Guest guest Posted July 26, 2003 Report Share Posted July 26, 2003 Hi Tat So glad to hear you have not had sides. I think its great that you are addressing the virus and getting the Peg. You are also relatively young and I think the older we grow, the harder it can be to tolerate treatment. I am at stage 2 as well and although that is still a safe zone, it also says this thing is doing damage and none of us know how fast that continues to happen so I think you will feel good about taking action and from I hear whether you clear or not, you are giving your liver a break while on treatment. I had shot 3 last Thursday and the fatigue is severe, I am wiped but I am choosing to think of this as being very relaxed hahaha. I am still getting to work and getting through that , just no energy for anything else, but thats ok, its temporary. Hang in there, it sounds like everything is well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2003 Report Share Posted July 26, 2003 Hi Tat So glad to hear you have not had sides. I think its great that you are addressing the virus and getting the Peg. You are also relatively young and I think the older we grow, the harder it can be to tolerate treatment. I am at stage 2 as well and although that is still a safe zone, it also says this thing is doing damage and none of us know how fast that continues to happen so I think you will feel good about taking action and from I hear whether you clear or not, you are giving your liver a break while on treatment. I had shot 3 last Thursday and the fatigue is severe, I am wiped but I am choosing to think of this as being very relaxed hahaha. I am still getting to work and getting through that , just no energy for anything else, but thats ok, its temporary. Hang in there, it sounds like everything is well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2003 Report Share Posted July 26, 2003 Hi Tat So glad to hear you have not had sides. I think its great that you are addressing the virus and getting the Peg. You are also relatively young and I think the older we grow, the harder it can be to tolerate treatment. I am at stage 2 as well and although that is still a safe zone, it also says this thing is doing damage and none of us know how fast that continues to happen so I think you will feel good about taking action and from I hear whether you clear or not, you are giving your liver a break while on treatment. I had shot 3 last Thursday and the fatigue is severe, I am wiped but I am choosing to think of this as being very relaxed hahaha. I am still getting to work and getting through that , just no energy for anything else, but thats ok, its temporary. Hang in there, it sounds like everything is well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2003 Report Share Posted July 26, 2003 Hi Tat So glad to hear you have not had sides. I think its great that you are addressing the virus and getting the Peg. You are also relatively young and I think the older we grow, the harder it can be to tolerate treatment. I am at stage 2 as well and although that is still a safe zone, it also says this thing is doing damage and none of us know how fast that continues to happen so I think you will feel good about taking action and from I hear whether you clear or not, you are giving your liver a break while on treatment. I had shot 3 last Thursday and the fatigue is severe, I am wiped but I am choosing to think of this as being very relaxed hahaha. I am still getting to work and getting through that , just no energy for anything else, but thats ok, its temporary. Hang in there, it sounds like everything is well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 That's what happened to me Tat. I prepared for my shot, to lie on the couch and watch a hockey game with drugs for sides handy. And nothing. While I'm gratefull I had no sides, it was a bit of a let down. I had hyped myself up for the big meanie. Mine became the big meanie much later, but the hep treatment (regular combo) symptoms I had were much less than most. I am thankful for that. I think it's what you get when you have a lot of body fat or more muscle or both. Takes longer for the body to metabolize it from the shot area, so it doesn't hit you hard. Glad you are OK Tat!!! Lets cross our fingers it stays easy as pi! (not a typo LOL) Alley alleypat@... http://home.comcast.net/~alleypat " Thou reeky dizzy-eyed pantaloon! " from http://www.tower.org/insult/insult.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 That's what happened to me Tat. I prepared for my shot, to lie on the couch and watch a hockey game with drugs for sides handy. And nothing. While I'm gratefull I had no sides, it was a bit of a let down. I had hyped myself up for the big meanie. Mine became the big meanie much later, but the hep treatment (regular combo) symptoms I had were much less than most. I am thankful for that. I think it's what you get when you have a lot of body fat or more muscle or both. Takes longer for the body to metabolize it from the shot area, so it doesn't hit you hard. Glad you are OK Tat!!! Lets cross our fingers it stays easy as pi! (not a typo LOL) Alley alleypat@... http://home.comcast.net/~alleypat " Thou reeky dizzy-eyed pantaloon! " from http://www.tower.org/insult/insult.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 That's what happened to me Tat. I prepared for my shot, to lie on the couch and watch a hockey game with drugs for sides handy. And nothing. While I'm gratefull I had no sides, it was a bit of a let down. I had hyped myself up for the big meanie. Mine became the big meanie much later, but the hep treatment (regular combo) symptoms I had were much less than most. I am thankful for that. I think it's what you get when you have a lot of body fat or more muscle or both. Takes longer for the body to metabolize it from the shot area, so it doesn't hit you hard. Glad you are OK Tat!!! Lets cross our fingers it stays easy as pi! (not a typo LOL) Alley alleypat@... http://home.comcast.net/~alleypat " Thou reeky dizzy-eyed pantaloon! " from http://www.tower.org/insult/insult.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 That's what happened to me Tat. I prepared for my shot, to lie on the couch and watch a hockey game with drugs for sides handy. And nothing. While I'm gratefull I had no sides, it was a bit of a let down. I had hyped myself up for the big meanie. Mine became the big meanie much later, but the hep treatment (regular combo) symptoms I had were much less than most. I am thankful for that. I think it's what you get when you have a lot of body fat or more muscle or both. Takes longer for the body to metabolize it from the shot area, so it doesn't hit you hard. Glad you are OK Tat!!! Lets cross our fingers it stays easy as pi! (not a typo LOL) Alley alleypat@... http://home.comcast.net/~alleypat " Thou reeky dizzy-eyed pantaloon! " from http://www.tower.org/insult/insult.