I've been reading you all for about a month now, ever since I decided to take my head out of the sand and go back for re-treatment for my geno 1 Hep C. Let's see, female, 54, current vl is 2 mil, 2003 bx was stage 2 grade 3, responded at 12 weeks to Pegasys down to 100,000 vl, then at 24 went back to 800,000. My less-than-brilliant gastro said time to quit. I now know increasing doses might have been better choice, but is in the past. Looking to treat in about a month, going to a big liver clinic at the University, smarter docs, I think. Am scared sh!tless they will want to do Infergen, not sure I can cope with sx again, but have better shrink and a plan with him to cope with depression, anxiety etc. But this is not my problem. Was hoping nygirl or someone with similar experience might be able to help. Thryoid test came back with low T3 uptake and TSH right at low end of test figures. Have been more exhausted than I thought was humanly possibly, last summer, could walk half a mile, this summer, can'nt walk around the block. Permanent sore throat and my eyebrows fell out, worse than from IFN. I have tried to research my thyroid tests and I AM SO CONFUSED. So, IF my throid is being lazy and i need to start tx again, can these two therapies be done at the same time? Whew! Anybody got any thoughts? I have two more weeks before my clinic appointment and I gotta tell you, I feel like ****, I mean, how excited can one get about IFN in their future? Let me know random thoughts, you all be pretty smart here.
Willow