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hello my name is dee I am 54 single mom with chronic hcv. please know that I can relate to your issues, as I took interferon many years ago and went into a temporary remission of sorts. I have a question to ask . my symptoms are ascites hard swollen abdomen often.fatigue chronic bruising. can I take the medicine for this again.? thank you for your time,and God Bless. dee
Hi Cathy! Sorry I didn't comment earlier - I totally intended to but got side-tracked. You're very much welcome to any support I can offer. I'm so glad it's helping and thank you for letting me know. The suggestion I made that you mentioned above, I actually sent to you in a PM and left it out of the thread you linked to above. Just in case it may help others reading your blog, here it is again: When you remind yourself that this isn't forever - remind him (your son) too. If you have a wall calendar, I recommend marking off the days until you stop treatment. I did this and I used to look at it every day and it gave me a lot of encouragement watching the days being marked off. My daughter used to look at it too and say things like "only ten more weeks to go!" It cheered her up and seeing that cheered me up too. And remember, I did it for 52 weeks - that's thirteen (four week) months! I was a single mother too, although my daughter was slightly older at the time. I'm so excited that you're doing better. Stick with it and keep up the good work. You'll get there and it will be over before you know it. Hugs, Ann xxx
Hang in there Cathy you can finish this. I have hep c3 and am on my 14th week of treatment. things have been very confusing for me the last 2 months and I hardly remember the 1st. my VL started at 414k and as of last week was <43 I too thought about (still am) stopping the treatment because of nasty side effects. But take it a day at a time. And I feel you can to. I really can relate to the who I am or who I was. Thank you for sharing your story, wishing you a 100% success. Dave
Cathy
Hi Dee, Unfortunately I am not a doctor. I recommend you speak to yours about your questions. This site also has a Forums area where you can post general questions. It's at http://forums.hepmag.com - Cathy
June 3, 2013