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When do I start to feel an "itch" relief post incivek??
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I have 4 days of incivek left and the past 2 weeks have been a torture. I don't sleep at all. My morning routine of drugs include: Zyrtec, Benadryl and Allegra and Benadryl and hydroxyzine at night. I see that people say that post incivek they feel worse with continuing itching. Is there ever a relief???...
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Margo
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What does talk pm me mean?
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When people abbreviate stuff I don't understand it, like talk pm me???
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Doctors Visit -
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Still showing Negative Lowered my Interferon to 90 because of my platelet 7 more weeks i am done with this stuff
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Don't forget your teeth!
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Interferon rots teeth! This is now well known, but back in 1998 when I had my first course of Interferon, I lost 3 significant teeth. My dentist back then was astounded how quickly caries could spread. Pre-treatment dental checks and 3 monthly followups should be part of all instructions to patients...
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mallani
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Anyone taking Procrit, they want me to start soon?
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Suzanneaz
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Llama Lashes and Grumpy Old Gits
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Hi All, This is a radio play that took real people's experience of Hep C treatment from their blogs. The people concerned are played by actors. It's been on the forum for a long time, so I thought all the newbies would like to hear it. It's a very emotional experience Llama Lashes and Grumpy old Gits Love S...
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My Interview With the Baltimore Sun
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My doctor and I were interviewed a while back for a article in The Sun, our big local paper. This one has been different, because all sorts of people are stopping me in the halls or sending messages to say they read the article. It's scary. Anyway, wanted to share it with you. The photo clearly shows my thi...
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Here we go again.
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Starting Week 15 with a call from the doc this morning to get my husband to the hospital for another transfusion and no it can't wait until tomorrow. Maybe having blood work done on Friday isn't such a great plan if there is a problem (like now) when they read it Monday morning.  She put him bac...
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elizabeth
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Guess I'm lucky
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After moaning about being old, cirrhotic, completely stuffed I was jolted back to earth by the Incivik rash photos. You poor buggers. Yes I'm stuffed, yes my skin is a bit dry ( fixed by some Nivea), yes my mouth is a bit dry ( fixed by tooth gel), yes I sometimes get a headache ( fixed by a panadeine) but t...
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mallani
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Done.
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Took my last two Riba pills at 9:00 tonight. All better now!
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Received my first shipment today
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Ive been lurking on here for about a month now trying to gauge how treatment effects everyone. I received my first shipment of meds today and I'll take my first shot on Friday morning when I get home from work (just love working nights). I'm on night 6 of a set of 18, so I'm very nervous about working Friday...
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Redraider
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Neupogen Question
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I know I'm a supporter but thought my question is most likely seen here. Renee is having to take Neupogen weekly now. I helped her two nights ago...the first time I've helped with the Neupogen shot. It hurt seeing her in so much pain, and she still felt pretty bad yesterday. I'm just wondering if asi...
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Lindsay
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anyone same kind of results? dahm!!!
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got my call today from my doc to the 4 weeks results with triple therapy..she said there are 31 copys of the virus found!! so not UND !! i asked her how long should i do tx,she said she dont know because 31 copys are very low number but its still not UND,she told me we will wait for week 12 for more conclusions a...
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Rash ?
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I did run a search and tried not to bother with another question, but the responses seemed contradictory. My husband just developed the bad rash in the past week and nothing is helping with the itching. Is the rash from the riba or the incivek or both? He had been off of riba for 2 weeks and just started...
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elizabeth
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Hepatitis C Trust study out of the UK
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I have been in touch with a nurse educator from Vertex and he let me know about this study. More research needs to be done on post treatment side effects/new illnesses but I am glad we have some sort of guideline. Let's push for a bigger study to be done here. Encourage your doc, pharmacy, and write the...
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Last box of meds arrived today!!
