Starting treatment - any preparation tips?

[miss moneypenny]

Hi,

I am starting Peg-Intron and Ribavirin next week and wonder if any of you have any tips on what preparation could help?

I have got back up for the school run, shopping etc, but wonder if anyone had any tricks that helped them physically prepare.

Also, I am going to be on 90 (somethings???) of the peg and 800 riba, and I am around 130lbs, geno1b with low viral load - (so trying for the shorter course if clear at 4 weeks). This dosage sounds quite low compared to others, anyone have any ideas about this.

thanks in advance,  and  hope you  are  having  a  warmer day than me  ( -5 this morning!! ) xx

[vegas777]

in your opinion, if you had started the folic acid prior to the down turn in your hmg would it have made a substantial differnce and perhaps prevent the use of boosters?  the reason I am asking I am not so sure I buy this theory of the use of folic acid from my hep doc, I am definately "gun shy" after the feaking nightmare with the herbs, but it's more attractive to me than cell boosters, did they tell you the risk of the procrit upfront?...

[vegas777]

ahhhh thank you so much for your kind words...I said it before and I'll say it again, you're one of the nicest people on here...never a bad word and always in good spirits...you have a good soul Debby *hug*

Beth

[Forseegood]

no I agree with your assessment about your treating now...I've crunched those numbers myself, and yeah, I'm no spring chicken either...but I still would not treat now if I didn't have symptoms given my labs and biopsy...

it's okay for your people to think this..and it's okay for me not to agree with them, ha ha!

We'll be okay Veg...just take it as it comes and don't program it too much...I'm going to have this tattoed on my forehead docha know, I think youre more optomistic than I am which will serve you well...and now, I've shot my mouth off enough this morning...even for me...