I am done

[sickboy598]

cannot take this anymore

[Lady Lauri]

Hey, did he ever come back??

Going thru and deleting my MANY 'watch this' list.

LL

[nygirl7]

Sickboy

The first few weeks are by far the worst as your body is getting used to having poisons shoved into it.  Believe it or not eventually it tones down a lot. Not to say that side effects won't come but the overwhelming pain right now won't be nearly as bad.

Your doctor can do a lot to help you.  Pain killers for the bone pain.  Antidepressents to keep us on an even keel (VERY helpful).  You just have to talk to a doctor and get going on feeling better.  There is no reason to be this miserable on treatment - there ARE ways to make yourself better and make tx tolerable!  Believe me I did 72 weeks and am one year post SVR.  You can do it too!

[comeagain]

Maybee I´ve been were you are maybee  not?
On my first tx I came in to the wall after 2 weeks. Felt so bad I was thinking I really wanna go trough treatmeant but it wount just happen I´ve already felt this way to long how am I gonna continue, its not doable.
It all started one night i woke up and the walls was falling over me could`t breath I was convinced that I either would die or become totally and unrepairable mental sick.
But i went to the hospital got some support and some weak pills did`t help much (atarax name of the pill) I remeber it was like hell to be in that hospital barely no windows narrow long korridors I was so claustrofobic had to run out of there after a little while.
Anyway thanks to the internet I´ve got some adwices how to cope with it and I did.
I dont regraited that i fullfiled my tx though I relapsed . I´m now at my sec tx gonna take shot 8 the day after tomorrow.

[tryin2btough]

I lost my little sister in a car accident; I was the passenger and found her before being airlifted away. Almost exactly three years later I was starting treatment. I KNOW how hard this is....I had just started believing I had a reason to live then I was diagnosed. Yes you get sick...and yes you get achy...but you only have a year, to save your future...I will go through what I have to for just one year of year of felling crummy...I have been to hell and back, already. The one thing that helped me more than anything was my psychologist.  .because he helped me to see a different side of things; and that side has a future. I grew up believing only crazy people saw psychologists; I had to bypass alot of my misconceptions, and my stubborn Scot heritage, to finally give in and go to see a psychologist.  . If you do not have a psychologist, see one. If you have one now and he is not helping you with this, get a different one.
You are doing this because life is worth living, and your life is worth living.
There are sunsets, baby animals, and the smell of a sunny morning after a night of rain, and a thousand other wonderful things that are all around you every day. You can beat this, and I will be right beside you beating mine.
If you need a shoulder I am here, if you need a friend I am one!

[merryBe]

if I had a nickel for every time I said that, we could go do the town up right!!!

at least get an emergency call into your doc before you bail.

they may be able to adjust your dose, or help with symptoms.
using phergen got rid of all my nausea,
and a little ativan in the afternnon or evening kept me from going stark raving mad....
it's trying to get through those mental lows with no help that makes people quit.
especially if you get the crawly skin...it can be maddening...drink lots of fluid so the Riba will flush out a little....most folks only have the skin stuff at the start, it does pass.
also, benydryl gel calmed my skin better than gold bond.

by tomorrow you could have a couple of helper drugs that could make all the difference.

before you quit......what stage grade and genotype are you??

[dunhill]

Hi,
(Good name by the way, have you seen "Trainspotting"?)

  I'm sorry you're feeling discouraged; I would Definitely tell your doc how 'low' you feel, and maybe try getting a therapist.  I know I am looking into getting one.  It is soo hard for me to ***** and complain about this Hep C thing, as only one of my family members knows I have it, plus one friend - who is in the hospital himself right now.

Hang in there!
dunhill

[cierra2007]

Hi

Hang in there it does get better, try not to think about it I know its hard,think that you are
killing this ugly virus. I know the sx are not pleasant but I know you could do it.

I will be praying for you
Think positive

All the best

Cierra

[Mary4now]

my hepatologist said Tylenol is easier on the liver than advil, he said most doctors dont understand that, why?  he said you just dont go beyond the recommended dosage.  He is a transplant hepatologist and is in his late 30's so maybe he has newer info, but he said I can definitely take Tylenol.  

[jmjm530]

Sorry to hear you've had such a hard time. Treatment hits everyone differently and unfortunately the suicidal thoughts you expressed in a previous thread can be one of the more serious side effects and terminating treatment is sometimes the only thing you can do.

Don't know anything about your stats, including amount of liver damage -- but hopefully you have time to wait for better treatments. If not, and you do decide to treat soon -- if you haven't already, definitely talk to your doctor about starting anti-depressants before treatment.

I wish you all the best.

-- Jim

[Bobby1952]

    What else have you tried since beginning tx. I take 2 advil 3 times a day. It keeps the aches and pains away for me. This has worked for me for the last 22 weeks. The only time it didn't work was when I had a very bad throat and systemic fungal infection.  
  
    Thats when I got my DR to give me some Vicodin. It worked until I got the fungal infection under control. Talk to your Dr see if he can help. Did you try 2 advil every 6 hours or so. It may help.    

Bobby

[Deb_c430]

Hang in therem  take each step, each moment as it comes, then check it off,  Going to look also

[Mary4now]

OOPS  I just saw your descriptive post one under mine.. be right back, although I'm sure there are others who are more experienced than me ,,,, hang in.

[Mary4now]

Whats the matter, I havent seen any posts from you before.  Doesn't mean you havent posted I'm all over the place,  Whats going on... ????