Good to hear it's going well. Smart idea to get the handgun after the riba left your system
You want it straight - That's how I like it. You will feel like **** after a few weeks. Chills, spike fever, You need to force feed water daily at 1 oz for half your body weight (imperative) deep headaches that Tylenol won't tame. blurred vision, upset stomach, shaky hands, no appetite, zero energy, tongue sores, nickle taste in your mouth, Mr. Johnson becomes non functional, rashes and terrible itching, aching in your joints, insomnia and constant need to pee. Hair thinning, problems breathing, the belief you are having daily heart attacks, constant sore throat and really bad indigestion. Enough gas to launch the space shuttle. My advice would be not to trust a fart or pass a urinal. My appologies if I left anything out. PS At 12 weeks it started easing for me and is a heck of a lot better than before. I wish you well my friend and its like riding a daily wave you never know how high or low they will be. Dale
I know it, my timid side seems to show through since my dx after having my pcr, cbc and hgb test which lead to a bx followed by unexpected bm before biginning tx. The sx have been cr*p since beginning with the ifn and riba. However my vl has fallen since my last svr test. I have suffered from accusations of bs but wife is obviously imbalanced or suffering from some neorological state (delusions of having a man in the house) that I am unaware of. Well enough of the sugar. Dale
When did you take that 54th shot?? I know that I took my last shot on a Friday and then ate riba for another 6 days. I had 3 pills left Friday morning (the week after the last shot) and tossed them in the trash. The next day (Saturday) I was out doing all kinds of stuff. Washing the car, picking up branches & burning them, etc. Of course, 12 weeks is a lot different than 54, but you should feel a hell of a lot better once that peg is out of your system.
DJL
Rifle said: When did you take that 54th shot?? I know that I took my last shot on a Friday and then ate riba for another 6 days.
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Good cross. Are you a DA or defense attorney. Forgot. LOL. Shot 55 is due around now. If I pass on it, then it will be 54 weeks. Glad you had such a fast recovery but like you say, 12 is different from 54 although my guess/hope is that these meds will flush relatively fast.
-- Jim
First let me say welcome andyou will findmuch support here.
I'm a 2B with a starting VL of 318,000 and Sunday will do shot #12 my half way point, being a 2 will treat for 24 weeks.
For me the first shot was the worse with fever, chills, etc. very flu like.
then after that it was the riba that started tobrng my blood count down, that by Tues. my HGB was 7.1 and I went into the hospital for transfusion and had 2 units of blood. this doesn't happen to all but it did tome. Now I feel great and still on meds.
Some words of advice; make sure you drink plenty of water, in the beginning I didn't and had bad sxs because of it. I now drink 80 oz a day. Before the riba rash started on me I bought the GOLDBOND TRIPLE ACTION LOTION (green bottle) it's extra strenght, and use it a few times a day, so far so good no rash.
Hope this helps and good luck,
Bob