Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Princess, I do truely understand the fatality of the desease and that everything you say is true. I have done extensive research on it, diet, the liver and everything that goes along with it. I do joke around allot. Not that I don't cheat on my diet, I do. When I was diagnosed with HepC I went through many test before the figured it out. I am one of the rare people who is so symptimatic to the desease the doctors swore I had something else. I had to go on permanent disability. My life is no longer anything close to the same as it was. I get mad at that allot. I was very athletic, independant and hyper. Now, well, we all know what happens. I have to laugh. It is the only way I keep my sanity. And I have to say that there was one really good thing to being diagnosed with this desease. It mad me stop, slow down and take a look around me. Smell the roses. Find out what is really important in my life. I spent all my years as a single parent doing nothing but taking care of my daughter. Making sure she had a good life. A home. Every part of my living was for her. Not that I regret it. But I forgot about me. And my needs. I do beleive there is a cure out there. And eventually we will find it. But I did have to take a good long look at my life. I don't want to be morbid, and yes there is allot more living I would like to do. Seeing my grandchildren. Watching my daughter graduate from college, getting married. You know, the usual stuff. But then I also know that I came from a very dysfunctional family, went through total hell as a teenagere and would never go back to the past. What is done is done. I did this to myself. I became more than I ever thought I would. I cleaned my act up, went to therapy. Learned to beieve in myself and all the things I could do. I have truely lived, loved, learned and done more than I could ever believe that I was capable of before. So............Thought there are things that I do that are not really that good for me, it is in moderation. But just a little joy in life that goes with this horrible desease and all it's horrible side effects. Well, I have to way the balance. And I am the one responsible for what I do! I think everyone should know what is bad for them. But just like everything else in this world, I have to look at moderation. Not total hell because I can never have that. I have to wonder what living is for, if I am so miserable I can't have anything I enjoy just to survive. And do so in such pain I do wonder if it is worth it. For me, and I only speak for me here, I have to say that a little enjoyment of the things I like, though they may hurt me, is worth it. I have a positive attitude, don't get me wrong. I just know that it will be awhile before they come out with something new to treat me. And that is just a fact I have to accecpt. Until then, I will survive, take care of my self the best I can, but I will also enjoy things from time to time. But thank you for being concerned. And laugh at this silly thing. There is not much good in crying over it. Dana Princess wrote:I'm sorry Dana... it's just that the disease is a lot more serious than our doctors really tell us or know about because studies have not been done too extensively yet. If all of you would just take a look at all the physical problems you've over the years, and how you are feeling now, and what certain foods and drinks do to your abdominal area, you'll all realize we are not invincible and that this disease is much like aids or cancer right now. That might sound like cold and hard facts, but it's true and a sick liver cannot handle much abuse --- it shouldn't have any added stress or we are all going to die too young. Princess www.studioreflections.com Re: Meat Dana, Sorry to be the barer of bad news, but things like soda are as big a no-no as red meat and iron. Pizza and spaghetti are equally bad due to the high-fat content... the liver has trouble with fat and when it can't process it correctly, it starts to grow a layer of fat around the shell of the liver. That happened to me, and my doctor said that was not a good thing. Basically, ones Hepatitis C diet should be: high-fiber including metamucil... get your necessary protein from fish, forget all about meats. Fat is bad no matter where it comes from. Princess www.studioreflections.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Princess, I do truely understand the fatality of the desease and that everything you say is true. I have done extensive research on it, diet, the liver and everything that goes along with it. I do joke around allot. Not that I don't cheat on my diet, I do. When I was diagnosed with HepC I went through many test before the figured it out. I am one of the rare people who is so symptimatic to the desease the doctors swore I had something else. I had to go on permanent disability. My life is no longer anything close to the same as it was. I get mad at that allot. I was very athletic, independant and hyper. Now, well, we all know what happens. I have to laugh. It is the only way I keep my sanity. And I have to say that there was one really good thing to being diagnosed with this desease. It mad me stop, slow down and take a look around me. Smell the roses. Find out what is really important in my life. I spent all my years as a single parent doing nothing but taking care of my daughter. Making sure she had a good life. A home. Every part of my living was for her. Not that I regret it. But I forgot about me. And my needs. I do beleive there is a cure out there. And eventually we will find it. But I did have to take a good long look at my life. I don't want to be morbid, and yes there is allot more living I would like to do. Seeing my grandchildren. Watching my daughter graduate from college, getting married. You know, the usual stuff. But then I also know that I came from a very dysfunctional family, went through total hell as a teenagere and would never go back to the past. What is done is done. I did this to myself. I became more than I ever thought I would. I cleaned my act up, went to therapy. Learned to beieve in myself and all the things I could do. I have truely lived, loved, learned and done more than I could ever believe that I was capable of before. So............Thought there are things that I do that are not really that good for me, it is in moderation. But just a little joy in life that goes with this horrible desease and all it's horrible side effects. Well, I have to way the balance. And I am the one responsible for what I do! I think everyone should know what is bad for them. But just like everything else in this world, I have to look at moderation. Not total hell because I can never have that. I have to wonder what living is for, if I am so miserable I can't have anything I enjoy just to survive. And do so in such pain I do wonder if it is worth it. For me, and I only speak for me here, I have to say that a little enjoyment of the things I like, though they may hurt