Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 HI.Tat I.am soo happy for you.Amazing how your live has changed,really amazing.It.s like that on the annual angel-congres somewhere out there they showed compassion (the most beautifull word in the English language) for you.I hope it will happen to every one on the group who are in need for it.You.re starting now the final round of beating that virus which bounds us all together and you.re going to beat it!!!!!!!!!!!!!.Side effects and your job.When I did the PEG the side-effects were mild in comparison with the old combo TX.I think the main thing to watch that you can get enough sleep.A good sleep does miracles for your short memory,state of mind,well being.You have a good GP so he could guide you through this treatment but also important is a fighting positive attitude,the knowledge that after all those years you.re going to beat the virus gives you a tower of strength.Liefs,Willem. Good news - Bad news Had my followup appointment at the County facilities today from when they pulled my blood 3 months ago and ran a PCR. I was pretty much just going in for the results, never imagining that I could get treatment through a county facility due to the cost. Bad news... My viral load was 4,200,000 international units 3 years ago before starting Rebetron. Now my viral load is 44,606,000. Wow, this little sucker sure does replicate fast. Good news...he wrote out a script for Pegasys that I pick up for free from the county pharmacy in 4 days. ...just what I was hoping to get on once I lived out my year waiting period on my job for the pre-exisiting clause. I asked him why they use Pegasys versus Peg-Intron and he said they use both depending on genotype and viral load. Said that Pegasys is much stronger than Peg-Intron and lasts a full 7 days in your system while the Peg-Intron only lasts about 5 days. I don't know if this is fact or not. He also stated that they always use Pegasys on Genotypes 1 because the success rate is so much higher than the Peg-Intron. I don't know if these statements are factual or not...I've not paid much attention to studies and what not during my 2 years of not having insurance. Strange isn't it that I am so excited about shooting myself full of poisen weekly and gulping ribavarinn twice daily knowing that I'll at least go through the " cranky " stage. But he told me not to count on the minimal sides I had with the Rebetron because Pegasys is much stronger. Now of course I have to decide what to do about my new job. I've only been there 3 weeks and don't really want to announce to my boss that I have Hep C and will be going through treatment that could result in side effects. Decisions, decisions... Anyway, wanted to share with everyone my news...both the good news and the bad news. My LFTs were normal, but I've never had elevated LFTs and we all know that LFTs are not an indicator of this dragon. But I look on it as at least there is a possiblity that my fibrosis has not progressed much because if it weren't working properly, my LFTs would be elevated. Blessings, Tatezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 HI.Tat I.am soo happy for you.Amazing how your live has changed,really amazing.It.s like that on the annual angel-congres somewhere out there they showed compassion (the most beautifull word in the English language) for you.I hope it will happen to every one on the group who are in need for it.You.re starting now the final round of beating that virus which bounds us all together and you.re going to beat it!!!!!!!!!!!!!.Side effects and your job.When I did the PEG the side-effects were mild in comparison with the old combo TX.I think the main thing to watch that you can get enough sleep.A good sleep does miracles for your short memory,state of mind,well being.You have a good GP so he could guide you through this treatment but also important is a fighting positive attitude,the knowledge that after all those years you.re going to beat the virus gives you a tower of strength.Liefs,Willem. Good news - Bad news Had my followup appointment at the County facilities today from when they pulled my blood 3 months ago and ran a PCR. I was pretty much just going in for the results, never imagining that I could get treatment through a county facility due to the cost. Bad news... My viral load was 4,200,000 international units 3 years ago before starting Rebetron. Now my viral load is 44,606,000. Wow, this little sucker sure does replicate fast. Good news...he wrote out a script for Pegasys that I pick up for free from the county pharmacy in 4 days. ...just what I was hoping to get on once I lived out my year waiting period on my job for the pre-exisiting clause. I asked him why they use Pegasys versus Peg-Intron and he said they use both depending on genotype and viral load. Said that Pegasys is much stronger than Peg-Intron and lasts a full 7 days in your system while the Peg-Intron only lasts about 5 days. I don't know if this is fact or not. He also stated that they always use Pegasys on Genotypes 1 because the success rate is so much higher than the Peg-Intron. I don't know if these statements are factual or not...I've not paid much attention to studies and what not during my 2 years of not having insurance. Strange isn't it that I am so excited about shooting myself full of poisen weekly and gulping ribavarinn twice daily knowing that I'll at least go through the " cranky " stage. But he told me not to count on the minimal sides I had with the Rebetron because Pegasys is much stronger. Now of course I have to decide what to do about my new job. I've only been there 3 weeks and don't really want to announce to my boss that I have Hep C and will be going through treatment that could