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Just making sure we don't lose it...kids are home from school for the holiday ;-)
always nice to see you post...congrats on weight gain,hope it went to the rite 'spots'--i keep gaining hair in all the wrong places--can i do a comb over w/ backhair??--Enjoy your Day
You know I'm a GIRL and having sort of the same problem! I mean hello what is going on with my eyebrows? It's like pluck pluck pluck...then I even noticed some hairs on my upper lip oh MAN pluck pluck pluck...it's out of control!!!!
I REALLY think this junk makes you grow hair like crazy but not where it SHOULD be growing!
I just went to the dentist - I need at LEAST THREE root canals and have about 15 cavities. NICE! Why did I put this off for so long? Oh yeah dumb IDIOT I am!
He said well in addition to you not coming here for a long time...the medications (yeah I told him right away) are eating your teeth (plus the years of my addictions didn't help).
Looks like I'll be paying for his vacation in France or something...insurance is helpful but doesn't cover it all!
I'd advise anybody to stay on top of their teeth during treatment and not put it off and off like I did cause all I really did was bring myself the horror of root canals and deep cavities and spending a ton of money.
PS I don't want to gain the weight back yet...I want to keep eating like a crazy pig! I LOVED not having to count calories for the first time in my life LOL! BEST part of treatment!
GLAD TO HEAR YOU SOUNDING SO GOOD BEAM...YOU SOUND REALLY UPBEAT TODAY! :)
I REALLY think this junk makes you grow hair like crazy but not where it SHOULD be growing!
I just went to the dentist - I need at LEAST THREE root canals and have about 15 cavities. NICE! Why did I put this off for so long? Oh yeah dumb IDIOT I am!
He said well in addition to you not coming here for a long time...the medications (yeah I told him right away) are eating your teeth (plus the years of my addictions didn't help).
Looks like I'll be paying for his vacation in France or something...insurance is helpful but doesn't cover it all!
I'd advise anybody to stay on top of their teeth during treatment and not put it off and off like I did cause all I really did was bring myself the horror of root canals and deep cavities and spending a ton of money.
PS I don't want to gain the weight back yet...I want to keep eating like a crazy pig! I LOVED not having to count calories for the first time in my life LOL! BEST part of treatment!
GLAD TO HEAR YOU SOUNDING SO GOOD BEAM...YOU SOUND REALLY UPBEAT TODAY! :)
At least now I know why I was so sick the past five weeks. Now that I'm on new side effect meds I am feeling better and more able to handle this for 36 more weeks.
Just got my 12 week results this morning (1b, 14/48, beg VL 1,220,000)
AST 60
ALT 53
WBC 5.2
RBC 3.62
HGB 11.0
HCT 33
RDW 15.8
TSH 36.13 (normal .35 - 5.50)
Everything else was in normal ranges. OH yeah, I also have a lung infection that he gave me antibiotics for.
PCR viral load - UNDETECTED Yeah, I know I should sound more excited. Valorie
Just got my 12 week results this morning (1b, 14/48, beg VL 1,220,000)
AST 60
ALT 53
WBC 5.2
RBC 3.62
HGB 11.0
HCT 33
RDW 15.8
TSH 36.13 (normal .35 - 5.50)
Everything else was in normal ranges. OH yeah, I also have a lung infection that he gave me antibiotics for.
PCR viral load - UNDETECTED Yeah, I know I should sound more excited. Valorie
That is such great news!!Couldn't be happier for you(cept of course if you didn't have a lung infection). Hope you feel as good as your news. how's that hglbn compared to your normal?
Good thoughts your way,
Don
Good thoughts your way,
Don
1. 24 (FOX)
2. Everyone Hates Chris (WWOR)
3. Dancing with the Stars (WABC)
4. American Idol (FOX)
5. The Three Stooges (SPIKE TV)
6. House (FOX)
7. The Closer (TNT)
2. Everyone Hates Chris (WWOR)
3. Dancing with the Stars (WABC)
4. American Idol (FOX)
5. The Three Stooges (SPIKE TV)
6. House (FOX)
7. The Closer (TNT)
Great News for Ms O!! Congratulations! Take care of yourself now and get rid of that infection!
