does it go away!?

[babyjozz]

I have 20 more days left of telaprivir....I don't think I can eat one more meal....my stoamach feels full..bloated..swollen and stretchy 24-7 when I stop telap and continue only with the interferon and ribo.  Will I loosethese stomach feeling s and weight?!?  Anyone experience that transition yet from the triple to the double therapy

[Advocate1955]

Babyjozz,
Congratulations on how far you've come with the Incivek.  You are almost finished!  Hang in there.
Advocate1955

[babyjozz]

thanks guys....yeah its a lot of food...i feel like im retaining all the food and all the liqiids too....i just hope when i stop the incivek it will all stop too...i cant wait to not have to force myself to eat 3x a day ...im never hungry at med times...my last dose is the 28th

[Dee1956]

I had that full bloated uncomfortable feeling I thought it was the fat that I was not used to.  I could only eat when I took the Incivek.
Good luck

[scoleman]

While taking Incivek, I added the generic acid reducer, omeprazole, to what I was taking.  I was feeling full and bloated and had some reflux.  It seemed to help and I'm still taking it even though I've finished taking Incivek.  

Sherry

[pooh55811]

I am not finished with my Incivek yet as I still have 9 days left. Therefore I don't know yet how I will feel after finishing Incivek. However, I developed nausea and abdominal bloating pretty quickly when I started treatment. It became gradually worse and woses until eventually I was eating pretty much just Greek yogurt and eggnog and maybe a piece of bread and butter or crackers. Finally, I started to vomit on occasion. I gor a prescription for 8 mg of Zofran every 8 hours and that completely stopped the nausea and vomiting. The bloating almost completely disappeared too. I cannot describe to you the difference, but it was remarkable. I am now back to eating regular solid food and feel so much better. Maybe some Zofran would help you.

[frijole]

Haven't seen your name around here before.  Welcome to the forum.  I am taking Victrelis but still feel like all I am doing is eating. I don't like that always full feeling either.

So how have you been doing?  Tell us about yourself --- pretreatment viral load, state of your liver, results from your PCRs, how has your hemoglobin been?  

This is the greatest place for those treating.  If you click on my profile and go to pictures, I have done spread sheets for those of us treating now.  I need to update it this weekend, as a matter of fact.

frijole

[hrsepwrguy]

Towards the end of the incivek eating healthy went right out the window, I would eat what I could, which wasn't much, and cover the rest of the needed fat grams with junk. (peanut butter, small honey buns 10 gr each, mounds candy bars 5 gr each piece, stuff like that)

[screaming48]

towards the end of the incevik for me I felt full all the time, since I finished the incevik last Friday things are a little better, I am hoping to lose the 9lbs that I gained from all the fat. Hang in there you will make it...:)anne