RE: Drs. Recommendations

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hot showers or baths for sure. Luke warm or cool. The hot water makes it

worse.

Re:

Drs. Recommendations & Colleen

Hello Gaby K.~~~ and all

itchers///// please take some time to

read this.

Always... check with your doc

It's Del. I apologize that I don't know everyone, but It's really

been busy here, at the site, and as usual, I'm trying to " fix "

something on my computer, and it takes for ever.

I'm not your best source of information on some of your questions,

but I might be able to help just a little.

Depending on how bad the itching and rash are scratching on your

anywhere... don't use hot water, (ALWAYS DO WHAT YOUR Doctor SAYS,

AND NOT ME...) IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE hot water ACTIVATES THESE

LITTLE bacteria, and they star partying when they have a hot sauna

to thrive in. If possible, get 10 or twenty lbs of CRUSHED ICE, use

cubed if you have no choice. Maybe your mate can do that. If you

don't own a lot of " sauna " type white cheap towels, to use on you

and the floor, etc.... Walmart AUTO LARGE Shop Rags will do the the

trick too! They are having a sale on the white Turkish style is

best! When he gets home, with smice, (((((((SHOWER))))))), not a

bath. no hot water at all, while he's getting place ready for you

to lay down, a linoleum floor or tile, something t that can get

wet... go there. make a pallet as to lie on and oh!! yes. get

plenty o f zip lock freezer bags to put the ice CRUSHED!!! in.

Prop your feet up about 8 inches.. relax, if you have some

meditation music that relaxes you.. listen to it.. through

headphones. Deeply rub in some anti itch cream or powder to the

itchy spots... place the baggies *not TOO full< they may burst when

melting... on the bad places. That you already put some ointment or

powder on. Cover 'em up. depending on how wide spread, that's what

determines the amount of Ice in baggies needed/ ($1.00 store is

good for this stuff too.

This a little DRASTIC!!!!! BUT IF ANYONE IS DIGGING AT THEIR OWN

SKIN SO MUCH >THAT THEY ARE BLEEDING<(it's actually easy to do..)

and this drastic, but I've had to have done to me before.. because

even in my sleep, I would dig into skin so deep their would be

pools of blood, where my knee joints were.. SOP... You do need

someone with you. Get 2 washcloths. If hands are itching, breaking

too , put the topical medicine cream on. take your arm sand hold

them out. Place you thumbs dow. and close and curl your fingers

firmly but not too tight, take strong tape. expensive white

bandage type tape, or for the southerners, you know what to tape

'em with.. DUCT TAPE!! NOT too tight I'm very serious about that...

not too tight, but secure the movement. oh... incase you get

confused... the hands are seperated. not handcuff style!! unless

you want to! , but the fingers gotta stay in. LAY BAck turn some

tv, realize your situation, and thank God you don't have to do a

damn thing tonight, except be catered to, but sweet loved ones...

HEADPHONES don't forget.

If you are experiecing open wounds, es[ecially many blood seeping

ditches you have dug into your skin,that are multiplying, and you

seem to seeANY improvement in 24/48 hrs.... take a trip to the ER.

It could be severly allergic totx, or anyuthing.Loved one.. you

need to watch this person like a man that hadn't seen a woman in

four years!!! pvt email me if you need to know how to act! My very

close and soon to be closer, friend... is 52 yrs. old. Mother and

granny... Never been allerigic to anything in her life! Two weeks

ago, she started itching.. first the back of the hands, which

bleedsif you getrea; mad at somethin'. Then the inside wrists,

well, you see where it's going,, I think she got covered in severly

itching little red bumps to the point of tears. and she started

wheezing with her chest heaving in and out, at the labor required

to get air. We made it the ER, her throat almoost swollen shut and

her eyes were basically non existant,just laying there , heaving

for air. I was told to leave. I think they may havedefibbed her,

then of all things, they shot her full of Adrenaline, for about six

hours, and she was oK after that. PEANUT BUTTER! they found out it

was PEANUT BUTTER! She said she has eaten PBJ sandwiches her whole

life! Her body just didn't dig it anymore... Please be careful with

this. Most likely it's the tx, don't do the habd taping unless you

truly have no other chice. OH.. and keep her on iceuntil its

gone... or norning..

