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

Monday, September 25, 2006

What a workout!!


I just biked 20 miles and then I ran up and down my stairs a few flights...what a workout!!! wait a second, I didn't do that, all I did was go outside and blow off the driveway and blow a few leaves into a pile. But I sure feel like I did that. even my muscles feel like i was lifting weights. Now, I understand the fatigue and tiredness that others were talking about. I'm also not supposed to overdue it even on my "I FEEL LIKE SUPERMAN" days. Just take it easy. That doesn't mean I can't do anything, just to be careful of my body. I am going to put these leaves into bags and then mow just the front yard. NOTHING MORE!! then I will be taking my ribavirin for the evening and going out to play with my other friends. I can't believe how tired I am....

Sunshine in the afternoon (LATE afternoon)

It looks beautiful outside!! I will be stepping out to see what the world has for me in a couple minutes here. I just woke up, I feel a bit dizzy, and there is a yucky taste in my body. Not that morning breath taste, just an all around, from my heads to my toes, yucky feeling. My head seems a lil' foggy too. I have a Big Book study meeting tonight, which I will be going to. can't wait to get out of the house!!

3:06am


These tired eyes of mine
I rest inside my mind
To say hello to my sweet dreams
and fall into my warm-filled sleep

I'm only slightly sweating, due to the medication. I feel a little drowsy, I'm going to try my best to knock on wood and fall into my darkness of sleep. Not that easy, but I shall give it a try. I have gotten some relief from a lot of questions that I have had from talking to some people on a website called the hepatitis C forum. Its really helped out, there are a few people who are done with the treatment and are showing negative results. Thats good in the hep c world. I feel a sense of worth from talking to these people, and its nice to know what to expect and what to watch out for. Also it is really nice just to talk to them. One thing I got from them, is some of the people there have had people in their lives shy away and walk the other way when they found out about their Hepatitis C. I want to say to all of you, thank you for your thoughts, it means the world to me to know that I have people in my life that care... I better go now, I'm starting to tear up, and if I cry too much i might drown in my bed of sleep and people might think that I pee'd before I died and not know the truth that i was really crying. Hmm, whats worse, crying before you die, or peeing the bed. I guess either way you don't have to be the one to clean it up. Don't worry, I'm not suicidal...I'd kill myself if I took my life.