Hi Everyone,
I've been meaning to check in and update you all, but I wanted it to be with good news instead of a question. Things have going pretty well for my husband Rick. He has had Hep C genotyoe 1a for about 25 years. His low platelets and albumin suggested cirrhosis- he scored a 42 on a Fibroscan.
At his 1 month bloodwork, his viral load had dropped from 5.9 million to around 1000- his NP said she would've been happy with that at 2 months :) . His ALT/AST's were down from slightly elevated to very normal, and his platelets were OK, having gone from 128,000 to 70,000. The only thing was his red/white blood cells took a big hit. The NP put Rick on Procrit last week, when he went for his 2nd month of bloodwork.
Today we got a call from his NP- he spoke to the NP, not me, so the facts aren't very clear. However, the NP said his AFP is elevated- hubby "thinks" she said slightly elevated. She ordered an MRI to rule out cancer on July 22nd. I'm really worried about this. The strange thing is that Rick had slightly elevated AFP levels before tx- about 10.5. And his feet and hands are very swollen, but I read that can be from the Procrit.
I'm just anxious and wondering just what this means. If anyone has any advice, I would really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Dee