Me.

I received a liver transplant in May 2002 due to end stage liver
disease from HepC.  I found out that I had end stage liver disease the
same time I found I had HepC.  

Around Dec 2002 I took 10 months of the pen.  That was bringing my
count down, but not clearing.  The doctors switched me to Pegasus, and
I took that for a year.  No break.  2 years of TX.  I cleared, and am
still clear.

About a month later, my labs were showing protein in my urine, and low
platelet count.  My protein count was around 100 times what it should
have been.  My platelet count was 5k when the range should be about
160k-400k.  

The hematologist gave me Rytoxin or Cytoxin.  I don't remember which
was which, but the first treatment was for ITP.   The chemo was
causing my platelet count to go back up, but not stay up.  After 3-6
months of treatment they called in a nephrologist. and he diagnosed my
condition as drug induced Lupus.  I am told that many drugs can cause
this, but it is rare.  Mine was blamed on the TX.  He then gave me 6
more months of Rytoxin or Cytoxin.

I ended up with third stage kidney disease, but as far as I know, the
damage is no longer progressing.

Hey there TX - I ended up with psoriac arthritis (identical to  RA but
a cute rash with it).  I beleive the dosage of riba and tx was too
strong for me and really messed up my immune system.  I cleared my Hep
but ended up with kidney damage and PA.

Mags

On May 14, 11:41 pm, Chill...@rogers.com wrote:

remind me to spell check lol