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The Ten Commandments for Hepatitis Survival...
This has been around for a long, long time.
Chances are most of you have read it.
If not, take the time to read it, it'll may give you a little boost-
it does help me....
The Ten Commandments for Hepatitis Survival
1. Thou shalt regard the word, "Hepatitis", as exactly that: a word. Nothing more, nothing less. For its original meaning has changed mightily over the years, as have such words as Smallpox, TB, and Polio, all once dreaded ailments, now non-existent as maladies. And thus shalt go thy Hepatitis. The answer shall come to those who shall be present to hear it. Be present when it comes.
2. Thou shalt love thy interferon, and thy other treatments even as thyself, for they are thy friends and champions. Although they exact a toll for their endeavors, they are oft most generous in the favors they bestow.
3. Thou shalt participate fully in thy recovery. Thou shalt learn all the details of thy ailment, its diagnosis, its prognosis, its treatments, conventional and alternate. Thou shalt discuss them openly and candidly with thy hepatologist and shalt question all thou do not comprehend. Then, thou shalt cooperate intelligently and knowledgeably with thy doctor.
4. Thou shalt regard thy ailment as a temporary detour in thy life and shalt plan thy future as though this detour had not occurred. Thou shalt never, at no time, nohow, regard thy temporary ailment as permanent. Thou shalt set long-term goals for thyself. For thou WILL verily recover and thy believing so will contribute mightily to thy recovery.
5. Thou shalt express thy feelings candidly and openly to thy loved ones for they, too, are stricken. Thou shalt comfort and reassure them for they, too, needest comforting and reassurance, even as thou doest.
6. Thou shalt be a comfort to thy fellow-Hepsters, providing knowledge, encouragement, understanding and love. You shalt give them hope where there may be none, for only in hope lies their salvation. And by doing so, thou providest comfort for thyself, as well.
7. Thou shalt never relinquish hope, no matter how thou may feelest at that moment, for thou knowest, in the deep recesses of thy heart, that your discouragement is but fleeting and that a better day awaits thee.
8. Thou shalt not regard thy ailment as the sum total of thy life but as merely a part of it. Fill your life with other diversions, be they mundane, daring, altruistic, or merely amusing. To fill your life with your ailment is to surrender to it.
9. Thou shalt maintain, at all times and in all circumstances, thy sense of humor, for laughter lightens thy heart and hastens thy recovery. This is not an easy task, sometimes seemingly impossible, but it is a goal well worth the endeavor.
10. Thou shalt have enduring and unassailable faith, whether thy faith be in a Supreme Being, in Medical Science, in Thy Future, in Thyself, or in Whatever. Steadfastly sustain thy faith for it shall sustain thee.
edited from The Ten Commandments for Cancer Survival: by Paul H. Klein 72773,2241 (Compuserve)
Chances are most of you have read it.
If not, take the time to read it, it'll may give you a little boost-
it does help me....
The Ten Commandments for Hepatitis Survival
1. Thou shalt regard the word, "Hepatitis", as exactly that: a word. Nothing more, nothing less. For its original meaning has changed mightily over the years, as have such words as Smallpox, TB, and Polio, all once dreaded ailments, now non-existent as maladies. And thus shalt go thy Hepatitis. The answer shall come to those who shall be present to hear it. Be present when it comes.
2. Thou shalt love thy interferon, and thy other treatments even as thyself, for they are thy friends and champions. Although they exact a toll for their endeavors, they are oft most generous in the favors they bestow.
3. Thou shalt participate fully in thy recovery. Thou shalt learn all the details of thy ailment, its diagnosis, its prognosis, its treatments, conventional and alternate. Thou shalt discuss them openly and candidly with thy hepatologist and shalt question all thou do not comprehend. Then, thou shalt cooperate intelligently and knowledgeably with thy doctor.
4. Thou shalt regard thy ailment as a temporary detour in thy life and shalt plan thy future as though this detour had not occurred. Thou shalt never, at no time, nohow, regard thy temporary ailment as permanent. Thou shalt set long-term goals for thyself. For thou WILL verily recover and thy believing so will contribute mightily to thy recovery.
5. Thou shalt express thy feelings candidly and openly to thy loved ones for they, too, are stricken. Thou shalt comfort and reassure them for they, too, needest comforting and reassurance, even as thou doest.
6. Thou shalt be a comfort to thy fellow-Hepsters, providing knowledge, encouragement, understanding and love. You shalt give them hope where there may be none, for only in hope lies their salvation. And by doing so, thou providest comfort for thyself, as well.
7. Thou shalt never relinquish hope, no matter how thou may feelest at that moment, for thou knowest, in the deep recesses of thy heart, that your discouragement is but fleeting and that a better day awaits thee.
8. Thou shalt not regard thy ailment as the sum total of thy life but as merely a part of it. Fill your life with other diversions, be they mundane, daring, altruistic, or merely amusing. To fill your life with your ailment is to surrender to it.
9. Thou shalt maintain, at all times and in all circumstances, thy sense of humor, for laughter lightens thy heart and hastens thy recovery. This is not an easy task, sometimes seemingly impossible, but it is a goal well worth the endeavor.
10. Thou shalt have enduring and unassailable faith, whether thy faith be in a Supreme Being, in Medical Science, in Thy Future, in Thyself, or in Whatever. Steadfastly sustain thy faith for it shall sustain thee.
edited from The Ten Commandments for Cancer Survival: by Paul H. Klein 72773,2241 (Compuserve)
started the riba today, gonna pre-dose a little before the injections...thanks for asking...
I guess I am new enough that I haven't seen the Commandments posted. Thanks, it is valuable.
Brent
Brent
I'll have to try that tonight as I take my first one. Started the riba yesterday morning. So far have a mega headache (had to take a zomig - which worked) Arms and back is itchy (2 tiny itchy bumps on my tummy) and am real amped up and bitchy. I think it will work better with the peg to bring me down. I feel like I took an upper - weird.
Also a ting of nausia now and then. But tons of energy,,,better take advantage of it while I can huh.
What's up with you? Did you start the Riba?
Also a ting of nausia now and then. But tons of energy,,,better take advantage of it while I can huh.
What's up with you? Did you start the Riba?
thanks a lot for this, I think it's really valuable, what I read of it! lol...we can jaw back and forth on an intellectual level about how harsh this treatment is, and how it's toxic, blah blah blah...I've sure done my share, and no, it's not V-8 Juice....but I figure, for your own psychological state, the best thing to do is really make friends with this stuff if youre going to take it and make the commitment, then hating it for all it's worth
...I know a woman who thanked her shot and praised it for how it was going to give her an SVR...every time she shot...as crazy as this sounds, it makes sense to me how that type of attitude could help one through the gruel......just my take...
...I know a woman who thanked her shot and praised it for how it was going to give her an SVR...every time she shot...as crazy as this sounds, it makes sense to me how that type of attitude could help one through the gruel......just my take...
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