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side effects
None to speak of, thank God! I don't feel like there are any meds going through me,,thank God.
This is great so far. The tiny bit of woozy feeling I felt originally, which WAS TINY TINY TINY BIT, nothing scary or anything, is gone and it feels like I am not on tx. I did get a headache 4 hours after the shot and chills, felt like flu,,,,but to those that are planning on tx,,,,,don't even worry about that 'flu feeling' that is mentioned by those treating,,,its nothing that you have never felt before.
I haven't had the flu since i was a child and so when i felt it comming on,,,I turned it to actually think of good memories,,,,I hated school as a child and when i got the flu,,i would be in bed all day with my mother giving me soup and liquids and such. Hard to explain, but I let my imagination take me back to that time and I had a 'safe feeling,' Not to sound 'new age,' which i am not, but just wanted you to know that I just rode the wave, knowing it was going to eventually go away and it did.
The reason I am saying all this is because alot of times we hear how scary treatment is and thus far,,,its a piece of cake,,I am telling those that are afraid,,NOT TO FEAR. Yes sometimes people may have a harder time than others, but sometimes we don't get enough of posts of the positive. We only post when things go wrong sometimes.
Of course I know I have a only been on tx for 4 days, but I AM TELLING YOU, IF I DIDN'T SEE MYSELF TAKE THE INJECTION AND MEDS, I WOUDLN'T EVEN KNOW THEY ARE IN MY BODY.
I hope this helps those who may be fearful. Best wishes to you all.
This is great so far. The tiny bit of woozy feeling I felt originally, which WAS TINY TINY TINY BIT, nothing scary or anything, is gone and it feels like I am not on tx. I did get a headache 4 hours after the shot and chills, felt like flu,,,,but to those that are planning on tx,,,,,don't even worry about that 'flu feeling' that is mentioned by those treating,,,its nothing that you have never felt before.
I haven't had the flu since i was a child and so when i felt it comming on,,,I turned it to actually think of good memories,,,,I hated school as a child and when i got the flu,,i would be in bed all day with my mother giving me soup and liquids and such. Hard to explain, but I let my imagination take me back to that time and I had a 'safe feeling,' Not to sound 'new age,' which i am not, but just wanted you to know that I just rode the wave, knowing it was going to eventually go away and it did.
The reason I am saying all this is because alot of times we hear how scary treatment is and thus far,,,its a piece of cake,,I am telling those that are afraid,,NOT TO FEAR. Yes sometimes people may have a harder time than others, but sometimes we don't get enough of posts of the positive. We only post when things go wrong sometimes.
Of course I know I have a only been on tx for 4 days, but I AM TELLING YOU, IF I DIDN'T SEE MYSELF TAKE THE INJECTION AND MEDS, I WOUDLN'T EVEN KNOW THEY ARE IN MY BODY.
I hope this helps those who may be fearful. Best wishes to you all.
Different sides come and go all during treatment. It's impossible to predict what if any and when they will hit. One day your great the next week you're not.
I had no hard core sides until the anemia and that seemed to set everything off for me tumbling down.
But...now that I'm almost done (week 68) I can tell you it IS doable.
It's a GOOD THING not having any! Dont let anyone ever convince you of anything other than that!
I had no hard core sides until the anemia and that seemed to set everything off for me tumbling down.
But...now that I'm almost done (week 68) I can tell you it IS doable.
It's a GOOD THING not having any! Dont let anyone ever convince you of anything other than that!
O.K. I thought of Willows as a girl. Perception off or do you use the male gender interchangeably, Jim?
Do you truly believe that once someone has accepted Christ as their Lord and Saviour that they will only lead a perfected life?
Not even the author of most of the New Testament would lay any such claim to perfection. In his own words:
"Not that I have now attained [this ideal], or have already been made perfect, but I press on to lay hold of (grasp) and make my own, that for which Christ Jesus (the Messiah) has laid hold of me and made me His own. I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet]; but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward."
It is also interesting to note that if one closely inspects the hand they are using to point at another they will find three fingers pointing back to themself.
If one finds solace, comfort, and support in their faith, is prohibiting them from freely speaking a disenfranchisement of their rights?
Not even the author of most of the New Testament would lay any such claim to perfection. In his own words:
"Not that I have now attained [this ideal], or have already been made perfect, but I press on to lay hold of (grasp) and make my own, that for which Christ Jesus (the Messiah) has laid hold of me and made me His own. I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet]; but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward."
It is also interesting to note that if one closely inspects the hand they are using to point at another they will find three fingers pointing back to themself.
If one finds solace, comfort, and support in their faith, is prohibiting them from freely speaking a disenfranchisement of their rights?
I remember when that whole thing came up with the Mom, the son, the dad and ESLD. I kept my opinion to myself then as I will do now. This forum is not the place to vent at each other for opinions. NOT that I'm perfect , I'm certainly guilty of many passionate posts, but our arguing brings everyone down.
Myown, I think it's important to be positive and try to show others that this is nothing to fear, BUT, I am guilty of not c/oing enough when I feel like dirt, this low hgb and shot weekend have been rough. Started with the itching too.
Willows: Your tone comes across refective as always. I mean that in a good way. Your name fits your personality. Just my perception.
Myown, I think it's important to be positive and try to show others that this is nothing to fear, BUT, I am guilty of not c/oing enough when I feel like dirt, this low hgb and shot weekend have been rough. Started with the itching too.
Willows: Your tone comes across refective as always. I mean that in a good way. Your name fits your personality. Just my perception.
wow - well, was reading along and was so happy for Myown and was getting into what everyone was saying and all the nice comments and what Willow said (well said - I agreed - didn't see anything uh... bad or... directed at anyone), and .... well I kept reading and ....now I don't know what to say. Been sitting here silent not knowing what to say; kind of hard to just bypass it all and not say something. Just wishing everyone well - all of us.
Well said. Again, their are risks and rewards of treatment that each of us must weigh with our doctors. If there weren't any risks, then everyone would treat. Treatment took away two years of my life and who knows what effect it is going to have on my health long term. Sometimes I even wonder if my projected longer life expectancy because of the probability of better liver histology will be counter balanced by the effect Interferon may have on accelerating the aging process -- just thoughts, nothing scientific here.
MyOwn,
I don't think Willows post was directed at you, just expressing his treatment experience and that of others.
MyOwn,
I don't think Willows post was directed at you, just expressing his treatment experience and that of others.
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