Rituxan on Friday!

**Chris G** · 05-10-2011, 04:32 AM

I'm scheduled for rtx on Friday! Should hear about the pre-approval from the insurance company tomorrow. Please keep fingers & toes crossed for me!

**Brooke** · 05-10-2011, 05:30 AM

Good luck!!!!

**Sangye** · 05-10-2011, 05:54 AM

That's great, ChrisG. You'll be fine, don't worry.

**Chris G** · 05-10-2011, 06:30 AM

Thanks guys.

Such a cute boy you have Brooke!!

**aewaustin** · 05-10-2011, 09:40 AM

Yay!!! RTX has been a godsend for me and hope you have the same kind of luck. Take lots of snacks with you

I found that I wanted to eat the whole day because I had a weird taste in my mouth. The first three times I took all kinds of food, but the fourth I was smarter and brought some hard candies as well.

**Sangye** · 05-10-2011, 10:07 AM

LOL I wonder if the huge dose of pred they give you had anything to do with wanting to eat all day! I have to grit my teeth so I don't open my mouth and eat eat eat.

**elephant** · 05-10-2011, 11:20 AM

Good luck and hope it all works out for you!

**Chris G** · 05-11-2011, 02:18 AM

Insurance approved! Can't wait until Friday!! I feel like I'm on the road to recovery already

I recall a thread a while back, where someone was wondering about 2 infusions vs. 4. I'm scheduled for 2, & I wondered why, so I thought I'd try to gather some info about dosing. I'm told that with a 4 round infusion, you receive 750mg of rtx per infusion - for a total of 3000mg rtx. With a 2 round infusion, I will be receiving 1000mg per infusion - a total of 2000mg. As my WG is limited to head and neck (with only a little shortness of breath), the docs feel that 2000 mg will do the trick.

I also did a little research on rtx itself because I wondered how long it will take to feel better, and a couple of people on the board said they thought they felt better right away.

Anyhow, the rtx drug info stated that it was really important to drink a ton of water for the couple of days right after infusions. The reason is that the kidneys are trying to filter out the dead cells in huge quantities, right after the infusions. So, doesn't it stand to reason that if the cells are being killed off in mass quantity, that quickly, we COULD start to feel better right away? I think........YES! That's what I'm stickin' with anyway