When I went in today, I had labs done to recheck my levels. I was told that we need to hold off on my treatment for two days. My white blood cell count was back up, which was good. But, even without the treatment all weekend, my liver functions continued to go up and were higher than they were on Friday. I talked to the nurse about it and she said that Interferon is really hard on the liver and it is not at all uncommon to have to miss a treatment or two because your liver functions are up. She made it sound like this is pretty normal. It's still frustrating, though. Most likely, they will lower my dosage in the hopes that my body will better tolerate the Inteferon. There is nothing I can do to get my liver functions to return to normal... except make adjustments to the treatment.
So, for now, I am just going to try to enjoy having a couple days off and not worry too much about what the numbers say. I am also meeting with an Acupuncturist tomorrow to get some help in managing the side effects.
Kim
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