finally feel like ****

[granitekonig]

I'm hoping the sides are finally kicking in....but I think they might be. I feel like complete sh*t today. I'm in the middle of the 9th week (out of 24) and haven't had much in the way of sides. But I started feeling nauseated and flu-like last night and feel like my body has been run over by a truck and feel just exhausted and just ICKY and uncomfortable. It's a weird physical "down pressure" that's hard to explain to anyone.

[Trish77]

I just got out of my shower, a place for reflection ... and there IS one more thing I want to say here..and it echoes R Glass to some extent.

You are on a forum surrounded by people who are at various stages of this disease and are here for the common purpose of either trying their damndest to get RID of the disease or learning to control it because that has become their only option.  And then we have the liver transplant forum...enough said...and there you are posting that you are *thankful* you HAVE this disease.  For you to post that in this environment shows an astonishing lack of empathy for those around you and, in this case, I'm saying that sadly and gently.  If you don't get that, then there is nothing more to say to you on that.

You are a fellow hepper.  I do hope your sides remain light and that you are successful.  I just wish you had more of an understanding of what your fellow heppers are going through and have gone through.  You are journeying well but so are those that have been hit much harder and have had to fight alot harder than hopefully you will ever have to comprehend.

Best of luck to you.  I sincerely hope you get rid of this disease and that you find better reasons to be thankful.

I would say that's all I have to say .. but I'm far too opinionated to trust myself to stick to that if you say something that sets me off.

Trish

[R Glass]

Yes, I may have come across as harsh but I have seen to many people on this board suffer. Some was not capable of completing tx. Some making it but , barely. I’ve read the heartbreaking horror stories of people that endured extended tx only to find out they relapsed. Also we had to sit back and helplessly witness one of our members watch her son pass away. So, yes it does strike a nerve when I see a Gen3, that is a RVR, suffering little sx,, be arrogant.

[Trish77]

It was me who said that to you, Granite.  Psych yourself out in whatever way works for you.  Perhaps that one you should keep to yourself.  You're not the only one going through this disease.  Your family, such as your daughter, are going through this with you.  Ask them if they are thankful you have this disease.  There are others all around you on this forum who are suffering deeper from the impacts of this disease and those who have had to face mortality and live with the suffering of their families while they did that.  The rest of us are trying hard not to get to that place and our families and loved ones are taking this journey right along with us in their own ways.  I am not thankful for what my children have had to go through while I fight this.  When I told them I was UND at 12 weeks post, they told me they were proud of me.  I wish they had not had to wait this out with me.  For THEIR sake, I am glad I am UND even more than mine.  I can live with my own fate.  To have them live with it is more unbearable.

It upsets me on a certain level to see you be *thankful* that you HAVE this disease when the impact of this disease is far beyond your own narrow existence, rather than be thankful that you have an attitude that allows you to triumph regardless of what life throws at you.

That's all I'm going to say on this one.

Trish

[IMstacie]

geez RGlass, i'm on the same page as Trin and Trish also, but don't think you should kick someone when they are down.  GK may just be psyching himself out.  Unfortunately, it's not working for me.

[portann]

I know someone whose mother was an abusive alcoholic since her birth and she unwaveringly says she's eternally grateful.

Some people through no fault of their own descend into a pit of masochism and blindly and proudly stand in it. Come what tragedy, it's l-o-v-e-l-y.

GK, when will you sort out Trish from Trin? This is not the first time you've confused them.

[R Glass]

“and guess what? I'm feeling great today and I'm kicking this hep c's a$$! I'm the king”

I am Backing Trin and Trish.
Don’t’ let your arrogance force us into more laughter if or when reality hits. If it does, you will receive no sympathy from me. You’ve received enough warnings.  It is almost to the point that I want to see you fall into the sx Pits of Hell and crawl out of the other side. Then hear how thankful you are for your experience. Get Real