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Howdy folks-
In the double digits, for treatment now, #10, two more for the big twelve week, that’s when most make it or break it, if you are not responding at twelve weeks now, they may shut down your treatment, makes sense to me, why go the full 48 weeks if your chances are nil, huh?

More Aunties around here than at my redneck family reuinions, lol
he he, [put the claws away that was just a joke], -but for anyone trying to tell me that this treatment, is not doing me any good, -Damn I feel good.

Went out this weekend, along the river hills near my place, looking for deer antler sheds, now hills may be a understatement because in some areas you can go downhill for over a mile and still not see the river, in that mile you will go up and down twenty smaller hills, then when you reach the bottom, yikes you have to go back up.

I spent the better part of the morning there, loving every minute, if I got too tired, I sat down and admired nature in all her beauty, after a few minutes I was ready to tackle the next hill.

I carried a excellent large fanny pack, that has shoulder straps, making it comfortable to carry, I carried, all the essentials, A cell phone, of course, several bananas, toilet tissue, and a three quart water bladder bag, that has a hose that runs along the shoulder straps, on the end of the hose is a bite valve, as you get thirsty, you just simply turn your head, bite the valve and drink to your hearts content, I put in one quart sports drink and two quarts pure water.

I put on about twelve kilometers, roughly seven miles, as the bird fly’s, but WHOLLY crap, about twenty k's as the Neil walks, he he
up, down, mud, occasional snow drift chin high, briars and bushes where the rabbits would not go, it was murder,- damn I loved it.

Although when I got home and waited for my butt to catch up, I was fairly tired, but when I thought of it, there are young pups half my age, healthy, would still be at the bottom whining about it, he,
so I felt I did well, amazingly though the next day I was not sore or exhausted, I am not sure how, But I thank Pegasys for that.

That story was to make up for my short list of sides,
I have noticed that every Sat. afternoon [Day 5], for the last three weeks, that I get a sudden attack of the dreaded die-rear, a common side effect of treatment, it lasts until late Sunday.

So have some Pepto-Bismol handy, comes in bottles or chew tabs for when on foot, believe me carry some at all times, [and forget your wallet, but do not forget your toilet tissue and Pepto-Bismol, he he].

Now at week ten they say that I am over the worst and should be settled in, and treatment should be more tolerable [By the way, as we all know, tolerable means it will not just kill us out right, he he].

Which is about right, everything is leveled out, now it seems that my short windedness, from anemia, caused by the Ribavirin, has leveled out and I hardly notice it any more, - has it become tolerable? OR have I become adapted and accustomed to it, and have scheduled my actions to the point where when it is going to bother me, I then take it easy, making it easy for my self.

Last night as I watched CNN's coverage of Iraq, [Fear Factor was a rerun], I injected my Pegasys into my stomach, its such a ritual, I had to check my stomach to make sure I just did not inject my new leather couch, ha ha.

That’s all for this week, my heart and prayers go out to the boys and gals in Iraq, and all their families, I wish them all well, I wish your brave troops success and that all will come home very soon.

Be Positive Be Well+


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--Get Outdoors-Enjoy Life----Neil