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 Tat- Glad the first shot went well, hopefully it will stay that way. How much Ribavirin are you taking? gail My first Pegasys shot Did my first Pegasys shot last night at 10 along with my first ribavarinn dose and have taken this morning's ribavarinn. Was all prepared for any potential side effects. Took my amitriptyline and ribavarinn, did my shot, drank a couple cups of chamomile tea, gave my cat her insulin and crawled into my nice clean sheets. LOL, same as when I did rebetron...I woke up almost to the minute 3 hours after my shot and did a body inventory...nothing different, woke up every hour for a couple more hours and did the body inventory and no sides. Went to breakfast this morning and started cleaning house and setting up an area to take my computer apart in. I've isolated my computer problem to the motherboard. Since I don't have the $$ for a new one, a friend is bring in his " spare " computer and we'll move my drives etc. over to that computer until I can afford a new motherboard. But the best news of all is that I don't feel any different today than I did yesterday. Now I know as times goes on, I'll get the crankiness, etc. but at least I'm not going to have to deal with some of the sides that so many people experience with treatment. Alley, I read your note about waiting a year but with Pegasys being offered to me at no charge, I am not going to turn it down. In the last 4 months, all the pieces of my life have been falling into place. Who am I to question how the universe works. Yes, my lab was 44,606,000 international units. If that translates into copies than that is what it is because he emphasized that this was the internation unit determination. Work...well, as long as I handle this treatment as well as I handled rebetron, I'm not concerned. The only lasting sides I've had from rebetron are the lack of a functioning thyroid and dry eyes. Four years again my liver was stage two for both fibrosis and disease (is that right...both rates were a stage 2). By the time I reach the cranky stage, I will have worked through my probabtion period and it won't be so easy to fire me because of health issues. And even though I love the people on this job, I don't like the job. PR work is extremely fast paced and I've not had a lunch or gotten out of the office before 5:30 since I started the job. This is not the way I want to spend the rest of my life. And remember, I have another job waiting on the sidelines. The grassroots organization that I was temping with gave me a counter offer and each week they call and ask me if I'm ready to come back yet. I was a perfect fit at that job and only insurance and treatment convinced me to take this job. But since I'm being treated by county and the the grassroots exective directory made a deal that they would not dock me for any time I had to be out of the office and at county that is better than this job that docks me for time out of the office. Their insurance is marginal because they are a not for profit organization but that is the only thing that kept me from taking their counter offer. I'm still doing work for them on the side. I am a much better fit in a lower paying grassroots organization that fights for fairness to all in all aspects of life than I am in a high profile PR firm. So I have no doubt that I made the right decision in going on Pegasys now. And with the virus being systemic and not just a liver disease, I'm not considering my liver's condition as the most important consideration. Life deals it's cards and we have the choice to go with them or not. My choice is to go for it. There is some reason why after all this time my life has fallen into place again...and to be handed Pegasys which was the treatment of choice if I were to do treatment again shouldn't be passed by. One thing I've learned about life is that it can knock me down sometimes, but never in my 53 years has it been able to keep me down! Blessings Tatezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 Tat- Glad the first shot went well, hopefully it will stay that way. How much Ribavirin are you taking? gail My first Pegasys shot Did my first Pegasys shot last night at 10 along with my first ribavarinn dose and have taken this morning's ribavarinn. Was all prepared for any potential side effects. Took my amitriptyline and ribavarinn, did my shot, drank a couple cups of chamomile tea, gave my cat her insulin and crawled into my nice clean sheets. LOL, same as when I did rebetron...I woke up almost to the minute 3 hours after my shot and did a body inventory...nothing different, woke up every hour for a couple more hours and did the body inventory and no sides. Went to breakfast this morning and started cleaning house and setting up an area to take my computer apart in. I've isolated my computer problem to the motherboard. Since I don't have the $$ for a new one, a friend is bring in his " spare " computer and we'll move my drives etc. over to that computer until I can afford a new motherboard. But the best news of all is that I don't feel any different today than I did yesterday. Now I know as times goes on, I'll get the crankiness, etc. but at least I'm not going to have to deal with some of the sides that so many people experience with treatment. Alley, I read your note about waiting a year but with Pegasys being offered to me at no charge, I am not going to turn it down. In the last 4 months, all the pieces of my life have been falling into place. Who am I to question how the universe works. Yes, my lab was 44,606,000 international units. If that translates into copies than that is what it is because he emphasized that this was the internation unit determination. Work...well, as long as I handle this treatment as well as I handled rebetron, I'm not concerned. The only lasting sides I've had from rebetron are the lack of a functioning thyroid and dry eyes. Four years again my liver was stage two for both fibrosis and disease (is that right...both rates were a stage 2). By the time I reach the cranky stage, I will have worked through my probabtion period and it won't be so easy to fire me because of health issues. And even though I love the people on this job, I don't like the job. PR work is extremely fast paced and I've not had a lunch or gotten out of the office before 5:30 since I started the job. This is not the way I want to spend the rest of my life. And remember, I have another job waiting on the sidelines. The grassroots organization that I was temping with gave me a counter offer and each week they call and ask me if I'm ready to come back yet. I was a perfect fit at that job and only insurance and treatment convinced me to take this job. But since I'm being treated by county and the the grassroots exective directory made a deal that they would not dock me for any time I had