Labs for incivek/pegasys/riba at two weeks

[rayc2001]

Hello again to everyone.  Just received a call from the Doctors office.  Week 2 of the new therapy, all liver functions already in the normal range, no other problems as yet with rbc/wbc counts.  I suffered with both of them before.  I would have to check, but I only had normal readings once other than during therapy, and I don't think I achieved it at week 2 in 2007.  Complete viral load and all other labs at week 4.      Typically, I am three times the average person in my alt/ast

Ray C

[rayc2001]

Alt- 1 week prior to incivek=  118  now  43  normal range  15-65 u/l
Ast 1week prior to incivek=     75 now   22  normal range    0-37 u/l

Ray C

[MissyMouse]

AWESOME!!!!

[DougV]

Ray,

WBC one matter but remember RBC have 30 day life so at two weeks drop shold be minimal.  Odds are your doc didn't take labs last time until week 4 at earliest as it was not protocol under the old SOC.

Normalized Alt/Ast is great.  No VL results yet, that was taken as well, or think it is supposed to be.

I should note I know a lot of people on this.  Only a few have received 4 week labs, but all to date, undetectable.

You however are about to make me break down and call for my results.  Nah, next week soon enough.  Fantasy is just way better than reality ya know.  

Doug

[rayc2001]

Doug,
I know what you mean.  I wasn't going to call and ask either.  They did it on their own, and my tests were just yesterday.  Your are right, the major tests are at week 4, the viral load count and all that other good blood stuff.  Will keep on!!! 

Ray C

[rayc2001]

Doug,
I have access to my medical file on line, so was able to go in and get all that other good shit.  Looks like I will probabably have a RBC problem, I was 5.15 in april and 4.46 now.  normal range is 4.4-4.6

My white blood cell count actually went up.  It was 6.6 in April, and 6.9 now.  Normal range is 4.0-11.0  That one does not look too bad yet.  It is cool, I can look at all my panels back to 1999 before I was actually diagnosed as having hep c. 

I forget what Bilirubin is, but I am a little high there  1.6  normal is <1.1

Thanks everyone,
Ray C