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?

[GSDgirl]

I hated making plans for about a year post.  I had some wierd stuff going on and never knew when I would be sick.  Thankfully 2 years post that seems resolved.

[justme53]

About 6 months into tx, I thought I had my week down to a predictable schedule - shot Friday night, a couple of good days followed by a couple of not-so-good ones. After that, it was pretty much a craap shoot and I stopped planning things more than a day in advance. I really hated canceling out on people. I think just learning to roll with the punches is important, much as I'm relearning now during post-tx.

I did my shots in the stomach for the most part, the thighs always seemed to show more, but it didn't seem to affect my sx.

[GSDgirl]

There are so very many on here that treated so much longer than my measly 24 weeks, to those I salute you!!!  I did 24 weeks and that was hard enough and I can't imagine (but would have done it) treating longer.

My bad days were always different.  If you don't mind me asking where in the world did you get the idea that belly fat made any difference?  Just curious

Denise

[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).

[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.

[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