0.6-2.0)

Iron…………..41H……….15…………umol/L.…(9-29)

Even an ALT of 91 is low for me, I find it hard to believe how fast my ALT/AST dropped.
Considering how sceptical of supplements in general I am and would never have taken them if it wasn’t for HR (Actually it was Gauf that pushed me), I would like to thank HR for discussing these supplements and bringing them to my (our) attention. This is some powerful Sh1t we are taking.

After this test was done I had stopped taking Resveratrol and Milk Thistle. Got worried about whether one or the other may have contained alcohol. I’ll start taking them again after these results.

Now for some of the other tests I had done.
HCV RNA Viral Load (COBAS Ampliprep/COBAS Taqman HCV Assay)

HCV Viral Load 622000 IU/mL
HCV Log VL      5.8

Now my pre Tx VL was >850000 IU/mL.
No idea what it was exactly as this was the limit of the test.
Maybe failing Tx did something after all.


I asked for an Insulin test to be done so I could calculate my Insulin Resistance.

Homeostasis Model (HOMA-IR)
Below is the formula to workout Insulin Resistance.

HOMA-IR = fasting plasma insulin mU/L) x fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)/22.5

I have also seen the formula written as
HOMA-IR = fasting plasma insulin (µIU/mL) x fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)/22.5
So I hope uIU/mL and mU/L is the same.

Insulin = 9
Fasting Plasma Glucose = 6.1
So the formula is
9 x 6.1 = 54.9
54.9 / 22.5 = 2.44
HOMA-IR = 2.44

Depending on the study Insulin Resistance impacts SVR with a score above 2 or 2.4.

Looks like IR had an impact on my Tx.
Cause I could have got the calculation wrong

I also had an Iron studies test done, as Iron was high on the Baseline test.
Iron 15 umol/L (9-29)
TIBC 67 umol/L (45-72)
Saturation 22 % (20-55)
Ferritin 96 ug/L (30-300)

No Iron issues there. Except had the Haemochromatosis gene test done

C282Y Mutation not Detected.
H63D   Heterozygous Mutation Detected.

So I am a carrier of a single low-risk HFE mutation.
Apparently this means that Development of Haemochromatrosis is very unlikely, but still possible?

All up I am really pleased with these results.
Especially now I know that the supplements really do seem to be doing something.

Got no idea why the Doc wanted to see me though.
CS

[zazza]

"Anyway I am taking them because I think they will help with my next round."

I am so with you on this one. Do everything you can to start tx with the best readings possible, and then hit it fast and hard, before it knows what happened.

[willing]

>It’s a hell of a lot of pills and some ain't easy to swallow.

hmm.. yes, and neither is eating crow. I'm another one that owes apologies in this regard, though I hope I didn't post anything hostile in the past. I have always been very suspicious of supplements, partly because of scant evidence on mechanism, partly because of doubts about dosage and purity, but am definitely coming around to a "born again" faith.

I don't have ast/alt data like cs's available but can report I feel  a lot better since adding ppc,curcumin, silymarin about a month ago (resveratrol coming).

Caution is always wise, but undue confidence in prescription medicine as the only effective option is likely misplaced.

[Tallahassee]

CS: "So I hope uIU/mL and mU/L is the same."
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It is the same!

Great, just perfect and fast results!!

All the best --- all way to SVR!!!!

tALA

[CockSparrow]

4C - hey, not to blow my own horn or anything, lol...but if you knew (or maybe you do) the amount of grief I've taken on here, and other boards, for even mentioning supps...(though it's a lot better these days, I've been taking them for years and years)
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And not that long ago I could well have given you grief over supps.
Dont think I ever did though.
I’ve mellowed a lot since joining this board. Owe quite a few people on here.

Taking these supps wasn’t something that came easy for me.
I am someone that needs evidence. The evidence for supps is something I have never trusted or considered it pseudo evidence. Lloyd Wright has a lot to answer for.

Anyway I am taking them because I think they will help with my next round. Gunna try everything I can think of. Just gotta make sure I dont outsmart myself and over do it.

Must admit these supps have surprised me.

I agree with the titre up approach. I didn’t really but only took them once a day to begin with. Added SAMe later on. Titre that one up, you cant half tell you took it.
It’s a hell of a lot of pills and some aint easy to swallow.

Wish you Well with you Tx, hope it works 4 ya.
CS

[CockSparrow]

Yeh know about the weight thing. Its why I want to get down to a more Asian weight.
There is more to it than just weight though. You should see the SVR rates they get in Taiwan. Not many G3s there though.

I wouldn't mind being borderline detectable at 4 weeks. Its a pretty good result really.

Didnt really get the joke so wasnt offended.
Figured it had somthin to do with the SouthPark joke I made in an earlier thread.

SeeYa
CS

[comeagain]

Is that daily intake?
Hope u didn´t got ofended about my joke in an earlier thread.
Talked to my hepdoc today about my odds of reaching SVR and he confirmed the very positiv odds that you earlier had been given me verces zazza. He is btw in  charged, together with another doc in a trial thats gonna be, concerning vaccin therapi in end of soc treatment, to strenghten immunal system for elder patient so that hopefully their relaps rate would bee lesser. He didn´t belive in any other benefits from that vaccin.

He also told me that the study that was earlier the guidline for dosing geno 3 was done in south or central eurorean country(ies) were the people are smaller and thinner then average and why the studies from USA shows poorer result then from other studys, is the opposit their 10kg heavier .

I´m so glad this supplement stuff seems to work for you. When first heard about you and your consern for me, and that you where a non responder.  I had a serious talk with God Allmighty  about you, and that I´m gonna bugg him until he makes you completely well. Take care you such an asset for many people