Just diagnosed- terrified and alone.

[DayLyn]

I was just recently diagnosed - March 2006.  1a.  In BC, Canada.

I've finally gotten the courage to post, but have been reading posts here for weeks.

I feel alone in this - the stigma is great, and many people are ignorant or uneducated, or both.

I'm being screened for treatment next Tues.

My question was - Pegasys or Peginteron?  Any opinions or suggestions would be welcome.

[rifleman]

Jim works by himself because nobody can stand to be around him for long.
Just kiddin, Jim.  How did those beverages taste w/ your triple lobster platter?
As for pegasys v. pegintron. . . . .  My opinion is that Pegasys is like Jennifer Aniston and Pegintron is like Angelina Jolie.  Jennifer is very nice, but sort of vanilla.  Jolie is salsaaaa.....
DJL

[jmjm530]

I guess that would make Consensus Interferon (Infergen) more like Scarlett Johannson :)  Yeah, Lobster dinner was great with a couple of cold ones! May have to repeat soon. Hope this finds you well.

-- Jim

[FlGuy]

If Pegasys is Jennifer Aniston and PegIntron is Angelina Jolie then ribavirin must be Roseanne Barr.

[Snookmiester]

No wonder I threw up after ever Riba!!!!!!!!!! Agggghhhhh!!

But personally, if I had the choice described to me like the ole' Rifleman put it, it would defiantely be Pegintron for me. I have Anniston at home already!

[cuteus]

welcome to the place you will call home during tx, a lifeline. Ignore the hissing fits when they happen and enjoy the happy chats and jokes. \
Choose any of the interferons, they are statistically the same as stated by some. Some that have relapsed with Pegintron try Pegasys and get SVR and some that relapsed with Pegasys try Pegintron successfully.
Members have said that pegasys was easier on the sides so I chose it. I liked the vials because I squeezed every drop out into the syringe. After they switched me to the prefills, I was mad!  But the prefilled syringes are very convenient to have.  
I got my SVR with Pegasys/copegus after 72-74 wks of treatment.

[Mister beagle bailey]

Welcome to the forum, and just know you'll never be alone here.  You'll find a lot for support and knowledge on this forum, from people who care.

Hang in there and let us know how you make out.

Beagle