me, is worth it. I have a positive attitude, don't get me wrong. I just know that it will be awhile before they come out with something new to treat me. And that is just a fact I have to accecpt. Until then, I will survive, take care of my self the best I can, but I will also enjoy things from time to time. But thank you for being concerned. And laugh at this silly thing. There is not much good in crying over it. Dana Princess wrote:I'm sorry Dana... it's just that the disease is a lot more serious than our doctors really tell us or know about because studies have not been done too extensively yet. If all of you would just take a look at all the physical problems you've over the years, and how you are feeling now, and what certain foods and drinks do to your abdominal area, you'll all realize we are not invincible and that this disease is much like aids or cancer right now. That might sound like cold and hard facts, but it's true and a sick liver cannot handle much abuse --- it shouldn't have any added stress or we are all going to die too young. Princess www.studioreflections.com Re: Meat Dana, Sorry to be the barer of bad news, but things like soda are as big a no-no as red meat and iron. Pizza and spaghetti are equally bad due to the high-fat content... the liver has trouble with fat and when it can't process it correctly, it starts to grow a layer of fat around the shell of the liver. That happened to me, and my doctor said that was not a good thing. Basically, ones Hepatitis C diet should be: high-fiber including metamucil... get your necessary protein from fish, forget all about meats. Fat is bad no matter where it comes from. Princess www.studioreflections.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Princess, I do truely understand the fatality of the desease and that everything you say is true. I have done extensive research on it, diet, the liver and everything that goes along with it. I do joke around allot. Not that I don't cheat on my diet, I do. When I was diagnosed with HepC I went through many test before the figured it out. I am one of the rare people who is so symptimatic to the desease the doctors swore I had something else. I had to go on permanent disability. My life is no longer anything close to the same as it was. I get mad at that allot. I was very athletic, independant and hyper. Now, well, we all know what happens. I have to laugh. It is the only way I keep my sanity. And I have to say that there was one really good thing to being diagnosed with this desease. It mad me stop, slow down and take a look around me. Smell the roses. Find out what is really important in my life. I spent all my years as a single parent doing nothing but taking care of my daughter. Making sure she had a good life. A home. Every part of my living was for her. Not that I regret it. But I forgot about me. And my needs. I do beleive there is a cure out there. And eventually we will find it. But I did have to take a good long look at my life. I don't want to be morbid, and yes there is allot more living I would like to do. Seeing my grandchildren. Watching my daughter graduate from college, getting married. You know, the usual stuff. But then I also know that I came from a very dysfunctional family, went through total hell as a teenagere and would never go back to the past. What is done is done. I did this to myself. I became more than I ever thought I would. I cleaned my act up, went to therapy. Learned to beieve in myself and all the things I could do. I have truely lived, loved, learned and done more than I could ever believe that I was capable of before. So............Thought there are things that I do that are not really that good for me, it is in moderation. But just a little joy in life that goes with this horrible desease and all it's horrible side effects. Well, I have to way the balance. And I am the one responsible for what I do! I think everyone should know what is bad for them. But just like everything else in this world, I have to look at moderation. Not total hell because I can never have that. I have to wonder what living is for, if I am so miserable I can't have anything I enjoy just to survive. And do so in such pain I do wonder if it is worth it. For me, and I only speak for me here, I have to say that a little enjoyment of the things I like, though they may hurt me, is worth it. I have a positive attitude, don't get me wrong. I just know that it will be awhile before they come out with something new to treat me. And that is just a fact I have to accecpt. Until then, I will survive, take care of my self the best I can, but I will also enjoy things from time to time. But thank you for being concerned. And laugh at this silly thing. There is not much good in crying over it. Dana Princess wrote:I'm sorry Dana... it's just that the disease is a lot more serious than our doctors really tell us or know about because studies have not been done too extensively yet. If all of you would just take a look at all the physical problems you've over the years, and how you are feeling now, and what certain foods and drinks do to your abdominal area, you'll all realize we are not invincible and that this disease is much like aids or cancer right now. That might sound like cold and hard facts, but it's true and a sick liver cannot handle much abuse --- it shouldn't have any added stress or we are all going to die too young. Princess www.studioreflections.com Re: Meat Dana, Sorry to be the barer of bad news, but things like soda are as big a no-no as red meat and iron. Pizza and spaghetti are equally bad due to the high-fat content... the liver has trouble with fat and when it can't process it correctly, it starts to grow a layer of fat around the shell of the liver. That happened to me, and my doctor said that was not a good thing. Basically, ones Hepatitis C diet should be: high-fiber including metamucil... get your necessary protein from fish, forget all about meats. Fat is bad no matter where it comes from. Princess www.studioreflections.