Welcome To My "HEP C" Life

Hepatitis C is a blood disease that affects the liver. There is a tx that I am now on which is a mixture of "interferon" injections 1x a week and 1200mg in pill form of "Ribavirin" dailly. This is an extreme and rigorous 48 week treatment and I have started september 22nd 2006

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Location: moundsview, Minnesota, United States

Saturday, September 23, 2006

6:30pm


NOTE: Eating something seems to take away the nausea
Dramamine and Tylenol also seem to work

Only effects I am feeling are fatigue. And its a perfect day to rest my eyes as it is raining wetness upon the grounds of my humble abode.

2:36pm saturday

Tired, Very tired. Not able to open my eyes. Only able to dream a dream. Sleep a sleep and warm myself in my blanky

3:33 am


It seems that between eating; taking tylenol; the draminine; and drinking liquids my chills have gone away. I feel okay enough to try to get some sleep now. Not looking forward to tomorrow - I mean later on today......But can't worry about that now, lets stay in the "Now" and worry about later when later finally arrives....

1:19am

I am now having chills, I am sort of in denial. I think its the downstairs here. It does get cold, but why is it soooo cold, and it just happens to be like an icicle running over all my joints in my body the day that i took my shot and started Treatment. Hmmmm. I will stay in denial a little bit longer. I wonder if my parents would mind if I started a fire with some logs in my bedroom? I took some tylenol and made something to eat. A porkchop with vegetables. I refreshed myself with some H2o like there was no tomorrow. I never sad this would be an interesting site, just a history of how I am feeling.

First day in battle

This has been and will be a beginning of a journey and an experience. Today is my first day of interferon shots and taking the ribavirin. I was feeling okay until halfway through and after the CMA meeting. My sponsee josh asked me to come over for a bit, so I did and we played Tigerwoods Golf. I am now home and I feel the beginning of a headache. I took some tylenol earlier, but it seems as if my head is aching for more. I have a little nausea so I will take a draminine and drink some water. I also read somewhere that eating something might work, but I am afraid that will make me more nauseous. It could be that i might of pushed myself a little too much tonight, but I am not sure. It Is scary when you are not sure what to expect. Will I wake up; tomorrow sick or will I be okay? I am tired, but I can not sleep, and my knees and elbows are aching like I'm an 80 year old farmer knowing what the temperature will be tomorrow.
I am grateful to everybody who is concerned. I am used to taking care of and being there for everybody else, I really am not used to everybody's attention towards me.