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Week 4.........results
Just got home from the doctor. She went over my test results and said I am doing well on treatment. YAAY! She also said I had a 2 log drop on treatment with the first 2 drugs (Interferon & Ribavirin), and now, with the 3rd drug (VIC), the hope is that I will do even better in 4 more weeks.
In this 4 weeks, my Viral Load went from: 10million 700thousand, to only 329thousand!!
Thanks to my BFF (who recommended I take iron), my Hemoglobin (although it's low) has not had a major drop in 4 weeks! We are still keeping an eye on it to gage for anemia, at which point, I go talk to the doc about possible dose reduction and/or rescue drugs. I go back to the doc for the 8 week test results, on Halloween (I think). Maybe I will go in costume as one of the Angry Birds. Then I can do quite the dance when they give me more good news :) My best to EVERYONE on this journey. Your comments, advice and suggestions really do matter and have helped me greatly. Blessings to you and yours......
In this 4 weeks, my Viral Load went from: 10million 700thousand, to only 329thousand!!
Thanks to my BFF (who recommended I take iron), my Hemoglobin (although it's low) has not had a major drop in 4 weeks! We are still keeping an eye on it to gage for anemia, at which point, I go talk to the doc about possible dose reduction and/or rescue drugs. I go back to the doc for the 8 week test results, on Halloween (I think). Maybe I will go in costume as one of the Angry Birds. Then I can do quite the dance when they give me more good news :) My best to EVERYONE on this journey. Your comments, advice and suggestions really do matter and have helped me greatly. Blessings to you and yours......
Good early results! Now the Vic will get in there and finish things up.
The next milestone is UND at week 8....hang in there and good luck..
Will
The next milestone is UND at week 8....hang in there and good luck..
Will
Very good news. Congrats.
But are you continuing to take iron supplements? My understanding is we should be avoiding iron supplements while on trt and even cooking in iron is to be avoided.
From what I've read iron enhances virus replication in the liver, is difficult for the liver to process and diminishes the effect of interferon.
You can do a search for iron on MedHelp and come up with a ton of responses to iron. Maybe one of the more knowledgeble members can go into more detail to explain further and correct me if I'm off base.
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/Iron/show/92479
But are you continuing to take iron supplements? My understanding is we should be avoiding iron supplements while on trt and even cooking in iron is to be avoided.
From what I've read iron enhances virus replication in the liver, is difficult for the liver to process and diminishes the effect of interferon.
You can do a search for iron on MedHelp and come up with a ton of responses to iron. Maybe one of the more knowledgeble members can go into more detail to explain further and correct me if I'm off base.
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/Iron/show/92479
Very good point there flcyclist, even a muti-vitamin with iron was a big no no with my hepo.
flcyclist is correct.You would only take an iron supplement if your iron is low. Supplementing it will do nothing to keep you from getting anemia .
Hemolytic anemia is caused by thee meds destroying red blood cells before maturity and also the suppression of the bone marrow to some degree ....hence cells are not replaced fast enough.
Diet and supplements will do nothing to keep these levels up while treating.
If levels become (<9 or 10 )only the rescue drug procrit or possibly a Riba reduction can have the desired effect.
Hemolytic anemia is caused by thee meds destroying red blood cells before maturity and also the suppression of the bone marrow to some degree ....hence cells are not replaced fast enough.
Diet and supplements will do nothing to keep these levels up while treating.
If levels become (<9 or 10 )only the rescue drug procrit or possibly a Riba reduction can have the desired effect.
sorry ..you would only take an iron supplement ..if you iron levels were low and procrit was not being effective. was what I meant to say.
Will
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Is that 10700000 to 329000? can-do-man is right on when he says you only need a 1 log drop"Nonetheless, the highest SVR rates were found in patients treated with a boceprevir-based regimen who experienced a ≥ 1 log decline in HCV RNA after the lead-in phase," and according to the Log Drop Calculator you have a 1.5 log which is great, hoping you go on to UND. Take care
Charlie
http://hcvsupport.org/log-drop_calculator.html