It could be the Riba. It takes about 6 months for it to clear from your body.
It stays in your RBCs until they are recycled (3-6 months).
That is why the Pharms warn you not to get pregnant or father a child for 6 months.
I am in the same situation as you, day 94 post TX.
Hang in there!

I have heard that some of these lingering sides, stay with us. I'm nearly at a year post tx, and have the achy joints, exp right before my moon time.

My vision became poorer. I'm thinking that tx just sped up a little bit of my aging process. I can live with it, I guess.

I still don't think the cure is worse.

hi msclo, sorry to hear you're feeling like this but it's good the endo found that you need meds for your thyroid? better than NOT knowing. i'm still not back to normal fully either...

hmmmmmm.......I am just at the 6 week mark myself and I too feel achy. My hair is falling out a lot and after not having much problem with riba-rash while on treatment, now I suddenly have red itchy blotches all over.

The other thing is that I am waiting to see an endocrinologist because my thyroid is not functioning at a satisfactory rate since about midway thru treatment.

I still continue to put on weight and increase my pants size. I now understand the physical dynamics of plumbers pants and why their ass is always hanging out.....it is because they are shaped like a cone and their belly is wider than their ass. which is my current shape.

All that being said I feel amazing compared to the way that I felt for the past year, and even for the last few years before treatment. I think sometimes we forget that most of us felt crappy before treatment.....so feeling crappy after treatment but being HCV free is not such a bad deal.

russoul- just say no to Crack !! Plumbers crack anyway.

russoul do like me and just forget the pants :)

I stopped tx may 6th and still have the same symptoms as you do & also made my vision worst.

I contracted sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease from treatment.

my vision problem cleared up thank goodness.
my eyes were so dry I was using drops all day long.then I started getting a black band of darkness in my right eye across the lower half. I thought it was my retina crashing but it went away finally after a few weeks

started the first treatment before I found this site and everyone , everyone at the fn VA just told me how bad the sides are, after I started I was kinda relieved but then about the same time I started feeling the same things your going through, this is the norm unfortunately, good days and bad days, the fatigue was the killer for me, think thats what brings on the depression, the lack of strength or will to get up and go,,hang in there, keep asking questions, and good luck

I also have vision problems. My vision is worse on some days, better on others - weird. I also had retina hemorrhaging and cotton wool spots during tx. For a while they had to cut down on the amount of tx. Tx can blind !!

i got an email for the dr today, he said " there are some patients who side effects can linger on for some time, even
years. i hope you get better quickly."

At least he admits there are sides!

I think if Dr.s were completely open about all the risks no one would even try and some folks have had success.
It is a bitch of a treatment though and for the rest of us it can make our situation worse than it was if we didn't bother at all.
I am a risk taker when it comes to this though because on my dying day I don't want to wonder if I should have tried and didn't.

MC how long have you been off treatment? It took me a long time to feel back to normal. I would say at least a good 6 months. I'm back to my regular work out routine, but it took awhile post tx.

were all ancient andrea, we dont spring back too well..its taken 3 yrs for my muscles to stop hurting. thinkin bout putting grease fittings in my elbows..sumbitches still hurt..