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

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Distantly Dsitorted


I've come to the end of my day. I am text book fatigue. I am emotionally drained. Physically exhausted. It been just like all the other days. I tried to take a nap earlier but I couldn't. I went out to eat then came home and I was too tired to sleep. I was going to take a nap before I went out to hang up signs for the garage sale, but I thought I'd better do it now before I fall asleep and not wake up til Tomorrow and none of the signs are up. Now I am really glad I chose that path...

So now I have completed a very long day. A normal day with normal hours to the normal world. A long day to my worn out soul. I don't feel good when I am up this long. I start to get all achy and Ugghish and sick. But on the good side I will be able to fall asleep with a smile and wake up prepared for the garage sale.

I hope she can get things priced tonight. Everything is ready. I just don't want to be the one to put a price on her personal belongings. It's understandable why she hasn't been able to. She has had to put in many hours of work. I am gratfeful to be able to help. I am not sure how this would get done without friends to help. The truth - I know it wouldn't get done.

But I let go. It's not in my hands-I've done what I've needed to do and more. I will pray that she has the energy to get the pricing done cause she put in a double shift today at 2 different jobs and won't get over here til 1 or 2 in the morning to do some pricing. Then she has to go to work again at 9 in the morning...And I complain about being tired? please put in some warm thoughts and prayers that this works out for her, Positive energy, and some positive flow that she can get everything she has to finally sold ...she could really use the prayers.

Thank you and good night.

Side effects - I am sore and in pain. I ache and I am tired. I am exhausted and my brain is mush. I am talking more non-sense than usual. I am 2 seconds from hugging my pillow to sleep....

Thanksgiving...

Happy Thanksgiving. I am grateful to be well enough today. I was really worried about today and tomorrow. We are going out to Old country Buffet for our thanksgiving. We have been doing this family thing for many years now. I love it. Where else can you have Nachos, Pizza, and fish on thanksgiving and still have more room to go back up for Turkey. We have just the small Immediate family; my sister, mom and dad. So this works out perfect for us and to top it all off-they pick up your garbage and do your dishes for you!!

I have not been feeling the best these last couple days. I am fine for a couple hours but then if I stretch my time being awake and moving around, then I start to feel all fluish and sick.

My birthday is tomorrow. I haven't really had the energy to really think about it all that much. I really don't care about my age but I do like to celebrate. But being on this treatment has clouded my thoughts and it has just made me want to feel okay on my birthday and today. Nothing more and nothing less. Just to not feel sick. That has been my big goal for these 2 days. And sometiems its out of my hands, so this was something I have been worrying about. So far so good. My big plan for tomorrow again is to feel okay. But we will worry about that when the time arrives.

For right now I am going on with my morning and by the time I get back from my Thanksgiving meal, I am sure to not only feel full, but I will have been up doing things for awhile that I will need to lay down and rest.