It's been a long time since I checked in here... I'm doing well. Just found out some information that I think is an interesting addition in my Hep C/cancer journey. In August of 2014, when diagnosed...
Have you been tested for Lyme's?...
This bloodwork for some reason took a really long time to post. Had me very nervous that it was not good news, but it is!...
So very sorry for your loss. I am glad you were all together in the final moments... Barbara...
Some decisions are hard to believe, beyond absurd is right. So sorry that you have to go through this....
What wonderful news! In my thoughts and best wishes for smooth sailing from here on. Barbara...
Wow. I got chills reading your post and your philosophical approach is wonderful. Suspect from the lack of posting today that it may well be your liver and I am hoping you do live a long and healthy...
Congratulations!! Was struck in reading your posts by how few people really understand what a big deal it is to have hep c gone. Granted, I coasted on my cancer treatment so far, but the hep c was...
Just have three, we have a pond. use the eggs sometimes. They were determined to hatch some out and I have two ducks sitting on one batch of eggs. Co-parenting. I ignored my own advice about wearing...
So now I have ducklings hatching. Haven't had an egg open yet but they are peeping from within. Mama duck is not to be messed with and I will wear heavy gloves and long sleeves if I try to check...
Awesome. My thoughts and prayers are with you...
My timely reply to this post disappeared when I hit a wrong key, just now trying again. Looked over your post again and was struck by your question about sounding awful. The short answer is no, it...
Can't imagine how anyone could know all that you have done and have anything even close to a bad feeling that you are finally done working harder to get her life on track than she is. What is really...
Any chance to enroll in a trial study? I read yesterday results from a trial of the new Merck medicine and in it mention was made that they were lacking participants with genotypes 4 and 6. Just a...
So today I am sick, with either a nasty summer cold or the flu. And my viewpoint, in Pollyanna fashion, is thank heavens I did not do interferon, as this is how I would have probably felt for close...
I spent a long while with a painfully long chicken saga that, five long paragraphs in, disappeared when I hit the wrong key. I will try again when I muster up some energy, sick with a cold or flu...
Wrenching news for me, hard to fathom how it feels to be in your shoes. With some awareness that I have no guarantee I won't be in them down the road... I do think it is lucky you had routine blood...
Keeping my fingers crossed for you... The viral load result is an agonizingly long wait for me. Sometimes I snap out of it and realize it is only a few days. It's partly because everything else...
Congratulations on good news. Hoping to join your club in a couple of months. Interesting about your rash as I had a sort of similar experience - about a week or so after treatment ended I began to...
Wow Dennis I am bummed for you. Wrenching news and those numbers seem really high. Were they that high before you started treatment? I finished tx on July 1 so I am not sure if I am out of the woods,...
I was going to tell you a chicken story as a diversion but it seemed too trite..hope you are feeling better today. Thinking of you......
Still not detected! I get blood work often... What is surprising me is how some of the sides are lingering. Body aches and weakness as well as fatigue and periods of nausea. And they come in waves, I...
I have been pondering what to write since first reading your post. Sad and difficult situation. If your sister has no interest in getting well there is really no way to force her. However, for your...
When I was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma last August I had a seven to nine month prognosis. It was in my bloodstream not lymph nodes which made my prognosis worse. There are amazing things going on...
Congratulations, although I am confused. The post seems to be from April 21, but then there are replies from yesterday. Good news regardless, just not sure if it is old good news or new good news....
I will see what I can do. One hen is in the barn and it is too dark, the other is in a coop and those eggs have just started to hatch....
Not relevant to any medical issue but thought I would mention I have chicks hatching. Perhaps even as I write this.. They are as cute as anything....
Been meaning to post for a week or so... Now three weeks past my hopefully last harvoni pill. All of the sides have abated, some seem to be gone completely. Overall I feel much better than I did...
Wow. Last day tomorrow. It felt great for me two weeks ago when I took my hoping-very-much last pill. Hope you have a great day!...
Yes I am in the burgh. Dorseyville road. Are you with the center for liver diseases? I would suspect you are correct that it is the ribavirin that is causing you the most difficulty. The harvoni had...
Walt, are you by chance near Pittsburgh? That elusive grasp of the meaning of life...just when i think i have a glimmer i get knocked off my square. sigh.... Hospital stuff is serious stuff, details...
So I typed a post on Friday that disappeared into cyberspace when I got logged out of the hospital guest wifi. Pretty sure I had summed up the meaning of life in it before it disappeared. Do recall...
Welcome. This forum is great for information and as a place to feel connected with people dealing with hep c and liver disease. Have you started treatment yet? From what I surmise many people have...
The description of your weight in stone is a big tip as to your location. I have had hep c for at least 30 and maybe more like 40 years. No awareness of it until my liver function test numbers began...
I hope you have found your way to an al-anon meeting. Sometimes the best support given is by example and you getting help for you around the drinking issue may be the spark that helps your daughter...
Wow Kelly, What a rough road you are on. How long ago did your dad get out of detox? My thoughts...first and foremost that you have no real power to change anything for him. So very sad as he is...
Hi Linda, As I read through your posts I wondered if you are doing anything for you? Al-anon comes to mind as does any supportive person or group who you can sound off on. Sounds like you have been...
Wondering how old your hens are? It may be in a prior post... I am also in suburbia but in a Borough with no regulations whatsoever about chickens. We would likely be exempt as we are a small farm,...
Took my last Harvoni tablet this morning!! Amazing how quickly, in hindsight, it has gone. My experience has not been as easy as some but waaaay better than what it would have been on the old drugs....
Best wishes for an easy journey on the harvoni train. I am nearing the end of 12 weeks, July 3 is my final dose. I have had more sides than many report but I am on a treatment for cancer as well....
Do you ever hatch out chicks? I have found that there are few things that can ground me as well as watching peeps interact with their mom and the world. I am hopefully waiting, my peahen disappeared...
Have been thinking how odd it is that the Harvoni sides seem to be getting worse, I finish July 3rd. Had a blood test pre infusion on Wednesday and discover that my TSH is elevated (7.6) pretty far...
Nice to hear from you Barry. My "work" is as a stay at home mom and with two teenage girls I so know what being beat up is. With no mercy for days that I feel lousy. I get it, they want the security...
The charger is to electrify the fence which keeps the varmints out. The chickens stay in regardless of it being on or off. It works great and is sooo easy to move around. Love the personality of the...
Oh that angel Teresa. She worked her magic and it was here by noon. And I apologize as I did not think it was not coming when I was venting this morning, I had spent 20 minutes on the phone the day...
Major hassle getting third bottle of harvoni through Walgreens specialty pharmacy. Little venting here... On my calendar to call and check re refill a week early. When I do so I get a response that...
Rooting for you Dog. Trying not to be fearful of relapse and keeping it in today is tough for me sometimes. And, I do all that you suggest and still have rough sides from the harvoni. Have eaten well...
Ah, chickens. I can discourse at length as I am a chicken owner who loves my birds....and, here's a suggestion. I sold my chickens and coop when I was dxed with melanoma to a guy who now is in the...
So I don't have a strong medical logic here but in my own life I have chosen to stay off statin drugs, and I have very high (270ish) cholesterol. Part of my choice is my response to the knee jerk...
Wow Barry I feel like we just met and you are saying goodbye already? Blessings to you and a sincere wish that we all end up virus free forever. Amazing that it is now a likelihood versus a slim...