Lab Results/Week #13 of 24

[Lilla]

on last doctor visit,due to low WBC and RBC, I go every 2 weeks for lab.   April 30 results showed:

  WBC  1.8              On 4/13    2.1
  RBC  3.64                        3.68
  Hemo 11.6                       11.6
  Platelet  110                   109
  Neutrophils  545                695
  AST    31                        36
  ALT    23                        30

All in all I am feeling okay.  Fatigue is extreme at times, but not always.    Dizzy feeling, with breathlessness is common.  Sweeping the floor is an aerobic event.

AST and ALT numbers are good, I feel, especially since pre treatment they were 190/254.  Platelet count rose by +1 (whoopee), and hemo stayed the same.

Are these numbers about the norm for treating with Pegasys and Riba 800 mg.   I do not feel like I am getting worse, but seem to be staying the same. Thank YOU.

[FlGuy]

If you can maintain those readings for another 12 months, you'll be in good shape. You're able to sweep the floor? That's pretty good, I'm satisified with a path from one room to the nrext.  What about the all-important viral load?

[Lilla]

I'm a geno 2b, so I've been told I have 11 more shots/weeks to go.  My viral load was done again at week 8 at in showed  <5 and <0.70 log UND.

[FlGuy]

Great!  I meant 12 weeks, not 12 months - a little fuzzy in the noggin.

[rochammer]

Your numbers look great. At 13 weeks in this should be about as bad as it gets-sounds like your doing good.

Rock