result in side effects. Decisions, decisions... Anyway, wanted to share with everyone my news...both the good news and the bad news. My LFTs were normal, but I've never had elevated LFTs and we all know that LFTs are not an indicator of this dragon. But I look on it as at least there is a possiblity that my fibrosis has not progressed much because if it weren't working properly, my LFTs would be elevated. Blessings, Tatezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 Hi Willem, It's amazing to me how the pieces of my life have all started falling into place. Ofcourse life moves in cycles...after all, without bad times we wouldn't have good times. But 2 years was almost more than I could bear. I'm actually excited about going on Pegasys. Decided to clean my house well so that if I have any sides from the first shot I will have less to deal with over the weekend. You are right in not mentioning this to work until I know if I'll have sides that will affect my performace. After all, I handled Rebetron just fine except for the " crankiness. " And that didn't start until about the 3rd month. That will get me through my probabionary period. Gotta scoot or I'll be late to work. Liefs Tatezi Good news - Bad news Had my followup appointment at the County facilities today from when they pulled my blood 3 months ago and ran a PCR. I was pretty much just going in for the results, never imagining that I could get treatment through a county facility due to the cost. Bad news... My viral load was 4,200,000 international units 3 years ago before starting Rebetron. Now my viral load is 44,606,000. Wow, this little sucker sure does replicate fast. Good news...he wrote out a script for Pegasys that I pick up for free from the county pharmacy in 4 days. ...just what I was hoping to get on once I lived out my year waiting period on my job for the pre-exisiting clause. I asked him why they use Pegasys versus Peg-Intron and he said they use both depending on genotype and viral load. Said that Pegasys is much stronger than Peg-Intron and lasts a full 7 days in your system while the Peg-Intron only lasts about 5 days. I don't know if this is fact or not. He also stated that they always use Pegasys on Genotypes 1 because the success rate is so much higher than the Peg-Intron. I don't know if these statements are factual or not...I've not paid much attention to studies and what not during my 2 years of not having insurance. Strange isn't it that I am so excited about shooting myself full of poisen weekly and gulping ribavarinn twice daily knowing that I'll at least go through the " cranky " stage. But he told me not to count on the minimal sides I had with the Rebetron because Pegasys is much stronger. Now of course I have to decide what to do about my new job. I've only been there 3 weeks and don't really want to announce to my boss that I have Hep C and will be going through treatment that could result in side effects. Decisions, decisions... Anyway, wanted to share with everyone my news...both the good news and the bad news. My LFTs were normal, but I've never had elevated LFTs and we all know that LFTs are not an indicator of this dragon. But I look on it as at least there is a possiblity that my fibrosis has not progressed much because if it weren't working properly, my LFTs would be elevated. Blessings, Tatezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 Hi Willem, It's amazing to me how the pieces of my life have all started falling into place. Ofcourse life moves in cycles...after all, without bad times we wouldn't have good times. But 2 years was almost more than I could bear. I'm actually excited about going on Pegasys. Decided to clean my house well so that if I have any sides from the first shot I will have less to deal with over the weekend. You are right in not mentioning this to work until I know if I'll have sides that will affect my performace. After all, I handled Rebetron just fine except for the " crankiness. " And that didn't start until about the 3rd month. That will get me through my probabionary period. Gotta scoot or I'll be late to work. Liefs Tatezi Good news - Bad news Had my followup appointment at the County facilities today from when they pulled my blood 3 months ago and ran a PCR. I was pretty much just going in for the results, never imagining that I could get treatment through a county facility due to the cost. Bad news... My viral load was 4,200,000 international units 3 years ago before starting Rebetron. Now my viral load is 44,606,000. Wow, this little sucker sure does replicate fast. Good news...he wrote out a script for Pegasys that I pick up for free from the county pharmacy in 4 days. ...just what I was hoping to get on once I lived out my year waiting period on my job for the pre-exisiting clause. I asked him why they use Pegasys versus Peg-Intron and he said they use both depending on genotype and viral load. Said that Pegasys is much stronger than Peg-Intron and lasts a full 7 days in your system while the Peg-Intron only lasts about 5 days. I don't know if this is fact or not. He also stated that they always use Pegasys on Genotypes 1 because the success rate is so much higher than the Peg-Intron. I don't know if these statements are factual or not...I've not paid much attention to studies and what not during my 2 years of not having insurance. Strange isn't it that I am so excited about shooting myself full of poisen weekly and gulping ribavarinn twice daily knowing that I'll at least go through the " cranky " stage. But he told me not to count on the minimal sides I had with the Rebetron because Pegasys is much stronger. Now of course I have to decide what to do about my new job. I've only been there 3 weeks and don't really want