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Week 1 done, 11 to go on triple Tx
So far so good on Sovaldi, Pegusus and Copegus. Get my first cbc in another week, and a viral load count at 1 month. Are there any obvious signs of anemia?
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That is a wonderful gift and i pray you will clear the virus. In Canada, they don't give you Procrit or anything for low hgb. They told me to eat greens, red meat etc. I had 4 transfusions in 6 months and i believe i will have one more and then hopefully with the riba finished, my levels will rise on their own. They did reduce my riba dose in half and was only taking 600 ( 3 pills ) a day. I am still undetected so that didn't affect the outcome. I also take Fera Max iron daily. I questioned the doctor on this as i thought it was bad for liver, but he assured me i needed to take it. Hasnt worked. HGB was 14.5 when i started tx and i get transfusions below 8. It was down to 6.3 at one time. The transfusions only bring it up to 9 each time and then its transfusion time after about 5 weeks. But now that i am so close to finishing, i guess it will all be worth it. The cure is worse than the disease but the new drugs will hopefully be better on the body for the next group of folks trying to kill this virus.
Today is my last day of oral medications. Go in for blood tests today, see my doctor on May 9. Will have blood tests at 1, 3, and 6 months post Tx. Will keep you fellow travelers posted on my progress. Please let me know how you all are doing. I hope and pray we will realize a full recovery from these Sx, and see SVR. Thank you ALL for you advise and support. You helped more than words can say.
Yes, of course I will keep in touch, hopefully no more Tx, but we won't know until later in the year. I would do it again if I needed to. And it will be interesting what additional Sx will happen post Tx. I know what you mean, I don't know how people did this for 48 weeks, but of course you do what you need to do. This last week I seemed more tired than before, blood levels are out of whack, and I can feel it. Like the drugs have really saturated my body. Then hopefully we will dodge cancer and all the other threats brought on by Hepc. Thanks for your support, keep me posted on his progress.
Yea!!!! My husband took his 10th shot last night. The past week he has been really exhausted and quite irritable. He said, how did people ever do this longer than 12 weeks???
Sandi please keep posting here after you are done next week to let me know how your energy levels are.
Thank you Kim for also posting, this really helps!
Hugs, Faith
Sandi please keep posting here after you are done next week to let me know how your energy levels are.
Thank you Kim for also posting, this really helps!
Hugs, Faith
Yesssssssss
Getting ready for my last shot tonight! Yay! One more week of oral meds.
Know the feeling with the fuzzy head ect. Plan to take it easy after treatment ends. Hang tuff. Will be here before you know it....10 days and counting. Kim
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