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well i am not feeling well and actually was going to post this on someone's positive post about being UNDIE and sharing the great news of why we do this. but i cut it , because i know i was about to be a buzz kill on their happy post. so i thus, dedicate this to my own pity party.
i hope it is the heat and i further hope the heatwave moves on soon
--they keep saying it is going to....the weather reporters.
here is what i cut from other almost post, which i wrote:
long story short after adjusting my riba down now they want me to up it again.
and i feel so hideously awful already ...i am having a hard time with this new instruction
i keep hoping it is the awful heatwave we have been having here that may be part of why i feel so beyond fatigued--
*in the first few weeks of tx, my lab work showed reason for that feeling, as i had gone super anemic , super fast
but the latest BW did not match how i feel.
anyway i am all alone out here in the hot hot city and no way to avoid the heat because my dog needs walking no matter how i feel.
he always can pick up on my weakness , and contrary to the amazing stories you hear of loving dogs ....he uses my weakness to try to control ME on the walks.
he is a good dog but the stubborn stubborn Schnauzer part of him (also the same part that makes him so adorable and endearing to everyone) ...takes full advantage of me and refuses to cooperate when walking. ie., wants to pull and drag me hither and yonder.....chase after /bark at children, cats.....etc., but when i am "in charge"---meaning, walking hiim with authority, he is perfect.
all that was off topic maybe , but i am just in a real slump ...needing to remind myself this too shall pass and i will feel better when it does.
right ?
so i am not really trolling for attention or pat on the back though i would not mind it, lol. i just am curious if anyone else goes through, or went through tx during bad heat and knows whether it is a factor in the dreadful way i feel. thanks. and btw, i would be on here more, but i literally don't feel up to it, most of the time.
poor little me, right. ha ha
i hope it is the heat and i further hope the heatwave moves on soon
--they keep saying it is going to....the weather reporters.
here is what i cut from other almost post, which i wrote:
long story short after adjusting my riba down now they want me to up it again.
and i feel so hideously awful already ...i am having a hard time with this new instruction
i keep hoping it is the awful heatwave we have been having here that may be part of why i feel so beyond fatigued--
*in the first few weeks of tx, my lab work showed reason for that feeling, as i had gone super anemic , super fast
but the latest BW did not match how i feel.
anyway i am all alone out here in the hot hot city and no way to avoid the heat because my dog needs walking no matter how i feel.
he always can pick up on my weakness , and contrary to the amazing stories you hear of loving dogs ....he uses my weakness to try to control ME on the walks.
he is a good dog but the stubborn stubborn Schnauzer part of him (also the same part that makes him so adorable and endearing to everyone) ...takes full advantage of me and refuses to cooperate when walking. ie., wants to pull and drag me hither and yonder.....chase after /bark at children, cats.....etc., but when i am "in charge"---meaning, walking hiim with authority, he is perfect.
all that was off topic maybe , but i am just in a real slump ...needing to remind myself this too shall pass and i will feel better when it does.
right ?
so i am not really trolling for attention or pat on the back though i would not mind it, lol. i just am curious if anyone else goes through, or went through tx during bad heat and knows whether it is a factor in the dreadful way i feel. thanks. and btw, i would be on here more, but i literally don't feel up to it, most of the time.
poor little me, right. ha ha
When I was on Interferon and Riba, everyone complained about the Interferon, but I think the Riba was just as bad. My guess is that it affects different people different ways, depending on your body chemistry.
Hang in there, eventually you will get through it. It's ok to come in here and share how you feel, that's what we're here for.
Sounds like your dog is a handful! I have a stubborn Wiener Dog, I know what it's like. Lots of good advice on the web about training a dog, it's mostly about the pack mentality.
I am sorry you feel so bad .. it is ok to vent and whine and have a pity party ..I live alone as well and did the old inf/riba alone ..I really thought I would die sometimes .it was that bad ..and it failed .uugh.
I feel ok on the tx ..I thought the riba would be bad again.. but I guess my body didnt like the inf..
Hang in there you CAN do this .. How long are you doing 12 or 24 and are you undie yet??? LOL
sorry if you already told me ...i still have brain fog !! .
Remember you only have to get thru 1 day at a time so when your feet hit the floor , think
" I just have to get thru today"
oh i have brain fog ,too, at the moment (it comes and goes)...i am doing the 12 weeks..
thank goodness...i do tell myself i am strong and i am rocking this.....but then i feel all weak dizzy exhausted and i start forgetting i am strong.
the weather is better as of yesterday and i now can say it is not the whole reason, but does feel to be at least a huge part of how i have been feeling !
havhope, i don't want to sound like i am glad you feel weak and dizzy but it made me feel i don't know...braver, to know you feel that way on walks, too.
my dog goes beserk for liver treats too. good idea. i find with him ...if i start feeling irritated , i know better than to yell at him...so i now stop, take some calming breaths and go from there. he ,like other dogs, will not follow weak energy. in my opinion, companion dogs can be great little barometers of how you really feel. Kind of like a lie detector on the other end of the leash. :)
**i just have to share , how much he loves the liver treats; i had used them , back when teaching him to 'roll over' ..which he really only does halfway...i renamed it 'play dead', lol...anyway...all i have to do is pick up the bag containing liver treats, he runs into the living room and rolls over !
or, plays dead whichever way you want to look at it. but still, he always provides me with laughter therapy. he knows what he likes , that's for sure.
btw , mr oso, i know many wiener dogs and i know how they are !! also strong willed but adorable.
as far as the virus load.....i am not yet undetectable ; at least as of...8-10-15...and it could be because i was told to stop the riba for those 2 weeks ...i think it was like ten days i forget really. but nurse told me it is just above where they can call it undetectable .
i have to go do some errands so i can come home and hydrate and sleep. how tired are we of drinking water?
just kidding.....i really try to not overthink it
it is odd though , in public walking dog, feelng like i am so weak etc and because it is not something i want to share with the world i come into contact with, i wonder what they wonder about me. i think it is fairly obvious, if you'd see me walking , compared to my usual, that something is not right with me.
i am grateful to you all and next time i hope to read more of other people's posts and in the ,meantime, you all take care of yourselves , too.
My 2nd treatment was solv & riba, and I did not fare well through that, either.
I expect the #3 will be have-a-macaroni for 24 weeks. We'll see.
You are not alone. I've tried not to post about the torture of treatment because many people get through it just fine.
I am so very tired and so is Hubby - and he never had the virus.
I am catching something from my grand-daughter who is sick.
Hang in there, the Riba most definitely is the culprit!! Back in the old days I was on interfeuron and Riba, and due to my heart - the ER took me off Riba for the weekend. I felt so much better not taking the Riba.....It is a hard drug to tolerate.
You are almost there - at times I had to count day by day (not the full 24 weeks). Our bodies have been through a lot having this virus for so long and now the drugs are kicking it's butt.
You will come out the other side feeling so good - I know I was for months, just to have a little "bump" with this awful nasty cold & chest virus plus throat!!
This too shall pass - didn't mean to do a "pun" with your name.
God Bless you