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:)

[lionesss]

susan: ouch! hopefully someone in here can help you with your question.
Shan: I am on 800mg riba ( my weight 130p). think I am on 100 of pegatron. doesn't seem like much compared to everyone else. also on 20mg citalopram, antioxidants and herbs.
Frisco: love your laughing story.  I was so tense prior to tx that when I actually started and faced my fears my mood lightened up, maybe that is what is happening to you. I am on shot 4/24. so not much further then you, and generally still cruising.

[Wasabi Pea]

Thanks!  I'm glad to hear you're doing better.  Are your docs planning on using transfusions to keep you on tx?  I tried to get mine to do that so that I could continue on full dosage, but they were real leery of it.  So although I had no problems with the full dosage of peg, the riba was another question.  

Actually, the sudden drop from 9.0 was due to a short-lived two-week effort to increase my riba from 600 daily to 600/800 every other day, which works out to 700, I guess.  At least I know the precise balance point between my procrit and riba.

Anyway, I'm starting the countdown.  I can't wait.  4/20/06 is my last shot, which will be #61.  Will probably take riba a few days after that shot, and I imagine I'll continue on procrit for maybe another month.  I haven't discussed that part with my doc yet.  But if the hgb doesn't make its way up in the next two weeks, we may either have to cut it short (ha, ha) or drop the riba to 400.  

I don't know how you managed on 7.1 though.  I think the lowest I've been is 7.6, and I usually become a spineless jellyfish when I hit the 7's.  I'm very glad to hear you're doing well and feeling good.  How far are you along in tx?  Are you doing 24 or 48 weeks?

[lionesss]

I wish i could understand your hb values.  My hb is 130 here in oz (within range)they don't transfuse till it drops below 90.  does anyone know the conversion?

[OnAPrettyPoison]

I just did my pegasys and obviously the snap on needle was not tight and I saw part of it drip to the floor.  Should I do another or just not worry about it???  HELP!

[GoofyDad]

Wasabi: Sorry you're in a slump. Hang in there - we all go through peaks and valleys, so you no doubt have have better days to look forward to in the short term.

I was there in the 7's for a while myself. Not much fun, huh? It didn't take too much of a climb for me to feel marked improvement.

You taking your b12 and folic acid there girlie? Of course, be sure to check with your doc.

Can-do: Me sheepish? No way, Bub! Settle down there, Dairy Man.  Nothin' with any sheep like features here. Hey - Ya know where they get virgin wool from? Yup. Ugly sheep.

[GoofyDad]

I'd call the be in charge line, if I were you. Or my doc, or both.

I would think tht if much was dripping, you would have noticed, but you would know better.

Were it me, I would probably draw some water up into the syringe, and squirt some out on the floor to recreate the scene of the accident. That would help me get a feel for just how much I had lost.

It's not too uncommon for folks to double dose, especially early on - so that might be an argument for topping yourself off with at least a partial supplemental injection -- as long as your counts are good (wbc and platelets).

Good luck.