my husband (68) was diagnosed with Wegeners in December. He was in stage 4 kidney disease.He was given a plasma exchange and started on Rituximab. Due to insurance the second infusion was delayed and it was a month before he got the second infusion. I’m wondering if this is why it failed to work? He was hospitalized with lung involvement in February and was started on cyclophosphamide. His wbc went down to .75 last week so they’ve stopped that treatment as well. We are waiting on insurance to ok shots for his low wbc. Are there any other treatments if those two didn’t work. Thanks for letting me talk. And thanks for providing a place.
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Your poor husband, I am so sorry for him. Having to wait for the insurance cannot help either.
It is frustrating for sure. Thanks for the reply.
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