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, November 17, 2006

Four Seasons


Project: create the feel of the four seasons using only 4 colors and using all 4 colors in each season.
Left to Right - Winter, Spring, Summer,Fall
Colors Used: Purple;Red;Orange;Blue
Acrylic 8.5x11


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Got my labs done this morning. She hurt the "F" out of me. But atleast it only takes a couple of minutes out of my real busy schedule. That's sarcasm... After I had my Labs taken I went over to school and registered for winter classes. I am taking "Intro to Psychology" mondays and wednesdays - "Advertising/Promotion" tuesdays and thursdays. I'm real scared that I will not do too well. I'm worried about being sick. But that is all fear based, and once I start school again I'm sure I will be fine. My classes are only a couple hours each day. I have a real great teacher that I can really learn from for Intro to psychology, and I know that will help out a lot. I'm not so sure about my other class and the teacher, but I'm a big boy and I will persevere.

I did my 9th Shot at 12:30 after I ate a good meal.

I have my 2 meetings tonight. CMA and AA. I am giving my friend her 4 year medallion at the CMA meeting. After my meetings I will Then drive spencer to his parents house in Eden Prarie.

Side effects from the Shot: I will be okay through out the evening. I will start to become sweaty and achy and a little shakiness in the hands will be noticeable only to me during the meetings and while I drive Spence home, But it will be Do-Able.

Shot Day #9

It's been a month since I last had my labs done. I will be going in again this morning at 10 to have them done. I only need to go in monthly now, The first month they need to monitor my levels weekly, and then after about a month they do it monthly. I can't believe a whole month has almost gone by since my last labs. Time sure is going by.

I will more than likely do my shot after I get home from my labs. My first day is tolerable after my shot so I haven't worried so much these last few weeks when I should take it. It's the days after that are up for grabs, But i have learned to live with it and I know what to expect.

I slept for so long yesterday that I have been up half the night. It's 4 am and I will lay back down shortly here to make room for a couple more dreams before I need to wake up and go get my blood taken.

I am not liking the fact that I had to stand up my friend yesterday, again, because I was too exhausted and tired to move. I don't like this side effect of the treatment. Thank God he is a friend and is understanding and is tolerable of me. That means a lot. Cause this is not easy. I wish I didn't have to make and break appointments with friends and also not be able to do other things with people when they ask me to. This is hard to tell them "No" I hope they truly understand that it is not them, I would love to, it's just this Fricken treatment I am on.