to be out of the office and at county that is better than this job that docks me for time out of the office. Their insurance is marginal because they are a not for profit organization but that is the only thing that kept me from taking their counter offer. I'm still doing work for them on the side. I am a much better fit in a lower paying grassroots organization that fights for fairness to all in all aspects of life than I am in a high profile PR firm. So I have no doubt that I made the right decision in going on Pegasys now. And with the virus being systemic and not just a liver disease, I'm not considering my liver's condition as the most important consideration. Life deals it's cards and we have the choice to go with them or not. My choice is to go for it. There is some reason why after all this time my life has fallen into place again...and to be handed Pegasys which was the treatment of choice if I were to do treatment again shouldn't be passed by. One thing I've learned about life is that it can knock me down sometimes, but never in my 53 years has it been able to keep me down! Blessings Tatezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 Tat- Glad the first shot went well, hopefully it will stay that way. How much Ribavirin are you taking? gail My first Pegasys shot Did my first Pegasys shot last night at 10 along with my first ribavarinn dose and have taken this morning's ribavarinn. Was all prepared for any potential side effects. Took my amitriptyline and ribavarinn, did my shot, drank a couple cups of chamomile tea, gave my cat her insulin and crawled into my nice clean sheets. LOL, same as when I did rebetron...I woke up almost to the minute 3 hours after my shot and did a body inventory...nothing different, woke up every hour for a couple more hours and did the body inventory and no sides. Went to breakfast this morning and started cleaning house and setting up an area to take my computer apart in. I've isolated my computer problem to the motherboard. Since I don't have the $$ for a new one, a friend is bring in his " spare " computer and we'll move my drives etc. over to that computer until I can afford a new motherboard. But the best news of all is that I don't feel any different today than I did yesterday. Now I know as times goes on, I'll get the crankiness, etc. but at least I'm not going to have to deal with some of the sides that so many people experience with treatment. Alley, I read your note about waiting a year but with Pegasys being offered to me at no charge, I am not going to turn it down. In the last 4 months, all the pieces of my life have been falling into place. Who am I to question how the universe works. Yes, my lab was 44,606,000 international units. If that translates into copies than that is what it is because he emphasized that this was the internation unit determination. Work...well, as long as I handle this treatment as well as I handled rebetron, I'm not concerned. The only lasting sides I've had from rebetron are the lack of a functioning thyroid and dry eyes. Four years again my liver was stage two for both fibrosis and disease (is that right...both rates were a stage 2). By the time I reach the cranky stage, I will have worked through my probabtion period and it won't be so easy to fire me because of health issues. And even though I love the people on this job, I don't like the job. PR work is extremely fast paced and I've not had a lunch or gotten out of the office before 5:30 since I started the job. This is not the way I want to spend the rest of my life. And remember, I have another job waiting on the sidelines. The grassroots organization that I was temping with gave me a counter offer and each week they call and ask me if I'm ready to come back yet. I was a perfect fit at that job and only insurance and treatment convinced me to take this job. But since I'm being treated by county and the the grassroots exective directory made a deal that they would not dock me for any time I had to be out of the office and at county that is better than this job that docks me for time out of the office. Their insurance is marginal because they are a not for profit organization but that is the only thing that kept me from taking their counter offer. I'm still doing work for them on the side. I am a much better fit in a lower paying grassroots organization that fights for fairness to all in all aspects of life than I am in a high profile PR firm. So I have no doubt that I made the right decision in going on Pegasys now. And with the virus being systemic and not just a liver disease, I'm not considering my liver's condition as the most important consideration. Life deals it's cards and we have the choice to go with them or not. My choice is to go for it. There is some reason why after all this time my life has fallen into place again...and to be handed Pegasys which was the treatment of choice if I were to do treatment again shouldn't be passed by. One thing I've learned about life is that it can knock me down sometimes, but never in my 53 years has it been able to keep me down! Blessings Tatezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 Tat- Glad the first shot went well, hopefully it will stay that way. How much Ribavirin are you taking? gail My first Pegasys shot Did my first Pegasys shot last night at 10 along with my first ribavarinn dose and have taken this morning's ribavarinn. Was all prepared for any potential side effects. Took my amitriptyline and ribavarinn, did my shot, drank a couple cups of chamomile tea, gave my cat her insulin and crawled into my nice clean sheets. LOL, same as when I did rebetron...I woke up almost to the minute 3 hours after my shot and did a body inventory...nothing different, woke up every hour for a couple more hours and did the body inventory and no sides. Went to breakfast this morning and started cleaning house and setting up an area to take my computer apart in. I've isolated my computer problem to the motherboard. Since I don't have the $$ for a new one, a friend is bring in his " spare " computer and we'll move my drives etc. over to that computer until I can afford a new motherboard. But the best news of all is that I don't feel any different today than I did yesterday. Now I know as times goes on, I'll get the crankiness, etc. but at least I'm not going to have to deal with some of the sides that so many people experience with treatment. Alley, I read your note about waiting a year but with Pegasys being offered to me at no charge, I am not going to turn it down. In the last 4 months, all the pieces of my life have been falling into place. Who am I to question how the universe works. Yes, my lab was 44,606,000 international units. If that translates into copies than that is what it is because he emphasized that this was the internation unit determination. Work...well, as long as I handle this treatment as