Mr O, I feel like that also. So your not alone. Just keep
your heart in it!!! Were doing this for a very good reason.
This to shall pass my friend!!!

Bless you,

Oz

Life is good, mr o! when you feel like crap its really easy to appreaciate the GOOD ones,ya know.
Bill

I hear you Mr O I remember the bleeding gums, achy days, and just plain tired. You get tired of being tired..... Keep your eyes on the prize and I hope you have many more nice dinners with you wife.
Spring will be here before we know it.. The days are getting longer now...

hoping the good days outweigh the bad...

I rercommend a dry mouthwash rinse strongly. It helps. Biotene generic will do you fine.

Bob, when is your finishing date?

I could totally relate to your post.I know one thing for sure there is an end to the madness.It my seem like forever but it will come.It may seem like we are standing still but time keeps moving on.

Thanks for all the support! I try not to come in here just to complain all the time, but face it, treatment sucks.

Time does seem to stand still. It's like when I was in the 4th grade, and spring finally arrived. All I had to do was get through the final period, History with Mr. Powell, then I could go play baseball. But I can remember how time just stood still! He would drone on and on about Magellan and Ponce de Leon, and I would sneak a glance at the clock on only 5 minutes had passed. The windows were open, and I could smell the spring air. Let me outta here!

Two hours later, I would look again, and only 20 minutes had gone by.

Treatment is like that everyday.

Bob

tx does seem to slow life down.... like a lot!!! if only we could just hibernate through it.... but no, the alarm sounds, the stomach rumbles,,,, and its time again for poison and fat! when you look back though, time has passed, and you are very wise to stop and find the moments of gratitude--- that attitude alone will see you through this journey,,, and of course the DS crew! hang in and hang on--- it was 18 below here 2 days ago and my bones were rattling when i was out in it

Yes Im glad to get December over as well. It would different if it was REALLY the birthdate of our Lord But it isnt. And if everyone in the family would be have. It'sike a pissing contset at my folks house haha

Bob if you're on tx (or not and you have HCV) you can complain all you want.

Tx totally sucks I can say entering week #31. Most difficult thing I've ever had to do and it halted my life completely in every way possible. As I've often said, in the ways that I feared it would be bad it wasn't. It was horrible in other ways I've never imagined. The isolation, anhedonia (google it), crazy mood shifts and strange thinking and perseverations. I lost interest in most things because nothing else mattered to me except for getting through this awful experience. I will be done in less than two weeks. Again, if if works I'm glad I did it. I would never do it again myself unless I was dying but that's truly my experience. It was way too much of a long commitment that wrecks your mind, body and soul and it was torture.

I lived here because I had no interest in anything else. I couldn't motivate to do anything more aside from work and minimal social stuff. Totally unlike my pre-tx life. Anyway I've been forcing myself to keep busy since Christmas and will continue to do so until I'm done. I actually feel cruddy today but rolling with it. My life is coming back slowly. I'm grateful for that.

Yes time goes super slow. It's the TREATMENT BLACK HOLE and I know no other way to describe it.

Bitch or rant away when needed. Just remember to post positive and humorous stuff when you're feeling that way too. Others benefit from our truths on tx. I put much of my experience out here as many know. It was the craziest if crazy rides.

My current complaints: For what it's worth Bob, today I feel lower extremity a honest, which I've has little of. My hands, especially right, have been it by lately and sometimes elsewhere. I've had little itchiness throughout. I was really nauseous for a bit y'day (rare too for me on tx), feeling anemic, I'm tired today, feeling a bit amped and maybe a little bitchy, didn't sleep well, I have a strange sensation in my chest (usual intersuckon bs), wish my few small bald patches would heal, one actually almost has but I have a couple others (not too bad overall but hair loss sucks), I have a couple of skin things that will probably scar from this but there are worst things, my mood today is eh, and I just got back in bed. Oh yeah dry mouth persists and that's what I'm dealing with at the moment. Not breathing normally since June. I freaking HATE that and I can't stand it. But it'll all be over soon.

So yeah, screw it. Tx sucks it's nasty poison and harsh on us so rant, bitch, complain, vent whatever!! I feel better already. :-)~

Edit - lower extremity achiness

Hi Bob.
You're right at the point (about 4 mos) that I was when I was most fatigued, and hgb was lowest. Procrit didn't help me. Finishing incivek, stopping riba for about 8 days and finally getting a pint of blood brought my hgb up, and I felt much better after that. Hopefully you will too. What is your hgb?
I used to rinse my mouth w/a little peroxide & water about once a week or so. It helped. My achiness wasn't so bad during the middle of tx, but has come back recently. Ibprophen helps.
I'm glad you had a good day today. I liked to walk when having a good day. or other fun things like clean the house or do laundry..lol.
My energy isn't terrific now, but it's much better.

I'm telling you all this to give you hope. You may be about to come out of the worst of it like I did.

I had new migraines and weird pains in my head near my right ear and in my lungs at times. Those headaches are terrible. Haven't had any real recently but I had that one for EIGHT DAYS STRAIGHT not too long ago. It hurt like a mofo and NOTHING would touch it. That abated AGAIN as have the stabbing pains in my head near my ear. Might I have it again? Yes.

I had a new sore on the right side of my lip. You know the ones. I hadn't had those since July. To the effing end. You could catalogue these sx's.

Bob, I feel for you buddy..... Try Biotene products for the mouth. Keep it up regularly by brushing couple times a day. In a few weeks it will start to feel better.. It worked for me I hope it does the same for you.
Good luck and let me know how it goes. I'd be curious to see if it helps