Re: Another Middle Ager bites the dust :(

Hey dBo good to see you.       doogie



"dBo" <frizzy526@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all
>
> Been lurking here for months and months and the brain fog has cleared
> enough (thanks to the epogen) to figure out how to join in and post. I
> have to say great thanks to all of you who particpate, it has been so
> informative and helpful. Got most of my best info right here thanks to
> all of you! :)
>
> Age: 53
> Diagnosed Nov 05, much to MY shock
> Type: 1a
> Viral load  prior to treatment : 1.2 mil/3.6 mill depending on which
> measure you use
> Liver enzymes were elevated but not extremely - back to normal range
> within 3 weeks of starting treatment
> Liver Biopsy: fibrosis Stage 3 (oh boy, more surprises!)
> Pegasys-alpha 1a, 180 units a week
> Ribavirin 1200/day
> Citalopram 40 mg/day
> Epogen shots once a week
> Ativan for inability to sleep anymore
>
> Liver enzymes back to mid normal ranges within three weeks of starting
> treatment
> Undetectable at 12 weeks and ever since so far
>
> Serious low blood counts sunk in real fast and continued
>                                  Currently    Normal Range
> WBC 6.3  --->   1.9    --->   2.10        4.2 - 10.0 K/ul
> RBC 4.29 --->    2.32  --->   2.76        4.2 - 5.4 M/ul
> HGB 15   --->    7.8    --->   9.9        12.0 - 16.0 g/dl
> HCT 44.1 --->    24.5   --->    33         36 - 48
> PLTS 220  --->    86.8   --->   136        140 - 440
>
> So the weekly epogen shots with their Elephant Needles that I started a
> couple of months ago has helped bring things up a bit, tho still not
> near norms.
> No problem with thyroid either. I have to get bloodwork every two weeks
> because of the low blood counts. Boy I'm sick of needles!
>
> Wow been a long year! But only eight weeks to go. At this point I have
> lost a total of 35 pounds, and about half of my hair, which keeps me
> entertained thinking up "Creative, Fun, and sometimes Downright Wicked
> things to do with little red hair balls,,,,Only took one package of
> hair color to do my hair last weekend and THAT was a first - it always
> took 2!
>
> I don't have any wild and crazy items to add to what treatment is
> like, that probably hasn't already been said 100 times -  I have
> managed to keep working thru all of this, but I'm one of the "lucky
> ones", since all I have to do is sit at a computer and wiggle my
> fingers ;) Being on my feet is still tough. I'd rather sit. I'd PREFER
> lying down.
>
> And THAT is pretty much ALL I have done for the last 8 months - sigh!
> And mindless computer games, haha!  I will be completing treatment at
> Thanksgiving, and hopefully my Xmas present this year will be that I am
> starting to feel human again, the part I an REALLY looking forward to!
>
> So folks, I'll be around and checking in along with the rest of you -
> Hey Russ, I lived in Kodiak in the 70's when Terror Bay was just a wink
> of a thought in the planning stage - like your pix on your website.
>
> One Day At a Time, One Foot in Front of the Other. The only thing I
> have to finish by tonight is today. And this is IT for today
>
> ~dBo
>
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