Prince Charles, James Bond and Hep C
Sometimes in life you need a little guidance, a little help to make the right choices. In clothing I have a few simples rules; does Prince Charles frequent the brand or if not does James Bond. Occasionally life conspires to make things very easy for you and some items of clothing are favoured by both Charlie and Jim. Yes you’ve guessed it this week my new Turnbull & Asser shirt arrived, 100% cotton Poplin 2 Fold 120, subtle spread collar, unique outward flare to the point, mother of pearl buttons and made up from 33 individual pieces excluding said buttons.
Its been a very, very good week.
In other news I got the results of my first post-treatment viral load and it’s back already, which wasn’t the news I was hoping for but to be to honest entirely expected.
I have a few decisions to make but I need to let a little time pass so that the emotions can settle, I like to make decisions cold. I’ve thought about about it almost constantly, can hardly sleep, feel a nagging pain in my stomach. I really don’t know how much longer I can hold out so I have made a plan of action; I’m going to wash it 1/2 a dozen times [they make them slightly bigger to allow for shrinking], make sure it’s still the perfect fit and then order lots more!
Here is your usual picture, taken just yesterday and showing the shirt in its full glory.
I’ll be trying to pull together a post over the next few weeks on the whole 72 treatment gig, the highs, lows and the sort of middle sized bits. Until then your inspration for this week…..
“On my tombstone just write, ‘The sorest loser that ever lived.’”
Earl Weaver
Keep the faith and then after 72 weeks of kicking its head in take a rest, come back strong and kill the virus.
March 24th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
I see you got the colour back in your cheeks :)
March 25th, 2007 at 4:58 am
Be honest: don’t think Prince Charles or James Bond could have done 72 weeks. Who is zooming whom?
March 25th, 2007 at 7:45 am
Thinking about you, sending positive vibes and wishing you all the best. Take a break, enjoy the spring and the sunshine. Take some big deep breaths and then go back at the little bastards and kill them dead!!!
Anne
March 28th, 2007 at 3:13 am
In my book, you beat this thing a long time ago! Balls of steel springs to mind.
As for the snapshot……The name’s Bond…..Flames Bond! Licenced to mildly burn you to death over a very long period of time from the molten glow radiating from my deadly chubby cheeks!
March 28th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
you are one tough super hero , don’t give up. nothing good was ever easy.
March 29th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
I have always admired your strength of character, dry wit and honesty and I really wanted this to work for you.
The treatment has done good and I know you won’t give up but I wish it had worked.
All the best
T
April 29th, 2007 at 9:27 pm
Have you considered any other treatment options?
It is quite common for it to return. Don’t let it get you down.
May 4th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Lousy news about the relapse! I’m bummed for you.
Maybe it’s worth taking a whack at the VX-950 trial. Looks promising and it’s a less daunting time frame than 72 weeks more on Peg & Riba alone.
I agree with Jason… big steel ones!
C
May 9th, 2007 at 7:10 am
Sorry to hear things haven’t gone as well as you hoped. There are a fair few of us who hovering just hanging around waiting at least you are in quality company.
You ever need an ear to bend drop me mail, this addy is my most checked one at present.
Take care.
Sally
May 20th, 2007 at 11:50 am
Hep c boy
my wife’s worried for ya!
Take care
May 22nd, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Check out the new VX-950 trials for relapsers - it will be well worth it. Also, new trials for albumin interferon (fewer side effects and only a shot every two weeks).
Keep the faith!
June 29th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Hep C Boy
You may be strong, but you ain’t the silent type…………… haven’t heard from you in way too long. I certainly hope it’s just cause you’re regrouping and getting ready for plan B, not cause your T&A shirts have made you rise above us commoners. Can you throw on a t-shirt, drop a line on the forum and let us know how you’re doin?
Terri
September 29th, 2007 at 11:51 am
Rather late, but i am sure you knew my sentiments at the time…..life is a bitch sometimes……
Hope you and yours are well and would be good to have an update if/when you want to.