well as I handled rebetron, I'm not concerned. The only lasting sides I've had from rebetron are the lack of a functioning thyroid and dry eyes. Four years again my liver was stage two for both fibrosis and disease (is that right...both rates were a stage 2). By the time I reach the cranky stage, I will have worked through my probabtion period and it won't be so easy to fire me because of health issues. And even though I love the people on this job, I don't like the job. PR work is extremely fast paced and I've not had a lunch or gotten out of the office before 5:30 since I started the job. This is not the way I want to spend the rest of my life. And remember, I have another job waiting on the sidelines. The grassroots organization that I was temping with gave me a counter offer and each week they call and ask me if I'm ready to come back yet. I was a perfect fit at that job and only insurance and treatment convinced me to take this job. But since I'm being treated by county and the the grassroots exective directory made a deal that they would not dock me for any time I had to be out of the office and at county that is better than this job that docks me for time out of the office. Their insurance is marginal because they are a not for profit organization but that is the only thing that kept me from taking their counter offer. I'm still doing work for them on the side. I am a much better fit in a lower paying grassroots organization that fights for fairness to all in all aspects of life than I am in a high profile PR firm. So I have no doubt that I made the right decision in going on Pegasys now. And with the virus being systemic and not just a liver disease, I'm not considering my liver's condition as the most important consideration. Life deals it's cards and we have the choice to go with them or not. My choice is to go for it. There is some reason why after all this time my life has fallen into place again...and to be handed Pegasys which was the treatment of choice if I were to do treatment again shouldn't be passed by. One thing I've learned about life is that it can knock me down sometimes, but never in my 53 years has it been able to keep me down! Blessings Tatezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 We are almost doing this together, aren't we? I haven't felt the fatigue yet, but this new job has had me exhausted since I started. I'm hoping I don't feel an increase in fatigue...I didn't when I did rebetron until it blew out my thyroid. Since I don't have a thyroid, I don't have to worry about Pegasys blowing it out <g> BTW, my motherboard is completely dead so I'm having to respond from the web when at work so might not be too timely with responses. Blessings Tatezi > Hi Tat > > So glad to hear you have not had sides. I think its great that you are addressing the virus and getting the Peg. You are also relatively young and I think the older we grow, the harder it can be to tolerate treatment. I am at stage 2 as well and although that is still a safe zone, it also says this thing is doing damage and none of us know how fast that continues to happen so I think you will feel good about taking action and from I hear whether you clear or not, you are giving your liver a break while on treatment. I had shot 3 last Thursday and the fatigue is severe, I am wiped but I am choosing to think of this as being very relaxed hahaha. I am still getting to work and getting through that , just no energy for anything else, but thats ok, its temporary. Hang in there, it sounds like everything is well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 We are almost doing this together, aren't we? I haven't felt the fatigue yet, but this new job has had me exhausted since I started. I'm hoping I don't feel an increase in fatigue...I didn't when I did rebetron until it blew out my thyroid. Since I don't have a thyroid, I don't have to worry about Pegasys blowing it out <g> BTW, my motherboard is completely dead so I'm having to respond from the web when at work so might not be too timely with responses. Blessings Tatezi > Hi Tat > > So glad to hear you have not had sides. I think its great that you are addressing the virus and getting the Peg. You are also relatively young and I think the older we grow, the harder it can be to tolerate treatment. I am at stage 2 as well and although that is still a safe zone, it also says this thing is doing damage and none of us know how fast that continues to happen so I think you will feel good about taking action and from I hear whether you clear or not, you are giving your liver a break while on treatment. I had shot 3 last Thursday and the fatigue is severe, I am wiped but I am choosing to think of this as being very relaxed hahaha. I am still getting to work and getting through that , just no energy for anything else, but thats ok, its temporary. Hang in there, it sounds like everything is well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 We are almost doing this together, aren't we? I haven't felt the fatigue yet, but this new job has had me exhausted since I started. I'm hoping I don't feel an increase in fatigue...I didn't when I did rebetron until it blew out my thyroid. Since I don't have a thyroid, I don't have to worry about Pegasys blowing it out <g> BTW, my motherboard is completely dead so I'm having to respond from the web when at work so might not be too timely with responses. Blessings Tatezi > Hi Tat > > So glad to hear you have not had sides. I think its great that you are addressing the virus and getting the Peg. You are also relatively young and I think the older we grow, the harder it can be to tolerate treatment. I am at stage 2 as well and although that is still a safe zone, it also says this thing is doing damage and none of us know how fast that continues to happen so I think you will feel good about taking action and from I hear whether you clear or not, you are giving your liver a break while on treatment. I had shot 3 last Thursday and the fatigue is severe, I am wiped but I am choosing to think of this as being very relaxed hahaha. I am still getting to work and getting through that , just no energy for anything else, but thats ok, its temporary. Hang in there, it sounds like everything is well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 We are almost doing this together, aren't we? I haven't felt the fatigue yet, but this new job has had me exhausted since I started. I'm hoping I don't feel an increase in fatigue...I didn't when I did rebetron until it blew out my thyroid. Since I don't have a thyroid, I don't have to worry about Pegasys blowing it out <g> BTW, my motherboard is completely dead so I'm having to respond from the web when at work so might not be too timely with responses. Blessings Tatezi > Hi Tat > > So glad to hear you have not had sides. I think its great that you are addressing the virus and getting