Side effects questions , Rheumatoid factor / Diabetis

[iceboy]

Hello all my friends

two weeks post treatment now, and most of the time I have felt really bad and just wanted to start taking the drugs again to get back into the state Im so used to. Finally, today and yesterday I started getting my energy level back up and having clear head. wow. is it really like this...

any way. Im a bit concerned about the numbness in my hands. every day, if my hands get cold, (not only though) or/and after I eat something, I get something that can be discribed by the book as Rheumatoid factor. My fingers get white like a stiff, it hurts like hell and then I get the stinging feeling. every attack last for up to two hours and I cant do anything with my hands during that period. I cant even hold a pen. the vains in my hands break very easy.

Is anyone familiar with something like this, and I was thinking, is there anything similiar to this that can happen if you have diabetis. Im pretty convinced there is something that triggers this when I eat...

Any way, hope you are all hanging in there. what doesnt kill us, makes us stronger.

xxx

[jmjm530]

Hi Ice,

Glad you finally finished up. Congratulations !

Give it a bit more time before rushing to any conclusions. Many of us have had all sorts of weird things happen coming off the treatment drugs. I remember waking up in the middle of the night with excrutiating leg cramps for a month after stopping. In most cases, many of these things will better with time but that can be anywhere from a few weeks to six-months to a year. Of course, run things by your doctor but hopefully this will be temporary.

Be well.

[iceboy]

Hi Jim

jep, I made it to the finishing line. I didnīt have enough energy to break the ribbon at the finishing line, but I streached it before I collapsed. I still feel all the sides, but getting out of the cloud in my head is really something.

I still havent heard back for my 42 week test, and as you know, I have little bit less than average expectancy to achieve svr. If it happens it will be a mirracle.

So when are you going to visit me up here. by the way,I will be working at the blue lagoon for the next 3 days. shooting some film. How is life treating you?

[iceboy]

for intrest, something strange came up today. My business partner was called in for blood donation as he has some special type, and there is a new question list asking if you live or work with someone that has hcv. apparently, they do not except donation from people that live in the same household as a hcv infected person!!! He was ok as he JUST works with someone !

[jmjm530]

Got to give it time. And time. And time.

Yeah, I remember the ole' "Blue Lagoon". Just might take you up on your offer one of these days. First, got to get out the road map and figure out just where Iceland is :)

I hope Double Dose doesn't read about the "household" thing as he will have a field day with it :)

Be well,

-- Jim

[ladybug52]

Google Raynaud's syndrome. I had to write a paper about it in school and your symptoms sound very familar.  For some reason those of us with hep c have a number of arthritic autoimmune disorders.  Maybe someone else can make the connection clearer.

[zzzztime]

I get similar symptoms in my hands when they are cold. I have to eat a bowl of icecream with potholders. But the symptoms don't last as long as yours. I do have a high rheumatoid factor due to hepc, I also have cryoglobulemia, thats what causes the symptoms. Have you been checked for cryo?

[ladybug52]

You're right, Raynaud's is a symptom of cryoglobulemia.

[scsa]

I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritus(Crest Syndrome-----Rhenoids(?) disease) approx a year and a half a go.In June I  had an attack of Ulcerative Colitus with a repeat performance two weeks ago.My Dr. just told me that the protein Cryoglobulemia showed in my recent bloodwork.I'm trying to gather imformation on this to better understand the relationship to my other symptoms and NEW situations that "POP" up!!!!! Nothing was mentioned about Hepatitis. Thank-you......Susan from Rochester.