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.