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Gosh...I am going to have to find out what time you are all tuning into the forum. By the time I get on here..usually when I wake up in the middle of the night(hungry) about 2am....hahahahaha....every one is snoooooooozzzzzing. I hate missing all the fun, but it sure gives me a laugh when I finally get here.
Thanbey...I am a little worried about something that I read in one of your posts(or one somebody else posted for you) It was about sugar intake being being harmful, (I thought it said it was compared to alchohol) This has me worried cause I am on the downhill side of this 40/48 1A,(unless I don't hold SVR or have to extend tx). Anyway, the reason I am so concerned is because I have had a hard time eating alot while on tx...except for SWEETS. I want to eat sweets all the time mostly chocoalte. Although a Krispy Kreme would do in a pinch. And now with EASTER comming....I am craving "little peeps" like crazy!!! (always have, even before tx)I have probably eaten at least 4 of the large boxes of those little bunnies and chicks. Since those things are pure sugar...that's alot of sugar.Since I have lost over 20 lbs.since tx..I have not worried too much about my sugar intake.....but after reading the post...I am a little worried about whether I have compromised my fight against the DRAGON. What do you think??
kim
Thanbey...I am a little worried about something that I read in one of your posts(or one somebody else posted for you) It was about sugar intake being being harmful, (I thought it said it was compared to alchohol) This has me worried cause I am on the downhill side of this 40/48 1A,(unless I don't hold SVR or have to extend tx). Anyway, the reason I am so concerned is because I have had a hard time eating alot while on tx...except for SWEETS. I want to eat sweets all the time mostly chocoalte. Although a Krispy Kreme would do in a pinch. And now with EASTER comming....I am craving "little peeps" like crazy!!! (always have, even before tx)I have probably eaten at least 4 of the large boxes of those little bunnies and chicks. Since those things are pure sugar...that's alot of sugar.Since I have lost over 20 lbs.since tx..I have not worried too much about my sugar intake.....but after reading the post...I am a little worried about whether I have compromised my fight against the DRAGON. What do you think??
kim
Those pot studies are just people going over flawed info and putting their own slant on it. I worry more about the pcp's in my 'organic cherries' than smoking a joint in a clean and smog free area. (Its much healthier statistically speaking than taking an AD and live in the city breathing all those polycarbs.)
I don't know why it isn't obvious to do it all--life style changes and herbs and tx and yoga and meditation and eastern medicine and western medicine. I did and healed myself w/o an unholy dependency on just another designer drug.
Pain and the releif of it is highly subjective. Drugs of choice are also a matter of comfort levels. I am more comfortable smoking pot than poping an expensive, addictive drug w/the most severe withdrawals and relapse rate of all. Ditto w/emotional discomfort and depression.
I agree that the worse thing about pot is that it is illegal-that's the real crime. 25% of the populace is to large to ignore.
I don't know why it isn't obvious to do it all--life style changes and herbs and tx and yoga and meditation and eastern medicine and western medicine. I did and healed myself w/o an unholy dependency on just another designer drug.
Pain and the releif of it is highly subjective. Drugs of choice are also a matter of comfort levels. I am more comfortable smoking pot than poping an expensive, addictive drug w/the most severe withdrawals and relapse rate of all. Ditto w/emotional discomfort and depression.
I agree that the worse thing about pot is that it is illegal-that's the real crime. 25% of the populace is to large to ignore.
WOW.....THAT SURE LOOKS GREAT FROM HERE.
I remember how hard you wrestled with your decision to do tx. Now aren't ya glad that you got off the fence and decided to treat? Sure beats just getting eaten and sittin around worryin.
I'll be lookin forward to the latest test results......
I remember how hard you wrestled with your decision to do tx. Now aren't ya glad that you got off the fence and decided to treat? Sure beats just getting eaten and sittin around worryin.
I'll be lookin forward to the latest test results......
just read my above post and found an error. I don't think this board allows you to edit a posting, so I will post another message to correct teh error.
The error was in the comments about my viral load. When diagnosed in 7/02 it was 13,000,000 (13 million). In 11/02 it was 24,000,000 (24 million). In 9/03 it was 52,400,000 (52 million, 4 hundred thousand). That is what scared me and when I decided to treat.
In January 2004, my baseline viral load prior to starting treatment was 7,550,000 (7 million, 550 thousand). Then after 8 weeks and 4 days of pegasys/cophegas my viral load was 40 (forty).
The error was in the comments about my viral load. When diagnosed in 7/02 it was 13,000,000 (13 million). In 11/02 it was 24,000,000 (24 million). In 9/03 it was 52,400,000 (52 million, 4 hundred thousand). That is what scared me and when I decided to treat.
In January 2004, my baseline viral load prior to starting treatment was 7,550,000 (7 million, 550 thousand). Then after 8 weeks and 4 days of pegasys/cophegas my viral load was 40 (forty).
Just wanted to drop a quick post to say hello to all. I have missed this forum for a while, and from reveiwing some of the recent posts .... it appears that I really missed a big commotion!
For those of you who don't remember me, I am 40 years old, male, geno 1a, diagnosed in 7/02 with a viral load of 13 million. Afraid to treat at that time, so I kept checking on stuff. Viral load in 11/02 was 24,000. Still decided to wait. Viral load in 9/03 was 52.4 million.
The huge increase got my attention and scared me. I had my baseline labs taken and started my treatment at 3:30 pm on January 16, 2004 in my doctors office. My baseline viral load was down to 7.55 million, but ALT was up so my doctor said that I was still experiencing liver damage.
Anyhow, my doctor beleives in staying on top of things, so she did a new viral load after 4 weeks of treatment (2/17/04). At that time, my viral load had decreased to only 40 (forty).
I now go in on Monday 3/15/04 for 8 week labs. Everyone wish me luck and say a prayer for me that I have continued responding to the meds and that I am now undetectable.
Peace to all,
ITR
For those of you who don't remember me, I am 40 years old, male, geno 1a, diagnosed in 7/02 with a viral load of 13 million. Afraid to treat at that time, so I kept checking on stuff. Viral load in 11/02 was 24,000. Still decided to wait. Viral load in 9/03 was 52.4 million.
The huge increase got my attention and scared me. I had my baseline labs taken and started my treatment at 3:30 pm on January 16, 2004 in my doctors office. My baseline viral load was down to 7.55 million, but ALT was up so my doctor said that I was still experiencing liver damage.
Anyhow, my doctor beleives in staying on top of things, so she did a new viral load after 4 weeks of treatment (2/17/04). At that time, my viral load had decreased to only 40 (forty).
I now go in on Monday 3/15/04 for 8 week labs. Everyone wish me luck and say a prayer for me that I have continued responding to the meds and that I am now undetectable.
Peace to all,
ITR
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