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  • About Me

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    1concernedparent

    Female, 29, Married
    USA
    Member since January 28, 2008

    • About Me

      I am a wife and mother of two. I have a daughter who just turned 7 and a son who will be 4 in July. My hubby and children are everything to me!

      I am a wife and mother of two. I have a daughter who just turned 7 and a son who will be 4 in July. My hubby and children are everything to me!

    • Interests

      My biggest interests I have are music and writing. I am a five time published poet. I am musically multi-diversified and play about 7 instruments!

      My biggest interests I have are music and writing. I am a five time published poet. I am musically multi-diversified

  • Journal

    • 6 months post treatment & still undetectable from geno-type 1b!

      Mood May 4, 2009 11:05am

      Yep, I'm undetectable 6 month post treatment from geo-type 1b-yeah!  Those of you who been following me all along may remember when I was …

    • I'm 6 months post treatment

      Mood April 2, 2009 8:16pm

      I thought I'd stop by and give an update since I'm at the 6 month post treatment mark.  Not much to tell at this point yet.  Still …
    • 3 months test results are in

      Mood January 15, 2009 11:04am

      I just got the final and most important results in yesterday (my viral load check).  I'm happy to say I'm still undetectable 3 month …

    • Nearly 3 months since I finished my 48 week treatment

      Mood November 26, 2008 5:17pm

      Just thought I'd throw an update out there.  I'm about a week and half shy of having finished treatment 3 months ago.  I think, I …

    • Ouch!

      Mood October 17, 2008 12:34pm

      I am 2 weeks from the day I took my last riba pills that officially ended by 48 weeks of treatment.  Just started feeling a small increase in …

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  • Goals

    Goal Completed on Oct 10, 08
  • Support Groups

    • Close Hepatitis C

      Was diagnosed with HCV in February of 2007 with an undetermined cause of the disease. Everyone close to me tested negative. The only possible explanation is 2 blood transfusion I recieved in 2001. I also have fibromyalgia from HCV, am in stage 0 liver disease, my viral load was 250,000 before starting treatment. I officially finished 48 weeks of treatment on Oct. 3, 2008 and so far I'm a 6 month SVR (I'm undetectable).

      Treatments

      Cymbalta Somewhat Helpful
      This helped me alot, but not as much as lowering my viral load to undectable did. I think my depression was worsened by the virus itself because of that fact. Over the course of 5 years being infected with HCV and undiagnosed my depression kept getting worse and worse.
      Lyrica Not Working
      I took this medication because of the fibromyalgia I had gotten from HCV. I didn't feel much different on the medication, however I started my HCV treatment right after this and as my viral load dropped so did my symptoms for fibromyalgia and no longer need medications like this.
      Pegylated Interferon Working / Worked
      I am was fatigued and strugged very hard raising my 2 and 6 year old child while on treatment. I experienced weight loss, some hair loss, some nausea. Six months after treatment, & I'm still undetectable.
      Psychotherapy Working / Worked
      I was already in therapy due to depression, but this has also helped me when I was first diagnosed and now that I'm on treatment.
      Ribavarin Working / Worked
      Same as for the Pegasys, but I also had trouble fighting off infections. I had low red blood cell counts with this, but not enough to need medical intervention.
      Topamax Working / Worked
      I took 100 mg a day of this to stop the chronic migraines I got from HCV treatment. I am already migraine sensitive prior to HCV treatment, so HCV treatment really started bringing out my migraines. However, I stopped topamax treatment halfway thought hcv treatment because the migraines subsided.
    • Close Asthma
      Type: Other

      I have asthma from the lung injury I received from GERD while pregnant with my first child. After delivery I was on life support for my lungs and was having tons of stomach acid pumped from my lungs and stomach, now I'm left dealing with asthma.

      Treatments

      Advair Working / Worked
      I used it, it worked but I preferred a non-sterroid approach and switched to Singulair.
      Albuterol Working / Worked
      Worked but switched to Xopenex to lessen the feeling of light headedness and dizziness.
      Singulair Working / Worked
      Works the best for me, especially since I have resp. allergies that tend to aggravate my asthma.
      Xopenex Working / Worked
    • Open Fibromyalgia

      I have Fibromyalgia from HCV that the dr's don't know where I got infected from since I have no known risk factors.

      Treatments

      Lyrica Working / Worked
      I was given this mediation to cope with the fibromyalgia that I recieved from HCV. It never really helped, but when my viral load dropped to undetectable was when my pain got alot better!
    • Open Depression
      Type: Clinical (Major) Depression

      I have battled depression on and off my whole life, but the real battle with depression has come now that I am on HCV treatment since it is a huge side effect of treatment.

      Treatments

      Cymbalta Working / Worked
      I do feel alot better on this medication, but I still have quite a few lows, just not as often. I'm on a double dose of the maximum strength of this medication though due to my HCV treatment. I was able to drop down to 60 mg due to depression lifting as my hcv started to go away and now is undectable.
      Lexapro Not Working
      This medication worsened by depression and gave me thoughts of suicide.
      Psychotherapy Working / Worked
      My first therapist was horrible and made things worse, now I'm working with the right person it helps alot!
      Zoloft Not Working
      All this medication did was put me into an unfeeling zombie state.
    • Open Migraine Headaches

      I have battled migraines since I was 8 years of age. Sometimes they can be so bad I wind up in the hospital.

      Treatments

      Caffeine Working / Worked
      If I don't have a prescription or Excedrin I will take this with tylenol and benedril.
      Excedrin Working / Worked
      I use this one when I'm out of my prescription
      Imitrex Working / Worked
      This works great when I take it when I'm getting a migraine.
      Maxalt Not Working
      I don't use this one anymore
      Midrin Working / Worked
      I used this before I had Imitrex
      Topamax Working / Worked
      I only take this when I have to take a medication treatment that chronically triggers my migraines. Which currently I am on this and it makes me lose a ton of weight.
      Tylenol Working / Worked
      If I don't have a prescription or excedrin I will take this with benedril and caffiene
    • Open Sleep Apnea

      I was diagnosed with sleep apnea when I did a pulmonary stress test due to worsening asthma and it suggested I either had mitochondrial myopathy or sleep apnea. Was tested for both and only tested positive for the sleep apnea (which I was tested with 2 sleep studies) and negative for the myopathy.

      Treatments

      CPAP Working / Worked
      I use my cpap every night with a nasal mask set to pressure 10. I've been using it for almost a year, though I still find it annoying sometimes, I do feel alot better with it.
    • Open GERD & Heartburn

      I had problems with my stomach my whole life and never knew why until my first pregnancy I kept having severe problems and my ob kept doing nothing about it. I had severe complications at the end of my pregnancy including lung failure with my lungs filled with stomach acid and I was on life support and had stomach acid pumped out of both of my lungs and my stomach. It wasn't until then I was diagnosed with GERD. Now thanks to that incident, I suffer from asthma for the rest of my life.

      Treatments

      Antacids Working / Worked
      I only use when I have a break through attack
      Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Working / Worked
      Baking Soda Not Working
      I tried this once when I was desperate and I will never do it again!
      Nexium Working / Worked
      This one was my favortie but due to having to get a different insurance company and this one not being covered I had to switch.
      Pepcid Not Working
      I've tried this in the past and it does not work.
      Prevacid Somewhat Helpful
      I have used this one before during one of my husband's work's many insurance company changes but it is not my current medication.
      Prilosec Working / Worked
      My current treatment but it's starting not to work as well as it use to.
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