the Peg. You are also relatively young and I think the older we grow, the harder it can be to tolerate treatment. I am at stage 2 as well and although that is still a safe zone, it also says this thing is doing damage and none of us know how fast that continues to happen so I think you will feel good about taking action and from I hear whether you clear or not, you are giving your liver a break while on treatment. I had shot 3 last Thursday and the fatigue is severe, I am wiped but I am choosing to think of this as being very relaxed hahaha. I am still getting to work and getting through that , just no energy for anything else, but thats ok, its temporary. Hang in there, it sounds like everything is well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 If I don't get the flu like symptoms I'll be fine. I'm hip to the cranky period and hope not to get caught off guard when it hits. We've adjusted my anti depressant and doc is researching other antidepressants that work well when in treatment so if we need to make a change, he'll be ready. Blessings Tatezi > That's what happened to me Tat. I prepared for my shot, to lie on the couch and watch a hockey game with drugs for sides handy. And nothing. While I'm gratefull I had no sides, it was a bit of a let down. I had hyped myself up for the big meanie. Mine became the big meanie much later, but the hep treatment (regular combo) symptoms I had were much less than most. I am thankful for that. I think it's what you get when you have a lot of body fat or more muscle or both. Takes longer for the body to metabolize it from the shot area, so it doesn't hit you hard. > > Glad you are OK Tat!!! Lets cross our fingers it stays easy as pi! (not a typo LOL) > > Alley > alleypat@c... > http://home.comcast.net/~alleypat > > " Thou reeky dizzy-eyed pantaloon! " from > http://www.tower.org/insult/insult.html > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 If I don't get the flu like symptoms I'll be fine. I'm hip to the cranky period and hope not to get caught off guard when it hits. We've adjusted my anti depressant and doc is researching other antidepressants that work well when in treatment so if we need to make a change, he'll be ready. Blessings Tatezi > That's what happened to me Tat. I prepared for my shot, to lie on the couch and watch a hockey game with drugs for sides handy. And nothing. While I'm gratefull I had no sides, it was a bit of a let down. I had hyped myself up for the big meanie. Mine became the big meanie much later, but the hep treatment (regular combo) symptoms I had were much less than most. I am thankful for that. I think it's what you get when you have a lot of body fat or more muscle or both. Takes longer for the body to metabolize it from the shot area, so it doesn't hit you hard. > > Glad you are OK Tat!!! Lets cross our fingers it stays easy as pi! (not a typo LOL) > > Alley > alleypat@c... > http://home.comcast.net/~alleypat > > " Thou reeky dizzy-eyed pantaloon! " from > http://www.tower.org/insult/insult.html > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 If I don't get the flu like symptoms I'll be fine. I'm hip to the cranky period and hope not to get caught off guard when it hits. We've adjusted my anti depressant and doc is researching other antidepressants that work well when in treatment so if we need to make a change, he'll be ready. Blessings Tatezi > That's what happened to me Tat. I prepared for my shot, to lie on the couch and watch a hockey game with drugs for sides handy. And nothing. While I'm gratefull I had no sides, it was a bit of a let down. I had hyped myself up for the big meanie. Mine became the big meanie much later, but the hep treatment (regular combo) symptoms I had were much less than most. I am thankful for that. I think it's what you get when you have a lot of body fat or more muscle or both. Takes longer for the body to metabolize it from the shot area, so it doesn't hit you hard. > > Glad you are OK Tat!!! Lets cross our fingers it stays easy as pi! (not a typo LOL) > > Alley > alleypat@c... > http://home.comcast.net/~alleypat > > " Thou reeky dizzy-eyed pantaloon! " from > http://www.tower.org/insult/insult.html > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 If I don't get the flu like symptoms I'll be fine. I'm hip to the cranky period and hope not to get caught off guard when it hits. We've adjusted my anti depressant and doc is researching other antidepressants that work well when in treatment so if we need to make a change, he'll be ready. Blessings Tatezi > That's what happened to me Tat. I prepared for my shot, to lie on the couch and watch a hockey game with drugs for sides handy. And nothing. While I'm gratefull I had no sides, it was a bit of a let down. I had hyped myself up for the big meanie. Mine became the big meanie much later, but the hep treatment (regular combo) symptoms I had were much less than most. I am thankful for that. I think it's what you get when you have a lot of body fat or more muscle or both. Takes longer for the body to metabolize it from the shot area, so it doesn't hit you hard. > > Glad you are OK Tat!!! Lets cross our fingers it stays easy as pi! (not a typo LOL) > > Alley > alleypat@c... > http://home.comcast.net/~alleypat > > " Thou reeky dizzy-eyed pantaloon! " from > http://www.tower.org/insult/insult.html > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 Not sure the dosage (dah) but I'm taking three caps both am and pm. I'm thinking they were 600mg so that would be 1800mg am and pm. > Tat- > > Glad the first shot went well, hopefully it will stay that way. How much > Ribavirin are you taking? > > gail > > My first Pegasys shot > > > Did my first Pegasys shot last night at 10 along with my first ribavarinn > dose and have taken this morning's ribavarinn. > > Was all prepared for any potential side effects. Took my amitriptyline and > ribavarinn, did my shot, drank a couple cups of chamomile tea, gave my cat > her insulin and crawled into my nice clean sheets. > > LOL, same as when I did rebetron...I woke up almost to the minute 3 hours > after my shot and did a body inventory...nothing different, woke up every > hour for a couple more hours and did the body inventory and no sides. Went > to breakfast this morning and started cleaning house and setting up an area > to take my computer apart in. > > I've isolated my computer problem to the motherboard. Since I don't have the > $$ for a new one, a friend is bring in his " spare " computer and we'll move > my drives etc. over to that computer until I can afford a new motherboard. > > But the best news of all is that I don't feel any different today than I did > yesterday. Now I know as times goes on, I'll get the crankiness, etc. but at > least I'm not going to have to deal with some of the sides that so many > people experience with treatment. > > Alley, I read your note about