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SOLVALDI-OLYSIO WORKED- finally something worked!

THIS IS the day I have been waiting for..... let's see.....for about 15 years now! The last treatment worked --- I AM HEP C FREE!! Feeling so blessed and grateful!

ANYONE with 1b - and cirrhosis should do this easy 12 week treatment (just like I did) and EXPECT the same results!

AWWW HAAA - Dragon is dead!!!
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317787 tn?1473358451
I have been thinking of you, wondering how you were doing.
I remember when you first started tx.  You were one of the first ones to get on the tx.  You gave everyone such hope.
You continue to give all hope now.
Thank you so much for sharing your SVR news with us.
This news makes my week :)
((HUGS))
Dee
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good luck on going on to SVR --- for you and all of us!
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congrats, i hope i have the same news, i am on my last month of pills,i have a blood test on the 28 th of oct. ....wish me luck.....
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G:  Please go post your results on nan535's SVR ir Relapse thread.  A wonderful site for comparing, keeping track.  Pat
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I couldn't be happier for you!  I also just achieved SVR after 12 weeks on Sovaldi and Olysio about 4 weeks ago.  It's like being let out of prison after being incarcerated for most of your life!

Enjoy your new healthy life!
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Fantastic news.  Congratulations!!!!!
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Right on! This is so good to hear and I'm so very happy for you.

I start S/O tomorrow and have been kind of nervous because of some of the "stories" floating around here.
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Congratulations!  Best feeling in the world!
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10175413 tn?1427170251
This is the greatest news!  I'm truly sooo happy for your news...HEP C FREE, must be an amazing feeling. Great job in taking down the Dragon Grammy
Best to you
Deb
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Step proudly out onto that Dias and accept your Official Dragon Slayer Supreme Insignia!!!!     : -)  : -)

G: How very wonderful!!! Congratulations!! Do a BIG Happy Dance!!    Pat
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Bob
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7469840 tn?1409845836
Congratulations! Another Dragon bites the dust! I am so happy for you!
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6 month labs are back..... AND...... ZERO HEP C VIRUS IN THIS BODY!!!!

The treatment now has officially worked successfully and I am SVR.... cleared to live my life without that ugly cloud over my head and on my mind way too often!

I wish the same results for each and every one of you!!!!
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7510956 tn?1411671417
Thank you,  wishing the very best.
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Started S/O 9 days ago. So far so good.Very cognizant of uv exposure. Drinking 80+ oz water daily. Some fatigue, but its hard to know what is truly a side fx as I had chemo/radiation last year following surgery so my baseline is all screwed up.Wanted to jump on the S/O wagon cause insurance approved it right away given my history, my co-ins/deductibles were met so my part would be $30 mos.G  1a, stage 2,  v.l. 2.3m  portal inflamation 3.Treatment naive. Figured lets do all we can to clear the health issues up and the S/O seemed like a Godsend.Excited for first blood draw @ 4 wks.Got hep back in 1970 due to youthful indiscetions.
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683231 tn?1467323017
Hi lanajb

I am now 5 weeks post treatment as of today. Still waiting to do my 12 week post test in 7 more weeks on the September 2.

I probably got hep c in 1977 or 1978 so 37 years ago. I was diagnosed in 1989 when I donated blood. I treated 3 times and was a null responder. Was diagnosed with cirrhosis in 2008. I have really good medical insurance through my employer so they paid for the treatment only cost me 30 a month or 90 dollars total to hopefully save me from possible decompensation and a shortened life.

Good luck to you and everyone else waiting to hear if they were able to get rid of this dang virus

Lynn
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Wonderful news!  It is just so great to know that members here are finally getting rid of this virus. I know that with time there will be more and more doing  the happy dance  of celebration!  

Nan
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During treatment I really had no big side effects.  A few headaches, some fatigue and that's about it.  Feeling crappy from the HepC in me made it hard to tell when it was virus related issues or drug issues.  NOW I feel 100% normal (which I really forgot how that feels)  I realize that the crucial lab work happens at the post 6 month treatment mark and I could show positive again, but honestly I cannot believe that will happen based on how I feel now.  It is just different.  I thank all of you for caring about each other and me.  Together the dragon will be slayed one at a time until all are gone and we can then just fight off different illnesses as we age without the complication of this horrible virus.  HUGS TO ALL!
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7510956 tn?1411671417
Congrats!   I will start tx in the end of this month and I am praying I have same results. If you have a moment can you share your sides. thank you
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1815939 tn?1377991799
This truly wonderful news. Congratulations! Enjoy your new Hep C free life.
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Congrats.  I'm also 2 wks. post tx.  I contracted the virus 45 yrs. ago, diagnosed 12 or so years ago.  Never had tx before.  Qualified for Medicare last yr., changed docs, got referred to an awesome liver specialist, and everything just fell into place (after yrs. of trying to get help).  Medicare D covered the whole tx.  Waiting to see if my liver can begin to repair itself.  Good luck to everyone else for a full recovery and long life!
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It looks like you're doing the same treatment I'm going to be doing, Sovaldi and Olysio?  Are you having any side effects?  How are you feeling?

I've failed three treatment attempts:  1) interferon only, never cleared; 2) Peg and Riba, never cleared; 3) Infergen and Riba, developed retinal hemorrhaging at week 9 and had to stop.

I had really bad itching with treatment #2, nausea, hair falling out, etc.  I think most of my sides were from the Peg or Riba, but upon research it looks like those side effects could still come up in this oral-only regime?  I'm just trying to get prepared.

Good luck and I hope you SVR!!  I'll be watching!

Chris
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So, so happy for you!!!!! You must be walking on air... I'm just on my 9th week with S&O...let's all SVR!
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