Thank you for your input. For the first few years I had PV, I only did phlebotomies because I didn't want to take cytoreductive treatments. After regular phlebs and some gone wrong, I decided medication was a better idea. Glad I did, as I have been in remission for 4 years now thanks to Pegasys interferon.
I don't like her because she advises patients to "Watch & Wait" for their cancer to progress; i.e. wait until their blood counts get worse, before starting them on interferon to slow or stop disease progression. She never tells them it's sometimes possible to attain "Minimal Residual Disease" on interferon, especially when started early, at the time of diagnosis, when the cancer is still in its infancy. Lastly, she doesn't mention Pegasys interferon is an option to Ropeginterferon and is 4 times less costly and its side effects are often less intense.
Seems to me that blood letting is a bad option with PV??
Thank you for your input. For the first few years I had PV, I only did phlebotomies because I didn't want to take cytoreductive treatments. After regular phlebs and some gone wrong, I decided medication was a better idea. Glad I did, as I have been in remission for 4 years now thanks to Pegasys interferon.
I don't like her because she advises patients to "Watch & Wait" for their cancer to progress; i.e. wait until their blood counts get worse, before starting them on interferon to slow or stop disease progression. She never tells them it's sometimes possible to attain "Minimal Residual Disease" on interferon, especially when started early, at the time of diagnosis, when the cancer is still in its infancy. Lastly, she doesn't mention Pegasys interferon is an option to Ropeginterferon and is 4 times less costly and its side effects are often less intense.