Hepatitis C Support Group

I was 119 lbs when I started treatment (5'6" tall) and I was determined not to lose any weight. It was a struggle but I have managed to maintain my weight all through the 44 weeks that I have been on treatment. To this day, I still weight 119 lbs.

I had to eat pretty much every time I thought I could possibly get something down and eventually the nausea went away after a few months on treatment. I also used Boost (a cheaper version of Ensure) to supplement my meals to get some extra calories, etc.

Your weight loss is probably a bit more than the norm but I do know that it does happen. Try to do the best you can to minimize continued weight loss of that caliber so that you don't lose more strength too.

Im the same but I have heard some have lost

i put on a massive amount of weight on TX

I got bigger

I lost a lot of weight at first.Now I am 12 pounds lighter than when I found out that I had HEP C. I figure that since I am not drinking all the beer at the bar that certainly has been a factor.No calories in water , lots of calories in gobs of beer....Eat whatever you can to keep your weight from getting too low as I allowed in the beginning.

since food has no appeal or taste on tx its a great time for an overweight person to trim down. i became so exhausted on tx tha id bout rather skip eating cause the fridge was farther than i wanted to walk. a fridge too far. true story n i WAS that ill.. went from 185 to 155 during 2 of the tx,s..

Then you probably weigh less than some of the rocks you have to carry to be a stone mason. I did that s**t for a couple of months. Those rocks weigh 50 lbs + for the type of work we did. I can't imagine doing it now, much less weighing what I did in high school.

I lost between 12-15 lbs. if 4 months That was the only good side effect. They were extra lbs. Now to keep them off (and lose 5 more)

I lost 25 and I got it back
6 Months post

I never lost any weight while taking the tx, stayed the same.