Meds Here, Said I Couldn't Use 'Em

[alagirl]

Yeah.  Right.  So the nurse with medfusion (who was supposed to call two or three days ago) called now, as my meds arrive, to tell me that she can't come to my home and see me til next FRIDAY.  Because.  She is going on vacation in Denver.  And.  She still isn't packed.  Right.  A week from today.  And I get this, CANNOT start my meds til she does.  What, I'm just supposed to sit there and look at them, knowing that getting them into my system sooner could help in my case of early detection HCV? Sure.  

I called medfusion and said, my father (really its my sf who lives in Austin so it wouldn't help much - my father doesn't know jack about medicine) teaches paramedics and he is going to help me with it.  I am not waiting.  I will fax you the paperwork or you can come out and pick it up at your leisure.  The girl at the pharmacy decided better than to quibble with me about it.  She was actually very nice.  The nurse manager there ok'd me watching the little dvd and then starting.  Monday I have to call my doc and get a lab schedule.  I've never been so excited to simulate the flu in my own body! lol

For the girls, kind of a cute little kit thingie it comes in huh?  Would be nice if they had 'em in pink though.  Ah well.  I love how they have the dose tray so you can pre-measure your doses.  It's like a little foreshadowing that you just might not be able to remember that in the coming days while on the meds.  Pretty Funny.  I am SO excited!!! LOL  

Remind me, when I post up her cryin' later on.  I WANTED this.  Asked, begged and demanded it.

[motheroffour]

Keep us posted ala, my H did just fine on treatment, but he did feel achy but it was about 9-12 hours post shot.  Also it will be interesting to see how you "go" with your hgb.  I have been anemic since I was a young girl I think I was about 5 when I was dx... my father's anemic also.  My hgb on a good day is less than 10, but I'm very, very used to it but I can feel it if it's lower sometimes. And you never saw nurses scramble so fast as after the birth of each of my kids and they got my CBC results LOL.   My H went  through the entire treatment with hemo that dropped from 15 to  slightly above 10...some on this board are just dragging butt like that...others like H and I seem to do just fine and we''re both pretty active athletically - I taught tennis for years with this anemia thing been living with it for over 45 years now.  Everyone is just wildly different. You're probably so sensitive to how you feel that you'll be able to regulate yourself.  I know I am as is my father even in old age.  Good luck!

[jmjm530]

By "dose" do you mean your first injection or your first dose of riba?

[alagirl]

Ha.
Hey, I'm still feeling ok six hours after my first dose.  that means I won't have any side effects right?  
j/k

[jmjm530]

ala: the anemia thing by now though is just like something I do by rote
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Well just look at tx as Home Coming week then :)

[alagirl]

My ducks are always all over the place.  My life is like herding cats.  the anemia thing by now though is just like something I do by rote since I'll have it likely forever pretty much.  

[jmjm530]

Our last two posts crossed, but generally there's a 2-3 week lag time between taking riba and a hgb drop. Approx the same lag time between taking epo and a hgb spike. My tx records are somewhat buried, but I believe I didn't get into trouble until week 3. Keep in mind I started some very high dose riba at week 2, well over SOC.

-- Jim