waiting a year but with Pegasys being offered > to me at no charge, I am not going to turn it down. In the last 4 months, > all the pieces of my life have been falling into place. Who am I to question > how the universe works. > > Yes, my lab was 44,606,000 international units. If that translates into > copies than that is what it is because he emphasized that this was the > internation unit determination. > > Work...well, as long as I handle this treatment as well as I handled > rebetron, I'm not concerned. The only lasting sides I've had from rebetron > are the lack of a functioning thyroid and dry eyes. Four years again my > liver was stage two for both fibrosis and disease (is that right...both > rates were a stage 2). By the time I reach the cranky stage, I will have > worked through my probabtion period and it won't be so easy to fire me > because of health issues. And even though I love the people on this job, I > don't like the job. PR work is extremely fast paced and I've not had a lunch > or gotten out of the office before 5:30 since I started the job. This is not > the way I want to spend the rest of my life. > > And remember, I have another job waiting on the sidelines. The grassroots > organization that I was temping with gave me a counter offer and each week > they call and ask me if I'm ready to come back yet. I was a perfect fit at > that job and only insurance and treatment convinced me to take this job. But > since I'm being treated by county and the the grassroots exective directory > made a deal that they would not dock me for any time I had to be out of the > office and at county that is better than this job that docks me for time out > of the office. Their insurance is marginal because they are a not for profit > organization but that is the only thing that kept me from taking their > counter offer. I'm still doing work for them on the side. I am a much better > fit in a lower paying grassroots organization that fights for fairness to > all in all aspects of life than I am in a high profile PR firm. > > So I have no doubt that I made the right decision in going on Pegasys now. > And with the virus being systemic and not just a liver disease, I'm not > considering my liver's condition as the most important consideration. > > Life deals it's cards and we have the choice to go with them or not. My > choice is to go for it. There is some reason why after all this time my life > has fallen into place again...and to be handed Pegasys which was the > treatment of choice if I were to do treatment again shouldn't be passed by. > > One thing I've learned about life is that it can knock me down sometimes, > but never in my 53 years has it been able to keep me down! > > Blessings > Tatezi > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 Not sure the dosage (dah) but I'm taking three caps both am and pm. I'm thinking they were 600mg so that would be 1800mg am and pm. > Tat- > > Glad the first shot went well, hopefully it will stay that way. How much > Ribavirin are you taking? > > gail > > My first Pegasys shot > > > Did my first Pegasys shot last night at 10 along with my first ribavarinn > dose and have taken this morning's ribavarinn. > > Was all prepared for any potential side effects. Took my amitriptyline and > ribavarinn, did my shot, drank a couple cups of chamomile tea, gave my cat > her insulin and crawled into my nice clean sheets. > > LOL, same as when I did rebetron...I woke up almost to the minute 3 hours > after my shot and did a body inventory...nothing different, woke up every > hour for a couple more hours and did the body inventory and no sides. Went > to breakfast this morning and started cleaning house and setting up an area > to take my computer apart in. > > I've isolated my computer problem to the motherboard. Since I don't have the > $$ for a new one, a friend is bring in his " spare " computer and we'll move > my drives etc. over to that computer until I can afford a new motherboard. > > But the best news of all is that I don't feel any different today than I did > yesterday. Now I know as times goes on, I'll get the crankiness, etc. but at > least I'm not going to have to deal with some of the sides that so many > people experience with treatment. > > Alley, I read your note about waiting a year but with Pegasys being offered > to me at no charge, I am not going to turn it down. In the last 4 months, > all the pieces of my life have been falling into place. Who am I to question > how the universe works. > > Yes, my lab was 44,606,000 international units. If that translates into > copies than that is what it is because he emphasized that this was the > internation unit determination. > > Work...well, as long as I handle this treatment as well as I handled > rebetron, I'm not concerned. The only lasting sides I've had from rebetron > are the lack of a functioning thyroid and dry eyes. Four years again my > liver was stage two for both fibrosis and disease (is that right...both > rates were a stage 2). By the time I reach the cranky stage, I will have > worked through my probabtion period and it won't be so easy to fire me > because of health issues. And even though I love the people on this job, I > don't like the job. PR work is extremely fast paced and I've not had a lunch > or gotten out of the office before 5:30 since I started the job. This is not > the way I want to spend the rest of my life. > > And remember, I have another job waiting on the sidelines. The grassroots > organization that I was temping with gave me a counter offer and each week > they call and ask me if I'm ready to come back yet. I was a perfect fit at > that job and only insurance and treatment convinced me to take this job. But > since I'm being treated by county and the the grassroots exective directory > made a deal that they would not dock me for any time I had to be out of the > office and at county that is better than this job that docks me for time out > of the office. Their insurance is marginal because they are a not for profit > organization but that is the only thing that kept me from taking their > counter offer. I'm still doing work for them on the side. I am a much better > fit in a lower paying grassroots organization that fights for fairness to > all in all aspects of life than I am in a high profile PR firm. > > So I have no doubt that I made the right decision in going on Pegasys now. > And with the virus being systemic and not just a liver disease, I'm not > considering my liver's condition as the most important consideration. > > Life deals it's cards and we have the choice to go with them or not. My > choice is to go for it. There is some reason why after all this time my life > has fallen into place again...and to be handed Pegasys which was the > treatment of choice if I were to do treatment again shouldn't be passed by. > > One thing I've learned about life is