having Peg Intron tretment,....

hi..
i m ur old colleague..
i m Sam, 28 years old. having Chronic HCV Infection, which dignosed in 2006.was avoinding injection treatmnet but now realised that i shud go for it..

its my 6th week of treatment., having Peg Intron+Riba 400
plus: one capsule for stomach, 1 tablet for body ache etc..
with this i m doning my job..

i have two questions:
1. games reduce  my stress. can i play bedminton etc? i play it, but people ask me not to do so...

2. i am coping up with side effects, but the thing i m sick of, it Piles..hemmoriods  cause a hell of pain for me..
i have this problm since last 10 years. but it was not that much painful before treatmnt..now i m suffering from it, n this pain leading me towards depression, stress, mood change..etc..

can u help me to come out..

waiting for ur replies..

Thanks

[hcvJames]

If you feel good enough to play badminton by all means you should. Exercise is good on treatment. For your second question, can't help much. I have mild hemorrhoids and find it gets worse after sitting for hours on hard surfaces. Yours sounds like a different cause. Sorry. You know the drugs for treatment also affect the emotions, with depression, mood changes, short temper, etc., Others will be along to tell you some of their coping methods. All the best.

[babs824]

keep active if u can as this will help digestion. oddly mine was fine during tx and is more like yours now. check out your diet. you should be drinking alot of water which should help. yogurt with live cultures is great for intestines. be sure to get plenty of roughage if u can tolerate it like apples with skin,  raspberries with seeds, celery etc. you may be aware that fat and riba go together well and u may want to add some avocodo or nutbutter to your diet. if this does not help i expect your doc can advise if he is a gastro doc. best, babs
ps no meds even natural ones with out checking with tx doc.

[Samnomi]

thanks James & Babs...wish u both healthy life....

[nygirl7]

I have never heard of anyone being on 400 riba a day.............what did you start at why are you so dose reduced?

[spectda]

Hopefully you mean that you are taking 400 riba twice a day. How much pegintron are you taking? Do you know what your genotype is? Did you have a PCR (viral load test) after 4 weeks of treatment?

Have fun with the badminton and good luck,
Dave

[Samnomi]

yes i am taking 400 riba ttwice a day, means 800 per day.

now i hav gone through CBC, having mild leukopenia, tomorrow i will go for pcr.

my fatigue increased, taking a syrup for piles/hemmoriods problem..

[Samnomi]

hi all..

my CBC showing HB 10, and low RBC,WBC..
now TSH is also 5.46 wheeras the normal highest level is 4.20

waiting for PCR..

Fatigue increased, cant work much, cant play...only wanna lie on bed, depression increased..

[Poobah_Johnny]

Play badminton my boy! (at least when you can)