Treament underway

[gitz]

I started treament on March 17,2008. It consists of 1200mg daily of Ribavirin and 150 mcq of Peginterferon weekly. The first injection was quite a tramatic experience. I was severely ill for 4 hours and the stress to my body caused my heart to go into Atrial Fibrilation. I have a history of this however my heart has always reverted in hours. I am presently still in A-Fib and have an appointment to be Cardio Verted on May 8. (Seems like a long time to leave you in A-Fib).
I am having some problems with depression and will be seing a Psychoanalysis tomorrow. It seems like my life has been flat lined and chances of improvement  are slim.

[mayday557]

btw ... Good one foo !
some folks think its sick humor, but I for one am quite a bit jaded.

Gitz - I was on tx for ten weeks then taken off ... platelet plummage
and pnumonia ...yippeeeee.  Taken off of tx even tho vl dropped to
10k.  Now Thats deppressing.  Yea this stuff can mess with your
head ~ as if whats going on already isn't enuf to handle.  
What sux is once in a while I'd just luv a jolt of Cuarvo Gold...
Booze isn't recomended tho --- to top it all off I quit smoking too.

Try speaking with your dr first about the depression.  From what
I've read here zoloft seems to help out pretty well.  I've used it
and found it helped me better than prozac.

[geterdone]

Nightmare on Peg Street, LOL!

Yeah, had many of those in the beginning of TX and the first couple scare the living **** out of you but did subside as time moved forward. I got more fatigued just running to the nearest BP cup only to find everything was ok. It is good that you’re getting it checked out and hopefully everything is ok. Anxiety plays a big part in the unknowing with these meds.

jasper

[foofighter]

Nightmare on Peg Street! i would have been scared to death. Hopefully you had someone nearby while dealing with that first injection. And yes, it does seem like a long time to leave you in A-Fib. What's up with that?

I have had my share of ups and downs recently and checking in at these boards and making contact with others who have been through all this has helped immensely. I see we have a bit in common as far as stage/platelets etc. Looking back at some of your earlier posts I also see that we both got some great info from Jim. So many folks are more than willing to share their experiences, right here any time of the day or night. Don, it really does help, so post away, send messages, spill it!

Let us know what the head doc says tomorrow and keep checking in.

FF