Ribavirin

[timedog]

Ok just blame it on being distracted! I usally take my ribavirin in the morning (at work) and at dinner (at home) I didn't realize it but I was one pill short (I take 6 a day) this morning at work.
Make it up at dinner or not or not is the quesiton.

Dare I ask the next question? Has anyone ever felt better while on treatment then before treatment. I know from what I read here a crazy quesiton.  But I would swear that I felt better on Saturday (finishing week 7 of tx) then I have in a long time. Now I know the amazing weather and having a chance to be out side working on my garden, very very slowly, might have had something to do with it.

anyway shot 8 tonight.

[lilmoma]

I wont say I have felt better,...........different maybe.
I had lost 30 pounds prior to tx just b/c I was so sick all the time (terrible stomach problems) but ya know,....that is the one thing that no longer bothers me. Go figure!!!!
lilmoma

[timedog]

Don't want to over state it and like I said it may have been that spring got the best of me. But I felt pretty good Saturday and Sunday able to get everything on my list done and for the first time in a long time not overwhelmed by the world.

As to what I have felt like before treatment. Not great not terrible probably less energy then I would have liked but who knows what tha was from could have been hep c could have been diabites could have been working 24/7 getting divorced, find a a new gal,   buying a house oh and did I say working 24/7.

The main point, I think, of my post is tx does not always have to be hard. There can be some high points and like I have said before my side effects, to date, have been less then what I expected and that alone has made me joyous, I think I have stopped waiting for the other shoe to drop.

[Shanaenae]

Linda, first i want to tell you that my prayers are with you during this time of loss. So sad to hear that your father recently lost his battle with cancer.

You and i are just about the same week. I get my shots on wednesday also and this wed will be my third shot. I haven't had any problems yet, though i am sure some are just around the corner. I am not sure what it was that kept you up because i haven't had any sides yet. BUT, i will be keeping tabs so that i am aware. I have been taken anxiety meds on the night i get my shot and they pretty much make me sleep like a baby, so no sleeping problems yet. Keep me posted with how it is going. GOOD LUCK!

[timedog]

Really sorry to read about your dad passing away. Never an easy thing to go through. I think, if you don't mind me saying, you have to give yourself a break here and know not only are you going through with a tough treatment but also a very difficult emotional time either one of these could be effecting your sleep.

Just hang in there and this too will pass.

[returntosender]

sfbay - my sympathy to you on the passing of your father.  I am glad your treatment is going well so far.

timedog - in my case I was very sick before I started treatment.  I had so many problems from the disease.  In the beginning of treatment I was sick from a bad liver and the effects of the virus AND sick from the combo.  Soon though, I noticed that I felt better and could do a number of things I couldnt do before.  This coincided with the virus clearing.  Yea the tx was definitely tough  but I was suddenly aware that my body was getting better.  These two things actually balanced out and helped me to stay on the tx.

[Rogirl]

Please accept my condolences regarding your father.  I lost my dad almost 21 years ago and I still miss him terribly--so I will keep you in my thoughts.
I start tx later this month and it is always encouraging to hear from some of you that the sides haven't hit you yet--and maybe they never will.  Just goes to show you how individualized all of this is--and none of us will know how we respond until we begin.