Best wishes.
Love and Hugs
Heather
xxx
October 28th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
Iv just found out me and my boyfriend have got hep c,have you got any addvice you can give us we are realy scarred thanks take care x
October 29th, 2007 at 1:02 am
Hi, Stumbled on your blog. I was diagnosed 15 years ago when donating blood. I am now 57. Work full-time with alot of overtime (50 hours week)
Anyhow, I have never done any treatment; nor do I ever intend. My father always taught me to treat prevention as much as possible by diet, exercise, etc. I am thankful that he never believed in vaccinations as I have NEVER had one. last time I had the flu was 30 years ago. I do have digestion problems but healthwise the Lord has blessed me.
I have done extensive research and seems that vaccinations are full of toxic poisons and Break down the immune system. So if an adult adds up all the toxic vaccinations that are injected into their body; hmm - mercury fillings from the dentist -second to the largest toxic found in nature next to radioactive materials. Mercury has been linked to Autism, immune disorders. Hepatitis B vaccine has also been linked to multiple sclerosis, and other autoimmune disorders. Now, if your body has contracted the C virus from a blood transfusion, etc; add all these toxic substances that have been in your body - now LET;S put another poison -Interferon.
Naomi Judd who did the interferon treatment now faithfully follows alternative and natural with diet, fresh veggies, fruits, exercise, cleansing regime, etc.
I am not a doctor by any means, I just love to research and have come to conclude that we are what we eat and what we put into our body. Everyone is an individual and many people live a healthy life without any of these toxins ever affecting them. But with so many people having debilitating diseases. I wished more education would be focused on PREVENTION. I Realize that Hepatitis C may not have been prevented because of blood transfusions years ago, etc but Education about Vaccines so people could BE HEATHIER AND THE HEPATITIS C MIGHT NOT EVER CAUSE ANY SERIOUS CONCERNS JUST BY IMPROVING THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM. BUILD THAT UP NOT TEAR IT DOWN.
DO YOU SUPPOSE THIS MIGHT HELP PEOPLE?
October 29th, 2007 at 1:10 am
oh, sorry I forgot to add. Add Maximum milk thistle to your program. Milk thistle has been around since the beginning of time and regenerates the liver. Make sure you get it from Wellness.com -Maximum milk thistle. It will truly help. It is beneficial for Everyone not just us.
I hope you are doing okay
November 3rd, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Wow - sorry to hear treatment didn’t work for you (if I’m reading this right.) Are you doing OK now? I’ve tried to find an update but don’t see anything since this post. I’ve not been by in …. probably a year. I was shocked to read this and to not see any update from you. The more I read from people who really really really tried with all their might to beat this virus, the more disheartening it becomes. I’ve not treated yet. Have had the virus at least 34 years, and honestly - from what I see the treatment doing to people (they’re not clearing, lives are put on worse than “hold”, people going through hell trying to clear, if they clear they seem to relapse shortly thereafter, their immune systems weakened, other health problems emerged from the treatment…. just a mess of a situation) I’m glad I haven’t treated. I don’t think I ever will try it to be honest with you because I’m scared it will not improve my quality of life and will possibly shorten it, even. I think I’ll take my chances and live my life the healthiest I can with this virus until the virus or something else takes me. We all have to die from something, and I guess I’ve resolved that if it’s end stage liver disease that kills me after having lived a good life and taking care of my liver the best I can, then I guess that is how I will die. But I might get hit by a truck first?? VX-950 will have to show something really really good for me to even try that route with Inf. I really don’t have much faith that a “new and improved tx for hep c with great success rates” will be out …. even in the next 7 years. But maybe it will be. I hope so.
I’m so sorry you relapsed, Hep C Boy. It’s been a shocker to come by and see this after not having been here in so long.
November 13th, 2007 at 11:07 am
Hey;
My daughter a recovering addict was just diagnosed with Hep C yesterday.
