Guest guest Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Great Penny! I was feeling for you, cause when I have a test that requires NPO, I have a similar dilemma. NPO means nothing by mouth, and you do not ever dare take Morphine without food, unless you want to have a puke fest. Good thing though that my endo scope ran late, and they told me 6 hours was fine. It all worked out. Fasting glucose is going to be a problem too. I might have to relent and buy a machine, cause I know that my blood sugar i whacking out, because i get all jittery at certain times of the day, and my encephalopathy gets really bad. Glad yopu are feeling ok. Made any movies latalyZ? did I tell you I joined Motion? I did, last month we bought the 30 dollar a year one year subscription. Love, Bobby long life, old age, everything good-Apache prayer ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Monday, December 8, 2008 7:36:51 PM Subject: Re: Dilemma Hi Barby, I asked my coordinator and she said not to worry about it that I can just take it after labs even though it's a couple of hours late. Labs are only once a week, so it's nothing to worry about. The pills have to be taken with food. I don't know how many times she has stressed that to me. I have to fast every time I have labs because they always do a glucose test. I am feeling great! My second shot is tomorrow (Tuesday) night. Hopefully, I won't have much trouble. I too am a genotype 1a. That is the most common and hardest to treat type in the US. I have faith, and pray that it will work. My viral load is very low, so I have a better chance of clearing the virus, they say. My coordinator called me today because she was very pleased with my labs from today. My ALT dropped from 205 to 100, and my hematocrit is up to 44. The hematocrit being 44 is really exciting to me because I have had a really hard time bringing that up ever since my transplant. It's been in the 30's usually. My coordinator said the treatment may cause the hematocrit to drop, but it's jumped up since treatment started. It fell 4 points when I had my last liver biopsy in August. My white blood cell count is stable too. That too could drop from the treatment. I hope the appointment on the 15th goes well. Penny > > > > I woke up this morning, and freaked out a little bit. I've never > > thought of this before, and nobody has ever said anything > > about this that I can remember. Today I do my first labs since > > starting treatment, and I've been taking my pills EXACTLY 12 hours > > apart at 6:30 a.m. and p.m. I don't do my labs until 8:30 a.m., and > > I'm not supposed to eat before labs. You're supposed to eat when you > > take the pills for treatment, so I'm in this dilemma. Obviously, I > will > > be about 2-1/2 hours late on taking the pills after I do labs. This > > really, really bothers me since I've been so good at taking them > every > > 12 hours, and I want to do it exactly like I'm supposed to so I can > > kick this stupid virus. Like I said, this question never came up > before > > from my post transplant coordinator or the class I attended for the > > treatment. My anti rejection drugs get messed up every time I do > labs > > because I can't take them until after I do labs, but I was told > about > > that ahead of time that it is ok. Nobody said anything about this. > I > > never thought to ask about this before either until just now when I > > usually eat breakfast and take the pills. Grrr... > > > > Penny > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Great Penny! I was feeling for you, cause when I have a test that requires NPO, I have a similar dilemma. NPO means nothing by mouth, and you do not ever dare take Morphine without food, unless you want to have a puke fest. Good thing though that my endo scope ran late, and they told me 6 hours was fine. It all worked out. Fasting glucose is going to be a problem too. I might have to relent and buy a machine, cause I know that my blood sugar i whacking out, because i get all jittery at certain times of the day, and my encephalopathy gets really bad. Glad yopu are feeling ok. Made any movies latalyZ? did I tell you I joined Motion? I did, last month we bought the 30 dollar a year one year subscription. Love, Bobby long life, old age, everything good-Apache prayer ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Monday, December 8, 2008 7:36:51 PM Subject: Re: Dilemma Hi Barby, I asked my coordinator and she said not to worry about it that I can just take it after labs even though it's a couple of hours late. Labs are only once a week, so it's nothing to worry about. The pills have to be taken with food. I don't know how many times she has stressed that to me. I have to fast every time I have labs because they always do a glucose test. I am feeling great! My second shot is tomorrow (Tuesday) night. Hopefully, I won't have much trouble. I too am a genotype 1a. That is the most common and hardest to treat type in the US. I have faith, and pray that it will work. My viral load is very low, so I have a better chance of clearing the virus, they say. My coordinator called me today because she was very pleased with my labs from today. My ALT dropped from 205 to 100, and my hematocrit is up to 44. The hematocrit being 44 is really exciting to me because I have had a really hard time bringing that up ever since my transplant. It's been in the 30's usually. My coordinator said the treatment may cause the hematocrit to drop, but it's jumped up since treatment started. It fell 4 points when I had my last liver biopsy in August. My white blood cell count is stable too. That too could drop from the treatment. I hope the appointment on the 15th goes well. Penny > > > > I woke up this morning, and freaked out a little bit. I've never > > thought of this before, and nobody has ever said anything > > about this that I can remember. Today I do my first labs since > > starting treatment, and I've been taking my pills EXACTLY 12 hours > > apart at 6:30 a.m. and p.m. I don't do my labs until 8:30 a.m., and > > I'm not supposed to eat before labs. You're supposed to eat when you > > take the pills for treatment, so I'm in this dilemma. Obviously, I > will > > be about 2-1/2 hours late on taking the pills after I do labs. This > > really, really bothers me since I've been so good at taking them > every > > 12 hours, and I want to do it exactly like I'm supposed to so I can > > kick this stupid virus. Like I said, this question never came up > before > > from my post transplant coordinator or the class I attended for the > > treatment. My anti rejection drugs get messed up every time I do > labs > > because I can't take them until after I do labs, but I was told > about > > that ahead of time that it is ok. Nobody said anything about this. > I > > never thought to ask about this before either until just now when I > > usually eat breakfast and take the pills. Grrr... > > > > Penny > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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