didn't say it wasn't a bargain, it's simply that i'll die before before i win the lottery... i did the whole interferon/ribivirin thing TWICE when my ins covered prescriptions, my current ins doesn't cover Rx at all, so...
oh yeah, i now have micro-nodular cirrhosis too
well, i never planned to live forever anyway
Go see the doctor anyway. There are grants and Gilead has a program to help people obtain the medicine. Talk to your doctor, he may know how to help you, if not go to a community clinic and ask them.
I am almost 1/2 way thru this treatment. I have done the interferon/ribivirin twice. Worked while I was on treatment, but 30 days post treatment, the HCV was back. I have 4/5 grade cirrhosis and my aorta is canalizing into my abdomen.
My liver enzyme numbers are now down to 20-22 range. Previously they were in excess of 250-200.
The Sovaldi doesn’t have the side-effects the interferon had. I am taking the Sovaldi with ribivirin too. One Sovaldi pill in the morning with 3 ribivirins and in the evening 3 more ribivirin tablets.
The only side effects are a slight anemia and high billirubin levels. Not enough to turn me yellow however.
Next month at the halfway point we’ll be doing an RNA Viral Load test to measure the amount of virus in my system. I’m very excited about what we’ll find. I am getting more energy every day. Some days in the past I have had such fatigue, I have had to take a nap after taking a shower and a cup of coffee/tea!
This disease really sucks, I want it gone. I have had it 40 years and the past 15 have been Hell.