starting today

[CARUU]

I'm launching into tx today!  I started the riba this a.m. and will do my first shot tonight.  I spent 1.5 hr. with the nurse yesterday getting "trained" on what to expect and how to do the shot.  I hope I do better on my own than I did during practice.  I was a little nervous and also in a hurry to get on to another meeting.  The Roche kit with all of the info, water bottle, gel pack, etc. is nice, but didn't really need another brief-case:-)
Thanks to all, have a good weekend. caruu

[Petey7]

I am headed out the door in 5 minutes to have my own 90 minute introduction the the fabulous world of Pegasys. I imagine I will be taking my first shot this evening, but then my imagination has been running wild for several months while I contemplated taking this enormous step, so who knows what's really in store. I think the whole business of "everybody reacts differently" is one of the main reasons why people tend to be so anxious leading up to starting treatment. At least when I went through Chemotherapy for cancer I had an idea what was in store since I had seen others close to me go through it. This time it sounds like we are leaving oursleves open for almost any side affect known to man. What makes it especially different is that I KNEW the cancer would kill me if I didn't treat it. Well, I'm off to the doc.