I am thrilled that my HCV viral load is still quite low as are my liver enzymes - and that most of my other tests are pretty darn good! After the hellish time I've had of it these past few months, along with Panda's illness and death on October 4th (St. Francis Blessing of the Animals day), and enormous, unrelenting financial and emotional stress, I was prepared for the tests to be terrible. Oh, the power of LDN and DIET!
My liver enzymes are still all within normal levels with ALT (6-40) at 24 from a pre-LDN level of 174 - AST (10-35) at 31 from pre-LDN of 99
HCV viral load went up a tad from the 11,600 it was on my last labs to it's current 14,679. Still a far cry from the pre-LDN 1,280,000 level!
I was also pleased with the overall Lymphocytes - which have all increased.
October 2010 LAB RESULTS
Tests 09/10 01/09
C-Reactive Protein 0.10 0.10
Platelet (140-400) 171 163
Glucose (65-99) 84 84
BUN (7-25) 10 5
Creatinine (.060-1.10) 0.73 0.70
Sodium (135-146) 138 135
Potassium (3.5-5.3) 4.3 4.6
Protein total (6.2-8.3) 7.9 8.9
Albumin (3.6-5.1) 4.9 5.2
Globulin (2.2-3.9) 3.0 3.7
Bilirubin Total 1.1 1.1
Alk. Phos (33-130) 59 72
AST (10-35) 31 99
ALT (6-40) 24 174
Cytomegalovirus IGG 2.60 2.36
CMV - IGM 0.79 0.67
DHEA Sulfate (15-170) 106 92
Epstein-Barr IGG 1:320 1.320
Estradiol 19 31
Ferritin (10-232) 53 115
HCV RNA - 14,679 1,280,000
Herpesvirus 6 IGG 1:10 1.80
HHV6 IGM 1.20 1:20
IGF I - ECL 185
IGF -I 139
Immunoglobulin A (81-463) 95 72
Immunoglobulin G (694-1618) 1377 1932
Immunoglobulin M (48-271) 93 135
Lymphocytes
CD3 (Mature T cells) ( 57-85) 78 77
Absolute CD3+ Cells (840-3060) 1441 1008
%CD4 (Helper Cells) (30-61) 57 52
Absolute CD4+ cells (490-1740) 1067 720
%CD8 (Suppressor T Cells) (12-42) 22 22
Absolute CD8+ cells (180-1170) 405 333
Helper/Suppressor ratio (0.86-5.00) 2.59 2.17
%CD16+CD56 (4-25) 6 10
(Natural Killer Cells)
Absolute NK Cells (70-760) 102 128
(CD16+CD56 Cells)
%CD19 (B cells) (6-29) 15 12
Absolute CD19+ Cells) (110-660) 277 189
Absolute Lymphocytes (850-3900) 1857 1577
Progesterone 0.5 0.5
Rheumatoid Factor (<14) 18 31
Sjogren's Antibody(SS-A) (<1.0) 2.8 4.5
T3, FREE (230-420) 330 337
T4, FREE (0.8-1.8) 1.0 1.3
TSH, 3RD GENERATION (0.40-4.50) 2.67 1.97
Testosterone Total 60 63
Vitamin D, 25-OH Total 83 62
Also, I wanted to mention that the new 2010 edition of the free LDN book 'Those Who Suffer Much, Know Much' is now available via PDF. My Hepatitis C story is included in this year's edition as well as Joyce's HBV positive daughter's. Also has much more info about using LDN in other disorders as well as more about LDN in general:
