Remember This!!!

[DallasStar]

Today I Had A Serious Regrouping Session with My
Mind...Body & SOUL.....
I just wanted to Share MY Insight with all Of You..
I Hope No-one Minds..

Please take a Few Minutes to Remember
That We are All In this Together...

REMEMBER THIS

If God BRINGS Me to It....
He Will BRING Me Through It...


"May TODAY there Be PEACE Within YOU"....

May You TRUST God that YOU are EXACTLY where YOU
are Meant to BE....

I Believe That FRIENDS Are Quiet ANGELS....

Who LIFT Us to OUR Feet...

When Our WINGS have Trouble REMEMBERING HOW TO FLY...

As Always

Dallas

[doll face]

Dallas- post like this is why I keep coming back here. A few words of encouragement goes a long way. Thanks

Hepcbilly- You and your doctor will make the best decision for you, but it is still wise for you to find out all the information that you can. Some people are fine with waiting and others obsess with getting rid of it as fast as possible. You will do what is best for you. God bless and good luck not only with your family and health but your new business as well.

[Luke307]

If you are otherwise healthy and not having other symptoms and you trust your doctor's opinion you're probably alright waiting. It's important to remember that this stuff can cause lots of different problems though. I would have loved to have waited but the doc said no. Good luck with your business.

[ral]

Layla I hope you, and I am sure you will find an answer for your headaches. Sometimes my wife has to go to ER for them they have some new drugs that are not like demerol but go directly to block the pain. Please check them out no one should be in that kind of pain for that amount of time. My wife is tougher than I am and she will just try to deal with it and sometimes I have to jump in and say you need to go get a shot, she is starting to listen when it gets to bad. She seems to need to break the cycle of pain and when she does that she is better for sometime.

Take care of yourself Layla.


GOD BLESS.

Thanks everyone for the beautiful posts

Bob L

[jonihs]

I also get headaches, not as long as yours and they start anywhere from 12 to 24 hrs. after my shots. I've had migraines for 34 yrs. and these aren't migraines, but the pain is just as bad. I didn't want to take anything that would further damage my liver besides what I already have to, so my Dr. prescribed Vioxx because it is first processed thru the kidneys and tho I haven"t tried them yet cuz my shot is Fri., I  will let you know if it has worked. I have heard good things on Vioxx on here several times. It's good to see your name on here and see you're still hanging in there. I hope you get some relief soon.  Love, Joni

[Indiana]

HepCBilly..........Commeree.........lets talk.
The "odds" of clearing this **** for a type 1 are not "great" to say the least. You are lucky ....in the fact that you have found out early...in time to actually DO something about it.
There are NO guarantees with tx(treatment). But there are some pretty good indicators as to the "Odds" of being successful at it. The biggest things we consider are..."Load"..."Age"...Gender"...damage Levels"...and time you've had it. These are not necessarily in any order. Hep C is a slow moving disease.....until the end stages. It can just "take off" in a big hurry for no apparent reason. Nobody can predict when this will happen. You are right at the point where this could happen.
You have a high load. You are older. You have a low damage lavel. Thats 2 out of 3 man. The longer you wait the harder it is to clear ....with the current meds.
These damage levels are NOT linear. Just because you have gotten this far with little damage does NOT mean that you will be able to go on in the same way. It will progress soon in a big hurry.
OK.....now that I've said that.....It would take you a few months to set up the tx anyways. If all you are lookin at is ONE year then I might go ahead and do that. But do NOT put this off. WAY too many do. Then we see them back here cryin the blues.
If you do decide to put this off, lead a CLEAN life and get healthy with your diet and all. Take Vitamins without Iron and add some antioxidents like Vitamins C & E.
Just understand that as you wait and get older and your load and/or damage increases ,it will lower your "odds" to clear this with the current meds.
I WAS a type 1B. I had a low load. I had this for over 30 years. I am 52 yrs old. I did 50 weeks of the Peg/Intron combo tx. I am CURED baby! But I NEVER hesitated. I worked all through my tx. NOT well...but I was there. I guess t depends on the type of work.
As you wait...your "odds" go down.....every day...every hour....as the virus eats your liver and gets stronger.
It's up to you man. My vote is to choose tx in the form of Pegasys and deal with the work prob;rms. The Pegasys has FAR fewer sides normally. You CAN work on that stuff normally.
It's YOUR choice buddy.
If you do decide to do tx them we will ALL support you here. If not...we will STILL support you.
The toughest decision we make is wether or not to even start this. It takes a FIRM commitment to finish. You would need to prepare yourself and the family.
I wish you well as you wrestle with this tough decision. We will all be here for you whatever you decide............

[britgirl]

I had migraines for several years before tx, but they became much more frequent during those 6 months. The only thing that worked for me was Zomig (zolmitriptan). The good news is that now I have got rid of the virus, i get very few headaches.