Hemoglobin/Vitamin C/Open thread

[unico]

I know I have been asking a lot of questions and do not want to be a thread hog. Buuuuuut I go to see my Hep doctor this Thursday for the first time. I believe I am ready thanks to you guys. The only have a couple more questions. I am a little light on my hemoglobin knowledge. I understand what it is and what it does, but what affects it, the Ribivirin? What is the corrective therapy? Also what are within range levels and experiences with tx difficulties with surrounding it? Secondly, Vitamin C. There doesn

[silvermoon]

hmmmm.. your description of yourself and philosophy on people, sounds like you are describing me..  I have been told more than oncee, that I am too nice, too trusting.. oh well....  Maybe we were twins in another life?????  stranger things have happened..   LOL..
Do I remember right?  are you in FL?  I was born in StPete..
  Saw this on sign on a pickup truck/camper of a guy who just roams around.works as he travels.....I LOVE IT!!
"Be what you be, don't be what you ain't, coz if you be what you ain't, then you ain't what you IS...Be what you BE!!!" :)

[unico]

Born in Boston, live in Boston. Gods country. The last seven years have been very liberating. I live by the credo "What other people think of me is really none of my buisness" And I really don't care what the strangers think. Family and associates I am a little more consevative. I spent most my life tryig to be CEO of the universe (Job was taken!). Now, screw it! Give me a nap sack, a pair of levis and a T shirt that says "Yankees Suck" and I will walk into the Waldoff! I really just don't care!I belive I am here to be a good person, all the rest if fluff. However "If you are not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room!!!"

LOU

[honey1616]

Hey,,,on absolute neutrophill,,,standard is 0.5 and under for alarm and something to be done...My hubby's fell at one time to 0.5 but was monitored closely and then came back up.  Is yours low?

[honey1616]

Normal range is 2.3 to 7.0  so 0.5 is equal to 500..  500 or under something would have to be done...

[Califia]

Thanks, Lou, for your invocation.  I think I'd position myself somewhere between brave and foolish...  (funny, I don't look fewlish).

Honey, I'm glad to hear, that your breathless and anemia resolved on their own.  I was afraid to go unassisted, though--with my lousy interferon track record I was taking no chances.   If only I were treatment naive, but  I lost my, uh, innocence a long time ago....

And Silvermoon--I'm following my OMD's interferon protocol which is fully described in a pdf file you can download at her site:
http://www.docmisha.com .  (She's actually on the board of consultants of  the Hep_C organization whose URL Snook posted earlier.)   The formula specific to red and white blood production is called Marrow Plus and is manufactured by Health Concerns.   It's a classic chemotherapy formula that was first test-driven by two decades of AIDS patients taking AZT.  

[cindee]

ck michael,HI and welcome! I have never posted to you! Please don't give up on this forum...as it will quieten down soon! Seems like it has already! YEAHHHHH!!!!!!!

I took about a 3 day brak, during all the hoopla. It aggrivates me sometimes too! But honestly, you have found the right place for the hep virus!!!!

Most of the time everyone here is very loving, caring, helpful, compassionate and knowledgeable!!!! I didn't find this forum,until I was already way into tx.

I treated for 48wks was an early viral responder and undectable thoughout tx! Then BAM! 4 months post tx I relapsed! I will be starting a clinical trial study, because of the way I reacted thoughout tx and then relapsed..it has the doctor's baffled and I will NOT give up!

I did have a very rough time on tx and was so sure w/ all I had gone thru I would surely "clear", but for some unknown reason something went wrong! I do have a New doctor, a heptologist this time. And even tho I did relapse, the tx did some major damage to the virus. My bx in June showed....stage 1 ...grade 0-1...with no scarring!!!

So once again..I will start a new roller coster ride!!!! I never thought I could do tx again, because I had all sx and sometimes all sx @ the same time!

Please hang with us here. Without this forum I don't know how I would have made it!!!! BTW I am a 49 yr old female..geno 1A. I want to wish you the best while you are on tx, but stay with us. We can help you and you can help us!!!

Also were you ever a disc-jocky on a radio station? I knew a c michael...but then I saw you post at the end... michael in kc. The "radio man" I knew was in Charlotte, NC???? Just wondering? Sending much love @ many prayers your way, Cindee

befuddled!!!! Hey you!!! Thank you so much for remembering Betty in your prayers! She is doing okay. (for those of you who don't know..Betty is my 2nd Mother, who is dying from a rare form of cancer...signet ring adenocarcemona @ it's 100% fatal) She took care of me when I was on tx and cooked many meals for hubby @ me.

Befuddled...hospice is starting to come in once a wk right now, and then more as needed. She has been sitting in her recliner the past few times I have visited her. She loves to crochet and is "working" on her last afghan for one of her great-grand childern. She has 5 great-grands and has made them all an afghan!! She looks and smells like an angel!!!!! She wears Wind Song cologne....something I haven't worn in years. Do you remember their...theme song? "I can't seem to forget you...your WIND SONG stays on my mind"? SOOOO TRUE!!! I am soon going to get me some. It smells so "light @ clean". She is also going to make my grand-daughter an afghan...something to always remember her by...it's a secret...my g.daughter has wanted mine, since she made it for me for my b.day in July!!! My g.daughter will be so happy and so surprised!!!!

I want to Thank you all for keeping Betty in your prayers. I tell her how everyone here is "praying" for her and I give her a kiss on the forehead...from anyone who ever mentions her name! So Vicki, tomorrow when I  visit her..I will kiss her forehead, and tell her it's from you. When I do that she always smiles...so BIG!!!!! You are so special to me.....and I love you very much. You remain in my prayers always!!! Hope your family and you are doing good. I know you have a lot on your plate right now....and I'm praying extra prayers for YOU! Love, Cindee

unico..you are a wonderful person. You have the greatest "outlook on life". I love to read your posts...sometimes you "crack me up"!!!! And I believe "laughter" is the best medicine we all need right now!!!!! You are a GOD send to this forum! I am so happy to call you my friend!!!! I hope you are feeling good these days! Much love @ Many prayers, Cindee :)