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Princess, I do truely understand the fatality of the desease and that everything you say is true. I have done extensive research on it, diet, the liver and everything that goes along with it. I do joke around allot. Not that I don't cheat on my diet, I do. When I was diagnosed with HepC I went through many test before the figured it out. I am one of the rare people who is so symptimatic to the desease the doctors swore I had something else. I had to go on permanent disability. My life is no longer anything close to the same as it was. I get mad at that allot. I was very athletic, independant and hyper. Now, well, we all know what happens. I have to laugh. It is the only way I keep my sanity. And I have to say that there was one really good thing to being diagnosed with this desease. It mad me stop, slow down and take a look around me. Smell the roses. Find out what is really important in my life. I spent all my years as a single parent doing nothing but taking care of my daughter. Making sure she had a good life. A home. Every part of my living was for her. Not that I regret it. But I forgot about me. And my needs. I do beleive there is a cure out there. And eventually we will find it. But I did have to take a good long look at my life. I don't want to be morbid, and yes there is allot more living I would like to do. Seeing my grandchildren. Watching my daughter graduate from college, getting married. You know, the usual stuff. But then I also know that I came from a very dysfunctional family, went through total hell as a teenagere and would never go back to the past. What is done is done. I did this to myself. I became more than I ever thought I would. I cleaned my act up, went to therapy. Learned to beieve in myself and all the things I could do. I have truely lived, loved, learned and done more than I could ever believe that I was capable of before. So............Thought there are things that I do that are not really that good for me, it is in moderation. But just a little joy in life that goes with this horrible desease and all it's horrible side effects. Well, I have to way the balance. And I am the one responsible for what I do! I think everyone should know what is bad for them. But just like everything else in this world, I have to look at moderation. Not total hell because I can never have that. I have to wonder what living is for, if I am so miserable I can't have anything I enjoy just to survive. And do so in such pain I do wonder if it is worth it. For me, and I only speak for me here, I have to say that a little enjoyment of the things I like, though they may hurt me, is worth it. I have a positive attitude, don't get me wrong. I just know that it will be awhile before they come out with something new to treat me. And that is just a fact I have to accecpt. Until then, I will survive, take care of my self the best I can, but I will also enjoy things from time to time. But thank you for being concerned. And laugh at this silly thing. There is not much good in crying over it. Dana Princess wrote:I'm sorry Dana... it's just that the disease is a lot more serious than our doctors really tell us or know about because studies have not been done too extensively yet. If all of you would just take a look at all the physical problems you've over the years, and how you are feeling now, and what certain foods and drinks do to your abdominal area, you'll all realize we are not invincible and that this disease is much like aids or cancer right now. That might sound like cold and hard facts, but it's true and a sick liver cannot handle much abuse --- it shouldn't have any added stress or we are all going to die too young. Princess www.studioreflections.com Re: Meat Dana, Sorry to be the barer of bad news, but things like soda are as big a no-no as red meat and iron. Pizza and spaghetti are equally bad due to the high-fat content... the liver has trouble with fat and when it can't process it correctly, it starts to grow a layer of fat around the shell of the liver. That happened to me, and my doctor said that was not a good thing. Basically, ones Hepatitis C diet should be: high-fiber including metamucil... get your necessary protein from fish, forget all about meats. Fat is bad no matter where it comes from. Princess www.studioreflections.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Princess, I do truely understand the fatality of the desease and that everything you say is true. I have done extensive research on it, diet, the liver and everything that goes along with it. I do joke around allot. Not that I don't cheat on my diet, I do. When I was diagnosed with HepC I went through many test before the figured it out. I am one of the rare people who is so symptimatic to the desease the doctors swore I had something else. I had to go on permanent disability. My life is no longer anything close to the same as it was. I get mad at that allot. I was very athletic, independant and hyper. Now, well, we all know what happens. I have to laugh. It is the only way I keep my sanity. And I have to say that there was one really good thing to being diagnosed with this desease. It mad me stop, slow down and take a look around me. Smell the roses. Find out what is really important in my life. I spent all my years as a single parent doing nothing but taking care of my daughter. Making sure she had a good life. A home. Every part of my living was for her. Not that I regret it. But I forgot about me. And my needs. I do beleive there is a cure out there. And eventually we will find it. But I did have to take a good long look at my life. I don't want to be morbid, and yes there is allot more living I would like to do. Seeing my grandchildren. Watching my daughter graduate from college, getting married. You know, the usual stuff. But then I also know that I came from a very dysfunctional family, went through total hell as a teenagere and would never go back to the past. What is done is done. I did this to myself. I became more than I ever thought I would. I cleaned my act up, went to therapy. Learned to beieve in myself and all the things I could do. I have truely lived, loved, learned and done more than I could ever believe that I was capable of before. So............Thought there are things that I do that are not really that good for me, it is in moderation. But just a little joy in life that goes with this horrible desease and all it's horrible side effects. Well, I have to way the balance. And I am the one responsible for what I do! I think everyone should know what is bad for them. But just like everything else in this world, I have to look at moderation. Not total hell because I can never have that. I have to wonder what living is for, if I am so miserable I can't have anything I enjoy just to survive. And do so in such pain I do wonder if it is worth it. For me, and I only speak for me here, I have to say that a little enjoyment of the things I like, though they may hurt me, is worth it. I have a positive attitude, don't get me wrong. I just know that it will be awhile before they come out with something new to treat me. And that is just a fact I have to accecpt. Until then, I will survive, take care of my self the best I can, but I will also enjoy things from time to time. But thank you for being concerned. And laugh at this silly thing. There is not much good in crying over it. Dana Princess wrote:I'm sorry Dana... it's just that the disease is a lot more serious than our doctors really tell us or know about because studies have not been done too extensively yet. If all of you would just take a look at all the physical problems you've over the years, and how you are feeling now, and what certain foods and drinks do to your abdominal area, you'll all realize we are not invincible and that this disease is much like aids or cancer right now. That might sound like cold and hard facts, but it's true and a sick liver cannot handle much abuse --- it shouldn't have any added stress or we are all going to die too young. Princess www.studioreflections.com Re: Meat Dana, Sorry to be the barer of bad news, but things like soda are as big a no-no as red meat and iron. Pizza and spaghetti are equally bad due to the high-fat content... the liver has trouble with fat and when it can't process it correctly, it starts to grow a layer of fat around the shell of the liver. That happened to me, and my doctor said that was not a good thing. Basically, ones Hepatitis C diet should be: high-fiber including metamucil... get your necessary protein from fish, forget all about meats. Fat is bad no matter where it comes from. Princess www.studioreflections.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Princess, I do truely understand the fatality of the desease and that everything you say is true. I have done extensive research on it, diet, the liver and everything that goes along with it. I do joke around allot. Not that I don't cheat on my diet, I do. When I was diagnosed with HepC I went through many test before the figured it out. I am one of the rare people who is so symptimatic to the desease the doctors swore I had something else. I had to go on permanent disability. My life is no longer anything close to the same as it was. I get mad at that allot. I was very athletic, independant and hyper. Now, well, we all know what happens. I have to laugh. It is the only way I keep my sanity. And I have to say that there was one really good thing to being diagnosed with this desease. It mad me stop, slow down and take a look around me. Smell the roses. Find out what is really important in my life. I spent all my years as a single parent doing nothing but taking care of my daughter. Making sure she had a good life. A home. Every part of my living was for her. Not that I regret it. But I forgot about me. And my needs. I do beleive there is a cure out there. And eventually we will find it. But I did have to take a good long look at my life. I don't want to be morbid, and yes there is allot more living I would like to do. Seeing my grandchildren. Watching my daughter graduate from college, getting married. You know, the usual stuff. But then I also know that I came from a very dysfunctional family, went through total hell as a teenagere and would never go back to the past. What is done is done. I did this to myself. I became more than I ever thought I would. I cleaned my act up, went to therapy. Learned to beieve in myself and all the things I could do. I have truely lived, loved, learned and done more than I could ever believe that I was capable of before. So............Thought there are things that I do that are not really that good for me, it is in moderation. But just a little joy in life that goes with this horrible desease and all it's horrible side effects. Well, I have to way the balance. And I am the one responsible for what I do! I think everyone should know what is bad for them. But just like everything else in this world, I have to look at moderation. Not total hell because I can never have that. I have to wonder what living is for, if I am so miserable I can't have anything I enjoy just to survive. And do so in such pain I do wonder if it is worth it. For me, and I only speak for me here, I have to say that a little enjoyment of the things I like, though they may hurt me, is worth it. I have a positive attitude, don't get me wrong. I just know that it will be awhile before they come out with something new to treat me. And that is just a fact I have to accecpt. Until then, I will survive, take care of my self the best I can, but I will also enjoy things from time to time. But thank you for being concerned. And laugh at this silly thing. There is not much good in crying over it. Dana Princess wrote:I'm sorry Dana... it's just that the disease is a lot more serious than our doctors really tell us or know about because studies have not been done too extensively yet. If all of you would just take a look at all the physical problems you've over the years, and how you are feeling now, and what certain foods and drinks do to your abdominal area, you'll all realize we are not invincible and that this disease is much like aids or cancer right now. That might sound like cold and hard facts, but it's true and a sick liver cannot handle much abuse --- it shouldn't have any added stress or we are all going to die too young. Princess www.studioreflections.com Re: Meat Dana, Sorry to be the barer of bad news, but things like soda are as big a no-no as red meat and iron. Pizza and spaghetti are equally bad due to the high-fat content... the liver has trouble with fat and when it can't process it correctly, it starts to grow a layer of fat around the shell of the liver. That happened to me, and my doctor said that was not a good thing. Basically, ones Hepatitis C diet should be: high-fiber including metamucil... get your necessary protein from fish, forget all about meats. Fat is bad no matter where it comes from. Princess www.studioreflections.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Dana, Your note is truly sweet, and thank-you for saying what many of us feel... it's just sometimes I get concerned that some of us might not be aware of the no-no things because doctors are still very uninformed. *hugs Dana* Princess www.studioreflections.com Re: Meat Dana, Sorry to be the barer of bad news, but things like soda are as big a no-no as red meat and iron. Pizza and spaghetti are equally bad due to the high-fat content... the liver has trouble with fat and when it can't process it correctly, it starts to grow a layer of fat around the shell of the liver. That happened to me, and my doctor said that was not a good thing. Basically, ones Hepatitis C diet should be: high-fiber including metamucil... get your necessary protein from fish, forget all about meats. Fat is bad no matter where it comes from. Princess www.studioreflections.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Dana, Your note is truly sweet, and thank-you for saying what many of us feel... it's just sometimes I get concerned that some of us might not be aware of the no-no things because doctors are still very uninformed. *hugs Dana* Princess www.studioreflections.com Re: Meat Dana, Sorry to be the barer of bad news, but things like soda are as big a no-no as red meat and iron. Pizza and spaghetti are equally bad due to the high-fat content... the liver has trouble with fat and when it can't process it correctly, it starts to grow a layer of fat around the shell of the liver. That happened to me, and my doctor said that was not a good thing. Basically, ones Hepatitis C diet should be: high-fiber including metamucil... get your necessary protein from fish, forget all about meats. Fat is bad no matter where it comes from. Princess www.studioreflections.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Princess, I really hate saying this since our lives are truely in the doctors hands. But most of them I have been to know less than I do. They should have to do much research on HepC before they are turned loose on treating people with HepC. The things I am told by most of them, well, it is just crazy. Then they want to know if you are stressed or depressed? What kind of silly question is that to ask? Idiots!! Dana Princess wrote:Dana, Your note is truly sweet, and thank-you for saying what many of us feel... it's just sometimes I get concerned that some of us might not be aware of the no-no things because doctors are still very uninformed. *hugs Dana* Princess www.studioreflections.com Re: Meat Dana, Sorry to be the barer of bad news, but things like soda are as big a no-no as red meat and iron. Pizza and spaghetti are equally bad due to the high-fat content... the liver has trouble with fat and when it can't process it correctly, it starts to grow a layer of fat around the shell of the liver. That happened to me, and my doctor said that was not a good thing. Basically, ones Hepatitis C diet should be: high-fiber including metamucil... get your necessary protein from fish, forget all about meats. Fat is bad no matter where it comes from. Princess www.studioreflections.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Princess, I really hate saying this since our lives are truely in the doctors hands. But most of them I have been to know less than I do. They should have to do much research on HepC before they are turned loose on treating people with HepC. The things I am told by most of them, well, it is just crazy. Then they want to know if you are stressed or depressed? What kind of silly question is that to ask? Idiots!! Dana Princess wrote:Dana, Your note is truly sweet, and thank-you for saying what many of us feel... it's just sometimes I get concerned that some of us might not be aware of the no-no things because doctors are still very uninformed. *hugs Dana* Princess www.studioreflections.com Re: Meat Dana, Sorry to be the barer of bad news, but things like soda are as big a no-no as red meat and iron. Pizza and spaghetti are equally bad due to the high-fat content... the liver has trouble with fat and when it can't process it correctly, it starts to grow a layer of fat around the shell of the liver. That happened to me, and my doctor said that was not a good thing. Basically, ones Hepatitis C diet should be: high-fiber including metamucil... get your necessary protein from fish, forget all about meats. Fat is bad no matter where it comes from. Princess www.studioreflections.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Dana, You are right... over the years since high school, I have been accused to being lazy, it's all in my head, chew your food slower so you your stomach doesn't get sick, it's a female thing, put me on Prozac, a hypochondriac, and so on... I'm sure there's a few dozen more things as well. My ex-husband was a big accuser of things, though now we are friends, well sort of. Our lives our in our own hands, the way I see it, not the doctors. I believe that our generation will die off before the medical institutions have a grip on this disease. In the next 5 years, more and more from our baby boomer years are going to show up with Hepatitis C... the problem is that like with all diseases, it takes years of clinical studies to find definitive answers and our generation doesn't have that time. At least I don't think we do. Princess www.studioreflections.com Re: Meat Dana, Sorry to be the barer of bad news, but things like soda are as big a no-no as red meat and iron. Pizza and spaghetti are equally bad due to the high-fat content... the liver has trouble with fat and when it can't process it correctly, it starts to grow a layer of fat around the shell of the liver. That happened to me, and my doctor said that was not a good thing. Basically, ones Hepatitis C diet should be: high-fiber including metamucil... get your necessary protein from fish, forget all about meats. Fat is bad no matter where it comes from. Princess www.studioreflections.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Dana, You are right... over the years since high school, I have been accused to being lazy, it's all in my head, chew your food slower so you your stomach doesn't get sick, it's a female thing, put me on Prozac, a hypochondriac, and so on... I'm sure there's a few dozen more things as well. My ex-husband was a big accuser of things, though now we are friends, well sort of. Our lives our in our own hands, the way I see it, not the doctors. I believe that our generation will die off before the medical institutions have a grip on this disease. In the next 5 years, more and more from our baby boomer years are going to show up with Hepatitis C... the problem is that like with all diseases, it takes years of clinical studies to find definitive answers and our generation doesn't have that time. At least I don't think we do. Princess www.studioreflections.com Re: Meat Dana, Sorry to be the barer of bad news, but things like soda are as big a no-no as red meat and iron. Pizza and spaghetti are equally bad due to the high-fat content... the liver has trouble with fat and when it can't process it correctly, it starts to grow a layer of fat around the shell of the liver. That happened to me, and my doctor said that was not a good thing. Basically, ones Hepatitis C diet should be: high-fiber including metamucil... get your necessary protein from fish, forget all about meats. Fat is bad no matter where it comes from. Princess www.studioreflections.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 OK...you hit my nerve! My doctor made me go see a shrink who put me on lithium .....and made me shake and quake so bad......and I started with a 1/4 tablet morning and evening instead of half like the shrink said. when I increased to 1/4 in the morning and 1/2 at night....the 3rd day I had lost my equilibrium...... I told the shrink my depression was due to low progesterone. so I called the shrink and told him lets get this over with. Never did he ask about the shrink.....or if I even went, after telling me December 19, I had to have a letter from a shrink saying he'd follow me for a year. I am flying solo ladies and gentlemen. no anti depressants. so far, other than normal pms symptoms due to the hormone problem.... I am ALL HERE!!!!! If you don't believe me.....look into my barrel and I'll show you! Emo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 OK...you hit my nerve! My doctor made me go see a shrink who put me on lithium .....and made me shake and quake so bad......and I started with a 1/4 tablet morning and evening instead of half like the shrink said. when I increased to 1/4 in the morning and 1/2 at night....the 3rd day I had lost my equilibrium...... I told the shrink my depression was due to low progesterone. so I called the shrink and told him lets get this over with. Never did he ask about the shrink.....or if I even went, after telling me December 19, I had to have a letter from a shrink saying