Progress on my goal
November 14, 2008 7:08pm
I was forced to go out on a disability retirement a year ago. There is no way I'm sitting home feeling sorry for myself. I'm …
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7:23pm, October 25, 2008
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About Me
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About Me
I am a 57 year-old widow. I have HepC and a myriad of back problems. Well, now I've been through a year of therapy for Hep C and didn't clear viris. I'll have to wait for another med to come out I guess. I'm now retired (on disability) and bored. My back is in horrible shape. So between the HepC and back problems, I can't do much. I garden a little, but it gets to my back. I read, but the meds make it so I don't comprehend what I'm reading! Frustrating.
I am a 57 year-old widow. I have HepC and a myriad of back problems. Well, now I've been through a year of therapy for Hep C and didn't clear viris. I'll have to wait for another med to come out I guess. I'm now retired (on disability) and bored. My back is in horrible shape. So between the HepC and back problems, I can't do much. I garden a little, but it gets to my back. I read, but the meds make it so I don't comprehend what I'm reading! Frustrating.
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Interests
Gardening, internet, music, movies and my family. I have 3 kids and 4 grandkids. They make my life worthwhile no matter how sick I get or how much pain I am in. They are always there for me.
Gardening, internet, music, movies and my family. I have 3 kids and 4 grandkids. They make my life worthwhile
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Softball it is
June 21, 2008 5:54am
Hi all,
A quick update. I'm feeling so much better than I did awhile ago. I can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. …
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Oh, my!!!
June 11, 2008 2:08am
Hello all! DrOrrange reminded me today how long it's been since I've been on this site. I'm sorry to have not written my …
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Journal Entry for January 24, 2007
January 24, 2007 2:32pm
Things are calming down a bit. I feel much better now. Tomorrow will be the 1st night of our new support group. I am very excited about it. …
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Journal Entry for January 10, 2007
January 10, 2007 3:39pm
Wow, just when you think you're doing well, you're not. I got sick the day after xmas. Nothing serious, just blah. It stayed the week, weekend, …
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Just seen a new DR today am set up for a epidural this Tues. Hope it works so I can enjoy Thanksgiving. Good luck
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I just got back from Vegas,yesterday please feel free to call Darla to get my number, Or go to my space page,Im TATTMAN58, I have my number there!
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Close Hepatitis C
I was diagnosed this year, have been on treatment almost 3 months. Very sick at first, but great now. I am trying to get strength enough to start a support group in Reno. There aren't any there. People need this. I was quite ignorant until I found out I had Hep C. Resources are needed and training for people that need it.
Treatments
- Interferon, pegylated Working / Worked
- It has taken me 3 months to give myself shots without hesitation. It would take 30 minutes for me to get guts enough to stick that needle in myself!
- Ribavarin Working / Worked
- This drug caused a lot of side effects for me. So, so sick in the beginning. My body adjusted and I'm feeling great.
Close Degenerative Disc Disease
I was injured in a car accident in 1978. I was 28 then and the doctors all said that a person my age couldn't possibly have back pain. They thought I just wanted drugs. My back injury went years untreated. It just got worse and worse until eventually I was hospitalized with the pain. I have been in the hospital 7 times, a back surgery for fusion, physical therapy and now pain management. I am now on disability because of it. Topping this, I was in another accident 5/27/07.
Treatments
- Methadone Somewhat Helpful
- I guess Ive been taking methadone too long. Starting not to work so they keep increasing my dose. It scares me because I have Hep C and drugs stay in your liver.
- Oxycodone Working / Worked
- I started taking this a couple of months ago. It helps with breakthrough pain but not much for long acting.
