Terrible Night

[honey1616]

I had my first shot yesterday at the doctors office at 2 and by 4, I was feeling a little strange and achy but within the next hour I was shaking so bad.  At 7 I started getting sick at my stomach and the shakes were unbelievable.  I had a tremendous headache from 5 in the evening until 5 in the morning.  This morning I feel like I came back to the world but am very weak.  Wow...I'm so not looking forward to that next shot next week LOL  Does anyone have any suggestions for a better nite and something for a headache and also will this be better I'm praying.

[Revenire]

I never even checked to see if there was blood. I figure it would be awfully hard to enter a vein.

[want2live]

I didn't either, but I started thinking about it after this last shot, there was some blood and I was kind of suprised there was some. I injected in my thigh, and there's plenty of meat there.
Now there's a small bruise, not like my first shot.
It's hard not to be paranoid about it.
Thanks

[WackyKilkins]

I just took my secound shot Friday and it was much better.  I originally stopped tx after about 3 days cause I was soooo sick, but started back with the pills again a couple days later.  The tylenol and benedryl really helped this time.  The worst is no energy to do anything....I feel like I've been kicked in the stomach and my head is so foggy.  I think I know what it feels like to be a dingbat, LOL!! I made a mistake this weekend and tried to do too much.  I had my CBC done, colored my Mom's hair then went and had my hair cut off.  On the drive home, I thought I was going to pass out.  If I had been smart, I would of done one thing a day instead of all on Monday. Besides drinking ALOT of water.....save your energy - don't try to do too much!!!  My thoughts and prayers are with ALL of you in this difficult time!

[honey1616]

Are you talking about when you start to inject and withdraw a little...there is some blood coming out?  I was told to retry if this is the case because there should be no blood.

Wacky...I know what you mean as I feel like I have been kicked to the curb a few times haha  I will continue to take my pills though and having my fingers crossed that it does get better.  Last night while I was so sick,,,it was time for my 2nd dosage of Riba and honestly I did not know how I was going to keep them down and almost talked myself out of it but I finally did and it was ok.  This is tough and I know everyone is going through their own little nightmares one way or another.  I have each and everyone of you in my prayers and lets have a good week!!!

[Roadway]

I had the same thing happen the first shot. It was terrible. Thought I was going to shake right out of bed. About 12 hrs later, it was like a veil had been lifted, but I was completely drained. That only happened on the first shot. Week 12/24 (2 weeks ago) something similar happened, but nowhere close to the first time. The nurse told me to take tylenol before the shots when I first started the treatment. I've found that for me, taking 1000mg about 3 hrs after the shot is more helpful for me. The coldness, and "stuff," etc. starts to happen about 4hrs after the shot for me. I usually find that about 12 hrs after the shot, it feels like there's a hand put on my chest and I'm slowed down pretty well. I take my shot at about 4:00PM Fridays so I can be as well as possible to go to work on Monday. There's light at the end of the tunnel. I had my viral load done a week ago and the results came back from Mayo's today. They tell me I'm undetectable. Given my 33,000,000 co/ml viral load at the beginning of the treatment--I'm quite pleased. Quite pleased! I'm not out of the woods yet, but this is very good news.
Being able to talk about this stuff here with people going through the same thing has put a different spin on the whole deal for me I must say.
Good Luck and hang in there--it gets better

[slarso]

It definatly gets better. my routine is to take 2 tylenolPM's about 1 hour before the shot, take the shot then go to bed. MY wife has said that I sweat and shake in my sleep, but it has works very well for me

Steve