he'd follow me for a year. I am flying solo ladies and gentlemen. no anti depressants. so far, other than normal pms symptoms due to the hormone problem.... I am ALL HERE!!!!! If you don't believe me.....look into my barrel and I'll show you! Emo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Princess, You sound allot like me. All we can do is pray. I know I have till my daughter graduates High School. I asked God to at least give me that. She is BiPolar and my ex-husband is BiPolar and his wife has MS. There is no one else to take care of her. She is very hard to handle. But I love her so. And I believe in her. So God will at least give me that. And if we are all lucky, we will have much more time than that. I have already done the Interferon thing in I don't know how many catagories. Keep failing and getting sicker every year. Sometimes, I think you just know. And other times, we are pleasantly surprised. So many around me hold out for the best. I do not react well with interferon or the riboviron, how ever you spell it. Seems to be all there messing with. Oh well, we shall see. I will keep my eyes open and just do what I can to treat the symptoms. Acupunture here I come! Tehee. That's what I need, thousands of little needles pocking me. Come to think of it, that's how this whole mess started when I was an invinsible teen!! Maybe that will be the cure. Dana Princess wrote:Dana, You are right... over the years since high school, I have been accused to being lazy, it's all in my head, chew your food slower so you your stomach doesn't get sick, it's a female thing, put me on Prozac, a hypochondriac, and so on... I'm sure there's a few dozen more things as well. My ex-husband was a big accuser of things, though now we are friends, well sort of. Our lives our in our own hands, the way I see it, not the doctors. I believe that our generation will die off before the medical institutions have a grip on this disease. In the next 5 years, more and more from our baby boomer years are going to show up with Hepatitis C... the problem is that like with all diseases, it takes years of clinical studies to find definitive answers and our generation doesn't have that time. At least I don't think we do. Princess www.studioreflections.com Re: Meat Dana, Sorry to be the barer of bad news, but things like soda are as big a no-no as red meat and iron. Pizza and spaghetti are equally bad due to the high-fat content... the liver has trouble with fat and when it can't process it correctly, it starts to grow a layer of fat around the shell of the liver. That happened to me, and my doctor said that was not a good thing. Basically, ones Hepatitis C diet should be: high-fiber including metamucil... get your necessary protein from fish, forget all about meats. Fat is bad no matter where it comes from. Princess www.studioreflections.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Princess, You sound allot like me. All we can do is pray. I know I have till my daughter graduates High School. I asked God to at least give me that. She is BiPolar and my ex-husband is BiPolar and his wife has MS. There is no one else to take care of her. She is very hard to handle. But I love her so. And I believe in her. So God will at least give me that. And if we are all lucky, we will have much more time than that. I have already done the Interferon thing in I don't know how many catagories. Keep failing and getting sicker every year. Sometimes, I think you just know. And other times, we are pleasantly surprised. So many around me hold out for the best. I do not react well with interferon or the riboviron, how ever you spell it. Seems to be all there messing with. Oh well, we shall see. I will keep my eyes open and just do what I can to treat the symptoms. Acupunture here I come! Tehee. That's what I need, thousands of little needles pocking me. Come to think of it, that's how this whole mess started when I was an invinsible teen!! Maybe that will be the cure. Dana Princess wrote:Dana, You are right... over the years since high school, I have been accused to being lazy, it's all in my head, chew your food slower so you your stomach doesn't get sick, it's a female thing, put me on Prozac, a hypochondriac, and so on... I'm sure there's a few dozen more things as well. My ex-husband was a big accuser of things, though now we are friends, well sort of. Our lives our in our own hands, the way I see it, not the doctors. I believe that our generation will die off before the medical institutions have a grip on this disease. In the next 5 years, more and more from our baby boomer years are going to show up with Hepatitis C... the problem is that like with all diseases, it takes years of clinical studies to find definitive answers and our generation doesn't have that time. At least I don't think we do. Princess www.studioreflections.com Re: Meat Dana, Sorry to be the barer of bad news, but things like soda are as big a no-no as red meat and iron. Pizza and spaghetti are equally bad due to the high-fat content... the liver has trouble with fat and when it can't process it correctly, it starts to grow a layer of fat around the shell of the liver. That happened to me, and my doctor said that was not a good thing. Basically, ones Hepatitis C diet should be: high-fiber including metamucil... get your necessary protein from fish, forget all about meats. Fat is bad no matter where it comes from. Princess www.studioreflections.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Dana, { You sound allot like me. All we can do is pray. I know I have till my daughter graduates High School. I asked God to at least give me that. She is BiPolar and my ex-husband is BiPolar and his wife has MS. There is no one else to take care of her. She is very hard to handle. But I love her so. And I believe in her. So God will at least give me that. And if we are all lucky, we will have much more time than that. I have already done the Interferon thing in I don't know how many catagories. Keep failing and getting sicker every year. Sometimes, I think you just know. And other times, we are pleasantly surprised. So many around me hold out for the best. I do not react well with interferon or the riboviron, how ever you spell it. Seems to be all there messing with. Oh well, we shall see. I will keep my eyes open and just do what I can to treat the symptoms. Acup! unture here I come! Tehee. That's what I need, thousands of little needles pocking me. Come to think of it, that's how this whole mess started when I was an invinsible teen!! Maybe that will be the cure. } I thought I was invincible up to a year or so ago --- rude awakening with Pancreatitis, then removal of the Gallbladder. I'm told that people with a history of Pancreatitis are not supposed to do Interferon, so next weeks blood tests will include a check on the Pancreatic enzymes. My son still lives with his father in California, we were divorced a few years back and are better friends now than before. I have always felt there was