to announce to my boss that I have Hep C and will be going through treatment that could result in side effects. Decisions, decisions... Anyway, wanted to share with everyone my news...both the good news and the bad news. My LFTs were normal, but I've never had elevated LFTs and we all know that LFTs are not an indicator of this dragon. But I look on it as at least there is a possiblity that my fibrosis has not progressed much because if it weren't working properly, my LFTs would be elevated. Blessings, Tatezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 HI.You work for a PR-firm.They might just need somebody cranky to come up with cranky ideas.The PEG will be a blessing in disguise and you.ll end-up on the board of directors.When you.re a established Yuppy,walking with your two trimmed white poodles along the shores of lake..what.s it.s name..don.t forget your old friends.Courage mon ami.Liefs,Guilaume. Good news - Bad news Had my followup appointment at the County facilities today from when they pulled my blood 3 months ago and ran a PCR. I was pretty much just going in for the results, never imagining that I could get treatment through a county facility due to the cost. Bad news... My viral load was 4,200,000 international units 3 years ago before starting Rebetron. Now my viral load is 44,606,000. Wow, this little sucker sure does replicate fast. Good news...he wrote out a script for Pegasys that I pick up for free from the county pharmacy in 4 days. ...just what I was hoping to get on once I lived out my year waiting period on my job for the pre-exisiting clause. I asked him why they use Pegasys versus Peg-Intron and he said they use both depending on genotype and viral load. Said that Pegasys is much stronger than Peg-Intron and lasts a full 7 days in your system while the Peg-Intron only lasts about 5 days. I don't know if this is fact or not. He also stated that they always use Pegasys on Genotypes 1 because the success rate is so much higher than the Peg-Intron. I don't know if these statements are factual or not...I've not paid much attention to studies and what not during my 2 years of not having insurance. Strange isn't it that I am so excited about shooting myself full of poisen weekly and gulping ribavarinn twice daily knowing that I'll at least go through the " cranky " stage. But he told me not to count on the minimal sides I had with the Rebetron because Pegasys is much stronger. Now of course I have to decide what to do about my new job. I've only been there 3 weeks and don't really want to announce to my boss that I have Hep C and will be going through treatment that could result in side effects. Decisions, decisions... Anyway, wanted to share with everyone my news...both the good news and the bad news. My LFTs were normal, but I've never had elevated LFTs and we all know that LFTs are not an indicator of this dragon. But I look on it as at least there is a possiblity that my fibrosis has not progressed much because if it weren't working properly, my LFTs would be elevated. Blessings, Tatezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 HI.You work for a PR-firm.They might just need somebody cranky to come up with cranky ideas.The PEG will be a blessing in disguise and you.ll end-up on the board of directors.When you.re a established Yuppy,walking with your two trimmed white poodles along the shores of lake..what.s it.s name..don.t forget your old friends.Courage mon ami.Liefs,Guilaume. Good news - Bad news Had my followup appointment at the County facilities today from when they pulled my blood 3 months ago and ran a PCR. I was pretty much just going in for the results, never imagining that I could get treatment through a county facility due to the cost. Bad news... My viral load was 4,200,000 international units 3 years ago before starting Rebetron. Now my viral load is 44,606,000. Wow, this little sucker sure does replicate fast. Good news...he wrote out a script for Pegasys that I pick up for free from the county pharmacy in 4 days. ...just what I was hoping to get on once I lived out my year waiting period on my job for the pre-exisiting clause. I asked him why they use Pegasys versus Peg-Intron and he said they use both depending on genotype and viral load. Said that Pegasys is much stronger than Peg-Intron and lasts a full 7 days in your system while the Peg-Intron only lasts about 5 days. I don't know if this is fact or not. He also stated that they always use Pegasys on Genotypes 1 because the success rate is so much higher than the Peg-Intron. I don't know if these statements are factual or not...I've not paid much attention to studies and what not during my 2 years of not having insurance. Strange isn't it that I am so excited about shooting myself full of poisen weekly and gulping ribavarinn twice daily knowing that I'll at least go through the " cranky " stage. But he told me not to count on the minimal sides I had with the Rebetron because Pegasys is much stronger. Now of course I have to decide what to do about my new job. I've only been there 3 weeks and don't really want to announce to my boss that I have Hep C and will be going through treatment that could result in side effects. Decisions, decisions... Anyway, wanted to share with everyone my news...both the good news and the bad news. My LFTs were normal, but I've never had elevated LFTs and we all know that LFTs are not an indicator of this dragon. But I look on it as at least there is a possiblity that my fibrosis has not progressed much because if it weren't working properly, my LFTs would be elevated. Blessings, Tatezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 Good news indeed-your treatment that is. What is the dosage for the Pegasys? May your luck