Anybody else on tx #2 for geno 1? you guys were right!

[jerialice]

Hey gang, just to let you know, i went to see my doc yesterday and you guys were right- i will have to start over with tx for a year since i am geno 1. wah. the good news is that they put me back on the liver foundation which has a waiting list of 80 people. my doc is making me take the 1000 riba, as you all also commented on.
she says we will be much more aggressive with sides theis time so i don't have to lower my dose. interestingly enough, i am on per-intron this time not pegasys and i don't seem to have quite as much of a reaction. i will be taking 150 mcg. so here;s to you all, thanks! i was prepared for the news thatnks to this forum. i will be staying around, if you don't mind, for moral support. so far so good.....
anybody else on tx 2 for geno 1?

[can-do-man]

Nice try on the sane bit. Ain't gonna happen. Not a chance. you are what you is, you can roll the dyce all you want.

[dyce]

Rats, I figured you were't fooled easy! Back to walkin in the riba circles .

Dyce in space

[jerialice]

hi there! well i am 110 and taking 1000, hope that will do the trick. i couldn't handle it last time so was 800, but this time i am mad!!!! and not riba rage, just plain mad. i drink so much water almost a gallon/day plus fresh juice and eat as much as i can. my doc's gonna get me on pcrit asap, so that should help.somtimes i feel like i am on speed, but my bod is retarded!!! bizarre. how are you doing? did you find sx went down any?

[jerialice]

hi gang! yeah last time i was clear at wek 24. this time i hope to be clear week 12.
and i will print out the data about early testing as a predicator and take to my doc.
she is pretty proactive and specializes in hep c only. thanks for all the links etc.

and susan, good grief girl, you are determined!!! how are you doing this time around? here's a special prayer for you- get well soon.

i am hoping the 12 week will be clear- does it seem 48 weeks will work with that as an indicator?

funny farm is right- i have laughed so hard at some of you guys. a sense of humor is the only way to keep sane in this condition!!!! i never thought iwould but i have joined the prozac generation, it's the only way to fly as most of my sides were mental. anybody else have any panic attacks etc?
yee haw-

[jerialice]

thanks for the good words and moral suport. sorry my typing was so lousy this morn, i had the friday night "hangover" man, i took a 4 hour nap today! felt great.
since i am on a "foundation" i am not sure if she'll test me at 4 weeks. she has worked with 1000's of hep c patients and always tests geno 1's at week 12. i expect to be und by week 12.

do you think that will be a good indictor of svr? if und at week 12, how much longer has anyone gone??

i will ask her when i go back next time (month check up) to see if she wants to test then. i sort have the feeling that because of budget, i may have to wait until week 12. so far i feel pretty ok. i am going to be taking peg intron at a higher dose than the pegasys, but she says it's wieght based. i am surprised at the difference in how
i feel on the intron. it seems to agree with me more (if such a thing is possible) ai m hoping that this time around the sx will not be so awful. i really got hit hard after about week 12 last time and never quite came back.... the insert says that sx will normally happen early on- so maybe this time i can be "normal"
you guys are great and even tho i am so blessed to be fairly healthy, i still want to be CLEAR! cause who knows what could happen otherwise?

take care all and we'll keep in touch. you are all so brave....

[roaming]

the dr will not give hubby a 4 prc (?)wk because he does not want give the ins. comp any reason to question tx if it is not in their guide lines. It sounds like he wants to wait the longest to give the best chance of the best drop so the ins. comp. can not question the treatment. Otherwise, if you test early and don't get the immediate drop they start questioning treatment.