Not a bad start to the week if truth be told.
Had an appointment at the hospital Monday AM, just the routine blood tests to see how I am doing after one week of treatment. Pretty comfortable with it all now, same time, same place etc so all very familiar BUT the parking is a killer. […]
Doctor: I’ve got your test results and some bad news. You have Hep C and Alzheimer’s.
Patient: Boy, am I lucky! I was afraid I had Hep C!
Well just over an hour to go until the Interferon goes on the offensive, I can almost feel Mr Hepatitis shaking with fear. Its all his own fault, as a dear friend is fond of saying, never leave a man with nothing to lose.
Time and work permitting I’ll try and update over the next few […]
If you don’t like black humour look away now.
So the guy goes to see the doctor;
Dr: I have some bad news for you I’m afraid, the Hepatitis has damaged your Liver so badly that you only have 9 to live.
Guy: OMG, 9 to live, 9 what, years, months????
Dr: 8,7,6,5,4….
:)
So lets have a look at the kit involved.
Its a combination of two different drugs, Pegylated Interferon [the Pegylated bit just refers to the fact that the drugs molecules have been altered so that it breaks down over 7 days] of which I’m on the Roche version called Pegysus.
What is pegylated interferon?
Interferon is a […]
Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing everyone who got in their way.
Anon
We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
Dag Hammarskjold
Yes I know, maybe Mike Tyson is not the best guy to hold up as a role model. He has his faults [but don’t we all] but one of his strengths was the way in which he intimidated his opponents with his “baddest man on the planet” persona.
Well Mike time to move over [spits and […]
I love old Rudyard, crazy name - crazy guy, makes good cakes too I hear.
If you are feeling a bit down have a read of one of Rudy’s finest poems, If;
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If by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming […]
Let me fill in a little on the time line, bear in mind I’m a UK boy so your mileage may vary.
End of 2004 felt unwell, Early December 2004 confirmed as having Hepatitis C, April 2005 first appointment at hospital for blood tests etc and arranging of ultrasound scan [more on that later], biopsy in […]