continue on to carry you to the coveted sustained response status. gail Good news - Bad news Had my followup appointment at the County facilities today from when they pulled my blood 3 months ago and ran a PCR. I was pretty much just going in for the results, never imagining that I could get treatment through a county facility due to the cost. Bad news... My viral load was 4,200,000 international units 3 years ago before starting Rebetron. Now my viral load is 44,606,000. Wow, this little sucker sure does replicate fast. Good news...he wrote out a script for Pegasys that I pick up for free from the county pharmacy in 4 days. ...just what I was hoping to get on once I lived out my year waiting period on my job for the pre-exisiting clause. I asked him why they use Pegasys versus Peg-Intron and he said they use both depending on genotype and viral load. Said that Pegasys is much stronger than Peg-Intron and lasts a full 7 days in your system while the Peg-Intron only lasts about 5 days. I don't know if this is fact or not. He also stated that they always use Pegasys on Genotypes 1 because the success rate is so much higher than the Peg-Intron. I don't know if these statements are factual or not...I've not paid much attention to studies and what not during my 2 years of not having insurance. Strange isn't it that I am so excited about shooting myself full of poisen weekly and gulping ribavarinn twice daily knowing that I'll at least go through the " cranky " stage. But he told me not to count on the minimal sides I had with the Rebetron because Pegasys is much stronger. Now of course I have to decide what to do about my new job. I've only been there 3 weeks and don't really want to announce to my boss that I have Hep C and will be going through treatment that could result in side effects. Decisions, decisions... Anyway, wanted to share with everyone my news...both the good news and the bad news. My LFTs were normal, but I've never had elevated LFTs and we all know that LFTs are not an indicator of this dragon. But I look on it as at least there is a possiblity that my fibrosis has not progressed much because if it weren't working properly, my LFTs would be elevated. Blessings, Tatezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 Good news indeed-your treatment that is. What is the dosage for the Pegasys? May your luck continue on to carry you to the coveted sustained response status. gail Good news - Bad news Had my followup appointment at the County facilities today from when they pulled my blood 3 months ago and ran a PCR. I was pretty much just going in for the results, never imagining that I could get treatment through a county facility due to the cost. Bad news... My viral load was 4,200,000 international units 3 years ago before starting Rebetron. Now my viral load is 44,606,000. Wow, this little sucker sure does replicate fast. Good news...he wrote out a script for Pegasys that I pick up for free from the county pharmacy in 4 days. ...just what I was hoping to get on once I lived out my year waiting period on my job for the pre-exisiting clause. I asked him why they use Pegasys versus Peg-Intron and he said they use both depending on genotype and viral load. Said that Pegasys is much stronger than Peg-Intron and lasts a full 7 days in your system while the Peg-Intron only lasts about 5 days. I don't know if this is fact or not. He also stated that they always use Pegasys on Genotypes 1 because the success rate is so much higher than the Peg-Intron. I don't know if these statements are factual or not...I've not paid much attention to studies and what not during my 2 years of not having insurance. Strange isn't it that I am so excited about shooting myself full of poisen weekly and gulping ribavarinn twice daily knowing that I'll at least go through the " cranky " stage. But he told me not to count on the minimal sides I had with the Rebetron because Pegasys is much stronger. Now of course I have to decide what to do about my new job. I've only been there 3 weeks and don't really want to announce to my boss that I have Hep C and will be going through treatment that could result in side effects. Decisions, decisions... Anyway, wanted to share with everyone my news...both the good news and the bad news. My LFTs were normal, but I've never had elevated LFTs and we all know that LFTs are not an indicator of this dragon. But I look on it as at least there is a possiblity that my fibrosis has not progressed much because if it weren't working properly, my LFTs would be elevated. Blessings, Tatezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 Good news indeed-your treatment that is. What is the dosage for the Pegasys? May your luck continue on to carry you to the coveted sustained response status. gail Good news - Bad news Had my followup appointment at the County facilities today from when they pulled my blood 3 months ago and ran a PCR. I was pretty much just going in for the results, never imagining that I could get treatment through a county facility due to the cost. Bad news... My viral load was 4,200,000 international units 3 years ago before starting Rebetron. Now my viral load is 44,606,000. Wow, this little sucker sure does replicate fast. Good news...he wrote out a script for Pegasys that I pick up for free from the county pharmacy in 4 days. ...just what I was hoping to get on once I lived out my year waiting period on my job for the pre-exisiting clause. I asked him why they use Pegasys versus Peg-Intron and he said they use both depending on genotype and viral load. Said that Pegasys is much stronger than Peg-Intron and lasts a full 7 days in your system while the Peg-Intron only lasts about 5 days. I don't know if this is fact or not. He also