6 months post tx I finally reached SVR! I got a copy of the bloodtests drwn and everything is back to normal, no numbers out of range! I also have an hgb at 13,5!! I ca't imagine that just 6-7 months ago, I was having hgb down to 7-8...and was feeling so down and tired..and now; SVR! Great feeling!
After tx I felt started feeling well again after a couple of months. Things were busy with small kids to take care of, a husband who wanted me to take over the "job" after him taking care of me for so long during tx. I am now working two jobs again, busy with all the activity that comes with two kids (4 and 7 years old). I had a lot of guilt feeling through treatment, I was so moody, so aggressive, and no patience at all...and to finally be able to do things with them again felt great. Go out swimming on a Saturday, taking walks out in the woods, just being around and being present with people, felt great. I went to a nice trip to London with some very good old friends of mine.
And slowly I started forgetting about all the hell I went through with treatment. It fades away.
Now, the last couple of weeks, especially after christmas, I feel a bit loss of energy. Tired. Need more time in the morning, to feel awake and ready for all the tasks. Not so grumpy, but still a bit of loss of energy.
I think it mostly has to do with christmas and all that comes with it; stress, cooking dinners for the whole family, lots of gatherings, buing presents, and working hard to earn money to be able to give my kids a nice christmas...puh!
And that's what reminds me about treatment, that I have to take it slow, not expect to be 100% all the time. I'm not the most patient type..
I feel a great relief that I can put all this behind me now, that I actually don't have hcv anymore. I would like to give blood, give back what was given to me. But I can never give blood, unfortunatelly.
But I can try to encourage others that consider treating...and I will never prejudice anyone having hcv. I've lived under that cloud for so long, and no one deserves to be discriminated for having it.
Well, a lot of thoughts going throug my mind having these last results. I feel joy, I feel humble, I feel I've changed. Gotten a bit older. But it feels ok :)
Good luck, fellow worriers! And thank you so much, to all of you answering my posts, giving me so much information, helping me through this. I could not have done this without you! Those of you who remember my posts, will remember how scared I was, how anxious I was about the bloodtransfusions.
Thank you!