achieving sustained virologic response (SVR) than the current course of treatment. For people like me who have genotype 1 Hep C, the hardest to treat, the news is especially good.
Yet I just learned that treatment with one of these new medicaations may not be in my immediate future, if at all. Turns out that immunosuppressants have a negative interaction with the drugs, so liver transplant patients with Hep C can't tolerate them; at least, not for now.
Well, this just sucks. For five years we've waited for these drugs to reach the market, hoping that this would clear my Hep C and give me a chance to be realistically hopefully, and seriously consider the future, make plans, expect to be around for a good long time, enjoy some grandchildren.
But right now, the future just seems dark.
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That's just sad. My doctors suggested trying treatment later after transplant. I did not know this about the immunosuppressant drugs. I find this discouraging. Hopefully newer treatments will come along by then.
I think of you often and hope you are doing well.
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