Happy Holidays! I am one happy girl here! I only have 3 weeks of treatment left for Hepatitis C, Type 1, and I have just gotten a job doing research. I will be starting my new job on February 15th of 2015 without this nasty virus in me and thanks to the Harvoni treatment that I have been taking for the past 9 weeks! I don't think I could of accepted this job with the virus as active as it was before I started treatment. I am grateful and look forward to 2015!
As the treatment goes on I find that the side effects have gotten worse, but are still not terrible like the old treatment regimen. I definitely have a bad case of insomnia and I get diarrhea almost all the time. The holiday goodies, that have been everywhere, may be a big cause of this though. I also get really frustrated at times and am pretty painful in my joints. I have found that if I take a half of Tramadol when the pain is bad I can deal with it. I also try to think of the end result...being virus free! Yippie! I am anxious as can be and I only have 3 more weeks until that time is here! I know that there is a 4% chance that the virus will not go away, but I have a lot of faith that it is gone forever and all thanks to the new antiviral drug Harvoni!
I hope that your new year is great and if you have Hep C, Type 1, start treatment with this new antiviral drug...it works great!
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