No insurance. She to can’t spell. Hers is a learning disablility called written expression.
She and I are so scared don’t really know where to start. We are seeing her general practioner tomarrow and he will recommend a specialist. But as I said she has no insurance. God please help us.
November 14th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
Social Services or a Hep C support team in your area can help.
I don’t know what state you are in, but at the hospital in Rockledge, Fla
there is a support group. I am finding this out at the end of my treatment, and there is alternative treatments. That is what Naomi Judd did. You will have to know her genotype to know what treatment options are, I will do anything I can to help you find her treatment, I am fortunate to have insurance, but the treatment is not easy! My prayers are with you both,
November 20th, 2007 at 1:40 am
Just wondering if the shirt was a good investment or not…….will it last me 72 weeks?
November 21st, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Ginny, haven’t seen any postings from you since your
last message. What is happening with your daughter? How
are you?
I am doing my last treatment this week, I am here to help if I can.
Also check Naomi Judd’s treatment.
Marion
December 23rd, 2007 at 4:01 pm
Thanking you for the inspiration &having the conviction to see it
through, I have only 46 to go looking forward to the next .
Thanks again,Got some virus whipping to do
December 25th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
I just finished my treatment, it’s tough but worth it for your life! I go
tomorrow to get my first results from bloodwork. I will be monitored for 6 months. I can’t wait til my hair is thick again. My hair really did get thin, but I do have my hair, I am not bald. Any questions, ask. My email address is mzrussell39@cfl.rr.com.
Ask and I will tell you my experience. Good luck to you!
Marion
January 17th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
What’s up…..? You coming out to play? You coming to my wedding? 19th of May….it’s a wedding come awareness campaign…..
January 27th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
no more posts?
April 19th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
did all the treatment, thought I was going to die.I put so much faith in the meds. just enjoy what you have. think twice about taking the meds hep-boy -remember- never know what tomorrow brings
April 24th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Hepc Boy…Where have you been..?…..
Its been nearly a year since I heard from you..
You can find us here on this Forum..
www.hepcforum.co.uk
it would be great to hear from you..CX
April 27th, 2008 at 12:39 am
I have not written for several months, but now I can’t of a better place to visit andhelp me understand this sh-tt hole I seem to have fallen in. When I first was found to have hepC, I wrote in several times, but could not find therightarea to help with the feedback i needed. After my Pegasys and Interferon therapy for over a horribly uncomfortable year, my last series of blood tests had a 100% NEGATIVE viral count. Then on Apr20, 2008, I received a call from my MD saying they wanted to see me again. FOR A LAST follow-up exam. ( 8 mo. off treatment). I get there at the hosp. and the doc said had had a very slight 1 in 1000 chance of the hepc coming back, WELL I AM THE 1 in the @%#*’s of people to have it return. ME, I am the lucky bastard and have it again. Please, ANYONE I need help, this is the first time throughout entire treatment I feel like dying would be a better option..THANKS EVERYONE AND DON’T GIVE UP ON YOURSELF!!!!!! sorebones
April 27th, 2008 at 12:39 am
I have not written for several months, but now I can’t of a better place to visit andhelp me understand this sh-tt hole I seem to have fallen in. When I first was found to have hepC, I wrote in several times, but could not find therightarea to help with the feedback i needed. After my Pegasys and Interferon therapy for over a horribly uncomfortable year, my last series of blood tests had a 100% NEGATIVE viral count. Then on Apr20, 2008, I received a call from my MD saying they wanted to see me again. FOR A LAST follow-up exam. ( 8 mo. off treatment). I get there at the hosp. and the doc said had had a very slight 1 in 1000 chance of the hepc coming back, WELL I AM THE 1 in the @%#*’s of people to have it return. ME, I am the lucky bastard and have it again. Please, ANYONE I need help, this is the first time throughout entire treatment I feel like dying would be a better option..THANKS EVERYONE AND DON’T GIVE UP ON YOURSELF!!!!!! sorebones