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After searching 20 years for remedy, Michael de Mesa cured of hepatitis C

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<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BepHO5lHfw7/" data-instgrm-version="8" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50.0% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BepHO5lHfw7/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by ⚡Michael de Mesa⚡ (@mdemesa24)</a> on <time dateTime="2018-02-01T05:30:08+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Jan 31, 2018 at 9:30pm PST</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Michael de Mesa was first diagnosed with hepatitis C in 1999. And now, nearly 20 years since and after a non-stop search for a cure, the screen veteran happily revealed he is freed of the disease.</p><p>On Instagram, the 58-year-old actor shared the results of his recent laborary test showing that there was &quot;no detectable levels of HCV-RNA,&quot; meaning, in his words -- &quot;I am cured of my hepatitis C!&quot;</p><p>&quot;It is gone! Praise God!&quot; he wrote.</p><p>De Mesa explained that he first learned he no longer had the virus in December, but felt he needed to get retested &quot;for good measure&quot; last May 15, yielding this latest good news for him and his family.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BjJYFBcHq-T/" data-instgrm-version="8" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50.0% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BjJYFBcHq-T/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by ⚡Michael de Mesa⚡ (@mdemesa24)</a> on <time dateTime="2018-05-24T04:18:36+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">May 23, 2018 at 9:18pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The &quot;Since I Found You&quot; antagonist is part of the showbiz clan of Eigenmanns (his real surname), which include Cherie Gil, the late Mark Gil, Ryan Eigenmann, Sid Lucero and Andi Eigenmann.</p><p>&quot;My wife, @julie_eigenmann, never really stopped searching for the cure,&quot; de Mesa narrated in his Instagram post. &quot;Four years ago, the cure for Hep C was released but it was outrageously expensive!&quot;</p><p>According to de Mesa, the Harvoni pill, at the time, had to be taken over 12 weeks, amounting to an estimated $90,000. Without going into details, de Mesa recalled that they eventually got in touch with an Australian person &quot;who helps people with Hep C,&quot; from whom they learned of an alternative that only cost $1,000 for the same course of treatment.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BhQ_iyWnUsh/" data-instgrm-version="8" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:49.90384615384615% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BhQ_iyWnUsh/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by ⚡Michael de Mesa⚡ (@mdemesa24)</a> on <time dateTime="2018-04-07T10:15:21+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Apr 7, 2018 at 3:15am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>&quot;He also had the virus but was cured 3 years ago and he has helped so many people around the world,&quot; de Mesa said of the Australian.</p><p>The actor started this cheaper treatment in November 2017, when his &quot;viral count was in the millions.&quot; But after only just four weeks into the treatment -- or eight weeks before he would complete it -- his viral count already went down to 1,200.</p><p>&quot;Anything below 2,000 is actually considered undetected already,&quot; he explained. &quot;By the end of the treatment, it was zero, zilch, nada, UNDETECTED!&quot;</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BhEZ7oyHwEJ/" data-instgrm-version="8" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:42.4537037037037% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BhEZ7oyHwEJ/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by ⚡Michael de Mesa⚡ (@mdemesa24)</a> on <time dateTime="2018-04-02T12:55:49+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Apr 2, 2018 at 5:55am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>De Mesa shared the development on Thursday, May 24, his actual birthday.</p><p>Noting the occasion, he said: &quot;I want to thank the Lord for another year of life. I also want to thank Him for bringing Julie into my life, making her His instrument, so that I can enjoy many more years with my loved ones.&quot;</p>

<p>De Mesa was first diagnosed with hepa C in 1999; nearly 20 years since and after a non-stop search for a cure, he happily revealed he is freed of the disease.</p>

De Mesa was first diagnosed with hepa C in 1999; nearly 20 years since and after a non-stop search for a cure, he happily revealed he is freed of the disease.