Joint Aches (post your complaints here ;0)

[Alady1620]

For those with joint pain, where does it hurt the most?

Lately, my bum and legs have hurt the worst.  Maybe I'm laying around to much. lol

(I thought this would be a good way for us to get our complaints out.)

[PatchesNJ]

Oh boy, do I ever have joint and muscle pains, mostly in my arms, wrist and fingers and sometimes in my legs.  The pains hurt the worst in the evening and first thing in the morning. There was a week that it felt like my arm was broken. At night, I just go to bed to get out of my misery. My ID doctor wrote me a script for 600 mg of Motrin

[lionesss]

achy joints? i had severe right hip pain that would wake me up at night!  now i just have an achy back..but thats nothing new, hehe

[Fisheress]

Hey Kathy!  Ohhhh today really suxs! My rt side (hip, arm & leg) are killing me this morn.  Seems my rt hand is swollen.  Coughed HARD all night so my throat is sooo sore.  Good thing Rog is in New Braunfels (be back tonight) because I would have kept him awake all night.  

My Doc told me to not take more than 2000 mg of Tylenol or Motrin a day and to alternate them.  Took 2 Motrin as soon as I got up  cause I too was walking like Frankenstein.  Gosh I know that feeling oh too well!  Looks funny too I'm sure (real attractive!)  Seems my sides are with me all thru the week now, something different everyday.  Used to be Tues & Wed (shot nites on Sat.) and I just can't get going!

Made myself plant 3 plants yesterday, have about 5 more to go and force myself everyday to drag the hose around the backyard and water everything.....about a 40 min project (my exercise).  Buying plants makes me sooooo happy but then I have to punish my body to get them in the ground and keep them watered! Self inflicked torture! And as soon as I get everything in the ground, I will run back out to Mass nursery and buy something else!  I know, I'm wacked.......

Have a great day Kathy and hope you are feeling better.

Fisheress

[friole]

Want you to know you inspired me last weekend.   I went to the nursery and bought a rosemary (nice sized), thyme, greek oregano, basil, parsley and actually got them planted.  Nearly killed me -- had to nap a bunch that afternoon, but I did do it.

Yeah, these aches and pains are too much.  This last third of tx really sucks.  Soon tho, it will all be n the past.
Kath

[Dale_Ray]

My life is a brain fart. ha! I talked to a friend on treatment for hep c the other night and couldn't remember any of the conversation. I had to ask my wife if she remembered. Pitiful absolutely pitiful. If I were dealing with a set of twins with this you would probably find me swinging and singing from the bell tower. First sign of my white cell count dropping to low has always been my back hurting and not being able to get comfortable. Just a thought. I hope to wing myself back and then off some of this stuff. I'm glad you are feeling so much better. I miss being me. Dale

Dyce: I didn't know you were having bouts with nausea man. I had them in the beginning but the medication they gave me made it worse. I must have the ultimate screwed up system when it comes to drugs. I hope you get to feeling a lot better. Think mashed potatos and oatmeal. Still lost about 16 lbs in the last four months. Wife says I have no butt now and I told her it matched the contents of my head then. Dale

[friole]

Oh man, joint pain and the like.  My left shoulder has been killing me lately.  I suspect during my bout of bronchitis where i slept for 3 solid days, that i may have pulled something out of whack.  I don't know how much tylenol is too much, but I have been taking about 6-8 extra strength a day.  .. and the leg and calf cramps at night, especially in the arch of my flat feet.  yikes - spend a lot of night time pulling and pushing around.  Don't really know if it is tx related, but, heck -- seems like everything is.

My choice of icecream last night --- vanilla with chocolate bits on it.  I know, I know, I have said icecream doesn'taste good on tx, but sometimes, you just have to force yourself.  Also had a couple of rootbeer floats last week.  So I guess my aversion isn't all that bad!

alady -- twins at 17 mo??? Do you even have time to know you are on tx?  Don't know how you are doing it, but you have my admiration!

[can-do-man]

Doing tx. and having 17 month old twins? Have you talked to your doctor to see why you enjoy punishing yourself? Take care and the best of luck to you.

[beamishboy]

me three!!!!!.....

[timedog]

What I find hardest, so far for myself, is balance and judgement in regards to when to take it easy. I went to bed early last night and could have easly stayed in bed this morning and taken a day off from work. My fear is what would that lead to. My side effects haven't been super bad compared to some of what I have read here. A little of this a little of that the worse being brain fog which is on it's own scheudle. For the moment I have decided to power through side effects whilte I can because my driving fear is a time will come when I wouldn't be able to.

To date the one thing I have found that has helped clear brain fog is to put myself in situations where I have to think and speak. Anyone else have any tricks they would like to share.

