WOW WHAT A WEEK!!!
This has got to have been the BEST week of my entire treatment!!
After talking with my doc about last week's results he had me do just a half dose of the interferon again to try to get the WBC up even more. This actually was a huge blessing in disguise....you see, when the dose is cut in half - the side effects are too! Could not have happened at a better time......because 2 days after treatment my very best friend from high school flew into Salt Lake to visit me for a few days! It had been 18 years since we had seen each other last! It was wonderful to just sit and spend time with her for 4 days!!! AND FEEL NOT SO BAD!!! There was so much to catch up on.......we didn't even skip a beat.....it was like we never lost contact. Well, we never will again!! It was great to have her here for best news EVER!!! You see, on the friday before, I received a copy of my "Quantum" test for my viral load.....(this is the test I spoke about on the post dated August 12th) It didn't make sense to me because there were no real numbers in it......well Tuesday morning just before Dee & I left to take her back to the airport, my doctor called and I asked him to explain the test results and he said......are you ready!?!? He said "Lori, congratulations, you are VIRUS FREE!!!! I did it! I still have to remain on the treatment throughout it's entirety, but I have NO DETECTABLE virus in my blood! GOD IS SO VERY GOOD!!!!! I was in awe.... not quite sure how to feel, what to think, whether to believe, you name it.....the roller coaster ride of emotions had begun! You would think that my feelings about this would be an easy thing to express - but my feelings we're all over the place. Stay tuned for Part 2
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