Well, after initially denying my interferon, my insurance company has agreed to pay for both medications. This is quite exciting as without my insurance, my interferon alone would be about $2400 per month plus the cost of my ribavirin. So, the 4 syringes are sitting in my refrigerator and on Friday AM, I meet with someone to show me how to self-administer.
Side effects typically take a day or so to appear and hopefully I'm in the lucky 12% to not experience sides because they're hellishly nasty. I've got a bunch of vacation days through my company that I need to take (before losing them in 2010) and so I'll take a couple days off while I see how my body reacts. It will be a good time for reading and to get that ever-growing Netflix queue down.
Come Friday I'll post a blog to say how the shot went and I'm sure I'll have some emotions running through me. Stay tuned!
Adam
Good luck Adam. You'll know me as David McHep C. I had to check out your blog. I'll add you as a link to mine to make it easier to follow. All the best on Friday. David
ReplyDeleteooh, good luck! consider this self-administration a practice for nursing school :-D let me know how it goes!
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