something wrong with my son, he's just turned 21 and is slower than everyone around him. He always has been. But, his father chose to overlook things over the years and I had no say-so. I strongly suspect my son caught my Hepatitis when he was born, but he's afraid to go get tested *sighs*... he and his girlfriend have also gotten tattoos under less than clean conditions, not knowing about any risks at the time. I also think he is bi-polar, but that also remains to be seen. I've not seen him or my step-daughter since I left California about 4 years ago or so. It's been rough on both sides of the fence, I guess. This is my first go-round with treatment... I finish up the end of November, and I won't know until then what my status is. I only know that I don't have much healthy liver left. I never abused alcohol or iv drugs, but when I caught this disease, it caused me alot of liver damage up front, at age 14... I was jaundice, in the hospital for two months. Ah well *sighs*... shit happens, still rings a bell... Hugs, Princess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Dana, { You sound allot like me. All we can do is pray. I know I have till my daughter graduates High School. I asked God to at least give me that. She is BiPolar and my ex-husband is BiPolar and his wife has MS. There is no one else to take care of her. She is very hard to handle. But I love her so. And I believe in her. So God will at least give me that. And if we are all lucky, we will have much more time than that. I have already done the Interferon thing in I don't know how many catagories. Keep failing and getting sicker every year. Sometimes, I think you just know. And other times, we are pleasantly surprised. So many around me hold out for the best. I do not react well with interferon or the riboviron, how ever you spell it. Seems to be all there messing with. Oh well, we shall see. I will keep my eyes open and just do what I can to treat the symptoms. Acup! unture here I come! Tehee. That's what I need, thousands of little needles pocking me. Come to think of it, that's how this whole mess started when I was an invinsible teen!! Maybe that will be the cure. } I thought I was invincible up to a year or so ago --- rude awakening with Pancreatitis, then removal of the Gallbladder. I'm told that people with a history of Pancreatitis are not supposed to do Interferon, so next weeks blood tests will include a check on the Pancreatic enzymes. My son still lives with his father in California, we were divorced a few years back and are better friends now than before. I have always felt there was something wrong with my son, he's just turned 21 and is slower than everyone around him. He always has been. But, his father chose to overlook things over the years and I had no say-so. I strongly suspect my son caught my Hepatitis when he was born, but he's afraid to go get tested *sighs*... he and his girlfriend have also gotten tattoos under less than clean conditions, not knowing about any risks at the time. I also think he is bi-polar, but that also remains to be seen. I've not seen him or my step-daughter since I left California about 4 years ago or so. It's been rough on both sides of the fence, I guess. This is my first go-round with treatment... I finish up the end of November, and I won't know until then what my status is. I only know that I don't have much healthy liver left. I never abused alcohol or iv drugs, but when I caught this disease, it caused me alot of liver damage up front, at age 14... I was jaundice, in the hospital for two months. Ah well *sighs*... shit happens, still rings a bell... Hugs, Princess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Emo, { OK...you hit my nerve! My doctor made me go see a shrink who put me on lithium .....and made me shake and quake so bad......and I started with a 1/4 tablet morning and evening instead of half like the shrink said. when I increased to 1/4 in the morning and 1/2 at night....the 3rd day I had lost my equilibrium......I told the shrink my depression was due to low progesterone. so I called the shrink and told him lets get this over with. Never did he ask about the shrink.....or if I even went, after telling me December 19, I had to have a letter from a shrink saying he'd follow me for a year. I am flying solo ladies and gentlemen. no anti depressants. so far, other than normal pms symptoms due to the hormone problem.... I am ALL HERE!!!!! If you don't believe me.....look into my barrel and I'll show you! } Yes, I've run into a few people who chose to go without the anti-depressants. I have often been tempted to stop, but haven't yet... I take a half of a Paxil at bedtime, and a half of Buspirone in the morning and at bedtime. They also put me on Trazodone at bedtime since I'd gone almost two weeks of not being able to fall asleep. This isn't easy, off treatment or on treatment... I often wonder, being a genotype 3a which is supposed to have up to 60 percent success rate, why my liver still hurts at the moment. I must no be responding if it still hurts is how I am thinking... Hugs, Princess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Emo, { OK...you hit my nerve! My doctor made me go see a shrink who put me on lithium .....and made me shake and quake so bad......and I started with a 1/4 tablet morning and evening instead of half like the shrink said. when I increased to 1/4 in the morning and 1/2 at night....the 3rd day I had lost my equilibrium......I told the shrink my depression was due to low progesterone. so I called the shrink and told him lets get this over with. Never did he ask about the shrink.....or if I even went, after telling me December 19, I had to have a letter from a shrink saying he'd follow me for a year. I am flying solo ladies and gentlemen. no anti depressants. so far, other than normal pms symptoms due to the hormone problem.... I am ALL HERE!!!!! If you don't believe me.....look into my barrel and I'll show you! } Yes, I've run into a few people who chose to go without the anti-depressants. I have often been tempted to stop, but haven't yet... I take a half of a Paxil at bedtime, and a half of Buspirone in the morning and at bedtime. They also put me on Trazodone at bedtime since I'd gone almost two weeks of not being able to fall asleep. This isn't easy, off treatment or on treatment... I often wonder, being a genotype 3a which is supposed to have up to 60 percent success rate, why my liver still hurts at the moment. I must no be responding if it still hurts is how I am thinking... Hugs, Princess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Gosh, Princess, you have just opened up a flood of memories for me! I guess I've been tired for a lot longer than I remembered. I went to get my Hep A and Hep B vaccinations today and the nurse assured me that I could have had this for as long as my dr. says, that it was either from a blood transfusion when I was 10 or when I was 12. My father used to call me a lazy bum when I was a teenager, because