3 Month Post Treatment PCR Results
The results are back from my PCR – negative! Yesss. 
:-) 
The virus is gone, eradicated, done for.
I am feeling happier and more celebratory about this PCR negative test result than the one just at the end of treatment. I expect this is because I am not too brain-fogged and fatigued to take it in – as I was then.
If I’m not mistaken, this now means there is a 99% chance that the 6 month post treatment PCR will also be clear.
It’s good news I will savour as Carol and I head off to Spain for a short break. Will check in on the Forum while we’re away and post here in a week or so.
My LFT’s are also normal – ALT is 11. I think that’s the lowest number I’ve had in years. And my thyroid test is within normal range, so no issues there. Anaemia is disappearing – good news too.
During treatment I frequently felt like an old man in his eighties. Over the past 3 months I have still felt older than my years – just not in my eighties. I look forward to losing this feeling as the anaemia disappears and my return to health progresses (well, MyNurse has promised this is how it works).
So I am now looking forward to being younger in a few months.
January 13th, 2006 at 4:30 pm
Great News and have fun in Spain!!!
Surf
January 13th, 2006 at 5:55 pm
Hi Ron
Great News - congratulations.
Jonathan
January 13th, 2006 at 7:29 pm
Bully for you Ron! Congratulations! May I add that your website and forum are what made me decide to finally undergo treatment. I look forward to that light at the end of the tunnel.
Laura
Geno 3A
Los Angeles
January 13th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
Hi Ron,
Fantastic news - congratulations and have a great time celebrating in Spain!!!
Eddie
January 14th, 2006 at 6:51 pm
Congratulations Ron, truly great news! Have a lovely time in Spain - hope to see pictures (have never been and can thus visit vicariously…). All the best,
Sue
January 15th, 2006 at 1:26 am
Hi Ron,
Have a great time in Spain and come back 10 years younger (at least)….
Congratulations on the negative PCR.
nadine
January 16th, 2006 at 1:49 pm
Hi Ron,
I feel like jumping with joy after reading your news. I’m so happy for you. Have a great break in Spain and hope you come back feeling like a teenager.
See you soon
Wendy
January 16th, 2006 at 9:34 pm
99%!! That is wonderful! ALT 11!! great, Getting younger every day? amazing!
congratulations! enjoy your break, it’s well deserved.
Teddy
January 17th, 2006 at 2:52 pm
Dear Ron
What a good and positive way to start the New Year. Have fun in Spain, you both deserve it. V & P will be delighted when I tell them.
My love to you both - Su
January 17th, 2006 at 10:23 pm
Great news - very pleased to hear about it.
Jeremy
January 18th, 2006 at 5:21 pm
Then you have been truly blessed Ron. Here’s hoping that all your rainbows are more colourful than they have ever been before. Enjoy every day and laugh out loud whenever you get the chance.
January 23rd, 2006 at 11:38 am
Hi Ron,
i am very pleased to read the that your PCR test is negetive. Congratulations!! i hope you are enjoying you Spain Break!
with best wishes.
Ijaz
February 26th, 2006 at 7:22 pm
I’m happy for you, too. Excuse me for bringing a dark note in, but I would like to share this - I was left reeling when my post 6 month test wasn’t clear, after previously negative tests. 2 years later, I’m about to start treatment for a second time. Reading your blog has made me want to do something similar. Keep up the good work.
Ron writes: Thanks for the comment Rose.
I am so sorry to hear your news. I’m always aware of the dark possibility of a bad result in a few weeks when it’s time for the 6 month test, but I try to keep focused on the positive.
I would encourage you to start a blog - it can be helpful for you and others too. Have you checked out the Forum? Theres a section on Post Treatment experiences - which includes yours, where there are lots of dialogues.
Wishing you well.