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How does this chart apply to Don?1. + Weight: Don is not overweight - nor has he ever been.
2. + Race: Don is White.
3. + Age: I think since Don was 49 when we started this is a good thing.
4. - Sex: He is a He.
5. + Diabetes: Don does not have diabetes.
6. - Genotype: Don has the most difficult Hepatitis genotype to treat - Type 1.
7. + Viral Load: Don's viral load at the start of treatment was 400,000 - way below the level listed here!
8. ? Early Virologic Response: We did not have a Viral Load test done at 4 weeks - so we do not know yet how he is responding to the chemotherapy.
9. - Fibrosis Score: This would be low for him since his liver is in the early stages of cirrhosis.
10. - Dose of Drugs: Early on, we had to cut his Interferon injections by half since his platelet count dropped so low.
11. + Treatment duration: So far there has been no reason that he has had to stop his treatments.
4 comments:
Still praying for good response, Julie. --Susan
Looks like good news so far! We'll keep praying.
Hugs, Susan
Still praying...
seems like a lot of positives so we'll keep thinking positive and keep on praying.....
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