25 October 2016 - In January Hamilton News reported on Julie, a Cambridge woman diagnosed with hepatitis C who sourced medication from a Dallas Buyers' Club-style organisation in Australia rather than settle for the sub-standard treatment funded in New Zealand.
Nine months on and Julie (not her real name) has just received the six-month all-clear, indicating the virus has fully left her system.
"I found out last week. I did initially feel really great, now it just becomes part of every day - you forget how bad it was," she said.