that it can knock me down sometimes, > but never in my 53 years has it been able to keep me down! > > Blessings > Tatezi > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 30, 2003 Report Share Posted July 30, 2003 Yeah, mine are 200mg...must be brain fog already...or maybe it's never left <g> > > Tat- > > > > Glad the first shot went well, hopefully it will stay that way. > How much > > Ribavirin are you taking? > > > > gail > > > > My first Pegasys shot > > > > > > Did my first Pegasys shot last night at 10 along with my first > ribavarinn > > dose and have taken this morning's ribavarinn. > > > > Was all prepared for any potential side effects. Took my > amitriptyline and > > ribavarinn, did my shot, drank a couple cups of chamomile tea, gave > my cat > > her insulin and crawled into my nice clean sheets. > > > > LOL, same as when I did rebetron...I woke up almost to the minute 3 > hours > > after my shot and did a body inventory...nothing different, woke up > every > > hour for a couple more hours and did the body inventory and no > sides. Went > > to breakfast this morning and started cleaning house and setting up > an area > > to take my computer apart in. > > > > I've isolated my computer problem to the motherboard. Since I don't > have the > > $$ for a new one, a friend is bring in his " spare " computer and > we'll move > > my drives etc. over to that computer until I can afford a new > motherboard. > > > > But the best news of all is that I don't feel any different today > than I did > > yesterday. Now I know as times goes on, I'll get the crankiness, > etc. but at > > least I'm not going to have to deal with some of the sides that so > many > > people experience with treatment. > > > > Alley, I read your note about waiting a year but with Pegasys being > offered > > to me at no charge, I am not going to turn it down. In the last 4 > months, > > all the pieces of my life have been falling into place. Who am I to > question > > how the universe works. > > > > Yes, my lab was 44,606,000 international units. If that translates > into > > copies than that is what it is because he emphasized that this was > the > > internation unit determination. > > > > Work...well, as long as I handle this treatment as well as I handled > > rebetron, I'm not concerned. The only lasting sides I've had from > rebetron > > are the lack of a functioning thyroid and dry eyes. Four years > again my > > liver was stage two for both fibrosis and disease (is that > right...both > > rates were a stage 2). By the time I reach the cranky stage, I will > have > > worked through my probabtion period and it won't be so easy to fire > me > > because of health issues. And even though I love the people on this > job, I > > don't like the job. PR work is extremely fast paced and I've not > had a lunch > > or gotten out of the office before 5:30 since I started the job. > This is not > > the way I want to spend the rest of my life. > > > > And remember, I have another job waiting on the sidelines. The > grassroots > > organization that I was temping with gave me a counter offer and > each week > > they call and ask me if I'm ready to come back yet. I was a perfect > fit at > > that job and only insurance and treatment convinced me to take this > job. But > > since I'm being treated by county and the the grassroots exective > directory > > made a deal that they would not dock me for any time I had to be > out of the > > office and at county that is better than this job that docks me for > time out > > of the office. Their insurance is marginal because they are a not > for profit > > organization but that is the only thing that kept me from taking > their > > counter offer. I'm still doing work for them on the side. I am a > much better > > fit in a lower paying grassroots organization that fights for > fairness to > > all in all aspects of life than I am in a high profile PR firm. > > > > So I have no doubt that I made the right decision in going on > Pegasys now. > > And with the virus being systemic and not just a liver disease, I'm > not > > considering my liver's condition as the most important > consideration. > > > > Life deals it's cards and we have the choice to go with them or > not. My > > choice is to go for it. There is some reason why after all this > time my life > > has fallen into place again...and to be handed Pegasys which was the > > treatment of choice if I were to do treatment again shouldn't be > passed by. > > > > One thing I've learned about life is that it can knock me down > sometimes, > > but never in my 53 years has it been able to keep me down! > > > > Blessings > > Tatezi > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 30, 2003 Report Share Posted July 30, 2003 Yeah, mine are 200mg...must be brain fog already...or maybe it's never left <g> > > Tat- > > > > Glad the first shot went well, hopefully it will stay that way. > How much > > Ribavirin are you taking? > > > > gail > > > > My first Pegasys shot > > > > > > Did my first Pegasys shot last night at 10 along with my first > ribavarinn > > dose and have taken this morning's ribavarinn. > > > > Was all prepared for any potential side effects. Took my > amitriptyline and > > ribavarinn, did my shot, drank a couple cups of chamomile tea, gave > my cat > > her insulin and crawled into my nice clean sheets. > > > > LOL, same as when I did rebetron...I woke up almost to the minute 3 > hours > > after my shot and did a body inventory...nothing different, woke up > every > > hour for a couple more hours and did the body inventory and no > sides. Went > > to breakfast this morning and started cleaning house and setting up > an area > > to take my computer apart in. > > > > I've isolated my computer problem to the motherboard. Since I don't > have the > > $$ for a new one, a friend is bring in his " spare " computer and > we'll move > > my drives etc. over to that computer until I can afford a new > motherboard. > > > > But the best news of all is that I don't feel any different today > than I did > > yesterday. Now I know as times goes on, I'll get the crankiness, > etc. but at > > least I'm not going to have to deal with some of the sides that so > many > > people experience with treatment. > > > > Alley, I read your note about waiting a year but with Pegasys being > offered > > to me at no charge, I am not going to turn it down. In the last 4 > months, > > all the pieces of my life have been falling into place. Who am I to > question > > how the universe works. > > > > Yes, my lab was 44,606,000 international units. If that translates > into > > copies than that is what it is because he emphasized that this was > the > > internation unit determination. > > > > Work...well, as long as I handle this treatment as well as I handled > > rebetron, I'm not concerned. The only lasting sides I've had from > rebetron > > are the lack of a functioning thyroid