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Hello--I hv been without a computer for the last few months and Santa

ws good to me this year. I am currently trying to get all my groups

back together. Anyway, just an update--as i lived in a very rural

area there aren't too many dr's treating hep C around here. Currently

the dr i go to hs 6 patients, and I ws the first to get on the peg

combo treatment. I had an appointment @ UVA Dec 26, but that appt

fell thru as a new dr hs come in and that ws who i ws suppose to hv

appt with and of course they decided to shut down for the holidays.

Luckily, I did call, otherwise I would hv made a trip-4 hrs for

nothing. They r now in the process of getting me another

appointment, but there must be a problem with that since I am already

on treatment. However, I did tell them, that I wanted to get

somewhere where there ws a higher volume of dr.'s that treated hep C.

I am on the peg and the capsules rebetol 1000 mg per dy-160 of the

peg. I ws approved for the rebetron in Sept but held out for the peg

and started that on Nov 20. I hv now had 6 shots--some weeks are

better than others. Yes, my hair is thinning too in spite of using

the nioxin shampoo and scalp treatment. I go next week for blood work

that will " tell " if the treatment is working @ all. My plateletts hd

dropped to 116 and there ws an adjustment in the medication and then

they went up 5 points and then started me back on a full dose again.

By the way, the dr. used September bloodwork as baseline. I know I

read that baseline should be done 2 weeks prior to start of

treatment which wd be used as baseline but the dr used 2 month old

blood work as a baseline. I hv never been too comfortable with this

dr and how they tend to do things. It took me 6 months to get

appointment @ UVA and now they r suppose to call me back Mon --

apparently they don't know exactly where to " put " me since I hv

already started treatment elsewhere. If this doesn't work out, does

anyone know of some places that r near Roanoke VA or Bristol Tenn? I

just need to get somewhere that treats a high volume of hep C. BTW my

WBC is 3.3 RBC 4.46 Neutrophils 34.7 Hemoglobin is 13.8. I am so

afraid that blood work will drop so low that i will hv to be taken

off treatment. Anyone else hv this problem with the plateletts??

Thanks and wd appreciate any info given.

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