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A couple of weeks ago I finished the four infusions of rituximab. Hurray! I began feeling much better by the last week, which was so encouraging. I had energy to do things like put books on...

Yesterday I had my first rituximab infusion. So far it has knocked me for a loop. I had severe chills all night, which I was not expecting...but should have expected if I had read the hospital's...

Chinese hamsters? That must be why my doctor told me there were mice genes in the Rituxan. Luckily my cats are so well-fed and lazy that they would not chase a even the most small and enticing...

Thanks Alysia and Pete; it is nice to get a sense of what to expect. Also good to work within the limits in terms of scheduling with work and time off.
Alysia, yes, I'm a cat person! :rolleyes1:...

I was recently diagnosed with a WG flare after many years (with thanks to those who urged me to get to the doctor without delay) and have been scheduled for Rituxan starting next week, once a week...

Thank you so much, drz, Seied, and NatriceRomeo. I went to an urgent care center and got them to prescribe a couple of weeks' worth of prednisone. That should at least be a beginning.

Since I...

Hi drz, thanks for your reply!

Yes, I agree that six weeks is a scarily long time. I'm just not sure what to ask for--the urgent care people did not know what tests to do, understandably. I was...

Hi everyone,

I am very glad to find this forum and read many of yourstories. My WG was diagnosed in 1998after two years of fevers, fatigue, sinus symptoms, and finally a septal perforation. It...