First post-treatment viral load coming up ...
It's been 12 weeks since my Hep C treatment ended.
On Thursday, March 16, I will have my first post-treatment viral load done. In the Hepatitis C world, it reads like this: Comp Panel/CBC differential/Quanitative Hepatitis C RNA by PCR. To decode: It gives me a full liver panel, etc., while measuring the Hepatitis C viral "load" in my blood.
My last couple of viral loads and comp panels have shown the virus was "undetectable" and my liver enzymes were in the normal range, which was as much as I could hope for.
It'll probably take a week to two weeks to the results back.
Everyone tells me how good I look; however, I've heard that said of corpses in a funeral home, so I can't put a lot of stock in that.:}
Nonetheless, I feel pretty good and am no longer easily winded. I've put on about three pounds of the 25-plus pounds I lost during treatment. To me, that's three pounds too many.
Grace and peace ...
On Thursday, March 16, I will have my first post-treatment viral load done. In the Hepatitis C world, it reads like this: Comp Panel/CBC differential/Quanitative Hepatitis C RNA by PCR. To decode: It gives me a full liver panel, etc., while measuring the Hepatitis C viral "load" in my blood.
My last couple of viral loads and comp panels have shown the virus was "undetectable" and my liver enzymes were in the normal range, which was as much as I could hope for.
It'll probably take a week to two weeks to the results back.
Everyone tells me how good I look; however, I've heard that said of corpses in a funeral home, so I can't put a lot of stock in that.:}
Nonetheless, I feel pretty good and am no longer easily winded. I've put on about three pounds of the 25-plus pounds I lost during treatment. To me, that's three pounds too many.
Grace and peace ...
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