When to start treatment

[daniel2u]

I have received my medications for my treatment.  My doctor says she wants me to have blood work done one week after starting tx.  I have my first blood draw on June 3rd.  Can I start treatment tomorrow morning which would be ten days before my first blood test?
Daniel

[Effiedanna]

I started treatment about 7 weeks ago with interferon and Ribaviri when i started treatment my biopsy showed 0 to 2 stage damage. All my LFT were good but, my ALT and AST were high and i had a 1,450,000 viral load. My first blood test taken after 4 weeks of treatment showed that my ALT and AST had gone down and my viral load was now 222,000 thats a 60.5 prcent improvement on my viral load., I have not had any side effects since the first interferon shot  and i am doing fine on the Ribavinn also. I realize that i am very lucky because some people have severe reactions. I am getting ready for my second blood test and hope i keep improveing. I have Geno type 1a which is the hardest to eradicate but i had some good things going into treatment, i was healthy, LFT good, female, and not much damage. What was against me was my age  53 and my geno type 1a but i am responding very well so dont get discouraged about statistics. I hope every one of us that are members in this club that never asked for membership keep supporting eachother by passing knowledge to eachother so that we all have a chance to live a long and healthy live.  God bless Effie

[dranurag]

I treated twice . Relapsed both times in 4 weeks. Want to wait for better tx

[daniel2u]

dranurag
I am sorry to hear the virus came back.  Are you planning on trying the treatment again?
Pax
Daniel

[dranurag]

I stopped afer I was UND for 32 weeks due to iron overload. Virus came back in 4 weeks time

[daniel2u]

I am not absolutely sure.  When I was told that Hep C came back I was a little in shock and don't know if  I heard correctly.  I will be reviewing my labs on June 10 with my doctor and do my best to get more details.  But it seems to be I was told that I did the treatment for 44 weeks in total when I should have been doing the tx for 44 weeks from the time that the hep c was undetectable.  So more or less I did not do the treatment long enough.  I am hoping to become unelectable shortly after starting the treatment and am going to ask by doctor is I can go beyond the 44 weeks of tx just to give the tx an extra kick.  Thanks for asking.
Pax
Daniel

[dranurag]

what happened in your last attempt?

[hippygem]

Good luck with the treatment Daniel, I hope it all goes well for you.

[daniel2u]

Thanks JD
     I will wait until Wed. morning to begin tx.  I am just anxious to get started.  I handled the tx very well last time so I don't really have a lot of anxiety which would normally cause me to procrastinate starting the treatment.  
Pax
Daniel

[jdwithhcv]

Wait til Wednesday May 28 to begin tx.  That way blood draw will take place a week after injection #1, and just before injection #2.  This way your doctor can see the effect of one injection on your viral load.

Good luck with your tx.
jd