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TODAY I AM ONE MY FIRST DAY OF INCIVEK FREEDOM!
six years ago i was on just iterf. and riba. and achieved non detectable status. but was rremoved because i was deemed too depressed to continue. this time around i am taking the triple cocktail which includes the telaprevir (incivek). and i achieved virus negative status at 4 weeks. however now i am at 10 weeks and the incivek rash has turned to stage 2 and getting worse. so the decision was made to remove me from the telaprevir. so i am headed for 36 more weeks of riavirin and interf. shots. but NO MORE INCIVEK!!!! to all of you out there stil on the trip. meds hang on. the feeeling of that milestone put me on a new level of determination to beat this thing. this is my third time around for this war on my liver. and i am about to be liberated. please don't dispair, it is your life on the line, so fight for your freedom to live.View Thread


and by the way. i had an appt. with my md on jan.16 and i asked him "when do we do the test to find out my viral level?" and he said " oh, didn't anybody call you?" i said "no" he said "you have been viral negative since week 4" well, i thought to myself nice to know. so when i left i called my wife to tell her. and as soon as i started to say the words i just broke down crying, and i mean sobbing that i just might be curred of this. after all this is my third time around on the different drugs so i was very emotional. so now i am at the beginning of week 10 on the incivek three to go and i think i can do the other 36 weeks of just interf. and ribav. more easily. i expect the rash and itch to go away. since i did not have these on the first 2 tries, i attribute them to the incivek. i remain hopeful.View Thread

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