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So 4 more shots and I'm done. I've been UND since week 2 so I think I've got this licked. I'm SOOO happy to be on the down hill slide. Now if we would get some rain and the heat would abate life would be just ducky.
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2 wk UND 4wk DET
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Waiting on VL results, has this happened to anyone on triple tx
W Invicek? Have to wait till Friday or longer
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Mild edema and joints stiffness in the morning...
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Anyone experiences swelling in the hands and stiffness? Its hard to make a fist in the morning, feels like I'm wearing gloves. I am sure it's from drinking lots of water, isn't that what I'm supposed to do?? Without enough water I itch, with water I swell, isn't it always something with incivek??
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Margo
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Undet. at end of 16 weeks
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Happy to post still undetected at 16W.
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mallani
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Last shot!
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I just did my last shot and I posted a long, heart felt letter to you all, thanking you for your support, friendship, understanding, and advice. then I went to add a photo and, poof! It was gone. Not sure why, but everytime I try to upload a pic, it just shows the timer forever and never uploads! Anyway, I s...
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Peeling Skin?
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Has anyone had their skin peel during tx? My husband's hands have been peeling for the past week or 10 days. Backs of the hands, palms, fingers are all peeling. It's very thick, dry skin peeling in large patches. And it's peeling over and over -- not like sunburn where it peels and then heals. We're...
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Looking to connect....
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Hi everyone. I just started treatment this week. I was hoping I would feel OK and so far so good. I was wondering if this is the norm or will I feel worse over time? I tried doing this a couple of months ago, but upon receiving the first injection, i had a severe inject site reaction, was sooooo sick that...
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Did you get to pick your drugs and would you pick the same again or different? Why?
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My insurance offered both Victrelis and Incivek. I made my choice before I discovered the forum and was on my way to becoming dangerously semi-knowledgable. I chose Incicvek simply because the trials showed a slightly higher success rate. I learned later that that numerical advantage was stat...
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Hate Needles...
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"OWWW" Question, how big is the Interferon needle? Is it small and thin like a diabetic insulin needle or is it a few inches long and as big around as a toothpick like the needle they use for flu shots? I was also thinking that since the shot is once a week, I wonder if it's possible to arrange...
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Lon
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Good News For a Change -- 12 Wk UND!
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The 12 wk test, which is really 13 wks, came back UND in spite of being off of riba for a week and on half dose for a couple of weeks and stopping incivek in week 11! <of course the cynic in me wonders if it really is or if, after the 2 weeks of messed up tests, Mayo Clinic just decided to make him UND>
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elizabeth
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Anyone else noticed interferon break down the fatty tissue?
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I found a positive side of interferon!:) I am not overweight, 5.4, 126lb but do have some fatty tissue on my thighs. I've noticed after The injection, I develop "holes" sunken tissue on the injection site, about 1" in radius. Interesting but I'm not complaining. I will try on my belly...
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Margo
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Help with debilitating cough
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I'm on week 14 triple with boceprevir. I've just about reconciled myself to most of the side effects, including exhaustion, nausea, breathlessness, sore tongue and metallic taste, etc. But shortly after treatment onset, I started developing a wracking bronchial cough, which usually begins in t...
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2 week UND
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Hey, has anyone gone from 2 weeks UND to 4 weeks DET to
Get UND again?
I go tomorrow for My 6 week VL
Both 2 and 4 week were
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JoAnneh
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Indepence Day at Sea
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Captains Log: 7/4/12 Independence Day in the US of AAs the crew prepares for the festivities, the Captain continues to have the ship searched for his missing tin of Strawberries. This lead to the discovery of an illegal InC drug making factory on B deck. InC is a new synthetic designer drug that fir...
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12Step Guy
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Tactile perception
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Having been on treatment now for a couple months, my skin and hair are certifiably trashed, skin feels like alligator hide and hair feels real course like a posum's. However, my wife reports that my skin & hair are not as nasty to the touch as I report; is she just being a nice lady? Or, is it possi...
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