Increased to max dose of pills for Hep C treatment

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They increased my dosage of the Ribavarin pills that I take for the Hep

C treatment to the maximum dose. I started the increase this morning,

and now I feel very tired. I just hope I don't get a headache. Other

times when they increased the pills, I got a headache.

My red blood cell counts are holding steady for now so I don't need the

Procrit shots yet. My liver numbers have gone up again and my

coordinator was going to tell my hepatologist about that, of course.

I have developed sore and swollen gums now as one of the side effects

from the treatment. That's a lot better than the other side effects

that I haven't had. My coordinator told me to gargle with salt water,

and my husband bought some baby Orajel for me...lol. The Orajel helps

for a very short period of time. As long as I don't talk much or chew

too much, it doesn't bother me at all.

I hope everyone is doing well.

Penny