Thank you all

[Dirac]

Tonight at 9:00 pm I will take the last three pills of
ribavirine. I had my last shot last Thursday and just received
my viral load at week 48 which came back undetectable.
This is the third time during treatment, I got the same
result at week 12, and week 24 before.
I just would like to thank every and each one of you.
You are my family. You see, we are all different in
race, religion, color and nationality but this disease
made us one group. I smiled with your good news, I cried
with your bad news and hoped for every one to reach his or
her goal no matter what your background is.
I am writing this to thank you all and to apologize if I
ever was rough or tough in my discussion (fatboy, do you
hear me?).
Wish me luck in my next PCR's.
Dirac

[willing]

Hi - really sorry your Dr's being so unresponsive. If you need documentation, here's one of the <a href="http://hepatology2.aasldjournals.org/scripts/om.dll/serve?action=searchDB&searchDBfor=art&artType=fullfree&id=ajhep036s237#head6">paper</a> from last year's NIH HCV consensus conference on managing sides. It cite s an HgB drop below 10 or an ANC drop below 750 as the cutoffs for dose-reduction or remediation with epoetin-alfa (Procrit, epogen) or granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (Neupogen). Also check your riba/ifn medication inserts - they should have similar numbers. With an ANC of 516 and an HGB of 8.9 you're well below those cutoffs.
Note what happened to Maj and April(tigerpants) recently - if your Dr's still dragging his feet  might be worth switching..Best wishes to you.

[scoutdill]

Knock it off. There you go telling someone what they need. Next time you diagnose, please sign your name with your Medical Title. Dill

[giddyup]

Stop already! Do you want to take this to fight songs or what!

[Galen]

That is "dude-ette" to you ;-)

[raheem]

Thanks dude, I just got an appt. on Monday 9-15.  We will discuss dose reduction, Neupogen and Procrit.  Feeling pretty draggy!

[whybabe]

Dear Dirac:  I remember when you started tx.  Great news...sounds like another dragon bites the DUST!  Good luck and God Bless!
Deb