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What's with not taking iron ? Do you mean directly as in vitamin suppliment or as in no iron in soy milk or soy protien shakes or the trace amounts you get from veg ,meats? What the scoop my doc never mentioned it.I've looked at the survival site and didn't find anything specific, but did find lots of great info.I take C, E ,Selenium ,Lots of B, ALA, and Calium , Evening Primrose anything wrong there?
How are your bloodcounts? I passed out 2x in one day in my 2002 tx run because I was very anemic from the riba; the anemia came on very fast, in about 2 weeks (Hgb around 8.1, @week 4 of tx).
My first tx was with PegIntron, and I had to quit after that episode. I was hospitalized for 3 days in an ICU with full monitoring; my docs ordered 2 units of blood to be pumped into me.
On this 2003 tx round, I've been on Pegasys combo. This time I took a multivitamin w/no iron (a "senior" formula); folic acid; vit.E; super B-complex; Vit.C; zinc. I still got anemia and neutropenia (= low ANC), but with Procrit and Neupogen, I got through. I think the vitamins helped me to have much less sx, and I've FELT much better through the whole 48 weeks than in those 4 weeks in 2002. I've had fewer flu-type symptoms, less itch, few headaches... that's me. But I had little appetite, and these supplements were like insurance.
Some meds can make some people get lightheaded. Tx meds get into circulation very fast; if you get up or stand up very quickly, it changes some of the equilibrium, and you can get dizzy. It's a good idea to sit and stand up gradually. But do check your blood counts.
Maj Neni
My first tx was with PegIntron, and I had to quit after that episode. I was hospitalized for 3 days in an ICU with full monitoring; my docs ordered 2 units of blood to be pumped into me.
On this 2003 tx round, I've been on Pegasys combo. This time I took a multivitamin w/no iron (a "senior" formula); folic acid; vit.E; super B-complex; Vit.C; zinc. I still got anemia and neutropenia (= low ANC), but with Procrit and Neupogen, I got through. I think the vitamins helped me to have much less sx, and I've FELT much better through the whole 48 weeks than in those 4 weeks in 2002. I've had fewer flu-type symptoms, less itch, few headaches... that's me. But I had little appetite, and these supplements were like insurance.
Some meds can make some people get lightheaded. Tx meds get into circulation very fast; if you get up or stand up very quickly, it changes some of the equilibrium, and you can get dizzy. It's a good idea to sit and stand up gradually. But do check your blood counts.
Maj Neni
i have read many posts by many others with **** all over, insinuating, not spelling them out , and have not read you complain to them. singling people out ?
skip what you don't like and please be more tolerant. pick your battles. I don't need to read statements by extra sensitive individuals, so i skip those too, i skip over 15 welcomes, 20 congrats, etc. there is just so much you can complain about. skip skip and skip. we all do it., without complaining unless is extremely offensive and abusive.
befudd,I kind of get lightheaded after my shot, light nausea too. I take it easy for 5 min or so after the shot. also, is there a more joyful place to go for laughs? This site has become too bitter and flavorless and is getting me down.
ive
skip what you don't like and please be more tolerant. pick your battles. I don't need to read statements by extra sensitive individuals, so i skip those too, i skip over 15 welcomes, 20 congrats, etc. there is just so much you can complain about. skip skip and skip. we all do it., without complaining unless is extremely offensive and abusive.
befudd,I kind of get lightheaded after my shot, light nausea too. I take it easy for 5 min or so after the shot. also, is there a more joyful place to go for laughs? This site has become too bitter and flavorless and is getting me down.
ive
i read a study that stated daily vit c and e supplements will help keep low cbc numbers at bay...i guessed it work...didn't have to use nup or procrit...
hey befudd
want to take you foul mouth somewhere else i really don't need to read "what the f**k was that" on this site...
Sue sounds like a panic attack. A good friend suffers from those. Are you on an AD? That would help. The name 'panic attack' sounds like something you can stop at will, but it is not that easy and you may need to talk to someone (psyche doc) and/or go on meds if it continues to happen. Take care,
Don't take iron supplements or supplements with iron.
Avoid liver.
Avoid things cooked in a iron skilet.
Don't eat Cheerios, or Total cerial, any any other iron enriched food.
Most cerials and breads are vitamin enriched. You should always check the lables and avoid those that are high in iron.
If a cerial says that it supplies 15% of the MAX daily allowance, thats one thing. If it says that it supplies 45% to 100% of the MAX daily allowance that's another.
Avoid liver.
Avoid things cooked in a iron skilet.
Don't eat Cheerios, or Total cerial, any any other iron enriched food.
Most cerials and breads are vitamin enriched. You should always check the lables and avoid those that are high in iron.
If a cerial says that it supplies 15% of the MAX daily allowance, thats one thing. If it says that it supplies 45% to 100% of the MAX daily allowance that's another.
Too much iron makes the interferon work worse. Plus an very active virus can couse an iron overload. I relapsed recently and my iron overload (transferrine saturation) is 20% too high. Not good for your organs and for us especialily the liver, but also not good for the effectiveness of the interferon. I'm going on a new round of tx, so my hepatologist considers a (or some) blood draw(s) to lower the iron in my body before we start. During treatment blood draws are not possible because of the decrease of red blood cells, so that's why docters advice people not to take extra iron.
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