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[stonewall611]

WOULD IT BE OKAY IF EVERYONE HERE JOINED IN ON A "ROLL-CALL"!    I MEAN SOMETHING SIMPLE,  JUST A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF AND HOW YOUR DOING:        -example-

I'M STONEWALL611, GENO 2b,  GRADE 3-4   HOPE TO START TX LATE DECEMBER 2009 OR EARLY JANUARY 2010.     FEELING VERY ANXIOUS,  WORRIED,  HOPEFUL.  GUESS THOSE ARE GENERIC REACTIONS TO FINDING ONESELF IN THESE SUCH TROUBLED TIMES.   I DO BELIEVE THAT FROM THE MOMENT I WAS DIAGNOSED AND  CAME TO GRIPS WITH MY MEDICAL SITUATION AS A REALITY.    THEN ACTIVELY PURSUING MEDICAL INSURANCE COVERAGE AND ENLISTING SPECIALSTS,  TOO BE THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME OF MY LIFE TO DATE.  AND YET,  I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT I WILL BE OKAY.   GOD WILLING.

PLEASE BE THE VERY NEXT PERSON TO ADD TO THIS ROLL CALL!!   IT FEELS GOOD AND MAKES OTHERS FEEL GOOD TOO!!     "COME  ON  IN,  THE  WATER  IS  FINE"

[DD9th]

Genotype 2b
No biopsy done, so I don't know the stage of liver damage (if any)

Elevated AST/ALT
Prior to treatment:  ALT: 210 AST: 143
Prior to treatment: Viral load 383,000

UND at week 4!
ALT: 89  AST:64 at week 4

I just gave blood for the 12 week labs, and am hoping my ALT/AST are back within normal range.  (fingers crossed)

6 month treatment schedule (so I'm halfway there), I started in September.

1 Weekly shot of Peginterferon alfa-2a (13th shot next Thurs)
400MG of Ribovirin 2 times a day
Welbutrin 150MG  (for depression) 2 times a day

[myFatherswill]

GT 1a
Undetected at week 4
Take shot 14 of Interferon on Monday
1000 ribavirin a day

Take neupogen two shots every other week for low WBC
Feeling rather sluggish. Tire easily. Have been waiting tables since the beginging of tx but have been exhausted this past week.

The bad days help me to really appreciate the good days and to enjoy them. This treatment is only for a season of our lives.

[justme53]

I agree. as hard as tx can be at times, the stress level leading from dx up to the first shot was worse than any sx I've had to this date. Guess it had mostly to do with the unknowns at the time. Lol, and the "knowns" coming in weren't doing much to decrease that stress level !!!

GT 1a
Stage 4 - Grade 3
currently txing at 49/72
UND since week 12
Sx have abated for the last 6 weeks or so after 12 weeks in helll, so life is GOOD!!

Pam

[desrt]

Hep A 1961
Hep B 1973
Third case of acute jaundice late 1973. Probably Hep C.
ALT/AST consistently 60-80 range late 1980s - 2001
Dx nonA/nonB 1992
ALT/AST elevated 300-400 range 2001 due to drinking
Dx of HCV confirmed and genotyped 3e 2001
Txd Oct 30 2002 - April 9 2003 Peg-Intron/Riba weight dosed for 100kg
Reduced riba to 800 mg at week 19 and stopped early (23 shots and 22 weeks of pills) against doctors orders. Blood work was fine - my mind, not so much.
All PCRs undetected Jan 2003 - April 2007. Haven't bothered to test since.