Hepatitis C Support Group
Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral disease which can cause liver inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is spread by blood-to-blood contact with an infected person's blood. Many people with HCV infection have no symptoms and are unaware of the need to seek treatment. Hepatitis C infects an estimated 150-200 million people worldwide.
Howdy folks, I just got back from a visit with my gastroenterologist for a follow up visit and discussion of the lab results The numbers look promising! My viral load has dropped to a point to where he said it was still barely detectable, but too low to count. So thats good news. At least the drugs seem to be working.
The plan is to continue with the Incivek for the full 12 week course, 5 down and 7 more to go. After that, he said they may drop to dose of Riba, depending upon how anemic I get. I was told youre not anemic yet, but you will be. Great, another thing to look forward to.
He prescribed some Ambien to help me sleep, and an antihistamine to help with the itching (forgot the name already).
But at least I left there in an upbeat mood. I would hate to think I was going through all of this for naught, but it does seem to be killing the little buggers.
Bob
The plan is to continue with the Incivek for the full 12 week course, 5 down and 7 more to go. After that, he said they may drop to dose of Riba, depending upon how anemic I get. I was told youre not anemic yet, but you will be. Great, another thing to look forward to.
He prescribed some Ambien to help me sleep, and an antihistamine to help with the itching (forgot the name already).
But at least I left there in an upbeat mood. I would hate to think I was going through all of this for naught, but it does seem to be killing the little buggers.
Bob
just a note, most of us do get some anemia, some worse than others, but not EVERYBODY gets so anemic they need to reduce meds or get a transfusion. My anemia got better after stopping incivek and a slight reduction of riba.
7 more wks of incivek..... GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO it's tough, but you can do it. Like others have said, stick w/your schedule, eat at least 20 gr of fat w/each dose, and WATER WATER WATER.
I know it sucks, Bob, but it's totally worth it to be rid of HCV. Hang in there! :-)