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Re-Biopsy after SVR

I just got the results of my post-TX biopsy.  Re-biopsy is not typically recommended but I have plans to move away from good health care and needed verification that I will be safe.  I was biopsied and started TX as a genotype 1 in November 2008.  The '08 biopsy was very bad; grade 3 inflammation, stage 4 fibrosis.  The pathologist called it 'probable or incipient cirrhosis'.  Scared me to death!  I went through a very rough 28 week TX and am still not recovered from it.  My doctor recommended that I wait one full year after the end of TX (June 1).  Here are the new results: Grade 1, Stage 2-3.

I had hoped for 2 stages of regression and then got scared of being overly optimistic and jinxing myself.  The doctor was astounded, I am astounded.  I asked if, since the biopsy was done so soon after TX, he thought I would continue to heal and he did not have an answer because it's so rare for SVR patients to re-biopsy and there's just nothing to compare to.  He thinks more regression is likely.  I also asked him if I could stop worrying about liver cancer and he cautiously said that he thought so, that he thought HCC, the type of liver cancer we HCV patients worry about, was highly associated with both cirrhosis and HCV together and since I had lost both I was probably safe now.  Not for sure, but 'probably' is good enough for me.  

This may be my last post on the forum.  When I get the hard copy of the biopsy report, I'm thinking of adding it to my inch-thick file and burning the whole thing.  It's over.  Happy, happy, happy.
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I would not burn the file. It's always good to have a record. We never know when it might come in handy.
Congratulations on your biopsy results. I agree that your liver histology could very well improve.

Be well,
Mike
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good to hear....congrats to you.  burn that sucker.
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Newleaf I am jumping for joy! Thank you so much for sharing the great news. Now you can move on to truly enjoying your life with this all behind you.

Please don't stay away though. There are plenty of us in the throws of treatment who can use your advice and experiences to get us through. Perhaps a vacation is in order to celebrate your fabulous news!

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