Got Medication Amounts and OPEN for any Discussion

[Shanaenae]

So i just went to my last doctors appointment before i start treatment on April 19 and she gave me my medication amounts.

1000mg of Copygasus daily and 180 Micrograms of Pygasus weekly

Just curious what others amounts are and if anyone knows much about the amounts and how it relates to side effects and what not.
Getting very anxious to get this ball rolling. The doc also refilled my xanax prescription, so i should be good to go as far as my anticipation goes LOL.

26 days and counting down!!

Hope everyone is having a HAPPY friday:)

[Wasabi Pea]

Hey Everyone,

Sorry to hijack.  Just wanted to whine a little, look for a little sympathy.  Had a doctor's appt yesterday...got my final shot date of 4/20/06.  Yay!  Can't wait!  I just did shot #57 last night.

However, feeling like warmed over poo.  Turns out the old hgb dropped again to 7.7.  So here I am at work trying really hard to sit up straight at my desk. <g>  I can drop off into REM within five minutes if people leave me alone.  

But the drop in hgb explains all the mood swings and emotional outbursts.  Can't wait to quit all this stuff.  Hope I can continue on the procrit for maybe a month afterwards though.  My arms get tired just carrying a regular-sized hardback book.

Gonna try to stick with 600 riba a day for another two weeks and do another test.  If it drops again, I imagine we'll drop it down or drop it altogether.

Should have seen the doc's face when I asked if I should cancel my afternoon skiing plans for this Saturday. <g>  Okay, okay.  It was a stupid question.

Anyway, thanks everybody for just being here and cheering everybody on.  Even though I don't post too often, I check here every time I log on to the Internet.  Hope everyone's doing well.

Ang

[can-do-man]

Sorry to hear your hgb is going north, that has to be rough. But i have to tell you i laughed by azz off on you asking your doctor if you should cancel you ski trip. Thats summin your doctor soon won't forget. Oh its good to know im not the only crazy one here. Hope you get feeling better soon and good luck to you.

[Dale_Ray]

I'm with Goofy on this one. We're like the two buzzards out in the desert setting on the tree limb. Patience H**l I'm gonna kill something. I'd rather take the lickin and have it behind me than wait. Difference in personalities. I started earlier than doctor really wanted but I wanted to be through with it before next Thanksgiving (and have a reason too) Kidding around good luck to ya and you'll do fine. NYgirl is on a new combination drug that has helped her immensely its called gold bond and fudgecicles. Seems to work. I think her son Can do man is on the same secondary treatment or was his bon bons. Dale

[MissMiss]

Hey which pharmacy do you get your Riba?  I want some of that so I can laugh a bit too!  lol

miss

[susan400]

So, I get this good news about my viral load.  Then, I go to the doctor's appt. yesterday.  This was my internal medicine doctor, not my liver doctor.  Anyway, he had run abdominal ultrasound test and this appt. was for follow-up.  The report that came back showed that my 'pancreatic head is enlarged'.  The other abnormality was a 'soft tissue mass in the mid pole of the right kidney, possible angiolipoma and it says 'mild pelvic dilatation right kidney'.   The doctor writing the report says to 'follow-up with a CT scan'.   But, everything on my liver read as normal, A GOOD THING.  So, now I'm thinking, I wonder if all the meds I'm on are causing this abnormality?  For now, I'm going to wait and see what the CT says.  I'm scheduled for a CT of the abdomen and pelvis with contrast, next Wed.  Comments anyone?  Does anybody know if treatment can cause weird unidentified masses to show up?

Susan

[can-do-man]

said..... It seemes generally accepted that higher riba early on pays dividends....
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Now you tell me, here i've been keeping them under my bed when i could have been earning dividends by keeping them in the bank.
Thanks pal, oh Being a little SHEEPISH were we?