Kittyface is done

[kittyface]

Hello Everyone,

I'm off SOC + Alinia.  Geno 1, big vl, cleared at week 9.  I stopped full dose tx at 48 weeks Feb 7 then tapered INF for a month while continuing full dose of Alinia.

A few days off tx I started feeling fantastic and thought I was going to be spared the months of detox I've read about here.  However, being a klutz and not a very good housekeeper I got bit by a brown recluse spider while sticking my hand under my couch.  It was a nasty bite with lots of flesh eating, swelling, streaks going up arm, etc. so I had to have the most horrible antibiotic known to man -- Levaquin -- avoid it like the plague, in fact, I believe it's used to treat Leprosy.

After dosing I begin to feel very unwell then see on the net it's very liver toxic plus other nasty sx.   So I haven't been feeling too well, fatigue, feverish, nausea, but these are all sx of Levaquin.  Of course, I jump to conclusions and think it's the BIG H but will have my 24 week test soon and hopefully allay my paranoia.

Been following you all in your journey and wishing you all the best.

Kittyface

[charm27]

First of all Congratulations on your completion of tx.  I wish you well and a speedy recovery!

As far as that @#$%^ spider thatis such a bummerino!!!!!  It seems like when we are under tx something else always happens! Death of a pet, sickness of a loved one,
loss of job etc.

But a darn spider!!
All will come together again!
BEST OF HEALTH AND WELCOME BACK!!!
Charm
Dont be putting your hands under couches anymore!!

[jdwithhcv]

"I was brought up that spiders in the house are lucky and that I mustn't ever kill one or it would bring bad luck."

This explains a lot in my life because I was brought up to smash them with the longest instrument in the room but only if there was nobody there to do it for me while I cowered in the next room!

jd

[jdwithhcv]

Hey, that's great you finally finished.  Sorry about the spider thing and may I add......ICK ICK ICK ICK ICK!!!!!  We had those when I lived in Georgia and they freaked me out.  Hope you feel better soon.  Wishing you SVR!

jd

[portann]

Congratulations on completing a long tx.  It's upsetting that after so much hard work, a chance encounter with a spider led to such serious consequences.

I have one of those spider stories buried in my past. Mine was with a very unusual kind and I mistook it for a 'normal' spider. It was deadly but I only found out afterwards, since I disposed of him before she bit me. She did return briefly.

I was brought up that spiders in the house are lucky and that I mustn't ever kill one or it would bring bad luck. So from an early age, I was accustomed to gently gathering them up and putting them outdoors.

Some spiders can wreak havoc when they bite and you paid the price. And the cure had its own horrible problems.

Glad you're over the worst of it and now SVR will be yours. Good luck on your 24 week post-tx PCR.

And gosh, I don't know when the last time was that I cleaned under the couch but I'll be careful.

[thegypsy9164]

Ji,

Baytown, Texas here (Mont Belvieu).  What a drag to have completed then get bitten by a recluse.  What has your doc said about the effects of the bite and treatment for it on your SVR?
Joey