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Week One - Second Time Around
by Imagine121, May 02, 2008 07:02PM
I found out two weeks ago that the HCV virus is back and so I have begun Week 1 of treatment. My doctor has prescribed Peg-Intron since I had so many side-effects with Pegasys. Does anyone have any experience with both Pegasys and Peg-Intron? I am genotype 1, stage 3, grade 0-1.
I took my first injection a few days ago and Peg-Intron completely wiped me out with feel and aches and pains but I am trying to accept what is to come and hope that my experience with the first tratment will help me.
I thank everyone for your help.
I took my first injection a few days ago and Peg-Intron completely wiped me out with feel and aches and pains but I am trying to accept what is to come and hope that my experience with the first tratment will help me.
I thank everyone for your help.
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around.
Hugs
Elaine
I wanted to also thanks everyone for advice to my previous post "RELAPSED - Looking for Advice". In that thread I described how I treated for only 36 weeks (I am genotype 1). Many comments questioned this and I also felt terrible that I responded (UND at 12 weeks) but did not achieve SVR. I will probably be hitting myself over the head for this but I have to move on. I believe my doctor based much of his decision on this on the severe side-effects I was having. I'm sorry I did not reply sooner to that previous thread as I have been trying to decide the next steps in treatment and have been in a tremedous fog.
Anyway, as I mentioned above, my doctor has me taking Peg-Intron in the hopes I will have fewer sx's. My plan is to be able to stay at full dose for 48 weeks. I will request a VL test at 4 weeks and see where I stand. My VL two weeks ago was 196,100.
I am recalling the words of the Serenity Prayer as a way of setting myself on a course to success.
SERENITY PRAYER
God Grant Me the Serenity to Accept the Things I Cannot Change,
Courage to Change the Things I Can,
And the Wisdom to Know the Difference.
Best wishes to All.
Why not try and get inot the Phase 3 trial for Telaprevir?
Good luck with your treatment and I really hope it works for you this time.
Eric
Much luck and big hugs and you go through this a second time.
Meki
There is also not much Serenity either.
It is a good saying though.
CS