Sep 13, 2008 11:12AM in the Hepatitis C Community
WOOOOOHOOOOO!!!! I love hearing that news! Congratulations!!!!
Aug 20, 2008 07:57PM in the Hepatitis C Community
Hello and Welcome! This site is a GREAT place for support and you will learn SO MUCH from everyone. I'm in my 19th week of treatment and couldn't have done it without the people on this forum! Booo :)
Aug 20, 2008 07:45PM in the Hepatitis C Community
First of all, CONGRATS....wooooohooooo! That has to be a great feeling, being done! Sorry about the hair (mine's falling out too, which is really tough) and the low hemo is tough! I can't believe no procrit until 9.5, my doc gives it to me at 10. I have 5 weeks left, so to answer "what next," I don't know, except that my doc told me when I'm done I'm ...
Aug 18, 2008 11:01PM in the Hepatitis C Community
FIGUY - Thanks for the article! Trin - I appreciate your response and educating me on TSH - too many acronyms with this Hep stuff :) JmJm - Thanks for making me laugh out loud.....I'm going to have to tell my doctor that I don't speak "Labcorpese" either :) Also, you're right....not sure the name of the test, but was just spitting back language I saw o...
Aug 18, 2008 09:38PM in the Hepatitis C Community
Hello everyone! :) After reading through a post on 4 week RVR test, I just wanted to make sure that my test was "sensitive" enough. I had blood done at 4 weeks through LabCorp and they did a test called HCV Log10/ml. The results were: HCV Quant (IU/mL) - Less than 2 IU/mL *Then it says, "Unable to calculate result since non-numeric result obtained ...
Aug 18, 2008 09:14PM in the Hepatitis C Community
Hi Ladybuglola - My hemo got down to 9.1 in my fifth week of Tx and ever since then I have been on Procrit (3 weeks of shots and 1-2 weeks off, then my hemo lowers and I go back on for another 3 weeks)...and yes, PUSH because the quality of life is much better! As far as the Ribavirin goes, I really think everyone is different. Obviously, if the Procrit wor...