Trying to figure this out.

[Diane12855]

After being on tx for almost 12 weeks, I am seeing a huge variation of sx from week to week and wondering if it has anything to do with where I give myself the shot. I take my shot of Friday evening at about 6:00, and usually feel OK till Sat. evening, then things get worse till Monday and level out for Tuesday and maybe Wednesday. Some weeks I feel pretty good on Thursday and Friday, but some weeks I feel horrible those days. I notice the fat in the center of my stomach seems to be a different consistency than the fat more to the side, and I'm wondering if that causes it to take longer to get into my blood stream.

Anybody else notice a difference?

[Trinity4]

That extra 6 months was a whack in the head hey?

[mikesimon]

For me the fist two years of TX were a lot harder than the last 73 weeks. I attribute that solely to the switch in Pegs from Peg-Intron, which practically killed me, to Pegasys which made those last 73 weeks so much easier.

Mike

[nygirl7]

Jez Trin we're talking about 72 weeks and then look at Michael........"the first two years of treatment" "harder than the last 73 weeks"....! What whiners we sound like huh?!!!!  Still I think the Intron was horrible yet can't even imagine doing Infergen for 72 like DebC did.  It makes me realize what a big baby I was about the whole thing.  Or a Beagle Bailey with that serious hemo crap - man oh man how did he handle that?  Yes Michael you put it right into perspective for real!

I 'thought' the first few months were difficult (especially right after the hemo nightmare) until after week 48 when I thought I was going to go out of my mind believing it was never going to end and being so tired of all the contiuous new / never ending problems.  But it worked and that is what matters in the end. If people hadn't told me to suck it up and just not focus on that stuff I might not have.  Best advice I ever took!

We made it.........somehow............we are some tough cookies ;)

[Diane12855]

Thanks for that link. It does look like that 72 -96 hour window is pretty consistent.

Yes... a little over a week and I'll know if I got the all important UND. I hope, I hope, I hope!!!

Diane

[mikesimon]

I'm not tough at all Deb - I had NO choice. I could not watch and wait. That wasn't an option for me.

[nygirl7]

Michael do you remember the folks who felt worse the two days of the week they were going through withdrawl from the shot before their next shot arrived?  It just goes to show it's all just what your body responds to after all and there is just no way to predict any of it except for yourself.

I barely made it through my one little treatment - I know you had no choice however the strength and determination that you showed should in no way be negated or lessened by that fact.  You are a MONSTER when it comes to treating liver disease (which is why I finally learned to listen to you LOL).