Hi everyone!

[texasgal]

Hi everyone!  I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. I may not post often, but read every day.  Truly, I have had no news to post.  But now, 3 months after taking myself off daily infergen and riba, I am still undetectable.  I went to see the doc on Dec. 19 and he gave me the news.  He tells me that this is wonderful, but to keep up with the bloodwork for the next six months just in case of relapse.  Anyway, since being off the meds, my hair has begun growing back.  Mind you, it looks like a newborn baby's hair with little fuzzies sticking up everywhere, my energy level is unbelievably high.  My headaches are gone.   I am starting to get my appetite back.  My mental state has improved.  My vision is still very impaired and doubt it will ever be back the way it was during treatment.  I do want to thank everyone for the support and valuable information you have provided throughout my ordeal.  I read your stuff every day and still take in every piece of information I can about this horrible disease.  I am not out of the woods yet, but perhaps in the near future, if I do have to go back on meds, maybe there will be something different and not so brutal.  Happy holidays everyone.

Linda

[NYgirl]

Wow how wonderful you are seeing HAIR again?  YAY that's almost as good as the wonderful news about you still being UN-D!!!!

:)

You KEEP ON GOIN' GIRL!  News like that makes everybody want to jump for joy!

(I'm at week 15 on Friday and well hair is starting to fry off and fall out.  Yesterday I took scissors to it in a rage...now I look like a chicken in the back with log pieces everywhere else...do you THINK I could be more foolish?)

Time for a good wig!  ;-)  I know you know what I mean!

Debby

[texasgal]

Well, Debby, I am so glad you took the hair thing so well.  I just about went insane over it.  It was like one day, I woke up and I watched it all fall out.  I doubt it will ever be as beautiful as it used to be, but it is growing back and yours will to and hey, the chicken look is in.  You hang in there.

Texas

[NYgirl]

Hey girl if I was taking it well do you think I would be whacking it off with a week whacker?   ;-)   :-p

I tell you this is bizarre. i went from having long blond/brown hair and being nice and fit to being a skeleton with stringy pieces of brown hair in a matter of weeks.  If anyone says that I am vain so be it but...I am having a major problem with vanity right now and just keep saying Well Bones...hang in there you can have fun gainning the weight back and picking out different wigs and guys will just think you are some hot Kate MOss type supermodel ;-)

I wish! HA!

I'm glad to hear you sounding so great and you really do you know that?  It always makes me feel good when someone posts who hasn't in a while and you can hear a smile in their voice when they do.

baby chicken hair is a great thing you know...a GREAT thing and I am really happy for you that it's coming in. do you know how healthy it's going to look and be? man oh man it's going to be FABULOUS!

:)

[dodger1]

How long were you on the meds before you took yourself off??  I am a geno 1 also and very curious to how long you treated.  Thanks  Sheila

[Stephanie2002]

Hi all, I am new to the website...just found it yesterday.  I am 4 months post treatment and am beginning to be very anxious about my test results in 2 months....can anyone offer advice on how to de-stress????

[NYgirl]

I just wanted to come in and say hi welcome to the looney bin!

There are a LOT of post treatment people in here who will come on and let you know their secrets.  As I'm still in tx I'm not much good at advice on that!

HOW FANTASTIC that you are done and achieved SVR!  Since it's all of our goal in here...that shining freaking STAR that is so far out of reach for some yet reachable by others...we know how nerve wracking waiting for ANY test result can really be!

Stay positive Stephanie...keep willing those stupid bugs out of your system for good!

Again..welcome! You'll find the guys in here are FABULOUS the best wealth of knowledge and caring that I've ever found on an internet community ANYWHERE.

Debby