RibaRash Fix Advice and Other Posts

[NYgirl]

I have had the WORST possible case of RibaRash for MONTHS.  Nothing could get rid of it and I was literally ripping my skin off.  My sides are now so scarred from the itching which I even did in my sleep!

For Christmas my 17 yo daughter went out and bought me every single itch relief thing on the market.  It was cute, I have tried them all now.

Anyway - I finally tried one product and now

ALL OF MY RIBARASH IS COMPLETELY GONE IN ONLY THREE DAYS!  

I just had to come in here and let you know it worked for me and I pray to God it would work for those of you with this chickenpox itching scratching nightmare of RibaRash!

GOLD BOND MEDICATED TRIPLE ACTION RELIEF FOR DRY AND ITCHY SKIN BODY LOTION.  It's a green bottle with a red top.  

I showered and then put on a good coat of this stuff and almost immediately the itching stopped which was nice.

BUT NOW THREE DAYS LATER IT IS COMPLETELY GONE! MY SIDES AND LEGS AND ARMS AND BACK ARE CLEAR OF THOSE HORRIBLE LITTLE WELTS!

The other lotions I used were just not as RICH and THICK as this stuff and in only three days.........EVERY SINGLE ONE IS TOTALLY GONE.

I hope to GOD it works for any of you out there. I've been using Aveeno lotion and oatmeal bath and hydrocortizone but that made it better but didn't get RID of it.

I REALLY BELIEVE THAT MOISTURIZING AND HYDRATING YOUR SKIN IS THE KEY AND THIS STUFF WORKED WHERE NOTHING ELSE DID!

Debby

[Moniker]

I thought of two other nice things I've experied on treatment:

I stopped having sensitive, unpleasent, sick sort of feeling in my lower right side. If I pressed under my ribs, it was a sort of sick feeling, less than real pain, but not nice. That feeling has gone away. Hooray!

The second nice thing was I stopped getting the stiff neck sort of fatigue I used to have from the hep c. I would get so tired, I'd drink coffee to try and get awake. I would also raise my feet over my head to try and get the blood moving to my brain so I wouldn't be so fatigued. That particular variety of fatigue has left me since I've been on treatment. Now I have fatigue from the ribavirin, which is more of an out-of-breath sort of feeling, as if I've done a lot of exercise when I've really only just walked up one flight of stairs. I prefer the riba fatigue because I know it'll go away when I finish treatment, and hopefully the hep c won't come back.

Bob

[strator]

ALLLRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!! Wow I love hearing people tell upbeat things about post tx. Congratulations on being clear,  and a creative outlet!
Don

[gr8faith]

I received my 6 month PCR results today, virus is still clear!  Went out to celebrate tonight!  To all of you just starting out and those who are midway and near the end, keep on at it, stay the course and know that tx will be a distant memory at some point.  What a year it's been, and I can totally agree with the eat what you want, do what you can and be lazy as much as possible. I have been off the meds for 6 months I am still eating what I want, doing what I want and being lazy as much as possible! In a good way. :)  I think one of the best benefits of tx for me was learning to let others (my family) do for themselves more, letting them do for ME more, and not being so anal about all the little things that used to drive me nuts.  Now they don't understand why my post tx hasn't changed me back to supermom/wife. LOL!!!  I rather like the new me, and yes, my hair is still fuzzy and I have continued with the short cut I got during tx when it was all falling out and getting thinner.  It is much more sassy and fun than the long hair I used to have.
I also took up a new hobby, making jewelry and have been in craft shows and found a great new outlet for fun, not to mention extra spending $.

Blessing to all and Happy New Years!

candy

[cuteus]

it is best to ask your dr what he wants you to do. some Rx 2 pills in the am and 3 at night and others do it in reversed. Ask the dr when he wants you to start the riba, that way you are both on the same page.
good luck tomorrow.
I felt nothing the first day of the shot, and don't remember any significant effects afterwards either, but I was on Pegasys.

[Moniker]

I was thinking about the side effects. There was one I enjoyed a lot. When I began treatment, I started having incredibly vivid dreams, in full color with great detail, interesting characters, wild plots. I slept very well when I started tx, and I would wake up and remember really amusing dreams - not bad dreams, far out, cool stories. Now, at week 25, I don't get those cool dreams anymore, and now I'm having a harder time sleeping. Maybe you'll get some pleasant dreams too when you start tx. I know some other people have reported having those tx dreams too.

Another side benefit is that now I have a great excuse to be lazy and procrastinate. In the morning I tell myself, get with it, get moving, and then I think, no take it easy, you're on treatment, and I just lounge around some more.

I also eat all I want, and don't worry about gaining weight because they told me I would probably lose weight when I went on treatment and therefor I ate pie and ice-cream if I wanted to, and didn't worry about it. I've put on 11 pounds these 25 weeks.

If I can think of any other ok side benefits of tx, I'll add them later.

Bob

[jmjm530]

C'mon man, you can whine better than that. LOL.

Tell us just how miserable you feel -- you've got a captive audience here. :)

Glad to see you're dealing with things so well at least from a mental point of view. The mental game gets more and more important as the body weakens.

-- Jim