I am a 53 year old man with Genotype 2B Hepatitis C, and my viral load was 1,630,000 IU per ml at start of treatment.. I had applied for life insurance in 1994 and found out then. At that time, I did a 6 month treatment of Intron-A without riboviron and it made my ALT and AST loads in the normal range for years but did not clear the virus.
I am now in my 8th week of Pegasys 180 mcg and Ribasphere 1200 mg daily, and I started on Wellbutrin 100 mg but just started on 150 mg yesterday. At my 4 week lab, my WBC was 2.0, Neutrophils were .1.0, my AST was 30 and my ALT was 48. I do have brain fog and fight daily to do my job. I feel bad on the Friday night of injection, sleep off and on all weekend, and have been told that I am cranky and demanding by my wife.
I have a red spot on both sides of my check, near my eye, and they don't seem to respond to cortaid ointment. No one at my job knows I have Hep C or that I am doing the treatment, but they keep asking about that spot. Has anyone else had facial redness or spots during treatment?
I am not scheduled to see my doctor again until first of January, and am looking forward to my 12th week lab for the HCV PCR. Did most doctors wait until third month to re-test for viral load?