beachymom

I have technically now swallowed over $100,000 worth of chemicals in 84 days.  It has been one long, often difficult journey, but hopefully it is now over. I will know in a few weeks if it worked. I...

Only 9 days left!! It's the  home stretch baby! Cannot WAIT to feel normal again... no bugs crawling fall over feeling, no itching, no rash, no constant shingles and herpes cold sore outbreaks,...

Just want to share that I am getting excited to be so close to the end of  my TX journey!! I'm in the teens now with just days left, LESS than 3 weeks... and I am so looking forward to getting back...

I have to say week 4 has by far, been the worst for me. Especially with the shingles, and what I have now discovered is a pinched sciatic  nerve in my left hip. My joints and muscles have become...

Instead of my celebrating single digit weeks of TX left left as I had planned, yesterday's insurance shake up, my pity party cryfest, and headache from hell really knocked the wind out of my sails....

And it's going by faster than I thought. :-) Saw the doc today and he confirms all labs look great and no sign of anemia! He fully expects at week 12, I will be undetected and virus free, and not to...

So far anyway... my labs came back great, so no sign of anemia, and I am doing much better since I've adjusted to the side effects. which are not entirely pleasant, but not life shattering...

Well, one full week of TX behind me, and I am doing pretty well!! I've adjusted to meds a bit better, though still get side effects, it's not as debilitating. I even spent a couple of hours on the...

Well, it's day 5 and I'm still alive and kicking. The last couple of days, however, I have noticed my facial skin breaking out in a terrible way! I look like a pubertal 13 year old. Ugh. I think it...

Well, so far, today is the first day since starting treatment that I haven't spent most of the day in bed. That's not to say I don't feel like falling flat on my face, but I'm trying to do a mind...

Just so I have a baseline to look back on in case of Riba anemia:RBC 4.45Hemoglobin 14.7Hemotocrit 43.3MCV 97.3Only 4 hours since my first dose and body feels weird. Head hurts, mouth dry, feel...

First dose down the hatch! Major anxiety, but I visualized these pills full of little army men going to fight the bad guys in my blood and saving my life. I have a headache and dizziness, but...

Begins my journey back hopefully to good health and a long  life. I am all clear for my first day of treatment... 3/14/14 and will take my last does on 6/6/2014. Those look like lucky numbers to me....

I have my doctor appointment today to go sign consent forms for my meds, and to get "training". This is my last hurdle to jump! Getting ready to kick some major booty! HepC, I'm looking at YOU!

My first entry and don't really know what to say.... Joining my first Hep C support group makes it real, I guess. I know I need this extra support, and can't live like my life hasn't changed...