Well the biopsy went off in a very skilled and professional manner. Unlike
the last time when the Satan's man went through the lun, this one was
without incident. Were the results so cheerful. They came with directions on
how to get down with Jesus.
Started the clinical trial some Friday ago. Five hours of blood drawing and
infamous injection 0. The whole thing is unnerving. You don't get to know if
you get the wunder drug, but you do know you get the tired and failed ones.
They start with making me feel like twice the worst flu I ever had. This
comes in tandem with gastrointestinal spectaculars that you would not have
ever dreamed up yourself. These took the creator. Top all of that off with a
need to cry at anything in the slightest way touching and the total lack of
restraint to hold in any rage whatsoever, and you have it nailed.
The pills themselves are the size of small lemons. They dissolve instantly
into sloppy ooze preventing the less gifted from choking to death. Companies
are very fond of their rats.
If you have never done the standard USDA approved combo treatment, you
really don't have any clues about what is going to happen. What you do have
is suspicions gathered from rooting about the internet and the library. The
doctors themselves have no feel to their words. It is always that way with
them. Impersonal and outside. If you are going back in, you do know. It is
personal. I know the courage of week one and two will dissolve in week 30.
The bravado of running outside and shaking fists in the air shouting " Is
this all you have!" will give way to kneeling anywhere and begging for help
and deliverance.
But this is different. I know. The sides are different. They are here almost
immediately. I am where I left off 4 years ago. Can that mean I have the
magic bullet? Or does it mean that the joke is still on me.
Kozure Ookami - 26 May 2007 06:35 GMT
>Well the biopsy went off in a very skilled and professional manner. Unlike
>the last time when the Satan's man went through the lun, this one was
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>immediately. I am where I left off 4 years ago. Can that mean I have the
>magic bullet? Or does it mean that the joke is still on me.
I don't know if the sides might be different a 2nd time around. I
only needed one round thankfully. But I would take that as a good
sign them seeming different. Do they tell you the results of blood
tests along the way or do you have to wait until it is over? If you
are undetectable in the 2nd week that might be a good sign there. I
kind of wondered what being in one of these studies would be like.
Cold and impersonal. I would hope that at least you didn't have to
share your hamster wheel with the other patients. But I figure your
chances must be pretty good of getting the wonder drug. How long
before they let you know how things are going?
Don
lucky - 26 May 2007 14:40 GMT
The viral load information is hidden form everyone until, much later in the
study
>>Well the biopsy went off in a very skilled and professional manner. Unlike
>>the last time when the Satan's man went through the lun, this one was
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> Don
Kozure Ookami - 26 May 2007 08:22 GMT
>But this is different. I know. The sides are different. They are here almost
>immediately. I am where I left off 4 years ago. Can that mean I have the
>magic bullet? Or does it mean that the joke is still on me.
BTW, there is a blog that may be of interest to you. A woman in
Canada who is a few weeks into a study of Telaprevir/Peg/Riba writes
about her experiences. She seems to be having a big problem with
nausea early on. If you're interested it is at
http://hepcjournal.blogspot.com/
Don
lucky - 26 May 2007 14:40 GMT
It seems we started the same time and neither of us is in arm C.
>>But this is different. I know. The sides are different. They are here
>>almost
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> Don
Waterspider - 26 May 2007 18:40 GMT
> BTW, there is a blog that may be of interest to you. A woman in
> Canada who is a few weeks into a study of Telaprevir/Peg/Riba writes
> about her experiences. She seems to be having a big problem with
> nausea early on. If you're interested it is at
> http://hepcjournal.blogspot.com/
Thanks for that. Yes, interesting reading plus links to many more hepper
blogs.