I'one of a kind!
Marco Sax
During my third week of treatment, because of severe dyspnea and
weakness (on top of other sides but much more manageable) my gastro doc
had me stop the cure (peginterfeon/ribovirin) altogether (despite my
resistance, as it seemed i was responding very well: ALT,AST, viral
count dropped hugely, but i wsn't really clear in my mind about the
extent of the sides i was suffering.
To his opinion, by continuing with the cure , I could have suffered
neurologic damage!
He put me on a mild anxiolitic dosage
Today it's over two weeks from my last shot, and sides have lessened a
lot, although I still get gasping once in a while, but the thing is
bothering me the most is I don't feel ok psycologically. According to
the doc, interferon has brought up a whole lot of past issues all
together (i have quite a few!)
I have an appointment scheduled with a shrink reccomended by my gastro
as very good in dealing with this issues, but it won't be until dec th
9th.
Today I heard my gastro: he contacted Shering Plough (manufacturer of
interferon) describing my case and my side effects:
they thanked him for signaling my case, as they said they never heard
such severe dyspnea before and he was damn right in stopping the cure.
I try to take a day at the time and very easy, for the time being,
taking my blood test regularly (one this morning)
Then I'll start hoping in telaprevir, boceprevir, R-1626 and the
likes...
but.. WTF !
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ciao
Marco Sax