Re: Tx Scheduled /

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~~ Thank you for sharing your story with me/us. It will be good to be starting this together...a buddy! We have the same genotype and will be on tx about the same amount of time. I am optomistic for the both of us...God is on our side. I'll write more when I have a chance. It's 1:45 am and I have to leave on a business trip in the morning. Just know you're not alone...we're in this together! Merry Christmas, amanda ponder wrote: HI mary ,my name is AMANDA and I too start TX that same week ,I am due to go back to DR on the 20th of dec and I will fill out all paper work for the meds .I too just had all the BLOOD WORK done they took 17 vials from me and My viral load is off the charts and my geno type is 2b which they say is good and I will be on the TX for 6 months instead of 1 year thank god ,lol,I am 35 and I found out by giving blood in August and then I went and seen my primary and sure enough it was true

,my whole world cahnged from that moment on nothing has been the same and nothing will never be the same ,lol .Thank GOD my husband of 17 years and children dont have it ,they say I probably got it from my MOM at birth since I never been over seas or never used drugs well not needle lol in the past I smoked a little some thing lol, anyway thats the one thing I am having a hard time with but I cant focus on that . I am glad they found this so young and I am so gratefull we are in the ARMY and they take care of me . I am so scared ,but I know I can do it ,I had quit smoking for 6 months and recently stared again ,but I got back on the meds again that helped me before so I will quit again ,I just want to be healthy and happy again . I wish you luck and I hope you respond to it ,please fell free to e mail me anytime ,I come on once in a while ,I work full time and I have three children 16 14 and 11 so my time is so limited ,but good

luck and be strong . AMANDA IN GA . Tx Scheduled Hi Folks ~~ Well...I'm making progress toward starting tx...they have ordered my medications and are waiting for the insurance approval. If everything goes as we hope, I will start on January 2nd. Things might be a little delayed due to the holidays, but I hope not.

They left the choice of which medication that I wanted to use up to me. I chose the Pegasys/Copegus combo because of the pre-measured doses. I thought I might do better with that. They will do a viral load check at 4 weeks and if I am responding then they will continue...if not, they will discontinue tx. If they continue, they will be looking for a 2 log drop by 12 weeks to continue. It is likely the tx will be 6 months since I am a genotype 2, but they determine everything based on your response to tx. I got my initial lab work back (the vampires took 9 vials!) and everything is great except of course the HCV. Oh yeah, I have to redo the Hep B vaccines because apparently the first series didn't develop antibodies for me. They haven't gotten the viral load test back

yet. So now I can be about the business of enjoying the holidays. Last Monday was my 50th birthday, for which my husband spoiled me thoroughly. Tomorrow is the family birthday party. So the holidays are off to a good start. Merry Christmas to all, Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. Be a better friend,

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