Joint Cracking and other sides

[MJP3]

My husband will be on shot #10 of 48wks of Peg-Intron .05mil and 1200mg daily Rebetron: Genotype 1a
He is drinking large amounts of water and sports drinks.
He is also taking other meds for sides.
On the weekends after his shot his joints begin to crack at the begining it was here and there now it is like hearing old steps crack and snap.Every time he moves something cracks,by the middle of the week you hardly notice it.Has anyone else experienced this and how do you manage it?Tylenol eases it a little.
   Also what advice can you help me with when my husband gets discouraged and thinks maybe he should stop treatments there are some days he has extreme depression. He is already on ads.

The last  Flagged results  8 /15/03 show
AST 49
ALT 66
Thyroxine(T4) 13.9 H ug/dl
T3 uptake 20 L %
RDW 16.0 H%
A new thyroid test was taking and  lab work twice since that day .no results for those at this time his next appt is in a week with the specialists.
Thank you for all the help you have given us so far and hope you all have a peacefull day.

[hepchristian]

I pop a lot.  I am on shot 19 and I feel like I have to pop.  My right elbow, my fingers, my shoulders, my ankles, my knees, and sometimes bones in my hands and feet will creek.  It's weird.  Sometimes it hurts, sometimes it's fun.  I am going through depression too and I am on AD's too.  My dreams are real and very intense - and usually bloody killing kind of dreams.  I wake up in a sweat.  I am stopping my job in  a couple of weeks to take care of me.  It's tough, but we have to do it! I'm 35 and it has been attacking me.  Good luck.  Draw on the power of God to fill you with comfort and love.  Get a support group of people.

Good luck.

[Sunny 1]

Hello!  Sorry you and your husband are going thru this.  Tx is not easy, but it's the only shot we have {pun intended} to beat this virus.  I finished tx last December and am still clear.  The joint cracking you describe was one of the sides I dealt with.  Aleve seemed to help more than any other OTC pain reliever.  Stretching exercises make a BIG difference.  I became a big fan of Palates.  Bought a Palates exercise video at
Wal Mart and did it at home.  I was too sick to go to the gym.

Encourage your hubby to only think about one day at a time.  He doesn't have to get thru the entire tx at this very moment - he only has to get thru today.

He is lucky to have someone like you at his side right now.  
God bless you both.

[scruffy]

If he has a 12 week pcr test he can aim for that first instead of looking at the entire treatment.It's somewhat sobering to realize the doctor may tell you there's no point in continuing tx because you're not responding.