Hepatitis C Support Group
Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral disease which can cause liver inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is spread by blood-to-blood contact with an infected person's blood. Many people with HCV infection have no symptoms and are unaware of the need to seek treatment. Hepatitis C infects an estimated 150-200 million people worldwide.
I want to thank you all for sharing our experience and information on havonti. I was real undecided on rather or not do tx. I know my problem is fear. If something goes wrong you can bet there isa75% chance it was me.have heard that main side affect are headaches, insomnia and depression. Depression and insomnia are already major problems. I I have decided that I will wait for results of scan that can let one know just how bad my liver is then I will task with my mental health doctor. Will also talk to primary doctor a get their opinions if everyone gives me the go ahead I willstart it can stop any time.will probably start questioning after September. Thank you for your information.
The one thing I have noticed on this site is so many members have not posted as frequently as they used to (we used to have a flowing list of posts).
This to me means everyone has beat the virus and happily living life.
I pray the same happens for you.
God Bless!!
After just 2 weeks my heamo and haemocrit went down a bit ..my liver enzymes 2 went down to normal YAY and ggt went up my Bilirubin and creatinine are both up >>
My platelets went down to 41
I asked today and it is common among people with a higher meld score at the start of tx... but should start to go down again,albumin went up
..I started with over 5 million VL .. and on the transplant list ..if my bloodwork improves more they will take me OFF I would be so thankful ...
@ Sqeaker1231 go slow and methodical and check it out with each doc ...Please dont let it get to the stage where it is so bad ..the TX wasn't there for me till now . and I am so happy ..My sides are really not too bad.. yes I have some but after the old soc this is nothing I will so stick with this ..it will be over by the end of the year for me I cant wait ..I am already starting to have more energy .. I take other meds too ,and nausea is ok as long as i eat before each dose All the best with your decisions
.Prayers your way
I was so so afraid before and after hearing my RA doctor and another doctor I have, as well as counselors ( I have had a life long history of depression, anxiety , insomnia............in a nutshell, I am a "piece of work"..! ha )
so they all recently started telling me as my liver was now really getting bad, to do the 'new treatment'.
compared to the horror stories from the past tx--they told me, the new stuff is a piece of cake.
they all shared stories with me about old guys , people on liver transplant list, etc, doing tx and all they had were minor side effects, headaches, tired , etc
but it was ok, they handled it and it worked !
I finally got up the nerve and while I am only in the beginning of tx, more or less, I am handling it.
I will say this......the old treatment, the same doctors & counselors , they told me back then, to NOT do that , because of my history with depression.
I did have some bad times in the first couple weeks since the Ribavirin lowered my red blood cells too much, too fast.
but am now on lowered dose which helps a lot.
I did lose track of where exactly I am in my schedule ; but I have a good feeling about this.