Meds Finally Here! YIKES!!!!!

[Forseegood]

LOL...yeah, be careful what you wish for huh? and i was complaining about a hold-up...the Alinia is being delivered too ...anyway, I guess I gotta squirrel some away for a rainy day right? they deliver a month's worth at a time..guess I'm going to pre-load with the alinia for about a week anyway, that way I can tell if it's going to give me any sides, etc...if they do too much, might rethink taking it...also to distinguish which sides are from what, etc...so, I have to find out how to give myself shots, is there an online place I can see a video? think there is...also maybe get a lesson...also have to figure out when I should take my shot...have bad insomnia sometimes so I'd like to take the riba earlier then later...better go do some deep breathing, HA HA HA HA!

[wyntre9]

Congrats to you 4c for finally biting the bullet.  i can't beleive I've been reading your posts for 16 months (that's how long I've been on TX) and you're finally getting started just as I'm getting near the finish line.

You will be fine.  For insomnia, ask for ambien or lunesta and don't beat yourself up if you haveta take it.  SX can be enough to deal with without sleep deprivation making things worse.

but I hope you will be one of the lucky ones and sail through TX symptom free.

I'm going to say again that now I'm on wellbutrin, I could kick myself for not having insisted on it a year ago.

Let us know when you start.

[R Glass]

I wish you the best. May you be an  early responder and have very little or no sx

[Trish77]

4C:  gee, I somehow thought that the Riba would be in a big, dark Red jar...maybe with a black label, but the thing looks so innocuous! he he he...
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I know...pretty little pink pills..then again...they're not the enemy to US..they're enemy to the virus and they're our weapons.  Just.. pretty little pink ones...lol  :)

[jdwithhcv]

In less time than you can imagine, this will all become routine.  I suppose its the brain fog, but I can barely remember the first weeks of tx.  Anticipation of it was far worse than the reality.

However much these drugs affect my life, I know they are working and I am getting the desired result.  So I focus on that part, and I'm doing this thing with all my might because I want to put it all behind me once and for all.  Can't wait to find out what the new "normal" will look like when that day comes.

Think of this as a chance to reinvent yourself, you're gonna come out of it healthier and stronger - a whole new woman!  Never forget we're all here for ya.

Hope you had that excellent Italian meal.  Be gentle with yourself and fierce with the Hep C and you will amaze yourself with what you can do.

jd

[Forseegood]

gee, I somehow thought that the Riba would be in a big, dark Red jar...maybe with a black label, but the thing looks so innocuous! he he he...

and the Alinia bottle looks absolutely cheery! A friend here on the forum used to kiss the syringe every time she was supposed to giver herself a shot, thanking it for killing the virus...

I know, a little odd, but she said it set her up psychologically to value the meds for what they can do positively, instead of focusing on all the ill they could cause, if any...

Don't know if I'll go that far, but I'm trying to change my attitude towards them, and value them as well, for my own purposes of getting well...it's been a long hard road to get there, ha ha ha, we'll see how it goes, can only hope for the best!!!! thanks to you all, really value your contributions now, and over the years....

And thanks to Pigeonca for holding my hand, taking me to my shot lesson, ha ha ha! Sounds like I'm getting an academy award, you veterans must be giggling your butts off!

[Trish77]

Forseegood,

I just started tx yesterday morning and I can tell you that thinking about it ahead of time is worse than the actual start of it.  I felt alot like Goofy described...only for me it was more of a feeling like I was getting ready to jump off a cliff  .. then I'd rein it in and I'd be okay for awhile and then a bit of panic set in.  All in like the two days before.  Up until then....I had become SO anxious to start that I was simply excited to get there and was counting sleeps!  lol  :)  The night before I was a bit of a wreck, emotions up and down like a rollercoaster.  Mentioned to one of my guy friends that I was scared under all that feisty talk and he said words that made sense to ME but don't know if they will help you.  He some good things to me.. but summed up with "this is something to get psyched up about, not psyched out about".   That jolted me out of it.  God, I love my guy friends for that.

So .. I guess I want to say to you...try not to let yourself get psyched out about this.  Whether you can psych up is another matter and not sure that's required for everyone...but don't get psyched out about it.  And you'll find that the first day is mostly a non-event...and you'll take the rest of it a day at a time.  You obviously have loads of support here and well-earned.  I know that talking about it and doing it are two different things...but that first day IS an event...a big moment...changes your life.  Just don't get psyched out about it.  

The shot is easy, btw.  I was nervous of the pain, cause it hurts when they take my blood.  I only have one good vein usually and that actually hurt more than my first injection, which I didn't feel at all...and I did my own, which was a great mental boost.  But that's what was good for me.  Some people lead into that...others I know have someone else do it for them.  Whatever WORKS for you.  

Let us know when "lift-off" is and we can get you through. So many great people here. Wishing you all the best.

Trish