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Hi ,
To all of you ,I know how hard finding out you have hep c and how much it changes your life..
Im 10 weeks into treatment ,There is hard times and times when things just get to much .
But i i have my 4 weeks bloods back and it was undetected ...
Im not saying that helps me ,when im feeling upset and ill .
I know how alone it can feel ....
:wave: Keep thinking it will be worth it in the end ....

I am on wk 7 or 8 I think. I am trying not to count. Anyway my four wk blood viral load dethawed before it got to the lab and could not be tested. My other blood work looked good....my liver enzymes had come back down to normal. Anyway I just got the call a few hours ago and I came down from somewhere in the 7millions in the viral load area to undetectable. Good news. I am not a happy camper though. I just am having a bad day...or should I say moments and not even the day. Yes that viral load being undetectable will help me keep going I hope. I am just upset easily and never happy it seems. I feel like I have the flu all the time. I hate this. It is not horrible and intolerable or I would quit but it still is not fun. My husband went to Germany for work....I feel very alone. We have a almost two year old little boy and I just find that I get upset easy. I take it out on my husband. And it makes me even more mad that he acts like he does not get it. He has been through tx too. He should get it but he is a man so why would I think he would. j/k. I just wish he would would say the right think just once when I am upset. I get mad and feel like everything is not fair. I don't know if that is really the case or it is this medicine and my hormones being crazy. I just feel like life is not fair right now. I would love a break from my son and in his two years of existence I have had a total of three nights by myself to relax and the relaxation came after I worked. I don't even know what I am mad at. I just am and I am really sick of feeling like I have a mild case of the flu. Yes I want to get rid of this and will keep going and tomorrow will be better but I just don't know how to tell my husband or get through to my husband that if he just goes out of his way occasionally to make sure he does something nice for me or when I am going on a tyrade over something stupid if he could just stop me in the middle of it and say "what's really wrong honey?". I would stop and probably cry over whatever I am actually freaking out about. I need to get onto some kind of anti depressants that don't make me feel all weird. I am a moody mess. I really do wish he would actually be comforting for once and not short and mean. I don't have the energy for that right now. I just need to have a really good cry. I swear all it would take is one person to really notice that i am not ok and just ask in a serious way if i was. I just totally rambled on and on and probably seem like a basket case. Sorry. I am having a bad moment. Gotta keep on keepin on. I am so thankful for this board. It is the only place that sometimes understands me. Good luck you guys and talk tomorrow.

hang in there sweetie. it will be ok and it is certainly alright to vent now and again..shows we are human.You and your family will be in my families prayers.May God bless you always and in all ways.
Jeff

Wow...I was having a moment. Today I feel fine. It passes. I also took a lexapro last night at 8 instead of later on as suggested and I did not feel weird today. So I will give this anti-depressant a try. I really need something that is for sure. I feel way over emotional and crazy sometimes. I don't like feeling like that. It is like pms all the time. Not good. Thank you.

This is my first post. I've been following your treatment ( Jessey, Charmed, everyone) for 6 or 7 weeks. You guys have shown alot of courage. I took my first shot(1/4 dose) and pills yesterday. I'm type 1 stage 3. I found out just 2 1/2 months ago I had hep c in routine physical. Good luck to you all.

This is my first post. I've been following your treatment ( Jessey, Charmed, everyone) for 6 or 7 weeks. You guys have shown alot of courage. I took my first shot(1/4 dose) and pills yesterday. I'm type 1 stage 3. I found out just 2 1/2 months ago I had hep c in routine physical. Good luck to you all.

Owen good luck to you. I wish you well. Let us know how you are doing. This is a great place to vent...as you can see I take full advantage of it. lol. That is a lot to find out and then start so fast on tx. I liked that my doc eased me on the shot. I felt pretty good the first month. I still feel fine...just body aches and I am sure as you can see I have been slowly getting a little depressed. I am trying lexapro right now. I have a feeling if I stick with it it will take care of that problem. I have just allowed myself to take it easy more. I don't worry so much about cleaning my house like a fanatic. If the floors are not shiny every day of the week it is not going to hurt anyone.....it bothers me but not enough to get up and clean them. Drink lots of water hun. It help me and it helped my husband. I found that if I leave a glass out by my refridgerator I tend to drink more water. My husband carried a big water bottle with him at all times and refilled it constantly. I bought him bottled water at home just because it made it easier for him to drink water all the time. Good luck.

good luck to you as well my friend..this is a great support group here..almost like a little family community :-)

Thanks for the good thoughts. It's almost a relief to have begun treatment, but hard to imagine that this is my life for the next year or more. I'm glad to hear some of you have gotten your viral count down so much. Mine started out at 20 million(higher than I've heard anyone here mention), yet I have none of the noticable symptoms of of hep c. It's was hard to decide to begin treatment when i felt perfectly healthy, but the stage 3 fibrosis really scared me. I really hope all of you can complete treatment and beat this thing!

Thanks for the good thoughts. It's almost a relief to have begun treatment, but hard to imagine that this is my life for the next year or more. I'm glad to hear some of you have gotten your viral count down so much. Mine started out at 20 million(higher than I've heard anyone here mention), yet I have none of the noticable symptoms of of hep c. It's was hard to decide to begin treatment when i felt perfectly healthy, but the stage 3 fibrosis really scared me. I really hope all of you can complete treatment and beat this thing!

