When I said nothing to report, I may have spoken too soon.
I fully expected to feel pretty ordinary on account of stopping all the supplements I've been on. (I've been doing a bunch of things to try to keep the disease at bay, something was working and I didn't want to mess with success. (liver supplements, anti-oxidants etc etc, Yoga, weights, cardio, swimming, acupuncture)).
However I'm feeling quite fine. I swim several times a week and was prone to cramps in my calves but these seem to have stopped, even after a long (2.5km) swim.
When I wake up, I'm AWAKE!!!! How amazing is that!!!
Finally, my appetite is changing to wanting to eat less. I've been borderline insulin resistant for quite a while and have struggled, not very successfully, to keep weight off (you'd think with the activity I do this would be easy, but no) maybe this is resolving itself. This means I have to make sure that what I do eat is quality, nutritious food.
I'm surprised that I'm experiencing these positive effects so quickly. People have asked me how having hep C impacts my life and I've always had to say I don't know because I've had it for so long (probably since the second half of 1975) and not known for so long that I had it that this is normal for me.
Very happy to be looking forward to a new lease on life.
Genotype 1a
Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!!
Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016
4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment,
Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47,
VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so
EOT Results
Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND
12 Weeks post EOT
Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
Cured baby