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

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Faces of Hep


I can being to feel and notice A pattern begin to take place. I can remember being here before. Not only am I noticing how I felt each and every day last week, and now going through it again. but there is a continous repition on top of the shots I take, feeling bad for a few days, then starting to come out of it and feel better right before I take my next injection. The day to day fatigue. The tiredness. The being okay for a short time, then feeling really ugggggh, and exhausted, then feeling a wee bit better. I can start to expect to feel a certain way, at a certain time, and be prepared for it. I will be okay. And now I am going to find my bed.


I'm drowning in my tiredness,
As I lay within my comfortness,
And the day has said
Goodbye to me
I breathe in deep
and fall asleep...

Formulating thoughts...

I've taken this day and walked down its path. I kept my body moving, throughout the morning, not matter how ugggh-ish I was feeling. It helped, because I got a lot done around the house. Vacuuming, dusting, cleaning. Even built a new leg for my broken dresser in my room. Cleaned my blind, washed my windows. Threw away things I do not need. But it tooks its toll. I got really tired within my thoughts, body, and soul around 1pm, so I laid down till I found a dream inside, then woke up relaxed.

As for right now, I am comfortable. I am in no pain. Just somewhat fatigued, but whats new right? I need to go to a district meeting tonight, but I won't make it. I don't think my thoughts would work for me there. So its best if I just stay home. I've found it's best to just do non-thinking things when my brain is clogged up like this. So far its worked.

One of my friends might come over. It would be nice to have some company. I don't get many visitors here. Maybe we'll watch a movie, Or Play brain dead trivia, or watch paint dry. Whatever we do it will be nice spending time together.


My dreams subside as I open my eyes and face another day. I feel great. I got to sleep just fine last night, and woke up around 6:15 this morning. I have been doing odd jobs around the house this morning, and moving with the momentum of the day. No major side effects and any others are so minor that I can't notice them cause they are always with me.