Comments on: Inteferon / Ribavirin Treatment - Week 11

By: KIMMY

KIMMY — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:21:51 +0000

HI EVERYONE.IM ON WEEK 3 OF INTEFERRON AND THE PILLS
2 WEEKS AGO I WAS HAVING SOME TROUBLE WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH, GOT WORSE AFTER 3RD. SHOT
THIS AM I GOT A CALL THEY ARE STOPPING MY TREATMENT.
I GOT SOME KIND OF A LUNG PROBLEM FROM IT.

ANY ONE ELSE EVER HAVE THIS PROBLEM?

By: homless vommen

homless vommen — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:39:35 +0000

Am is a vommen in sveden a,m takes inteferon in a 3 månAm thinks veri matck ia,m is fear ,bath docktor sade to mi Yours virus is gonen.Jag är en kvinna från stockholm jag går på inteferon och pegasus,I 3 månader har jag haft medicinen.Jag är rädd för behandlingen och har ingen tilllit till läkare ,MEN dom säger att jag är virusfri men ska gå i ca 11 månader till,Jag blev misshandlad och skuren på ryggen med en kanyl har polisanmält men eftersom jag har tidigare missbruk så lades anmälan ned.”Hemlös kvinna” sverige hemls1@yahoo.se

By: Hep C Boy

Hep C Boy — Sun, 14 May 2006 15:38:57 +0000

>Are side effects as devastating as I’v heard?

The glib answer would be no.

My advice, for what it is worth is to forget about side effects, practicalities etc what you need to establish is how urgent is your need to treat. The best way to do that is to have a biopsy to show what, if any, liver damage you have. Once you have that information you can combine it with your genotype and know pretty much what you face. The key is to then organise and prioritise your life to deal with the medical facts not the other way round.

>I live alone & have no family noe friends to speak of.

There are advantages to that, you can at least concentrate fully on your battle. There are quite a few online forums about hep c, you could find a lot of support at such places. I would take a look at http://forums.delphiforums.com/friendship7/messages/

Good luck and let us know how you get on!

By: Margie

Margie — Fri, 12 May 2006 19:21:43 +0000

I too have Hep C. DOctors are recommending Interferon & Ribaviron but I am scared. I live alone & have no family noe friends to speak of. Are side effects as devastating as I’v heard? Do you think I shoulf try knowing my circumstances? Looking for some answers…my viral load is 15,400,000..pretty bad..and I was just doagnosed 3 months ago.

By: Hep C Boy

Hep C Boy — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 19:41:21 +0000

It seems a fairly typical pattern JB from what I have seen. First few weeks bite somewhat, 6-8 you hit the wall and many seem to plateu around 12 weeks. I’ve read a few times that as a basic rule of thumb the sides you have at 12 weeks are about what you will get. This seems to continue until about the 30ish week mark, the main danger in between being risk of infections. I think from 30ish weeks on most will start to really struggle.

The work thing is tough, might be more of a man thing, hunter/gatherer and all. If you were looking at some replacement to current skills I would consider something you could do propped up in bed

By: john_boy

john_boy — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 13:02:36 +0000

Good to hear things are fairly stable…work is the one thing I am missing and that’ s before I start TX……..

By: teddy

teddy — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 21:17:13 +0000

Well, your a good and positive person to have around. Glad your getting used to the toxic bombardment. Go easy with that work, it’s a hard place to avoid stress.
Your certainly doing all you can to beat the virus.
All the best
Teddy