THE DRAGON

[secondtime]

DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW HEP C HAS COME TO BE CALLED "THE DRAGON?" I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO TREAT, BUT WHY THE DRAGON???

[LuckyHaskins]

Chevy, you rule, and have always been a very positive inspiration to me. Thanks!!! I can't tell you how many times I've thought about stopping this Tx, but am encouraged by all of the positive people here who are doing their best. It REALLY helps me,

God bless us all,

Pete

[cuteus]

sweeeet, sweeeet , sweet city woman all the way.  

amerabrit; I am with you on the dragon thing, if you noticed it i call it the bug for lack of better analogy, but a bug like flies and mosquitoes, not butterflies.  i like the dragon in Shrek and Disney's reluctant dragon ... i can't call hcv by their name!

[Showboat]

Do not know how the Dragon got it's name.....all I know is that it has been known to be "draggon my butt" at times.......
Ah, yes, sugar:::::::Amerabrit...hahaha I like what you said about being able to kill the dragon if you could not eat sugar. I love my sugar too......hopefully my craving for it will go away soon.  That has been one of my sx.....thankgoodness I did not gain weight on tx, did not lose any either......but since I completed 48/48 last month, I really need to cut that darn sugar out or at least cut down.......I eat bags of cotton candy......ymmmmmmmy yum yum.....:>)

[gonagetbetr]

THANKS
I COME FROM A FAMILY OF MEAT EATERS  THOUGH AND FROM WHAT I READ THE ANIMAL PROTIEN IS SO BAD FOR YOUR LIVER. I AM REALLY JUST EATING A LOT MORE VEGGIES AND VERY LITTLE MEAT. IT IS TOUGH THOUGH AT TIMES. I CAN DEAL WITH DARK CHOCOLATE THOUGH AND WILL GIVE THAT A TRY.
I REALLY THINK THE WATER IS THE HARDEST FOR ME THOUGH. I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT I WENT MONTHS IF NOT YEARS WITHOUT DRINKING A GLASS. IVE TRIED THE LEMONS AND SOMETIMES OTHER FRUIT AND CAN DEAL WITH A GLASS OR TWO A DAY.
TRY NOT TO WORK TO HARD TODAY AND TAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF TOO.

HAVE YOU OR ANYONE ELSE HAD A STABBING PAIN IN SHOLDERBLADES BEFORE? I THINK THAT ANYTHING THAT HURTS AROUND THE OLE LIVER AREA SCARES ME NOW. IT LASTS A COUPLE DAYS THEN JUST GOES AWAY
CRAZY STUFF

[Amerabrit]

Secondtime: I don't know why the virus is called the dragon.  I am probably in a minority here but I don't personally like that moniker and don't use it.  Dragons are mystical magical, creatures with untold strength and powers.  HC is not magical nor mystical, it's a virus, albeit a very clever virus.  It's most mystifying quality is it's ability to mutate itself to hide from the meds.   In my humble opinion, HCV will be eradicated, there will be a vaccine and until that day comes it's much easier for me to deal with a virus than a Dragon.  Right now I'm staying positive about current research efforts and the tx now available.  Having said all that, I do understand and respect that each of us deals with the virus in the way that works best for us; the dragon thing just doesn't work for me, that's all.

Gonagetbtr:  If I couldn't eat sugar or chocolate, I guarantee i could kill the HCV within my body; we'd both starve to death..:)

[gonagetbetr]

YIPEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO KILL ANY OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS LOL
THIS WHOLE VEGGIE THING IS TAKING A LOT OF GETTING USE TO