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Update to “Caregiver looking for some advice about interferon side effects”
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Update to “Caregiver looking for some advice about interferon side effects”

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    • September 14, 2011 at 3:46 pm
    lizard
    Participant

      Hi all

      Just wanted to give a quick update and a huge thank you to all who responded to my earlier post. The gist of my question was that my wife has stage 3a and we were debating taking and scheduling the interferon. My job takes me out of town and we were trying to figure out how bad it was going to be – if I could safely leave her for a day or two.

      Hi all

      Just wanted to give a quick update and a huge thank you to all who responded to my earlier post. The gist of my question was that my wife has stage 3a and we were debating taking and scheduling the interferon. My job takes me out of town and we were trying to figure out how bad it was going to be – if I could safely leave her for a day or two.

      We did decide to do the peg interferon and she gave herself the first injection Monday night. The only side effects so far have been waves of high fever, headache, serious fatigue, and backpain. This has been constant since the injectction, but nothing worse than that. She is trying to drink a lot and eat mild foods. With any luck it only gets better as things progress and we get back to something that feels like "normal" life soon.

      See you

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        • September 18, 2011 at 2:32 am
        MariaH
        Participant

          Glad to hear that your wife handling it OK.  Hopefully, her body will adjust and her side effects will taper off.

          Best of luck to you both –

          Maria

          • September 18, 2011 at 2:32 am
          MariaH
          Participant

            Glad to hear that your wife handling it OK.  Hopefully, her body will adjust and her side effects will taper off.

            Best of luck to you both –

            Maria

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