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

Friday, October 20, 2006

Shot Day #5

I've already been out to get my labs done. After today I will be going in monthly. I have my checkup on the 24th, next tuesday to see how my levels are and if this medication is kicking any ass. While I was up getting my labs done I got my flu shot. Kind of funny because the interferon I inject each week, from what I understand, is what your body creates when you have the flu.

I'm usually good when they poke me and start filling up my blood into vials, but today I was getting lightheaded and I had to keep finding a happy place to go. Its never a bad place to go, but the beautiful creek I was imagining kept fading away and all I could see was blood filling up in vials.

As for my health, I am doing "Okay". That means I could be worse and I wish I felt better. I am just very fatigued. No energy at all. I will lay down for an hour or so before I have my meetings tonight.


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***4:15pm***

I just got done doing my 5th shot. Last week after I did my shot, I didn't start to feel anything for 5-6 hours and I was up til 6 in the morning. I am trying this time to do it right before I go out for the night then hopefully by the time I start to really feel the effects it will be time for me to come home. crossing my fingers....

Its worth a shot right? lol....