So excited for you!

down the hatch! I am at the halfway point myself, feeling good! Its an easy treatment, goodluck to you!

Thanks folks. Day one was pretty unremarkable. Dosing number two in a few minutes! :)

In all honesty, day 1 of any tx is pretty unremarkable. Let's hope it stays that way Kramer. Minimal side effects for u! Onward...day 2...

Unremarkable unless you consider sticker shock of what you are swallowing. lol :-)

I remember four years ago when I injected Interferon and swallowed seven ribavirins, I was miserable in less than 24 hours, and it just go worse. Yes it can take a while to build in the system but I've got to say I feel nothing at all at this point, a little drug buzz in the background but then that lifts an hour or two after dosing.
I may be premature but I'm feeling pretty optimistic about this treatment!
Sticker shock yes wow but thankfully I have private insurance and Gilead and Jannsen were very generous in covering 27% of the cost by way of copay assistance.

lol, aal - right, one pill down the hatch at $1,000 a pop; second one down at $850. I still can't wrap my head around that.

I like Paul's idea - keep the Sovaldi bottles - I'll think of some way to use them... small vases?

GO GO GO GO KRAMER!

That is excellent that Gilead and Janssen covered 27% of your meds! I can't do math, but that's a hefty donation!

Remember the sun screen - heavy duty - cover the back of your neck too. Wear a baseball cap (NOT backwards) unless you are into the big floppy brim ones? I somehow can't see that. Don't let that sun hit ya without protecting your skin. I go out for maybe 10 minutes max without the hat, but I always wear sunscreen - hands too.

Thanks CatM yes I have a gallon of SPF2000 and a bee keepers outfit :)

Are we just more susceptible to sunburn on TX? Or is it dangerous in some other way? I've been out in sun for 10-15 minutes and no ill effects so far. 2-3 hours in indirect sun (under canopy or sun hat) wearing 50 sport sunscreen, walking to and from car, and still nothing more than some exhaustion....

It's been 75-80 here and I can't stay inside 24/7...

Sun is sneaky, beachy. You know how you can have a bad sunburn and not realize it for hours, right? As long as you slather on a high SPF sunscreen (hands and back of neck too) and wear a hat that shades your face, you'll be okay. LONG SLEEVES - find something cotton and breathable if you can. I don't know why we are told to do this - but it has to do with Olysio. I don't ask when it comes to this stuff - I just do it. Weather here is perfect too right now - but I'm having some other issues - one is tx related (month long headache) and others are not, and I'm too weak to walk to the mailbox! Seeing my pdoc tomorrow morning. Kinda scared - cough, chills, fever (which I never have unless I am REALLY REALLY sick), night sweats. He had better not try to tell me it's hormonal!

HA HA Kramer - I'd say you are SET - will be interesting how you maneuver your bike in "MOPP 4" (military term for total coverage - head to toes to nose to fingertips to everything) beekeepers uniform.

Beachy, a lot of tx meds can cause photosensitivity. If you don't protect your skin there could be a reaction as follows:

A phototoxic reaction occurs when an ingested drug's properties negatively react to sunlight & damage the skin. The onset of the inflammation & consequent skin damage can occur fairly quickly & even during a brief interval in the sunlight. The onset of the reaction may cause the skin to feel like it is burning or stinging. Within 24 hours, the exposed areas will become red & in severe cases, even swell & blister.

The most common areas to be affected include the nose, forehead, arms, hands and lips. Typically, the skin will become inflamed and resemble a moderate to severe sunburn. The skin will then peel within a couple of days to reveal tender new skin underneath.

A phototoxic reaction will stop once the skin is no longer exposed to sunlight and/or the drug has been discontinued and has cleared the body. Like a sunburn, the inflammation will heal within a couple of days. Further, in extreme cases of phototoxicity, in which high doses of a drug are consumed and there have been long periods of exposure to sunlight, a darkening of the skin (hyperpigmentation) may occur.

Photoallergic reaction

A photoallergic reaction is quite different from a phototoxic reaction because the ultraviolet rays actually alter a drug's structure, which then activates the body's immune system. The immune system will react perhaps not for several days in the form of an allergic response & result in an inflammation of the skin resembling eczema.

The skin may become itchy & red & in moderate to severe cases, swelling can occur & the skin may erupt. Unlike a phototoxic reaction, the photoallergic reaction can become chronic & occur even after the drug has been eliminated & its effects cleared by the body.
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I am glad for you!

Day three .. feeling great! If anything even better!

Feeling better already! That's amazing!!!! Woo Hoo....