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

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

I went to my my hep c nurse this morning. She said my levels are looking great. They don't have a viral load to see about the virus, but my platelettes and my hemoglobin which is a 13 is just fine. She says i look a little yellowish grey, so she looked me over and couldn't tell why since my levels are looking so good.

I am feeling alright today. I am finding things to entertain myself, and tonight I have a meeting to go to. I got a prescription for "Ambien" so I can get some continous sleep. I do sleep alot but only for an hour in a half at a time. Not enough for my body to mend itself and go into REM. Hopefully it helps.

I am still in a fog today. My mind seems to be covered in a film of numbing thoughts. I do get teary eyed over the littlest things. A television show or a movie or even somebody sending me a thoughtfilled text. All of these things seems to bring water to my eyes. This of course is a side effect of the medicine. I am a sensitive individual and I do have caring feelings, but not to this degree. All is not bad and there is a lot of good in how I am feeling. It means that the medicine is trying to do its stuff. I am glad to hear that my tiredness is not because my hemoglobin is low, just that its the medicine and the treatment I am undergoing. That was actually very good to hear cause I was worried about that.