Feeling I will never feel well again

[pcds]

I must say a previous post about never recovering from the hep C treatment was very depressing.  I already feel the person before tx is slowly disappearing. Very sad today after reading post.

[IAmTheWalrus]

I did 84 weeks of TX and relapsed. I felt very lousy diring TX, but I feel pretty good now (18 months later). I would do it again if I had to, but fortunately there are better drugs coming very soon that should make such long treatments a thing of the past.

Like Vic says, it is a slow recovery, but I have felt a little better each day since finishing TX.

[Bill1954]

Hi Vic! Good to see you in the mix here!

[Vic1967]

Your welcome :)
That's way I still check here every now and then. I remember how it helped.
V

[pcds]

I  love you, just what I needed to hear.  Thank you so much
Judy

[Vic1967]

You know I can't predict for sure the future, but for me I am about 4 months post tx and I feel really good.  I too, really felt crappy all through tx.  I did not take anything besides the Inf and Riba, no anti Depressants or anything else.  I really was miserable and got so used to it that I thought it would always be that way.  I remember reading about all the people that relapsed or will still suffering and it made me more depressed. I know what it's like to only have the energy to sit at the computer reading all the time.  Now I am barely home or idle enough to do that anymore.  I still check this website, but rarely post anymore.
I just wanted to say, most people recover and move on.  I felt better already after the first week without the drugs and I slowly, steadily got better and my energy increased. I am working out 5-6 days a week, don't really nap. I wake up refreshed and my hair is growing and getting thicker.  It has been for awhile.
You will be back to your old self. One day this treatment will be a memory and not your lifestyle. Hang in there and one day you will find yourself on the other side, remembering and hopefully encouraging others.
Vicky

[nygirl7]

Don't take everything you read to heart on an Internet forum.  "

She is exactly right - you have to remember that this is just the internet - it's not 'real life' or anything remotely close to it.  Many of the people who are on here are here because they are having a hard time either physically OR mentally. The people who are not, who are doing well...they just don't think to come on to a hep forum to post.  They are out living life not thinking about it.

Some of the people who are still here after treatment are here for their friends but many of them are also here just to help out the new folks.  I'd say 99% oif the members who already treated and have moved on with their lives don't post any longer - so you see life goes on.

Keep positive - keeping a good attitude and focusing on other things aside from every little ache and pain will keep your life flowing and when you are happy everything seems to be a bit better doesn't it?

There is a cure for this disease and treamtent stinks but it has an end date attached - it's not forever and that's a good thing!  :)