Side-effects still

Last week I had really bad arthritis as a side-effect for a few days. It was hard to even push to rise from a chair till I'd take Tylenol and then it completely went away for the whole day. That only lasted about 3 days. I'm walking about a mile a day but I still get weakness often when I first stand up that lasts for maybe 1/2 a minute. I have to wait for it to pass. I'm doing some work but it's hard when my fingers go numb after typing a little. Hopefully the symptoms fade out before I need to start the next round. On 4/7/10 I get scanned to see what the first rounds did for me and I see the doctor on 4/14 to get those results and see if I got on with IL-2 or get treatment options for other medication if the IL-2 did not work.

Side effects

The IL-2 had a cumulative effect with the first week still working on me during my second week. Shaking off the side effects has not been as quick as I'd hoped. Nausea and water retention both went away quickly. Weakness, lack of endurance and numbness in my hands is taking much longer. Darn.

Scan

April 7 I get scanned to see how the IL-2 did for me. I see the doctor April 14 for those results and to schedule the 2nd and final round of IL-2 or to move on to another medication that won't involve hospitalization.