stated that they always use Pegasys on Genotypes 1 because the success rate is so much higher than the Peg-Intron. I don't know if these statements are factual or not...I've not paid much attention to studies and what not during my 2 years of not having insurance. Strange isn't it that I am so excited about shooting myself full of poisen weekly and gulping ribavarinn twice daily knowing that I'll at least go through the " cranky " stage. But he told me not to count on the minimal sides I had with the Rebetron because Pegasys is much stronger. Now of course I have to decide what to do about my new job. I've only been there 3 weeks and don't really want to announce to my boss that I have Hep C and will be going through treatment that could result in side effects. Decisions, decisions... Anyway, wanted to share with everyone my news...both the good news and the bad news. My LFTs were normal, but I've never had elevated LFTs and we all know that LFTs are not an indicator of this dragon. But I look on it as at least there is a possiblity that my fibrosis has not progressed much because if it weren't working properly, my LFTs would be elevated. Blessings, Tatezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 Good news indeed-your treatment that is. What is the dosage for the Pegasys? May your luck continue on to carry you to the coveted sustained response status. gail Good news - Bad news Had my followup appointment at the County facilities today from when they pulled my blood 3 months ago and ran a PCR. I was pretty much just going in for the results, never imagining that I could get treatment through a county facility due to the cost. Bad news... My viral load was 4,200,000 international units 3 years ago before starting Rebetron. Now my viral load is 44,606,000. Wow, this little sucker sure does replicate fast. Good news...he wrote out a script for Pegasys that I pick up for free from the county pharmacy in 4 days. ...just what I was hoping to get on once I lived out my year waiting period on my job for the pre-exisiting clause. I asked him why they use Pegasys versus Peg-Intron and he said they use both depending on genotype and viral load. Said that Pegasys is much stronger than Peg-Intron and lasts a full 7 days in your system while the Peg-Intron only lasts about 5 days. I don't know if this is fact or not. He also stated that they always use Pegasys on Genotypes 1 because the success rate is so much higher than the Peg-Intron. I don't know if these statements are factual or not...I've not paid much attention to studies and what not during my 2 years of not having insurance. Strange isn't it that I am so excited about shooting myself full of poisen weekly and gulping ribavarinn twice daily knowing that I'll at least go through the " cranky " stage. But he told me not to count on the minimal sides I had with the Rebetron because Pegasys is much stronger. Now of course I have to decide what to do about my new job. I've only been there 3 weeks and don't really want to announce to my boss that I have Hep C and will be going through treatment that could result in side effects. Decisions, decisions... Anyway, wanted to share with everyone my news...both the good news and the bad news. My LFTs were normal, but I've never had elevated LFTs and we all know that LFTs are not an indicator of this dragon. But I look on it as at least there is a possiblity that my fibrosis has not progressed much because if it weren't working properly, my LFTs would be elevated. Blessings, Tatezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 wow TAT congratulations on getting it for free, i wonder what my viral load is should get it taken I guess, how long since you have been off treatment?? Maybe yu wont have very many side effects. Just take it one day at a time Glad to hear that someone is benefitting from county services. how is your job going anyway/? take care Suzy _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 wow TAT congratulations on getting it for free, i wonder what my viral load is should get it taken I guess, how long since you have been off treatment?? Maybe yu wont have very many side effects. Just take it one day at a time Glad to hear that someone is benefitting from county services. how is your job going anyway/? take care Suzy _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 He he...it's Lake Michigan and as prejudiced as I am about how the Yuppies are turning the city into blocks of condos with no neighborhood feeling...in fact, not even knowing your neighbors...I seriously doubt I'd ever be a yuppie. Besides, I'm too busy fighting for equal housing for the poor, better education for underpriviledged kids and being very outspoken politically to be a yuppie. Heck, I'm lucky I haven't joined the other " disappeared " people in this country. After all, as Bush says, " if you aren't with me, you're a terrorist. " Liefs, Tatezi <wonder if soon there will be a bounty on the heads of all people who don't agree with our little czar> Good news - Bad news Had my followup appointment at the County facilities today from when they pulled my blood 3 months ago and ran a PCR. I was pretty much just going in for the results, never imagining that I could get treatment through a county facility due to the cost. Bad news... My viral load was 4,200,000 international units 3 years ago before starting Rebetron. Now my viral load is 44,606,000. Wow, this little sucker sure does replicate fast. Good news...he wrote out a script for Pegasys that I pick up for free from the county pharmacy in 4 days. ...just what I was hoping to get on once I lived out my year waiting period on my job for the pre-exisiting clause. I asked him why they use Pegasys versus Peg-Intron and he