week 24 - Hepatitis Message Board

powerman486 · 04-19-2003, 05:41 PM

week 24 aproved by my hmo for 24 more weeks no i can do the full 48 weeks . never felt better .my doctor said iam a very good responder my numbers went from. 6.4 million to 12300 thousand in 8 weeks 6 days had blood work done thursday week 23 and 6 days .because of my numbers in in my 9 week test they aproved me friday . my hmo went by my numbers and responsr .it take 1 week, for hepmax results to come back . hmo did not wait aproved

sean · 04-19-2003, 08:20 PM

Hi Power

Glad to hear you're feeling so much better with tx. WE hear quite a lot about the difficulties of interferon, so it is good to know that some folks feel just fine on it.

It's encouraging. Thanks

and good luck!

sean

powerman486 · 04-19-2003, 08:41 PM

never felt better .

Old Bag · 04-20-2003, 04:33 PM

Congratulations on your test results! I just did shot 12 and am very nervously and anxiously anticipating my blood test coming up this Friday.

All in all, I feel OK. Only side effect has been anemia, which I've been getting Procrit shots for. It takes a few weeks to build up red cells, but am feeling pretty darn normal now. Some little symptoms have abated since beginning tx, like no more abdominal pain, and brain fog is lots better. Reasons to be positive about the test......

Good luck to you!

Wes1212 · 04-20-2003, 11:45 PM

Hang in there POWERMAN!

i had typed a couple paragraphs to you and deleted them. im sure they were much the same as what's already been said!! i wish you the very best mister!!