and dry eyes. Four years > again my > > liver was stage two for both fibrosis and disease (is that > right...both > > rates were a stage 2). By the time I reach the cranky stage, I will > have > > worked through my probabtion period and it won't be so easy to fire > me > > because of health issues. And even though I love the people on this > job, I > > don't like the job. PR work is extremely fast paced and I've not > had a lunch > > or gotten out of the office before 5:30 since I started the job. > This is not > > the way I want to spend the rest of my life. > > > > And remember, I have another job waiting on the sidelines. The > grassroots > > organization that I was temping with gave me a counter offer and > each week > > they call and ask me if I'm ready to come back yet. I was a perfect > fit at > > that job and only insurance and treatment convinced me to take this > job. But > > since I'm being treated by county and the the grassroots exective > directory > > made a deal that they would not dock me for any time I had to be > out of the > > office and at county that is better than this job that docks me for > time out > > of the office. Their insurance is marginal because they are a not > for profit > > organization but that is the only thing that kept me from taking > their > > counter offer. I'm still doing work for them on the side. I am a > much better > > fit in a lower paying grassroots organization that fights for > fairness to > > all in all aspects of life than I am in a high profile PR firm. > > > > So I have no doubt that I made the right decision in going on > Pegasys now. > > And with the virus being systemic and not just a liver disease, I'm > not > > considering my liver's condition as the most important > consideration. > > > > Life deals it's cards and we have the choice to go with them or > not. My > > choice is to go for it. There is some reason why after all this > time my life > > has fallen into place again...and to be handed Pegasys which was the > > treatment of choice if I were to do treatment again shouldn't be > passed by. > > > > One thing I've learned about life is that it can knock me down > sometimes, > > but never in my 53 years has it been able to keep me down! > > > > Blessings > > Tatezi > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 30, 2003 Report Share Posted July 30, 2003 I was wrong...they are 200mg. But I did start my folic acid when I went back on treatment. > > Tat- > > > > Glad the first shot went well, hopefully it will stay that way. > How much > > Ribavirin are you taking? > > > > gail > > > > My first Pegasys shot > > > > > > Did my first Pegasys shot last night at 10 along with my first > ribavarinn > > dose and have taken this morning's ribavarinn. > > > > Was all prepared for any potential side effects. Took my > amitriptyline and > > ribavarinn, did my shot, drank a couple cups of chamomile tea, gave > my cat > > her insulin and crawled into my nice clean sheets. > > > > LOL, same as when I did rebetron...I woke up almost to the minute 3 > hours > > after my shot and did a body inventory...nothing different, woke up > every > > hour for a couple more hours and did the body inventory and no > sides. Went > > to breakfast this morning and started cleaning house and setting up > an area > > to take my computer apart in. > > > > I've isolated my computer problem to the motherboard. Since I don't > have the > > $$ for a new one, a friend is bring in his " spare " computer and > we'll move > > my drives etc. over to that computer until I can afford a new > motherboard. > > > > But the best news of all is that I don't feel any different today > than I did > > yesterday. Now I know as times goes on, I'll get the crankiness, > etc. but at > > least I'm not going to have to deal with some of the sides that so > many > > people experience with treatment. > > > > Alley, I read your note about waiting a year but with Pegasys being > offered > > to me at no charge, I am not going to turn it down. In the last 4 > months, > > all the pieces of my life have been falling into place. Who am I to > question > > how the universe works. > > > > Yes, my lab was 44,606,000 international units. If that translates > into > > copies than that is what it is because he emphasized that this was > the > > internation unit determination. > > > > Work...well, as long as I handle this treatment as well as I handled > > rebetron, I'm not concerned. The only lasting sides I've had from > rebetron > > are the lack of a functioning thyroid and dry eyes. Four years > again my > > liver was stage two for both fibrosis and disease (is that > right...both > > rates were a stage 2). By the time I reach the cranky stage, I will > have > > worked through my probabtion period and it won't be so easy to fire > me > > because of health issues. And even though I love the people on this > job, I > > don't like the job. PR work is extremely fast paced and I've not > had a lunch > > or gotten out of the office before 5:30 since I started the job. > This is not > > the way I want to spend the rest of my life. > > > > And remember, I have another job waiting on the sidelines. The > grassroots > > organization that I was temping with gave me a counter offer and > each week > > they call and ask me if I'm ready to come back yet. I was a perfect > fit at > > that job and only insurance and treatment convinced me to take this > job. But > > since I'm being treated by county and the the grassroots exective > directory > > made a deal that they would not dock me for any time I had to be > out of the > > office and at county that is better than this job that docks me for > time out > > of the office. Their insurance is marginal because they are a not > for profit > > organization but that is the only thing that kept me from taking > their > > counter offer. I'm still doing work for them on the side. I am a > much better > > fit in a lower paying grassroots organization that fights for > fairness to > > all in all aspects of life than I am in a high profile PR firm. > > > > So I have no doubt that I made the right decision in going on > Pegasys now. > > And with the virus being systemic and not just a liver disease, I'm > not > > considering my liver's condition as the most important > consideration. > > > > Life deals it's cards and we have the choice to go with them or > not. My > > choice is to go for it. There is some reason why after all this > time my life > > has fallen into place again...and to be handed Pegasys which was the > > treatment of choice if I were to do treatment again shouldn't be > passed by. > > > > One thing I've learned about life is that it can knock me down > sometimes, > > but never in my 53 years has it been able to keep me down! > > > > Blessings > > Tatezi > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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