Buy a pill box [you may be able to get a free one from your nurse but the pound type shops sell them], you will forget whether you have taken your ribavirin or not sooner or later, a pill box will take the thinking out the job.

Where shall I start….
Last week was, in a word, awful. Most of the time spent in bed just completely worn out and the continuing battle against insomnia. Then we have the legs, let me tell you about the legs. Its not really cramp, nor an ache, nor an itch its just a strange feeling of [...]

Lets have a looksie shall we?
It’s been 11 days since my last injection and 5 since I took the last of my Ribavirin tablets and my health seems to be improving. No doubt my mood has gotten better now i know theres no more pink pills or injections.
Alan - Glasgow
Last week there were several people [...]

First the doctor told me the good news.
I was going to have a disease named after me.
-Steve Martin

As with all things new and medical don’t hold your breath for real world results but its encouraging that people are looking for solutions.

A Japanese research team says it has found a method that prevents the hepatitis-C virus from multiplying.
The method deals with cells infected with the virus, not the virus itself, meaning drugs could [...]

Us hepper’s are a talented bunch you know, take a listen to this hep c ditty, words by MadPaulo music and performance by john_boy, the guys hang out here. I’ll bet my bottom dollar that once they get signed to a record deal they won’t want to know little Hep C Boy again, be a [...]

Had the fifth shot of Interferon today and finished the first months supply of ribavirin, thats a whole 168 tablets!
A blog like this can be a little deceiving, certainly in my case I tend to post only when I feel OKish, hence you will see that the posts tend to come in bursts. Well tonight [...]

Talking of treatment, European approvals just announced are going to have a small impact on treatment in some cases. If you have genotype 1, a low viral load, and are starting treatment with PegIntron (not Pegasys, at least at present,) then you need to be aware of the changes. Those that achieve ‘undetectable’ status at [...]

Rule 3
Be ready to go on the “B” of the Biopsy.
Now remember I’m a UK boy so YMMV but….
You will probably experience quite a bit of time between first presenting at your Doctors with symptoms and starting treatment, somewhere between 6 and 12 months seems about the going rate. There are a few milestones on [...]

I’m 6 tabs short of full dosage, looking pretty good though eh?

I know what you are thinking…….is he or isn’t he wearing harmony hairspray. A Gentleman would never say.

Sue from Toronto is doing rather well.
As our American cousins would no doubt say, you go girl!
Is a year since I was diagnosed with hepC and almost three months since completing combo therapy. Now that treatment is finished, there’s not as much relevant material to post in the blog – life is flying [...]

Rule 2
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
It seems that there is a certain demographic of Hep C people who view the medical profession as their enemies, this leads to potential conflicts in treatment. My view is that it is a team effort in beating the virus, to wage war effectively you need all [...]

Martin has some excellect “rules” at his site, well worth a read.
Let me chip a few of my own in over the next few weeks.
Rule 1
A very dear friend of mine, who has had a lot of experience of chronic illness in his family over the years, hammered away at me with this until [...]

You get to thinking, about life, death and the whole hep c thing.
You start to think “could things be any worse than this?”
The answer is of course yes……

Enjoy laughing at other peoples misfortunes, check out the celeb mugshots at http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/

Well another milestone, the fourth Interferon injection completed, the first box of syringes empty and only 11 more boxes left to go
Week 3 hit me hard, in essence I spent from the Tuesday to the Saturday in bed but I think I know why. My sleeping pattern is shot with the result that [...]

And so on and so forth….
Not a lot different from week two if truth be told. Have felt a little rougher and a little more tired with probably the main difference being that concentration seems more difficult. I was trying to work out on the Monday what the date would be on the Friday but [...]