starting treatment soon...got palmar erythema

[niceguy2007]

hi everyone..

i've decided to start interferon and ribavarin treatmetn as soon as possible.

i'm 25 yrs old, been infected with HCV genotype 3 for less than 4 years...

in this past month i've developed a singular blotch of palmar erethema under my little finger on my left hand..it throbs with a glass slide placed on it.

i've also developed what appear to be the early stages of terry nails, though that is debatable cuz my entire family thinks thats not so.  but i've emailed my pics to a doc.  i'm terrified!


but i thank God that i have no spider angiomata.

my latest liver ultrasound shows increased echogenicity, though it was perfect 2 months ago.  docdtor suspects fatty liver.

i've ingested about 1 gram of alcohol per day in homeopahic milk thistle , so maybe that has somethign to do  with it? cud i have deverloepd fatty liver , or worse, cirrhosis, in 2 months time?

riht now i feel really bad:(

[sfbaygirl]

No, the wait is worse (believe it or not) than the tx. Once you make up your mind you are gonna do it, I just wanted to start NOW! I can't believe how long you have waited. One month was too long for me! Even if you get bad sx from the first shot, you will feel relieved that you are on the road. I know the going on the vacation anology isn't going to fly here...LOL But the wait is similar!

[Myown]

I can't wait to get started. I know its not fun, but this wait isn't fun either.

I'd fake the pain too if I was you.This way you'll have peace about it, getting the cat scan.

[sfbaygirl]

He said he can't ask the ins. co to pay for a test because I am curious. I can understand that. If I were the ins. co, I don't know if I would approve it for curiousity! Now that maybe something is real, I can get it (I hope). It hurts sometimes, not much, but I am willing to play it up to get that CAT SCAN. Geez, what am I doing? We used to fake being sick to stay home from school. Now I fake a lot of pain to get a cat scan? Our lives sure seem to change priority on tx (and before).

Are you still anxious? Won't be long....

[Myown]

SFBAygirl said..
No, the wait is worse (believe it or not) than the tx.


Well that's good news. I am afraid, but not lkie I was originally. I feel lazy about the whole thing too.

The lab that I have to go to is always so so crowded, no matter what time you go. It seems like so much work, running back and forth to labs, then doctors, yet I never hear anyone complaining about it. I'm complaining before I even start.

Yeah, the doctor didn't want ot start in summer cuz of sun.

I don't work anymore, so I am trying to think of what is the best days to do shots. I was thinking about Thursday nite. For some reason it seems to be a popular night chosen by the brethren here lol.

I guess you can call me a copy cat. But actually, if something goes wrong with shot, God forbid, at least the next day the doctor is open. Then if I go Mon or Tues for labs and I guess the following day to doctor. I don't know. I guess I will figure it all out.

The doc had said she does weekly pcr, so I guess that's one thing I won't have to wait for.

If you have any suggestions about when to do shots and stuff, let me know when you get a chance. Thanks

[GrandmaA]

Dr. Zhang says we should not take any treatment that has ANY alcohol in it as the alcohol will just aggravate the liver and cause further damage. Take the milk thistle in caps.

[Myown]

Swollen ducts.. Could that be a stones? The only way you'll feel better is to get the cat scan, insist. I don't uderstand these doctors, they aren't paying for the tests, why is it like pulling teeth sometimes to get tests ordered?