Guest guest Posted September 5, 2001 Report Share Posted September 5, 2001 Your HCV load is still high and it keeps fluctuating so a liltle or more doesnt make any difference. Your liver enzymes are only twice high , which isnt too bad. Lipemic simply means fat in the serum, you have to check your serum lipd levels as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2001 Report Share Posted September 5, 2001 Your HCV load is still high and it keeps fluctuating so a liltle or more doesnt make any difference. Your liver enzymes are only twice high , which isnt too bad. Lipemic simply means fat in the serum, you have to check your serum lipd levels as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2001 Report Share Posted September 5, 2001 Hi Bob, I will be the first to say I strongly dislike the newer viral load tests being done routinely, especially since such better ones are available. However, since you aren't on treatment it is not really an issue. I just am the kind who doesn't like change, lol! I don't like the new IU. Your lab though looks like it gave your results in both copies/ml and in IU per ml. To accurately compare to your old figure of 600,000 you would need to know if that was copies, or IUs. However, either way your new PCR is higher, not lower. It is 2,420,000 copies per ml OR 952,000 IU per ml. The other figures given (Less than 10000 copies/mL and Less than 6000 IU/mL) are the reference ranges of the tests, not the results. Meaning it wouldn't pick up anything less than those amounts. Ok, don't let this throw you, that your PCR is so much higher now. This same thing happened to me when I stopped treatment, and I have since found out it is so common as to be considered normal for the viral load to skyrocket when treatment is stopped. Mine went from 50,000 to almost a million at my one-year post treatment PCR. Needless to say, I was in total shock, and panic. Some kind person wrote and told me it would gradually go back down. And guess what, it did. By about 18 - 20 months post treatment it was back to just about my pretreatment viral load. And the really strange thing is that this huge viral load increase seems to do no damage, at least that is what I have read. And, considering my biopsy results this past March (zero fibrosis when before I had stage 1), there must be something to that! So I know it's scary, but don't panic. Ok, on your second question about slightly lipemic, I don't know. Sorry! Are you considering going back on treatment with either of the new pegylated interferons? Take care, Claudine > HCV RNA, QN, PCR, Expanded > > hcv rna, qn, > pcr...............................2420000 H > ............Less > than 10000 copies/mL > hcv rna, pcr .................................... > 952000 H.............Less > than 6000 IU/mL > ALT > .............................................108 > H.............35 or less IU/L > > SAMPLE SLIGHTLY LIPEMIC > Q. I have been off treatment now for over one year. > They pulled me off after > six months because my PCR at six months was 600,000 > just like it was when I > started treatment. If I am reading this right my PCR > is much lower now. Am I > reading this right? And if so what does it mean? > > Q. What does Slightly Lipemic mean? And what are the > ramifications? __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2001 Report Share Posted September 6, 2001 Thanks Doc for the info. What would cause that fat in my serum? Bob Re: PCR Test results > Your HCV load is still high and it keeps fluctuating so a liltle or more doesnt make any difference. > Your liver enzymes are only twice high , which isnt too bad. > Lipemic simply means fat in the serum, you have to check your serum lipd levels as well. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2001 Report Share Posted September 6, 2001 Thanks Doc for the info. What would cause that fat in my serum? Bob Re: PCR Test results > Your HCV load is still high and it keeps fluctuating so a liltle or more doesnt make any difference. > Your liver enzymes are only twice high , which isnt too bad. > Lipemic simply means fat in the serum, you have to check your serum lipd levels as well. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2001 Report Share Posted September 7, 2001 It may be hereditary or lifestyle acquired from dietary fats mostly red meat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2001 Report Share Posted September 7, 2001 It may be hereditary or lifestyle acquired from dietary fats mostly red meat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2001 Report Share Posted September 9, 2001 Hye Bob...also had 'LIPEMIC' specimen on 1 of my wkly CBCs...had my cholesterol & lipids checked...everything was good...in fact better than it ever was...so was just a flukey thing. But u could have yours checked. mzgee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2001 Report Share Posted September 9, 2001 Hye Bob...also had 'LIPEMIC' specimen on 1 of my wkly CBCs...had my cholesterol & lipids checked...everything was good...in fact better than it ever was...so was just a flukey thing. But u could have yours checked. mzgee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 Hi Sandy, My PCR test was a stool test(not blood)by Metametrix. My doc recommends the stool because it will show what the body is killing off. It's NOT just a regular stool test though because with those, once air hits the stool many of the pathogens die off. With PCR analysis, they can replicate the dead pathogens and get a quantifiable sense of what infections your body is dealing with. I too have leaky gut which started about 6 months after implants. My doc has me on Apex Energetics Gastro ULC which Ann Boroch (author of Healing Multiple Sclerosis) also recommends. She healed herself of MS through diet changes and healing her gut. I am going the natural/alternative way as opposed to going on antibiotics because I've had too many setbacks w/ antibiotics. Hang in there Sandy. We can do this! Love, PH > > It was normal, so you probably have toxicity from silicone as the cause along with leaky gut which increases circulation immune complexes that attack the joints. UltraClear sustain, probiotics are good for this. What supplements are you currently on? > > My doctor said my PCR test came back normal > Sandy ~ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Hi GG, Yes, I think the Gastro ULC is working, although slowly. There are lots of products for leaky gut: UltraClear Sustain (what Sandy takes), Gastro ULC by Apex Energetics and Schulze's Intestinal Formula 1 and 2. All three stimulate the colon so that bowel movements are more frequent and also contain things like l glutamine and bentonite to heal the gut and remove toxins. None of them require a prescription as far as I know. Diet is critical with leaky gut and I've been horrible lately. It's basically the same diet that Kolb recommends (fruits, veggies, and lean hormone-free meats). Lots of water is necessary too. Avoid sugar, red meat, dairy, caffeine, soy, gluten...that is for severe cases. Some people don't have to go to extremes...just depends on your symptoms although some people can have leaky gut and not feel the gut issues but have brain fog issues. No, leaky gut was not diagnosed via PCR. My doc says my level of pathogens and the fact that I have brain fog and headaches and food allergies is indicative of leaky gut. Take care. PH > > > > It was normal, so you probably have toxicity from silicone as the cause along with leaky gut which increases circulation immune complexes that attack the joints. UltraClear sustain, probiotics are good for this. What supplements are you currently on? > > > > My doctor said my PCR test came back normal > > Sandy ~ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Concerning leaky-gut, I saw this link and thought of you... http://www.treelight.com/health/healing/MS.html My doctor is Dr. Fuhrman. He has a great website too. He also does phone consultations. Hugs of support, M. > > > > > > It was normal, so you probably have toxicity from silicone as the cause along with leaky gut which increases circulation immune complexes that attack the joints. UltraClear sustain, probiotics are good for this. What supplements are you currently on? > > > > > > My doctor said my PCR test came back normal > > > Sandy ~ > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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