I just had no energy. I used to do whatever I could to skip PE in high school, because I'd be falling asleep in class for the rest of the day. And I've gotten everything else you said from doctors over the years about my digestive problems. I even went into full-blown anorexia for about 10 years because I never knew what it was that I ate, was going to *kill* my stomach. I decided not to eat at all, unless I absolutely had to. (This is before anorexia was diagnosed as a disease, hmmm, just like Hep C) I got down to 83#, and was wondering if I could break into the 70's - your mind does get nuts once you start on this path. I've heard of a lot of reasons why girls become anorexic, but to me, my weight was the only thing in my life I could control, and the skinnier I got, the nicer people were to me. I was doing the best I could, feeling like crap all the time, always tired, but somehow was made to feel it was my fault. What turned me around were the ladies from Al-Anon, who made me believe I could be in control of my life, not stay married to a drunk, and not believe what anyone else told me over what I believed myself. And that includes doctors! Thank you so much for your input to this list, you add so much. Marilyn Re: Princess-Dana Dana, You are right... over the years since high school, I have been accused to being lazy, it's all in my head, chew your food slower so you your stomach doesn't get sick, it's a female thing, put me on Prozac, a hypochondriac, and so on... I'm sure there's a few dozen more things as well. My ex-husband was a big accuser of things, though now we are friends, well sort of. Our lives our in our own hands, the way I see it, not the doctors. I believe that our generation will die off before the medical institutions have a grip on this disease. In the next 5 years, more and more from our baby boomer years are going to show up with Hepatitis C... the problem is that like with all diseases, it takes years of clinical studies to find definitive answers and our generation doesn't have that time. At least I don't think we do. Princess www.studioreflections.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Gosh, Princess, you have just opened up a flood of memories for me! I guess I've been tired for a lot longer than I remembered. I went to get my Hep A and Hep B vaccinations today and the nurse assured me that I could have had this for as long as my dr. says, that it was either from a blood transfusion when I was 10 or when I was 12. My father used to call me a lazy bum when I was a teenager, because I just had no energy. I used to do whatever I could to skip PE in high school, because I'd be falling asleep in class for the rest of the day. And I've gotten everything else you said from doctors over the years about my digestive problems. I even went into full-blown anorexia for about 10 years because I never knew what it was that I ate, was going to *kill* my stomach. I decided not to eat at all, unless I absolutely had to. (This is before anorexia was diagnosed as a disease, hmmm, just like Hep C) I got down to 83#, and was wondering if I could break into the 70's - your mind does get nuts once you start on this path. I've heard of a lot of reasons why girls become anorexic, but to me, my weight was the only thing in my life I could control, and the skinnier I got, the nicer people were to me. I was doing the best I could, feeling like crap all the time, always tired, but somehow was made to feel it was my fault. What turned me around were the ladies from Al-Anon, who made me believe I could be in control of my life, not stay married to a drunk, and not believe what anyone else told me over what I believed myself. And that includes doctors! Thank you so much for your input to this list, you add so much. Marilyn Re: Princess-Dana Dana, You are right... over the years since high school, I have been accused to being lazy, it's all in my head, chew your food slower so you your stomach doesn't get sick, it's a female thing, put me on Prozac, a hypochondriac, and so on... I'm sure there's a few dozen more things as well. My ex-husband was a big accuser of things, though now we are friends, well sort of. Our lives our in our own hands, the way I see it, not the doctors. I believe that our generation will die off before the medical institutions have a grip on this disease. In the next 5 years, more and more from our baby boomer years are going to show up with Hepatitis C... the problem is that like with all diseases, it takes years of clinical studies to find definitive answers and our generation doesn't have that time. At least I don't think we do. Princess www.studioreflections.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Dana, I had acupuncture years ago to try to quit smoking. It did make me quit, but I had screaming nightmares that someone was butchering my kids, and I had to light back up to stop them. Now that I'm learning about holistic supplements, I'm thinking I should have had them along with the acupuncture. I may try it again, nothing else has helped me quit. They are the teeniest needles, you don't even know they are in there. You lay in the dark and just meditate, and you start to feel the neatest buzzing feeling throughout your body, like you are being re-charged somehow. Does anybody have any experience with acupuncture and Hep C? Marilyn Re: Princess-Dana Acupunture here I come! Tehee. That's what I need, thousands of little needles pocking me. Come to think of it, that's how this whole mess started when I was an invinsible teen!! Maybe that will be the cure. Dana Princess wrote:Dana, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Dana, I had acupuncture years ago to try to quit smoking. It did make me quit, but I had screaming nightmares that someone was butchering my kids, and I had to light back up to stop them. Now that I'm learning about holistic supplements, I'm thinking I should have had them along with the acupuncture. I may try it again, nothing else has helped me quit. They are the teeniest needles, you don't even know they are in there. You lay in the dark and just meditate, and you start to feel the neatest buzzing feeling throughout your body, like you are being re-charged somehow. Does anybody have any experience with acupuncture and Hep C? Marilyn Re: Princess-Dana Acupunture here I come! Tehee. That's what I need, thousands of little needles pocking me. Come to think of it, that's how this whole mess started when I was an invinsible teen!! Maybe that will be the cure. Dana Princess wrote:Dana, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 Emo, are you sure you're not the comedian I know about? You are tooooo funny! Marilyn I am flying solo ladies and gentlemen. no anti depressants. so far, other than normal pms symptoms due to the hormone problem.... I am ALL HERE!!!!! If you don't believe me.....look into my barrel and I'll show you! Emo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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