NY and Beam,,,,LOL yep those meds do crazy things,,,Kinda like they are testing you to the max to see if you can handle anything thrown your way! The hair thing is crazy,,,,losing it all spots you don't want to and start growing it on the face like a gorilla! I never could figure out why it does that...I could see the losing of hair on head but there definitely is no reasoning for the other haha
NY and Beam,,,,LOL yep those meds do crazy things,,,Kinda like they are testing you to the max to see if you can handle anything thrown your way! The hair thing is crazy,,,,losing it all spots you don't want to and start growing it on the face like a gorilla! I never could figure out why it does that...I could see the losing of hair on head but there definitely is no reasoning for the other haha
you typed your TSH is 36 that's way out of whack...TSH is the test for thyroid and if it is that high it means you need thyroid meds
Glad to see your results. The ND will serve to encourage you. Watch the hgb - getting low.
valorie
YIPPEEEDITY DO DAH CONGRATS ON THE PHENOMENAL NEWS!!!!!! What a way to start our Monday for us!
Keep up the SPECTACULAR WORK woooooooooooooo hoooooooooooo!
Debby
YIPPEEEDITY DO DAH CONGRATS ON THE PHENOMENAL NEWS!!!!!! What a way to start our Monday for us!
Keep up the SPECTACULAR WORK woooooooooooooo hoooooooooooo!
Debby
Congrats. on the good news!I'm having a bad day and your good news made me feel better.Mrs O awhile back you posted on my comment about the ringing in the ears.Seeing your tsh is high the ringing in your ears is most likely from your thyroid.Today my ears are ringing and I feel crappy.Thanks for your post.
Dyce
Dyce
Mrs. O--Congrats on vl status....encouraging News--i just did shot -10 - hope to join you in undetectable waiting room soon!!!!
lafred--no ideas,but it does sound frightening for you--GOOD LUCK
i have just been informed that my backhair issue was pre-existing,but i am a doubting thomas;maybe all the skincare(goldbond:thank you nygirl) product placement acts like a pomade.....anywhere else would be a plus!!!
lafred--no ideas,but it does sound frightening for you--GOOD LUCK
i have just been informed that my backhair issue was pre-existing,but i am a doubting thomas;maybe all the skincare(goldbond:thank you nygirl) product placement acts like a pomade.....anywhere else would be a plus!!!
Congrats on being undetectable, that is something cause I know more than a few who weren't able to get that stutus, unfortunately. Hope youre lung infection clears up soon.
You know I wonder why youre getting all these hairs in the wrong places, Califia told me, and some others, that the tx really speeds up the aging process while youre on it, as to give you a glimpse of what it'll be like when youre a lot older and we get those hairs in the wrong places among other things (more wrinkles, etc.) Then once youre off the stuff, you go back to where you were pre-tx. Makes sense to me...boy, as vain as I am it's something that I'll really have to go zen on...
You know I wonder why youre getting all these hairs in the wrong places, Califia told me, and some others, that the tx really speeds up the aging process while youre on it, as to give you a glimpse of what it'll be like when youre a lot older and we get those hairs in the wrong places among other things (more wrinkles, etc.) Then once youre off the stuff, you go back to where you were pre-tx. Makes sense to me...boy, as vain as I am it's something that I'll really have to go zen on...
Got back my Jan cbc(hadn't had one since Nov)seems okay
low range
wbc 3.4
rbc 3.7
Hglbn 11.4(from 12.1 in Nov, been a steady drop from orig 14.4)
Hmtcrt 33.3
Pltlt 131
Got a new one in low range hence Is it important?
Abs Lymphocytes moved to low range
down to 799 from 1142 in nov, 1769 at start
Also
How important or accurate are AST and ALT readings while on meds?
AST 25 down from 55 at 1st wk
ALT 28 down from 72 at 1st wk
I imagine those ast and alts are okay but do they fluctuate a lot?
