[RedPenguins]

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to let you know that I am now home after my second course of treatment with HiCy. The treatment, once again, went down without a hitch. I did not get sick at all during the 4 days of chemo. My white blood counts bottomed out, as expected and wanted.... and then they skyrocketed back up and I was officially "rebooted".... Now time will tell how much good it's going to do for me. I had some incredibly intense bone/body pain during the reboot part - from the growth factor that they gave me. But after one night of incredible pain, my white counts jumped from 700 to over 6,000! My bone marrow was working overtime big time!

I was gone for a total of 3 weeks and 2 days. The holiday held me up a few days....I was ready to go and done on Friday but they couldn't remove the catheter until Tuesday b/c of the holiday....so I had to spend several "Extra" days in Baltimore.

So other than the bone pain incident....the only other reaction to the chemo is that I'm once again bald. Bald, bald, bald.

My energy level is still not the best but that's due to the chemo. I haven't felt the MS fatigue like I had before the treatment....but again, time will tell....now I just have to wait and see if I improve as the days go by. I will start prophylactic treatment with Copaxone in a few weeks (for 9-12months) and a regimen of high vitamin D supplements.

Anyhow, just wanted to update you all....and to say that I still stand behind the HiCy/Revimmune treatment 100%. And yes, my insurance covered the second treatment, too!



~Keri