I have been treated mainly with Truxima, for whatever reason Rituximab seemed to trigger allergic reactions from me quicker than the Truxima. It did the job, hitting the 2 year mark of being in...
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I have been treated mainly with Truxima, for whatever reason Rituximab seemed to trigger allergic reactions from me quicker than the Truxima. It did the job, hitting the 2 year mark of being in...
My experience is like Petes, first one took me 7 hours because my ears would start itching, they got quicker after each one. The ones at 6 months were a non-event, other than I can't sleep at all...
So an update: Started to feel pretty good around the 8 week mark after the first Rituxan infusion. Feeling almost normal now and am tapering down on the prednisone quite a bit. Went to another...
Mine kind of fluctuated when I did the 4 infusions, it was bad after 2 and kind of toned back down after the 3rd. Not saying yours will behave the same way, but I did have a noticeable annoying...
Interesting, I had flair ups after sinus surgery and after very bad tooth infection requiring a root canal. I found some more information here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5087233/...
Been a couple different types, I was first a welding engineer, currently a computer engineer, with a few different things in between. ;-)
Yes, I have completed all 4, the infusion center was allowed to let me in in June whereas I couldn't get in for the biopsy until this month. PR3 was positive and ANCA-C pattern was positive.
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A little more back story on the recent diagnosis, due to COVID, NYS lockdowns, etc., the ability to actually perform a biopsy of any sort was delayed until 2 weeks ago. Due to the high concern over...
If they run mine too fast we found I get extremely itchy and a bit of soreness the next day, along with an inability to sleep that night. The sleeplessness might be due to other stuff in the mix...
Thanks me2, that sounds exciting, will look into that tonight. :-)
Thanks Pete, from upstate NY between Utica and Syracuse. Getting treated at Upstate medical. They have been fantastic.
Thanks, and no worries, no offense taken. :-)
Hey Folks,
After 2 1/2 years of misdiagnosis, I was diagnosed in February with possible vasculitis, then confirmed for GPA in May. It started with what was thought to be pneumonia, which turned...