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

[Galen]

You need Procrit AND Neupogen.  An ANC that low should trigger dose reductions till your count gets higher.  In the meantime, be very careful about exposure to anyone sick, keep your hands washed at all times, and treat ALL cuts and scrapes like you may lose a limb.  You are suseptable to any opportunistic infection as well as pretty anemic.  
I had no trouble getting Rx for both and am on BCBS Health Options.

[terriri]

Dirac, It

[raheem]

Procrit question, just had bloodwork, RBC 2.73, WBC 1.2, ANC 516, HCT 26.7, HGB 8.9. It's been running low for several weeks. With these numbers shouldn't I be a slam dunk Procrit candidate? How much does it cost?  My doc is concerned about the paperwork documentation to support it's use. Do you know what the requirements are for prescribing it? I have Medicare.  Thanks guys.

[ts2010]

Dirac,

Congratulations on completing tx!!!! May all of your future PCR's come back undetectable.

I too will finish shortly.  I am not sure if you had the same experience that I am having but it seems like the last few weeks are going by sooooooooooooo slowwwwwwwwww.  However, looking back the past weeks of tx seem like they flew by.

Thanks for participating in the forum and helping us out along the way.

TS

[oldhippiechick67]

Thanks all for posting your genotypes, ages, week on tx and Pegasys or PegIntron.  We will be chalking up the resonders and nonresponders for our "yearbook" kind of unofficial by lil ol me.  They will cost $40 and have your name embossed . . . KIDDING!!!   Oh Im so funny.   Anyways, thanks all for contributing to the data.   Hugs,  OHC

[Galen]

You know, I have no idea.  I will have labs on 9/29 and a CBC will be part of that, along with the usual PCR and liver enzymes.  I guess it depends on the results.  My hemoglobin dropped another gram in the past 2 weeks, so it is possible I'll stay on it for an extra week or so.  Once the riba starts to clear your system it should resolve itself.  I never had anemia in my life before now, so no reason I should off tx.