Uh oh I had the same problem. I was very thin to start then on treatment became absolutely emaciated. I figured I'd gain weight back slowly after treatment. Uh WRONG. As soon as my taste buds realized that food didn't taste like medicine I went insane! I just craved sugar all of the time...cookies, ice cream, cakes pies stuff I never used to eat before.
Be as careful as you can.......I know how impossible it sounds but eventually it WILL level out again and you'll eat like normal. But darn that first few months cravings was enough to make a grown girl cry at the thought of an Oreo. Really I did.
Good luck Aw, you've already done the hard part so hang in there. This too shall pass!
Not really gaining weight..just hungry...always. And eating a lot.
I gained 10-15lbs on the Incivek and lost about 15lbs on the interferon/riba only.
Now I am a few lbs shy of pre-treatment weight. Its a healthy weight.
Thanks for the responses.
I will look into the glucose deal.
Life is Good.
aaron..i do too....since high school i have always been a 32 waist...no more...went to 34...even broke down and bought a pair of 34 levi's ..just one though...i expect to be back to normal in a few months....billy
Agree with virt111. Rebound weight gain post-tx is very common. It wasn't till I was SVR that I found that I was insulin resistant. I went from 225 to 220 on tx with rebound to 230+. I'd never been able to drop below 220 no matter what my diet was and how much I exercised. Appetite was ravenous post-tx. Started taking an insulin sensitizer, Metformin, and dropped 40# in 6 months and stabilized at 190-195, which is healthy for my height/physique. Google 'HOMA'.
http://www.musc.edu/dfm/RCMAR/InsulinSens.html
"Homeostatic model assessment (HOMA). HOMA has been widely employed in clinical research to assess insulin sensitivity. Rather than using fasting insulin or a G/I ratio, the product of the fasting values of glucose (expressed as mg/dL) and insulin (expressed as µU/mL) is divided by a constant:
I0 x G0
__________
405
The constant 405 should be replaced by 22.5 if glucose is expressed in S.I. units. Unlike I0 and the G/I ratio, the HOMA calculation compensates for fasting hyperglycemia. Also keep in mind that HOMA and I0 values increase in the insulin-resistant patient while the G/I ratio decreases. The HOMA value correlates well with clamp techniques and has been frequently used to assess changes in insulin sensitivity after treatment.16 HOMA has also been used to study insulin resistance among PCOS patients of differing ethnic origins."
You didn't mention if you were/are gaining weight with the big appetite or not. My first question would be, have you had your fasting glucose tested as well as your A1c level?
Losing my appetite was one side effect I was hoping I would get but that did not happen. I stay hungry.