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

Monday, February 05, 2007

Have I been a Bad Boy?


A big apology and a huge thank you for all of your thoughtfilled concerns on how I am doing. I have been extremely busy since I started school and have truly had no time to do anything but school - meetings - homework - and just look at my emails.
I haven't even been able to get back to anyone cause of my schedule.

Then in the last month I have been blessed to get into a relationship. and with that relationship comes 3 beautiful children. And in the last week I picked up a job that will be part time. It is something in the art field, somthing that I am going to school for. This is a great opportunity and great practice.Only a little bit of hours each week. Balance is crucial to me. I understand I need it and with that comes rest. It sounds like my plate is full, and it sure is, but it full of good things and the plate is yummy with positive energy taht brings a smile to my soul.

I am doing good iun school. I am so glad that I took the chance to go back. The laying around and doing nothing for my 1st 3 months of treatment was good at the time and needed, but I NEEDED to go back to doing life. I now don't have time to think about how yucky I feel and how tired I am. I just move through it and go on. Laying around all day and doing nothing gave me time to think about how sick I felt and in turn that made me even sicker. That isn't good for the body to be like that.

I am on week 20 of my treatment. I have seen my nurse and she is amazed at my results. Being Genotyope 1b and the amount that my viral load was before treatment, she is amazed at how quickly I responded to the medicine. I AM A NEGATIVE for hep c!! God bless the doctors for coming up with a treatment. I am now at 230 lbs - which means that I have lost a total of 30 pounds since this summer. Its been a healthy loss so that is good. I do get the aches and the pains - the headaches and the tiredness - but I know what to do and I know why I am feeling that way so I just accept it.

I am trying truly to keep in touch, but I have so much other stuff. But I will continue to write and I just want you to all know That I am okay, I do have my days, but I am Living with a smile inside my mind, in my heart and in my soul....

7 Comments:

Blogger Jason Paul Tolmie said...

Great news Jason! On all fronts. Especially the being negative:) Brilliant! I hope all goes well at school and your new relationship & job. You look so happy & healthy in the photos.
I thought you might like to know I just recently finished tx and I got my result back and it is still undetectable.
You're almost halfway there yourself dude. Keep on keeping on as they say:)

Take care

Jason

2/06/2007 4:36 PM  
Blogger Not Blank said...

Glad to hear from you at last and that you are doing well! Keep on doing what you're doing, it's working for you.
All the best to you and your wonderful, supportive family.

2/07/2007 7:25 AM  
Blogger TeaStarWitch said...

You know what? You post is so positive and inspirational, that my one week fatigue feels better now. Thank you

2/10/2007 3:47 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

That is just sooooo Awesome!!!!!!!!

2/11/2007 10:58 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey sweetie, I just wanted to remind you how much your friends and family love you. I would also like to reiterate how very proud I am of you. I'm sure your family is with me when I say that you are a remarkable and beautiful person and we treasure you beyond measure!! Good luck in your relationship. You've got a lot of love to share. Nibbles and Happy Thoughts!

2/12/2007 1:03 PM  
Blogger Not Blank said...

Ok Bad Boy - time for another post. also, you need to "enable comment moderation" on your blog and get rid of the trash that's been posted and keep people from posting more garbage.
Did you see the eclipse on Saturday? If not, jason paul tomie has some great pictures on his blog today.
Take care, I'll be in touch.

3/05/2007 11:33 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I've been reading your archives, and I wanted to thank you for writing what you have. My best friend is taking the same hep c treatment that you are, and you've really helped me understand what she's going through. :) Thank you so much!

3/12/2007 12:34 AM  

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