... blood cell count. Does white blood cell count usually increase after stopping Incivek?
I have just finished my 12-week Incivek therapy. Blood work has shown that I now have a low white?
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- 11 Feb 2012 by RubyWolf
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- 15 Aug 2012
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relapser
14 Feb 2012
greyhog
15 Feb 2012
I'm halfway through week 11 and feel like its a race with the devil. Very concerned with the low red cell count. Down to 29 and Doc is still "monitoring". If we are killing off so darn many red cells is it the poison's in us that's killing the white cells? I am seriously hoping that once the Telaprevir is done, I'll start having the feeligs of a normal human being. Please let us know what your Doc says about your white count. Good luck and congratulations getting through the 12 weeks of incevik!!
relapser
15 Feb 2012
They must have different ways of testing cbc. WBC standard range is 4.5-10.0 K/uL RBC standard range is 4.6-6.20 M/uL
greyhog
15 Feb 2012
My HCT readings are down to 27 which equates to a hemoglobin count of 8.7 which Doc is telling me is extremeely close to blood transfusion time. They are cutting by riboviran from 1200 mg per day to 600 in the attempts to stabilize the hemglobin. I'm not a Docotr so don't understand all the numbers and iterations but I do know this anemea is kicking my ass has has me quite concerned.
RubyWolf
15 Feb 2012
Tommorrow will be one week after completing my 12-week Incevik treatment. I finally started to feel a bit better yesterday evening; however, I still have the rash (I think it's healing but very slowly), trouble concentrating, dizziness and frequent headaches (way worse than before). I go for a blood drop today. The doctor wants to see if my wbc level has started rising on its own before giving me Neupogen. Thanks for the feedback!
relapser
16 Feb 2012
After the incivek your count should improve but that's a week away and that's almost a lifetime some days! My HTC is at 32 so nothing compared to 27! Keep in the loop! Are you having to work?
greyhog
16 Feb 2012
Relapser: I was at 31.9 on the HTC just 2 weeks ago then it dropped to 29 and now to 27. I go in again on Friday morning for another vial of blood. Hopefully the reduction in the riboviran will stabilize the hemoglobin and the transfusion will not be required.
Yes I have been working each day up until yesterday.
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RubyWolf i think that you did pretty good if your wbc is just now getting low! I started dropping both wbc and rbc after the first week.
I am really ready for the rash and fog to go away too last day of incivek. This has been alot harder then just peg and rib was. Waiting for week 12 lab results. Hope your labs come back stable
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