Look in to DHEA..Read about on Mayo Clinic. Arthritis what you have the stinking meds bought it on. I take 100mg every evening. I couldn't take off a cap of a Coke bottle, I had to use the device. . I find the treatment accidentally as I was taking it for low testosterone. All of a sudden my Arthritis pain disappeared! I finished the treatment in 2012...The Arthritis started in 2014.Cheap treatment GNC ---$27 for 90 days of pills. One a day.

Cryoglobulin is what ravaged my joints. It was diagnosed in 2009 by a Rheumatologist (I was already Rheumatoid-Factor Positive as dx'd in 1999 by another RhDoc).

There's more info now than back in 2009 about how HepC-Induced Cryoglobulinemia are linked, and yes indeed, this condition does make your hands and feet hurt worse than other joints in the body. I tried to find the links I read a few weeks back on this, but sure you can read up on it by searching Cryoglobulinemia AND Hep C, etc.

I began taking Turmeric (Curcumin 35%) with Boswellia I get thru Swanson's Vitamins online about 2 months ago, and it is really helping reduce my pain levels quite a bit now that it's built up after regular use (about $14 per month). Or look up Turmeric Life dot com, I think is another site, but it's for making a paste of it to use in cooking (I don't cook much anymore, so not for me - I prefer a supplement).

Sorry to hear about your pain. I do relate, as I've had my left base-thumb joint replaced back in 2010, and need the right one done; also had my left big toe joint repaired & arthritis bone spur atop the joint removed in 2009. It's acting up again, and probably need a fusion at this point, as so much arthritis is in there.

Anyway, read up on Cryoglobulins and Hep C everyone ... get checked out - Request from your Primary Docs to get a referral to the best RheumDoc in your area (I asked my HepC/GI Doc's office for a recommendation, and the DOC actually called me himself on Sunday to tell me the name & clarified for me this doc is up to date on the newer info around this very issue...). So am at the beginning stages of getting my levels checked again, cuz I don't know if it goes away after treatment or not.

Thanks ,both of you \
I will look into both these things .I already have tumeric as a supplement that the Doc said was OK even on the TX
I have 12 weeks to go
Just praying it doesnt get much worse
I.m going to look up both now
all the best
Jan

Jan - way back in early 2000 or so, I was referred to the Head of Rheumatogy in Loyola as my FIbro was so severe and it turned out my Rheumatoid factor was off.

I could barely move anything in my body. (those memories make me shudder).
I am still going thru feet/hand and joint problems, although they are getting better since I killed the Hep C. That helps but I think I need more help yet.

While you are on treatment, so many things flare up that it is hard to figure out what is from the treatment and what is not. I even had UTI's that kept coming back and then not showing any bacteria, so the Doc said it has to be the treatment I was on. She was right.
It all stopped once I cleared those meds.

My left foot today is bothering me and my wrists and ankles. I have a left shoulder that has been killing me for 2 days now. I watch my older hubby (5 years older - age 66) doing everything and I am pitiful.
I am still going out and enjoy this beautiful day as we don't get many like this anymore as our cooler weather is headed our way.

Sorry, I am complaining about myself.

This DHEA - I looked it up and it is a male hormone (would that be for women too?) Just curious.

I do plan on looking up that Cryoglobulin and see what that is all about. So many things destroying our bodies and the cure was there, just not discovered yet. I am GRATEFUL that I have made it.
This virus has been with me for over 25 years and I can't believe I am still alive.
I do believe we all have a purpose in life to be fulfilled.

God Bless and good luck in finishing your treatment. You are doing great....It is a long haul, I know - I did the same tx.

I have problems with my hands/wrists and feet/ankles too. I started with osteoarthritis in thumb joints but after treatment, I developed body aches and arthritis and plantar fasciitis in feet/ankles.

Dr thought I might be developing fibromyalgia. I decided to get off most of my meds (anti-depressants and sleeping pill) but am still on a very strong anti-inflammatory (celebrex) and weaning off valium.

I also take glucosamine, omega 3, curcumin, calcium and a few other things hoping to beat the pain this way but so far it is not working.

My next experiment is to get of wheat as I hear that can cause a lot of problems. I have been on disability for over 2 years and I hate it. I want to get better and get back to work !!

Are you sure its from the treatment and that maybe your arthritis has gotten worse?? But not because of the treatment. I think people here start getting other symptoms of things and right away if they are on treatment they automatically think it is the treatment med. I don't think we can blame every single aliment on the treatment. It may have just started to get worse....

I am quite convinced my arthritis got worse on treatment - whether it was from the celebrex or the harvoni, I guess I will never know.

@trixie daisy ..no Iam totally not sure if it has anything to do with treatment ..I think that was why I just wondered if any one else had had any problems at all with the joint because of the tx ..
Over the years I have just brushed everything else off as because of the hep c ..
But I now have some things that were totally unrelated that I let get bad because I blamed the hep c when they should have been treated for that specific thing ages ago ..
I didnt want to just brush it off if it is something like RA or anything else that can be prevented or treated lol
I have decided to get my Family Doc to check it out so that anything else can be ruled out.
Thank you all for your help..