Re: neuropathy...doc suggests to go off peg and copeg for 3 weeks

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NO NO NO! IF you stop now, the virus WILL mutate and then you will play hell getting rid of it! YES,, stopping for 3 weeks CAN and WILL impact your ability to reach SVR!!!! WHAT IS your doc thinking??????? I had the same thing while on tx,, and my ANA is still negative but my RA factors and sed rate are elevated pretty high! Are you geno 1? What side effects are 'mild' enough that your doc thinks you ought to stop tx for 3 weeks? Id' call or email Dr. Ben Cecil and talk with him regarding this 'vacation' from tx.. IF your labs are holding ok or you are on neupo and epo,, well you do what you want to do, but I'd NEVER stop tx at 4 months if I was responding... I'd just go to bed and sleep through the rest of tx! Tell me about the nerve problems,, what are you feeling?Melodee <melodeedestefano@...> wrote: I have been experiencing some mild side effects from the treatment. My doc is concerned that the peg is causing me nerve damage. He wants me to not take my shot , it is due to be taken today. At first he thought that it might be Raynauds syndrome or autoimmune, but my ANA is negative. I am also having joint pain and the usual other mild yucky symptoms of tiredness and grouchiness. I have so far cleared the virus which is GREAT. I am afraid to stop the meds for 3 weeks. I have only been on the treatment 4 months. Is this long enough even a minute chance that I can have SVR??? If this neuropathy goes away

with withdraw of the meds they may not put me back on the peg. They say I only have mild inflammation now but all scources say that it is better to treat while fairly healthy.thanksmelJackie

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They are afraid that I may get permanent nerve damage. I think I am going to shoot the Peg today anyway. I am going to call Dr. Lee and tell him that I will go to the neurologist and get a chest x ray and blood work, but I do not want to stop the Peg/Copeg right now. Thanks for confirming my thoughts! MelJackie on <redjatxjm@...> wrote: NO NO NO! IF you stop now, the virus WILL mutate and then you will play hell getting rid of it! YES,, stopping for 3 weeks CAN

and WILL impact your ability to reach SVR!!!! WHAT IS your doc thinking??????? I had the same thing while on tx,, and my ANA is still negative but my RA factors and sed rate are elevated pretty high! Are you geno 1? What side effects are 'mild' enough that your doc thinks you ought to stop tx for 3 weeks? Id' call or email Dr. Ben Cecil and talk with him regarding this 'vacation' from tx.. IF your labs are holding ok or you are on neupo and epo,, well you do what you want to do, but I'd NEVER stop tx at 4 months if I was responding... I'd just go to bed and sleep through the rest of tx! Tell me about the nerve problems,, what are you feeling?Melodee <melodeedestefano > wrote: I have been experiencing some mild side effects from the treatment. My doc is concerned that

the peg is causing me nerve damage. He wants me to not take my shot , it is due to be taken today. At first he thought that it might be Raynauds syndrome or autoimmune, but my ANA is negative. I am also having joint pain and the usual other mild yucky symptoms of tiredness and grouchiness. I have so far cleared the virus which is GREAT. I am afraid to stop the meds for 3 weeks. I have only been on the treatment 4 months. Is this long enough even a minute chance that I can have SVR??? If this neuropathy goes away with withdraw of the meds they may not put me back on the peg. They say I only have mild inflammation now but all scources say that it is better to treat while fairly healthy.thanksmelJackie __________________________________________________