Saturday, May 15, 2010

Out of the final IL-2 hospitalization!

I took a bad turn after my 4th and final dose. I had episodes where I could not breath and almost passed out. The IL-2 and general hammering of my body by IL-2 seems to have brought out a rhythm problem with my heart with the top and bottom half not communicating properly. They had to put in a pacemaker. This was very disturbing in that nobody in my family has ever had a heart problem although the procedure was very easy and non-invasive.
I'm out now but very weak from IL-2. It will be days or weeks before I can walk easily. Walking is a chore now since IL-2 effects are cumulative and I was not 100% when I went back in 2 weeks ago for week 3 and maybe 20% recovered when we started week 4.
Now it is time to wait and recover and see how it did!

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