Hi Owen, like you I am a geno 1 and 3 stage Hepper. I found out in 2004 that I had Hep C during an insurance exam. There are no signs for Hep C you only get signs during txs via side affects. I hope to start treatments this month. I too was more concerned of the 3 stage fibrosis but now we can only try to get our viral load down to curtail any further damage to our liver. I hope you do well with your treatments, me too when I start. Let's hope our side affects are minor ones.

How old are you? I will be 67 yrs old in August. Let us know how the txs go, it helps others know what to expect or take notice of during tx. Especially me since our diagnosis is the same. Good luck and keep posting. Thumbs up!

Joyce

Good luck to both of you. Let us know how it goes.

Hi Joyce. I'm 51 and otherwise pretty healthy. I think that if I'd been told I had less fibrosis that I would have waited. Wishing you the best when you start when you start treatment.

Wow...I was having a moment. Today I feel fine. It passes. I also took a lexapro last night at 8 instead of later on as suggested and I did not feel weird today. So I will give this anti-depressant a try. I really need something that is for sure. I feel way over emotional and crazy sometimes. I don't like feeling like that. It is like pms all the time. Not good. Thank you.

I really hate it for you when you are feeling bad. I know exactly how you feel. I know that I've probably sounded like a pusher for the antidepressants but they really do help. I hope that this really works out for you. Hang in there girl.

This is my first post. I've been following your treatment ( Jessey, Charmed, everyone) for 6 or 7 weeks. You guys have shown alot of courage. I took my first shot(1/4 dose) and pills yesterday. I'm type 1 stage 3. I found out just 2 1/2 months ago I had hep c in routine physical. Good luck to you all.

It's really scary at first, isn't it? I just wandered around for a little while waiting for the other shoe to drop. Luckily it never did, lol. I wish you all the luck in the world. keep us posted. We'll be watching.

Hi Owen, like you I am a geno 1 and 3 stage Hepper. I found out in 2004 that I had Hep C during an insurance exam. There are no signs for Hep C you only get signs during txs via side affects. I hope to start treatments this month. I too was more concerned of the 3 stage fibrosis but now we can only try to get our viral load down to curtail any further damage to our liver. I hope you do well with your treatments, me too when I start. Let's hope our side affects are minor ones.

How old are you? I will be 67 yrs old in August. Let us know how the txs go, it helps others know what to expect or take notice of during tx. Especially me since our diagnosis is the same. Good luck and keep posting. Thumbs up!

Joyce

I am praying for little or no side effects for you guys! Keep us posted so that we can be there for you too.

Thanks Lisa,

It's good to know that we're not alone and have a place or others we can talk to who understands. We're in a good & concerned support group which makes a big difference in how we handle our situation.

Let's just keep posting and cheer each other on. After all when we reach the finish line of our tx and our tests are negative it gives others hope. Again, thanks guys for your support.

Joyce

I am on wk 7 or 8 I think. I am trying not to count. Anyway my four wk blood viral load dethawed before it got to the lab and could not be tested. My other blood work looked good....my liver enzymes had come back down to normal. Anyway I just got the call a few hours ago and I came down from somewhere in the 7millions in the viral load area to undetectable. Good news. I am not a happy camper though. I just am having a bad day...or should I say moments and not even the day. Yes that viral load being undetectable will help me keep going I hope. I am just upset easily and never happy it seems. I feel like I have the flu all the time. I hate this. It is not horrible and intolerable or I would quit but it still is not fun. My husband went to Germany for work....I feel very alone. We have a almost two year old little boy and I just find that I get upset easy. I take it out on my husband. And it makes me even more mad that he acts like he does not get it. He has been through tx too. He should get it but he is a man so why would I think he would. j/k. I just wish he would would say the right think just once when I am upset. I get mad and feel like everything is not fair. I don't know if that is really the case or it is this medicine and my hormones being crazy. I just feel like life is not fair right now. I would love a break from my son and in his two years of existence I have had a total of three nights by myself to relax and the relaxation came after I worked. I don't even know what I am mad at. I just am and I am really sick of feeling like I have a mild case of the flu. Yes I want to get rid of this and will keep going and tomorrow will be better but I just don't know how to tell my husband or get through to my husband that if he just goes out of his way occasionally to make sure he does something nice for me or when I am going on a tyrade over something stupid if he could just stop me in the middle of it and say "what's really wrong honey?". I would stop and probably cry over whatever I am actually freaking out about. I need to get onto some kind of anti depressants that don't make me feel all weird. I am a moody mess. I really do wish he would actually be comforting for once and not short and mean. I don't have the energy for that right now. I just need to have a really good cry. I swear all it would take is one person to really notice that i am not ok and just ask in a serious way if i was. I just totally rambled on and on and probably seem like a basket case. Sorry. I am having a bad moment. Gotta keep on keepin on. I am so thankful for this board. It is the only place that sometimes understands me. Good luck you guys and talk tomorrow.

started a new thread or what ever you call it on people on treatment.....just wanted to let you know.