Pint of icecream would be assume but I am a diabetic to boot.

[NYgirl]

Said: Won't prescibe rescue meds till 10 or below.

This is the most unfair horrible practice in the world. Once you finally GET on the epogen or procrit make sure you don't go off and stay on it - to some measure - so if it drops again it will still all be approved etc.

Make sure RIGHT NOW that it will go through the insurance with no problems - some of us have had problems getting it through and that is the WORST because it takes a few weeks to work anyways!

I'm at in between 10.5 - 11 now and not dying. But...in the beginning it would have hurt for some reason you build up a tolerance. It's how FAST it goes down as well as the NUMBER it goes to.  Going from 15 - 9 in a week that was the real kicker my body could NOT handle.

[amirtracy]

My hips kill me sometimes...i'm on week 7 tonight and the nurse just called to say my neut's are up to 1700 which is great news because they were concerned 2 weeks ago...i'm wondering- the pain in my joints has subsided alot in the last week to 10 days. Could it be the increase in neutrophils? Does the dropping count equal bone/joint pain possibly? Neutrophils are produced in bone marrow...i dunno. just thinking...i should stop that i know.  tracy

[Dale_Ray]

My bums hurt the worst of all. I don't know if its the joint or the muscle. My Cathy thinks that most is in my head. Seems to be with me from the waist down. I have completely stopped taking Tylenol or anything like it and my headaches are just as bad but no any worse. I keep trying to safely reduce my intake of meds if possible. The itching takes my mind off of the joint pains at times. I hope everyones gets to to feeling better. Dale

[can-do-man]

you said....My bums hurt the worst of all. I don't know if its the joint or the muscle. My Cathy thinks that most is in my head.

Know what you mean, my wife thinks i have my head up my azz all the time... YOU don't do you? cause that would cause them buns to hurt.

[FlGuy]

Your choice of ice cream flavor, Rocky Road, is appropriate for hcv tx.

[Paris47]

Last night I ate Cherry Vanilla, never would
have chosen that flavor in the past, but what
a craving.

[Alady1620]

you said... "go to bed"

LOL, that is a joke!  I have twin 17 month old babies.  Bed is not in my future until after 7 PM.

On a brighter note, I took four advil and my pain is subsiding.  Four advil will cure almost any ailment.

I second the Rocky Road.  Delicious for us heppers.

[Dale_Ray]

I can barely see light - what is that suction on my head - Pop! Ah! lightening BUMS everywhere. Alady started the thread out saying her Bum and Legs hurt the most. I'm sure what a bung is but me thinks it might have been a typeo. Dlea

[MrsOckert]

OMG!  I'm sure at some point I knew you had twins, but forgot.  And they are only 17 months old!!

You are my new hero.  I can't imagine doing this tx and raising babies.

Sweetie, you come here and vent and cry anytime you want to!  You deserve it!

[Karay]

I get wicked aches in my legs - I've found that using a herbal rice bag helps.  It generally bothers me at night.  You stick it in the micro for a couple of minutes and its warm as toast.

[big bloc]

Just like you said headache!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dyce]

The thing I hate is the nausea. I've noticed, if I eat any kind of meat with the riba , I feel like I wanna toss up. Even baked chicken does it. What a way to go ,ha!

Alady, your stronger than I raising your twins while txing. It would be a b--ch raising 1 on this stuff. You go girl!

Dyce

[Alady1620]

Ask your doctor for a prescription of Zofran.  It is a miracle anti nausea drug.

Dale, did you see my post about reducing my meds?  First, I quit my antidepressant.  Then, the FDA cut my nm283 dosage in half.  I also switched to a nonhormonal birth control and I quit taking Restoril (sleeping pill).  I take one Tylenol PM instead of the prescription medication.  I haven't felt this good in weeks except for the pain that started back up last night.  I know it will go away soon tho (crossing fingers).

I don't know what all you're taking, but a clear mind and clean body certainly helps the spirits.  :)

[strator]

Man I'm getting a height complex here.The strongest of my daily aches are in my neck and shoulders. Those are All day except when I allow myself a reg strength tylenol 1/2 way through work, or occasioanly in the evening. Seems everyone else has their pain in their bums. Are you all that tall or or is it because I'm just a half**s.
The leg joints make me walk like frankenstein first thing in the morning but after about 20 minutes it goes away for most of the day, although my knees say ow whenever I kneel for a quick prayer.(That's a lot lately.)

alady -  17 month old twins!!?? Hey, can't they just watch each other?
:)

[azgrl]

for me it's just headaches.  I get them everyday all day.  It must be the riba.  it's annoying....I don't know what's worse the headaches or the fireball filled hemorrhoids(which gives new meaning to the cartoon dragonball z)

deb in az