said they use both depending on genotype and viral load. Said that Pegasys is much stronger than Peg-Intron and lasts a full 7 days in your system while the Peg-Intron only lasts about 5 days. I don't know if this is fact or not. He also stated that they always use Pegasys on Genotypes 1 because the success rate is so much higher than the Peg-Intron. I don't know if these statements are factual or not...I've not paid much attention to studies and what not during my 2 years of not having insurance. Strange isn't it that I am so excited about shooting myself full of poisen weekly and gulping ribavarinn twice daily knowing that I'll at least go through the " cranky " stage. But he told me not to count on the minimal sides I had with the Rebetron because Pegasys is much stronger. Now of course I have to decide what to do about my new job. I've only been there 3 weeks and don't really want to announce to my boss that I have Hep C and will be going through treatment that could result in side effects. Decisions, decisions... Anyway, wanted to share with everyone my news...both the good news and the bad news. My LFTs were normal, but I've never had elevated LFTs and we all know that LFTs are not an indicator of this dragon. But I look on it as at least there is a possiblity that my fibrosis has not progressed much because if it weren't working properly, my LFTs would be elevated. Blessings, Tatezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 He he...it's Lake Michigan and as prejudiced as I am about how the Yuppies are turning the city into blocks of condos with no neighborhood feeling...in fact, not even knowing your neighbors...I seriously doubt I'd ever be a yuppie. Besides, I'm too busy fighting for equal housing for the poor, better education for underpriviledged kids and being very outspoken politically to be a yuppie. Heck, I'm lucky I haven't joined the other " disappeared " people in this country. After all, as Bush says, " if you aren't with me, you're a terrorist. " Liefs, Tatezi <wonder if soon there will be a bounty on the heads of all people who don't agree with our little czar> Good news - Bad news Had my followup appointment at the County facilities today from when they pulled my blood 3 months ago and ran a PCR. I was pretty much just going in for the results, never imagining that I could get treatment through a county facility due to the cost. Bad news... My viral load was 4,200,000 international units 3 years ago before starting Rebetron. Now my viral load is 44,606,000. Wow, this little sucker sure does replicate fast. Good news...he wrote out a script for Pegasys that I pick up for free from the county pharmacy in 4 days. ...just what I was hoping to get on once I lived out my year waiting period on my job for the pre-exisiting clause. I asked him why they use Pegasys versus Peg-Intron and he said they use both depending on genotype and viral load. Said that Pegasys is much stronger than Peg-Intron and lasts a full 7 days in your system while the Peg-Intron only lasts about 5 days. I don't know if this is fact or not. He also stated that they always use Pegasys on Genotypes 1 because the success rate is so much higher than the Peg-Intron. I don't know if these statements are factual or not...I've not paid much attention to studies and what not during my 2 years of not having insurance. Strange isn't it that I am so excited about shooting myself full of poisen weekly and gulping ribavarinn twice daily knowing that I'll at least go through the " cranky " stage. But he told me not to count on the minimal sides I had with the Rebetron because Pegasys is much stronger. Now of course I have to decide what to do about my new job. I've only been there 3 weeks and don't really want to announce to my boss that I have Hep C and will be going through treatment that could result in side effects. Decisions, decisions... Anyway, wanted to share with everyone my news...both the good news and the bad news. My LFTs were normal, but I've never had elevated LFTs and we all know that LFTs are not an indicator of this dragon. But I look on it as at least there is a possiblity that my fibrosis has not progressed much because if it weren't working properly, my LFTs would be elevated. Blessings, Tatezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 They said the dosage is the same for everyone on Pegasys...it's not based on weight like PegIntron. I'll tell you the dosage when I pick up my script. He did say it was stronger than PegIntron though. Good news - Bad news Had my followup appointment at the County facilities today from when they pulled my blood 3 months ago and ran a PCR. I was pretty much just going in for the results, never imagining that I could get treatment through a county facility due to the cost. Bad news... My viral load was 4,200,000 international units 3 years ago before starting Rebetron. Now my viral load is 44,606,000. Wow, this little sucker sure does replicate fast. Good news...he wrote out a script for Pegasys that I pick up for free from the county pharmacy in 4 days. ...just what I was hoping to get on once I lived out my year waiting period on my job for the pre-exisiting clause. I asked him why they use Pegasys versus Peg-Intron and he said they use both depending on genotype and viral load. Said that Pegasys is much stronger than Peg-Intron and lasts a full 7 days in your system while the Peg-Intron only lasts about 5 days. I don't know if this is fact or not. He also stated that they always use Pegasys on Genotypes 1 because the success rate is so much higher than the Peg-Intron. I don't know if these statements are factual or not...I've not paid much attention to studies and what not during my 2 years of not having insurance. Strange