End Of Treatment Today...!

[monavenir]

My first day without Sovaldi/Riba.  I feel nervous inside. I felt protected while on treatment, now I'm on my own?!?

I'm a G3 , 52 , female on HRT,  IL28 CT, fibroscan 3.2, no cirrhosis VL before TX around 600,000. I did interferon and RIBA in 2009, was consider a slow responder but I did get UND between week 8 and 12. Of course the virus came back. This last March I started another 24 weeks TX with the new SOC  /  sovaldi - RIBA .

I didn't miss 0ne pill:  1 sovaldi and 3 RIBA at 6 am and 2 RIBA at 6pm.  That work fine for me. This is the time a get up for work.

The first week I just felt different with headache and with my normal anxiety and of course lack of sleep that stayed during treatment . I took an Ativan nitghly at a very low dose, that help.

During treatment some days I had so much energy, I felt so great At 110%!  Than the roller coaster started, ups and downs, somedays extreme fatigue  than great energy...  I was able to stay at work full time, no sick day, just times for hep c nurse visits. My blood work were always vey good . I didn't have to reduce the RIBA doses . Like others I was UND at week 4 and 12! I should be trill about these results but once you get the relapse word .... It is hard to forget

The last few weeks have been harder on my emotions, I cry, confuse , no tolerance , angry , overwhelm if to many people. I just want to hide!! I don't really like who I am now. I know it's the RIBA and this will go away. When I read people -relapse with new SOC a feel  pure panic inside ...

Tonight I go for EOT blood work . I know the end result is out of my hand, I did the best I could do, but the next 12 weeks will be very long with some anxiety !!!

Have a good day!

[Sarah1949]

Congratulations on completing your treatment. Really, all you can do now is release it and let it go (as has already been said). When I get obsessed with worry I think of flipping a switch in my brain by forcing a change in my thoughts by replacing the tape with something new and positive. I start talking my thoughts out loud to reinforce the change. I'm still so very frustrated with waiting for treatment that this is what I've had to do to keep from being consumed by it all. Take care.

[kelly55]

Hang in there I will finish my 24 weeks in 16 days.  Im like you emotions are everywhere. Im 55 and going thru menopause I was told its harder to treat us then others. I feel like why me but then I realize theres so many of us. I have been  undetected since 2nd week, I know we can beat this thing we just hafta stay strong.  As nurse said there are better and even more tolerable DRUGS ON THE HORIZON. Take Care & GOD Bless Kelly

[nursehepc]

You have done all that you can do. Try and live your life the best as you can...distract yourself as much as you can...  That is what I am doing right now as well....  

My mantra to myself is that I have done all that I can...and I need to live a healthy life as I wait...  I have also told myself...as my providers have...that...if things do not work out for me...there are treatments on the horizon (tolerable treatments) that will be available for me and all is not lost... There are a couple of major U.S and European conferences coming up where there will be alot of sharing of info...

Congratulations on getting through treatment...I only had 12 weeks of Sovaldi and Riba... You did good!  Jo