Thanks, Don
low range
wbc 3.4
rbc 3.7
Hglbn 11.4(from 12.1 in Nov, been a steady drop from orig 14.4)
Hmtcrt 33.3
Pltlt 131
Got a new one in low range hence Is it important?
Abs Lymphocytes moved to low range
down to 799 from 1142 in nov, 1769 at start
Also
How important or accurate are AST and ALT readings while on meds?
AST 25 down from 55 at 1st wk
ALT 28 down from 72 at 1st wk
I imagine those ast and alts are okay but do they fluctuate a lot?
Thanks, Don
My enzymes started in the 200s and then went promptly down to the low low 20s when I started treatment. I notice they go up and down a few points (4/5) on occassion but that's about it.
I don't know if that helps at all but...thought I'd throw it out there. I don't know how much you mean fluctuate but mine haven't drastically at all since the initial drop (which was a good drop LOL).
I don't know if that helps at all but...thought I'd throw it out there. I don't know how much you mean fluctuate but mine haven't drastically at all since the initial drop (which was a good drop LOL).
Ever watch 'Reno 911'? Absolutely hilarious! What about 'Cash Cab'? People jump in a NYC cab and are on a game show where they answer questions, get 3 wrong you get thrown out of the cab, get them right you get cash when you leave the cab...sounds like a deal to me...Ever watch the English version of 'The Office'? very funny...as you can see, I have a lot of time on my hands in the evenings...
Cin
Cin
Do you think this Butt cream, (that's the only thing I remembered in the name, is the best for tx rashes? I'm collecting info on that, I freak out about skin eruptions, ha ha! thanks for all your sound advice on that last post and elsewhere, I get a lot from your posts.
Afraid to say that the only sitcoms I watch are "the office" (an accurate description of corporate life if there ever was one) and My Name is Earl and Will and Grace, oh, and House. I'm on the Comedy Channel a lot though, if I'm not on HBO...love Reno 911.
Strator: what a poetical soul you have, your buddies on the sites must love your company...
Afraid to say that the only sitcoms I watch are "the office" (an accurate description of corporate life if there ever was one) and My Name is Earl and Will and Grace, oh, and House. I'm on the Comedy Channel a lot though, if I'm not on HBO...love Reno 911.
Strator: what a poetical soul you have, your buddies on the sites must love your company...
Mrs O, that is a great feeling, a negative at wk 12, wonderful. I guess your GI should get in the same page with your GP or viceversa, they really should be faxing bloodwork to each other, I had my GI fax results to my PCP in case I needed him for scripts the GI did not write. Procrit should make you feel better also. It can be a very trying experience, this tx. You can separate the men with hair on their chest from the wimps. um! maybe we all have hair on our chest with these meds.
good luck
lafred; you could post your question in the dermatology section if you have not done so yet. It seems a more relevant forum at this point
good luck to you too
good luck
lafred; you could post your question in the dermatology section if you have not done so yet. It seems a more relevant forum at this point
good luck to you too
haha got to agree with jim on 3 stooges,,big fan of them. Also on the line up is
House
Greys Anatomy
American Idol
Boston Legal
Desperate Housewives
House
Greys Anatomy
American Idol
Boston Legal
Desperate Housewives
House is my favorite now, The Idol show... I rather watch re runs of Law And Order
absolute musts are Mad Tv and SNL, especially while on tx.
absolute musts are Mad Tv and SNL, especially while on tx.
We'll see where your Zen training gets you once people start yelling 'Saquatch!' when you wear a bikini, and your butt starts looking like Cousin It (and yeah... it happens to the girls too, bet they didn't tell you THAT at orientation - did they)?
Cheers from brillo-butt in the North.
Cheers from brillo-butt in the North.
I forgot about SNL,,,,that is a must for tx haha I love it anytime of course but it sure does take your mind off feeling bad. Love the old ones with Guilda Radner,,,
Sounds like a session of Man-Waxing is in order for you dude...men do everything nowadays - there's manly misting instead of crying, you'll know what that means once youre at the waxing salon, man-makeup...the doors are open to you guys now, there is a solution to every beauty problem!
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