isn't it that I am so excited about shooting myself full of poisen weekly and gulping ribavarinn twice daily knowing that I'll at least go through the " cranky " stage. But he told me not to count on the minimal sides I had with the Rebetron because Pegasys is much stronger. Now of course I have to decide what to do about my new job. I've only been there 3 weeks and don't really want to announce to my boss that I have Hep C and will be going through treatment that could result in side effects. Decisions, decisions... Anyway, wanted to share with everyone my news...both the good news and the bad news. My LFTs were normal, but I've never had elevated LFTs and we all know that LFTs are not an indicator of this dragon. But I look on it as at least there is a possiblity that my fibrosis has not progressed much because if it weren't working properly, my LFTs would be elevated. Blessings, Tatezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 They said the dosage is the same for everyone on Pegasys...it's not based on weight like PegIntron. I'll tell you the dosage when I pick up my script. He did say it was stronger than PegIntron though. Good news - Bad news Had my followup appointment at the County facilities today from when they pulled my blood 3 months ago and ran a PCR. I was pretty much just going in for the results, never imagining that I could get treatment through a county facility due to the cost. Bad news... My viral load was 4,200,000 international units 3 years ago before starting Rebetron. Now my viral load is 44,606,000. Wow, this little sucker sure does replicate fast. Good news...he wrote out a script for Pegasys that I pick up for free from the county pharmacy in 4 days. ...just what I was hoping to get on once I lived out my year waiting period on my job for the pre-exisiting clause. I asked him why they use Pegasys versus Peg-Intron and he said they use both depending on genotype and viral load. Said that Pegasys is much stronger than Peg-Intron and lasts a full 7 days in your system while the Peg-Intron only lasts about 5 days. I don't know if this is fact or not. He also stated that they always use Pegasys on Genotypes 1 because the success rate is so much higher than the Peg-Intron. I don't know if these statements are factual or not...I've not paid much attention to studies and what not during my 2 years of not having insurance. Strange isn't it that I am so excited about shooting myself full of poisen weekly and gulping ribavarinn twice daily knowing that I'll at least go through the " cranky " stage. But he told me not to count on the minimal sides I had with the Rebetron because Pegasys is much stronger. Now of course I have to decide what to do about my new job. I've only been there 3 weeks and don't really want to announce to my boss that I have Hep C and will be going through treatment that could result in side effects. Decisions, decisions... Anyway, wanted to share with everyone my news...both the good news and the bad news. My LFTs were normal, but I've never had elevated LFTs and we all know that LFTs are not an indicator of this dragon. But I look on it as at least there is a possiblity that my fibrosis has not progressed much because if it weren't working properly, my LFTs would be elevated. Blessings, Tatezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 They said the dosage is the same for everyone on Pegasys...it's not based on weight like PegIntron. I'll tell you the dosage when I pick up my script. He did say it was stronger than PegIntron though. Good news - Bad news Had my followup appointment at the County facilities today from when they pulled my blood 3 months ago and ran a PCR. I was pretty much just going in for the results, never imagining that I could get treatment through a county facility due to the cost. Bad news... My viral load was 4,200,000 international units 3 years ago before starting Rebetron. Now my viral load is 44,606,000. Wow, this little sucker sure does replicate fast. Good news...he wrote out a script for Pegasys that I pick up for free from the county pharmacy in 4 days. ...just what I was hoping to get on once I lived out my year waiting period on my job for the pre-exisiting clause. I asked him why they use Pegasys versus Peg-Intron and he said they use both depending on genotype and viral load. Said that Pegasys is much stronger than Peg-Intron and lasts a full 7 days in your system while the Peg-Intron only lasts about 5 days. I don't know if this is fact or not. He also stated that they always use Pegasys on Genotypes 1 because the success rate is so much higher than the Peg-Intron. I don't know if these statements are factual or not...I've not paid much attention to studies and what not during my 2 years of not having insurance. Strange isn't it that I am so excited about shooting myself full of poisen weekly and gulping ribavarinn twice daily knowing that I'll at least go through the " cranky " stage. But he told me not to count on the minimal sides I had with the Rebetron because Pegasys is much stronger. Now of course I have to decide what to do about my new job. I've only been there 3 weeks and don't really want to announce to my boss that I have Hep C and will be going through treatment that could result in side effects. Decisions, decisions... Anyway, wanted to share with everyone my news...both the good news and the bad news. My LFTs were normal, but I've never had elevated LFTs and we all know that LFTs are not an indicator of this dragon. But I look on it as at least there is a possiblity that my fibrosis has not progressed much because if it weren't working properly, my LFTs would be elevated. Blessings, Tatezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 They said the