could be the headache is from sinus problems from the snorting of foriegn substances. i used to do drugs and coke was my drug of choice. whenever i used a bad quality of cocain i got intense nose and sinus reactions and severe headaches...
i'll bet this is whats going on with you...this on top of old fashioned fear induced stuff... this could be the sleep problem... your scared to death.
i'm sure you will never do drugs again (at least i hope and pray for you that you won't)...you seem too smart and consciencous for that...it was the dumbest thing i ever did and now my lifes at stake for it...
sandi
ps beantown, please keep us informed of your test results... go ahead and get tested for hepc and aids...it sure won't hurt you and it will give you peace of mind too... i'm sure your sleep will return after that and your sinus' will soon do better too... you may want an antibiotic for them... be sure to tell your dr the truth...they can handle it...
Thanks I am going to the doctor tomorrow...I think this forum may have confirmed everything I read on the internet which many of you posted...I'll be sure to let you all know how it goes...Thanks!
Okay beanman - I don't know if there's anyway they COULD document passing HCV through snorting, but it has always made sense to me. Like I said the first time you posted I thought nothing of wiping blood off a rolled bill or straw and snorting. More than once out in public people told me my nose was bleeding(i hadn't noticed cause I was so numbed from coke). Doesn't matter to me whether I got it from the one use of a shared needle, snorting, sex, hastily done stitches and plastic surgery from injuries or med procedures in the old days, boxing, bar fights or whatever.....In my case I MORE than likely got it because I lived a risky lifestyle. Look at it like this...Maybe it was the one use of a needle...okay Bean just suppose I used that needle, then never got high again, moved into a monastery and lived a sober clean serene life. Doesn't matter, I still participated in risky behaviour. Like You did. Course I also knew that with the assortment of drugs and drinking I did the next hit could always be tainted and kill me. But I did it anyways. So I'm not gonna tell ya here's the percentages of catching hep through snorting. Your concerned, get tested. If your're still getting high, stop or you'll drive yourself insane the next morning wondering if THIS time you caught something. If your gonna get high anyways, don't share needles, straws or anything else.
One last thought at one time my addiction took me to new levels...running a nightclub I started stealing money off the top, had been getting high for years but suddenly began to get the WORST headaches that would not go away, even from my own 'arsenal' of chemicals. THen one night I went to the owners of the club, fessed up, stopped stealing and made arrangements for restitution(did get fired)..BUT the headaches went away just like that. You've been here ac ouple of times about this and I iunderstand you are very worried. Maybe it's stress, or guilt causing the headaches. You aren't the first good person in this world that made questionable decisions once or a few times. When you wake up each day you can choose what risks you want to take to the best of your ability.
God Bless ya Beantown,
Don
Said: In my case I MORE than likely got it because I lived a risky lifestyle.
That is the most important statement of all and as long as we know that we have it...and try and fix it...it helps me feel as though I am atoning for the sins of youth (and I am GRATEFUL I know I have it after NOT KNOWING for so very long).
Hopefully you did not contract any disease. But, keep in mind that the coke that went up your nose was not pure. It was diluted with something which could include talcum powder, flour, salt, corn starch, baking powder or soda or who know's what else. It did not come to you from a pharmacy college graduate and was probably not FDA inspected or approved. You control what goes in. Let's hope you head does not explode.
<i>people tend to PROGRESS in their heavy addiction and that generally means from SNORTING to SYRINGES</i>
I would venture that the vast majority of people who took a whiff of blow never went on to to be IVDUs.
I would also guess that there are many, many more folks who did a little coke somewhere along the lines (sorry) than there are IVDUs.
Yet, IVDU is an obvious and certain mode of transmission, vs snorting which remains somewhat controversial. Apparently, if snorting is a mode, it is much, much less efficient than IVDU, and somewhat unlikely on a case by case basis.
I strongly suspect that there is an unidentified transmission route out there that makes up for so many undefined cases.
NYgirl, curious how you established that you've had HVC for 25 years?