[SPAM]Re: Starting TX this week & have questions

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Thanks for the advice.  I’ve been

waiting since May to start & they wouldn’t proceed due to an eye

problem.  So now that I have the go-ahead, I am anxious to start and put this

behind me.  I should have been half way finished by now.  I am meeting with the

nurse at the hospital on Friday for my “training” and will discuss

it with her then.

Thanks, Dorothy

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Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007

10:03 AM

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Subject: [sPAM]Re:

Starting

TX this week & have questions

I'd sure agree, a couple of more

weeks will not change a thing.

One can't tell how you will respond. I

found the pills to be different

one from the other and one caused me a

problem, one did not.

I found I could work around the

injections, take it right before bed.

Be sure to drink literally a ton of

water, that is the one downfall

of many and it's critical to how you

will feel..

Take your pills every 12 hours, I

set an alarm.. be sure not to take

them on an empty stomach. I used to eat

a half mini bagel with

some protein, a bit of peanut butter or

cream cheese..

I'm sure there are others here that

can add to this..

Best of luck to you, 6 months can fly

by!

Hugs,

Sheena

Jackie on

<redjaxjm > wrote:

Dorothy, there is NO REASON to start tx until after the wedding,, thats

what I'd do if I were you because you dont know how you are going to respond to

treatment,, and it'd be a shame to miss the wedding..

jax

Dorothy

<dorvoptonline (DOT) net> wrote:

My medication was just approved today by

my insurance company for the full 6 months. Seems like I waited so long

and now it’s right on top of me scaring the crap out of me!

I see the RN this Friday for my

“lesson.” She said I can start immediately, but I have a

wedding to attend on Sept 15th and I’m concerned that I may be

too ill. I don’t want to wait until after the 15th and

thought that if I start this Sunday, Sept 2, my next dose will be on the 9th

and then again on the 16th. That would give me 6 days between

the injection and the wedding. I don’t really know how the oral

medication may affect me.

I know that we are all different

and experience many different responses to tx, but any opinions would be

helpful. Does my plan make sense? I’d hate to miss the

wedding and I also know that I may feel perfectly fine so my concerns may not

be an issue.

What can I expect in the first few

weeks of tx? I guess I’m hoping for the best and preparing for the

worst.

Thanks!

Jackie

 

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-

I drank water constantly on HCV Peg and Copeg treatment. I had no

choice but to carry water everywhere I went. My mouth was extremely

dry and no saliva production.

I still felt like the more I drank the more dehydrated I became. Fo

me due to the meds, I was just always dry. I am not sure how I would

have felt if that had not been the case and I did not drag water

everywhere. I still felt tired , drained and well just plain

exhausted most of the time. My mind wanted to do things, but my body

could not keep up with my ideas!

Mel

-- In Hepatitis C , Dorothy <dorv@...> wrote:

>

> Thanks for the advice. I've been waiting since May to start &

they wouldn't

> proceed due to an eye problem. So now that I have the go-ahead, I

am

> anxious to start and put this behind me. I should have been half

way

> finished by now. I am meeting with the nurse at the hospital on

Friday for

> my " training " and will discuss it with her then.

>

>

>

> Thanks, Dorothy

>

> _____

>

> From: Hepatitis C

> [mailto:Hepatitis C ] On Behalf Of Sheena

> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 10:03 AM

> Hepatitis C

> Subject: [sPAM]Re: Starting TX this week &

have

> questions

>

>

>

> I'd sure agree, a couple of more weeks will not change a thing.

>

> One can't tell how you will respond. I found the pills to be

different

>

> one from the other and one caused me a problem, one did not.

>

> I found I could work around the injections, take it right before

bed.

>

> Be sure to drink literally a ton of water, that is the one downfall

>

> of many and it's critical to how you will feel..

>

> Take your pills every 12 hours, I set an alarm.. be sure not to

take

>

> them on an empty stomach. I used to eat a half mini bagel with

>

> some protein, a bit of peanut butter or cream cheese..

>

> I'm sure there are others here that can add to this..

>

> Best of luck to you, 6 months can fly by!

>

>

>

> Hugs,

>

> Sheena

>

>

>

> Jackie on <redjaxjm@...> wrote:

>

> Dorothy, there is NO REASON to start tx until after the wedding,,

thats what

> I'd do if I were you because you dont know how you are going to

respond to

> treatment,, and it'd be a shame to miss the wedding..

>

> jax

>

> Dorothy <dorv@...> wrote:

>

> My medication was just approved today by my insurance company for

the full 6

> months. Seems like I waited so long and now it's right on top of

me scaring

> the crap out of me!

>

> I see the RN this Friday for my " lesson. " She said I can start

immediately,

> but I have a wedding to attend on Sept 15th and I'm concerned that

I may be

> too ill. I don't want to wait until after the 15th and thought

that if I

> start this Sunday, Sept 2, my next dose will be on the 9th and

then again on

> the 16th. That would give me 6 days between the injection and the

wedding.

> I don't really know how the oral medication may affect me.

>

> I know that we are all different and experience many different

responses to

> tx, but any opinions would be helpful. Does my plan make sense?

I'd hate

> to miss the wedding and I also know that I may feel perfectly fine

so my

> concerns may not be an issue.

>

> What can I expect in the first few weeks of tx? I guess I'm

hoping for the

> best and preparing for the worst.

>

> Thanks!

>

>

>

>

> Jackie

>

>

>

>

>

> _____

>

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