Hi sister. Treatment causes all kinds of crap with your body. Keep in mind that Treatment effects EVERYBODY DIFFERENT!!!!!!!!! It effected me big time, I can go on and on about side effects my friend. Just ask. I dont want to end up ranting about side effects. The Long Version!! LOL. Best of everything for you!!!!

I didn't work while on tx due to being in the medical field but I had more energy 2 moths into tx then I had, had in a year. The side effects in the am woke me up shaking and fever but, popped two tylenols and went back to sleep rest of the day was fine, but I'm genotype 2a it might be differant for others,

Heya - good question, I'd wondered that myself. I've been on treatment 7 weeks now, and feel both emotionally tired (no energy, motivation) but ALSO physically tired in terms of muscle fatigue. I work a pretty emotionally draining job, which probably accounts of the psychological sides a bit. Physically, I've just been making myself do regular exercise e.g. going for power walks / dancing. But yeah, loss of strength physically has been my experience. But it's managable for me - and obviously everyone's different. It may be hard, but if you keep using your muscles at least you'll keep your strength as much as possible. Best of luck with it. Guess it's just a matter of see how you go & keep positive... xx

I have a physical job as well. Pace yourself its key!!! Also make sure you drink plenty of water it makes you feel better. It takes away the real tired feeling. My body was getting very achy from the TX and work. Tx can make you anemic as well...I am on procrit for it. Good luck to you. This TX is difficult but worth it if it works.

Thank you all for the insight. I am over my anemia and on a good diet so may need to watch that carfully if it can cause anemia. That was bad itself for me. I also think I will start a more vigourous workout now than just walking in case I do loose physical strength. Fortuenatly I have always been a big water drinker. Always prefered it over pop so that is not going to be a problem. I am type 1a so know I could be in for more of a strugle for a longer period of time.

PACING YOURSELF IS THE WAY. I AM A MAID AND ALSO CLEAN HOUSES ON THE SIDE. TX MADE ME PHYSICALL AND EMOTIONALLY TIRED. I FOUND WHEN I WOULD OVER DO IT (WORKING 9 HRS INSTEAD OF 7 OR 8) I WAS MORE TIRED THE NEXT DAY. DO NOT JUST LAY AROUND EITHER. THAT WILL MAKE IT WORSE AS WELL, BUT PACE YOURSELF. I WOULD START WORK @430AM OR 50AM. WORK 4 HR. GO HOME. GO BACK @ 300PM AND WORK 4 MORE HRS. I COULD DO THAT @ MY JOB, BUT IF IT IS POSSIBLE FOR YOU I RECOMMEND IT. PACE YOURSELF AND GOD BLESS YOU

I too have extreme problems with fatigue. I took classes for treatment before I started which said to stay moderatly physically active and drink pleanty of water to combat the fatigue. I was able to do that for some time, but when I kept batteling cysts on my skin from shaving (which I had to stop doing for awhile lol), and now finally recovered nothing seems to get rid of the fatigue. It causes major problems because I am a stay at home mom of a nearly 6 year old girl and a nearly 3 year old boy. All I want to do is sleep, and when I try to get physically active I feel 100% worse for days, so I try to rest or take naps, but all that does is makes me want to sleep all day long. I am on week 13 of treatment, am geno-type 1b, and cleared the virus at week 4 but the fatigue is so bad and I don't get help with the kids while my hubby is at work. I just burst out crying. I don't want to quit treatment because my kids are so young and the virus itself makes me too sick to even play with my kids (that's how I was diagnosed so young with HCV). I talked to my dr's and my hemoglobin is normal, I'm told just to sleep when I'm tired -again that would be all day long which makes me feel yucky. I just feel at my whits end.

Basically, some days are better than others.
Mostly for me it is in the morning, difficult to get ready to go to work, but I do just push through it.
Yes, I have lost some physical strength, like opening a jar is difficult. Good thing for the man around the house!
I am in week 8 and this week has been pretty good for energy, some days I feel kind of dizzy. It seems to help to do some light exercise to build energy, rest when a person can, and just maintain the Little engine that...I think I can, I think I can. Seems laying around too much just makes it worse. Good Luck