dosage is the same for everyone on Pegasys...it's not based on weight like PegIntron. I'll tell you the dosage when I pick up my script. He did say it was stronger than PegIntron though. Good news - Bad news Had my followup appointment at the County facilities today from when they pulled my blood 3 months ago and ran a PCR. I was pretty much just going in for the results, never imagining that I could get treatment through a county facility due to the cost. Bad news... My viral load was 4,200,000 international units 3 years ago before starting Rebetron. Now my viral load is 44,606,000. Wow, this little sucker sure does replicate fast. Good news...he wrote out a script for Pegasys that I pick up for free from the county pharmacy in 4 days. ...just what I was hoping to get on once I lived out my year waiting period on my job for the pre-exisiting clause. I asked him why they use Pegasys versus Peg-Intron and he said they use both depending on genotype and viral load. Said that Pegasys is much stronger than Peg-Intron and lasts a full 7 days in your system while the Peg-Intron only lasts about 5 days. I don't know if this is fact or not. He also stated that they always use Pegasys on Genotypes 1 because the success rate is so much higher than the Peg-Intron. I don't know if these statements are factual or not...I've not paid much attention to studies and what not during my 2 years of not having insurance. Strange isn't it that I am so excited about shooting myself full of poisen weekly and gulping ribavarinn twice daily knowing that I'll at least go through the " cranky " stage. But he told me not to count on the minimal sides I had with the Rebetron because Pegasys is much stronger. Now of course I have to decide what to do about my new job. I've only been there 3 weeks and don't really want to announce to my boss that I have Hep C and will be going through treatment that could result in side effects. Decisions, decisions... Anyway, wanted to share with everyone my news...both the good news and the bad news. My LFTs were normal, but I've never had elevated LFTs and we all know that LFTs are not an indicator of this dragon. But I look on it as at least there is a possiblity that my fibrosis has not progressed much because if it weren't working properly, my LFTs would be elevated. Blessings, Tatezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 I've been off treatment a little over 2 years. I got through Rebetron with minimal sides...the worst being the crankiness (well, I did lose my thyroid too). But lots of zanax kept that under control <g> There is a program similar to Scherings commitment to care...it's called Pegassist. Haven't gone to the site yet but www.pegasys.com is the main addy and they have a toll free number: 877-734-2797. I'll be checking it out later or tomorrow. Tatezi RE: Good news - Bad news wow TAT congratulations on getting it for free, i wonder what my viral load is should get it taken I guess, how long since you have been off treatment?? Maybe yu wont have very many side effects. Just take it one day at a time Glad to hear that someone is benefitting from county services. how is your job going anyway/? take care Suzy _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 I've been off treatment a little over 2 years. I got through Rebetron with minimal sides...the worst being the crankiness (well, I did lose my thyroid too). But lots of zanax kept that under control <g> There is a program similar to Scherings commitment to care...it's called Pegassist. Haven't gone to the site yet but www.pegasys.com is the main addy and they have a toll free number: 877-734-2797. I'll be checking it out later or tomorrow. Tatezi RE: Good news - Bad news wow TAT congratulations on getting it for free, i wonder what my viral load is should get it taken I guess, how long since you have been off treatment?? Maybe yu wont have very many side effects. Just take it one day at a time Glad to hear that someone is benefitting from county services. how is your job going anyway/? take care Suzy _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 tat so do you feel pretty good except for the fatigue even though your viral count is sooo high? Just wondering, good luck toyou how long do you have to be on the Peg then??? Suzy _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 tat so do you feel pretty good except for the fatigue even though your viral count is sooo high? Just wondering, good luck toyou how long do you have to be on the Peg then??? Suzy _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 tat so do you feel pretty good except for the fatigue even though your viral count is sooo high? Just wondering, good luck toyou how long do you have to be on the Peg then??? Suzy _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 tat so do you feel pretty good except for the fatigue even though your viral count is sooo high? Just wondering, good luck toyou how long do you have to be on the Peg then??? Suzy _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2003 Report Share Posted July 24, 2003 I feel good...and I had just blamed my fatigue on starting working on a real job after not working for so long. It is quite an adjustment for one's body to return to fast paced work after having done next to nothing for so long. So who knows if the fatigue is related to my viral load or not. I've really never felt any hep c symptoms that I'm aware of. Tatezi Re: Good news - Bad news tat so do you feel pretty good except for the fatigue even though your viral count is sooo high? Just wondering, good luck toyou how long do you have to be on the Peg then??? Suzy _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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