Del

Sorry so dang long again!

--- Gaby K <kicagaby>

wrote:

> Yes, I do have some side effects.. especially after the

> injection. I will feel muscle aching,flu symptom, skin rash and

> headache. The next 2-3 days, I would feel sad or angry easily.

> Sometimes I feel like an angry monster at work.. Feel sorry for

> my co-workers and my husband. The first two weeks, the nurse

> suggestion me take tylenol before the injection. But right now I

> am not taking tylenol. Try not to take more medicine for my

> own...Also I do have the skin rash around the injection area and

> my hands and legs.

>

> I had a very interesting experience. Last time I took a hot

> shower, then I gave myself the injection right after the shower.

> You know what happened... I felt terribly sick...I believe the

> hot water make the blood circulation really fast...So after that

> experience... I took a cooler shower, not only for the injection

> but also to cool down my skin rash. Now I have a lot of rash spot

> on every injection. Sometimes it's really red and itchy... As I

> know I have a lower EOS test, probably that's why I have the skin

> rash which never goes away.

>

> MsTigerHawk <tigerhawksoars>

wrote:

> Yes, I start at the end of October. Doc said to start

> losing weight and exercising. He says that treatment doesn't work

> as well in overweight people. They look at your age, how long

> you've had HCV, your weight, your genotype, and your viral load.

> It doesn't look real good for me, but you never know. I won't

> know until I've tried to treatment.

>

> I'm not sure what side effects to expect. Flu symptoms, I know,

> and fatigue, and maybe depression or suicidal/homicidal thoughts,

> maybe rages. How many people have those side effects? Are there

> any others that I've missed?

>

> Colleen

>

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> " B. " <bestofmarys57>

wrote:

> Thank you Colleen for your input. I'm sorry that

> things worked out that way for you. It was hearing your story

> (and others) through this group that got me to take a more

> serious look at HCV and its impact on my health. I wish you all

> the best with your tx (you are starting soon, right?).

>

> My GI referred me to a Hepatologist with top credentials

> (research through liver transplant) as I also have Bipolar

> Disorder. When I saw them this past week, they recommended doing

> tx and with my set of health factors (age 50, good health, mild

> disease) that I would have a " better than 90% chance of clearing

> the virus. " That's pretty convincing. I talked with them about

> waiting until summer and they said it's not a problem to wait

> until then.

>

> They require that your psychiatrist sign off and be willing to

> work with you through the tx. I had an appointment with my psych

> today and he says he has followed a lot of patients through tx.

> Some go through it easily and others have more difficulty. He

> recommended that I do it and he would support me. The potential

> psych factors do scare me and has been what has kept me from

> treatment in the past.

>

> Now, I just need to make the final decision. It is something I

> will consider prayerfully. My husband is an incredibly patient

> and compassionate man and he will be supportive no matter what.

> The only problem there is that he works a lot (50-60 hours a

> week) and I would still have a lot of time by myself. Oh well,

> something to consider in equation.

>

>

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> MsTigerHawk <tigerhawksoars>

wrote:

> I wouldn't wait too long even if your biopsy shows

> minimal liver damage. I was stage 1, grade one for my first two

> biopsies, four years apart. Now, four years after my second

> biopsy, I had a third, and it has suddenly showed stage 3 - 4,

> grade 2 with mild cirrhosis. It really jumped in just four years.

> I wish I had done the tx after the first or second biopsy.

> Gastroenterologist doc recommended waiting until something better

> came along. I wish I hadn't waited.

>

> Colleen

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