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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Hepatitis / March 2004Susie Quill - how are you doing
Hey Susie, I have been thinking about you and wondered how your handling that first shot. Mine begin Wednesday instead of today so I will be a few days behind you. Kill the Dragon, Julie Julie, I'd been thinking about you too! I'm actually starting Friday here,(trying to work week-days) which will be your Thursday. So, actually, if you are starting your Wednesday, that will be my Thursday. I'll be a couple days behind you.. Hope you do well. I'm nervous. Took my favorite quilt to be cleaned, bought a body pillow for comfort and am having pillow cases made for it. Got a disability card for my car. Anything I can think of to make myself as comfortable as possible. Still have to drop taxes off. Otherwise, I think I'm as ready as I'm going to get. Was wondering about you and all those projects you said you were trying to finish up. I'll check in to see how you are doing and I'll post after I start too. Oh, I wanted to start a journal about this trip. Guess I better pick a book up tomorrow. Thought it might help me to keep things focused. We are going in to battle, and we will be victorious. Susie > Hey Susie, > I have been thinking about you and wondered how your handling that first > shot. Mine begin Wednesday instead of today so I will be a few days behind > you. > Kill the Dragon, > Julie ahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!! A journal? I know a lot of people who started journals while on tx. None of em ever kept up with it tho, too spaced out after a few months. A list of questions for the doc and another list of your side effects is a good idea. Get yourself a motorcycle or football helmet for wear around the house and when you go out. You can take it off when you go to bed at night, but make sure you wear it in the bathroom and when showering. It's a dangerous place if you're on tx. Hip pads might not be a bad idea either. Don't bother with 'postems' to remind you of stuff. You won't be able to find them all and won't care anyway. Make sure there's plenty of TP in the house!! Slay some dragons, gals!!!!! Elmo /////////////// Julie, I'd been thinking about you too! I'm actually starting Friday here,(trying to work week-days) which will be your Thursday. So, actually, if you are starting your Wednesday, that will be my Thursday. I'll be a couple days behind you.. Hope you do well. I'm nervous. Took my favorite quilt to be cleaned, bought a body pillow for comfort and am having pillow cases made for it. Got a disability card for my car. Anything I can think of to make myself as comfortable as possible. Still have to drop taxes off. Otherwise, I think I'm as ready as I'm going to get. Was wondering about you and all those projects you said you were trying to finish up. I'll check in to see how you are doing and I'll post after I start too. Oh, I wanted to start a journal about this trip. Guess I better pick a book up tomorrow. Thought it might help me to keep things focused. We are going in to battle, and we will be victorious. Susie "Julie" <Julie919@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:uON7c.3647$V66.1733@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net... Hey Susie, I have been thinking about you and wondered how your handling that first shot. Mine begin Wednesday instead of today so I will be a few days behind you. Kill the Dragon, Julie http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 07:27:05 -0500 (EST), elmoemerson@webtv.net, in message ID <20275-40602D19-556@storefull-3255.bay.webtv.net>, in the newsgroup alt.support.hepatitis-c wrote: >Get yourself a motorcycle or football helmet for wear around the house >and when you go out. You can take it off when you go to bed at night, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >be able to find them all and won't care anyway. Make sure there's >plenty of TP in the house!! Ha ha ha. I used to wear my crash helmet in bed too but I bought a headboard and don't need it now. Also, don't forget to have airbags fitted to the *outside* of your car as well. It really eases the nerves when driving. Alternatively, you could do like they do on boats and just hang some spare tyres around it.  SignaturePaul Use the reply by email facility in your newsreader to send email Hey Paul! I am concerned about driving to and from work. At least, it is only a 10-15 minute drive now. Before moving here, I had an hour drive one way to work. I frequently had to pull over to the side of the road to take a nap on the way home. Also would occasionally go out to my car to take a nap at lunch. The fatigue isn't that bad now....or at least it is only a 15 minute drive. There is an extra office where I am at now that I use for clinical work. I figure I can hole up in their at lunch time and nap and not be bothered. I have about the only key to it. Maybe I should take an alarm clock though just in case I get in to a nap real well. Hmmmm. Susie > On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 07:27:05 -0500 (EST), elmoemerson@webtv.net, in > message ID <20275-40602D19-556@storefull-3255.bay.webtv.net>, in the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > driving. Alternatively, you could do like they do on boats and just > hang some spare tyres around it. The first time I was on tx, I knew it was time to go on disability when I fell asleep in my soda truck on route 80 doing 70 mph in rush hour traffic. A semi woke me up with his air horn or I might have hurt someone. This happened about a week after I came real close to beating up one of my customers. He deserved it!!!! hehe Elmo ///// Hey Paul! I am concerned about driving to and from work. At least, it is only a 10-15 minute drive now. Before moving here, I had an hour drive one way to work. I frequently had to pull over to the side of the road to take a nap on the way home. Also would occasionally go out to my car to take a nap at lunch. The fatigue isn't that bad now....or at least it is only a 15 minute drive. There is an extra office where I am at now that I use for clinical work. I figure I can hole up in their at lunch time and nap and not be bothered. I have about the only key to it. Maybe I should take an alarm clock though just in case I get in to a nap real well. Hmmmm. Susie "Paul" <dontspamme@westgreen.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:j8c060td1ri4gukl1krh751fkrddo7qfsg@4ax.com... On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 07:27:05 -0500 (EST), elmoemerson@webtv.net, in message ID <20275-40602D19-556@storefull-3255.bay.webtv.net>, in the newsgroup alt.support.hepatitis-c wrote: Get yourself a motorcycle or football helmet for wear around the house and when you go out. You can take it off when you go to bed at night, but make sure you wear it in the bathroom and when showering. It's a dangerous place if you're on tx. Hip pads might not be a bad idea either. Don't bother with 'postems' to remind you of stuff. You won't be able to find them all and won't care anyway. Make sure there's plenty of TP in the house!! Ha ha ha. I used to wear my crash helmet in bed too but I bought a headboard and don't need it now. Also, don't forget to have airbags fitted to the *outside* of your car as well. It really eases the nerves when driving. Alternatively, you could do like they do on boats and just hang some spare tyres around it. SignaturePaul Use the reply by email facility in your newsreader to send email http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile ahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!! A journal? I know a lot of people who started journals while on tx. None of em ever kept up with it tho, too spaced out after a few months. A list of questions for the doc and another list of your side effects is a good idea. I started my journal when I first was diagnosed and I write in it almost everyday. I'm going to read it completely as soon as I finish tx. hc Re: Susie Quill - how are you doing Group: alt.support.hepatitis-c Date: Tue, Mar 23, 2004, 7:58am (EST-1) From: canyougetmenow@eatspam.spam (heppiechik) <elmoemerson@webtv.net> wrote in message news:20275-40602D19-556@storefull-3255.bay.webtv.net... ahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!! A journal? I know a lot of people who started journals while on tx. None of em ever kept up with it tho, too spaced out after a few months. A list of questions for the doc and another list of your side effects is a good idea. I started my journal when I first was diagnosed and I write in it almost everyday. I'm going to read it completely as soon as I finish tx. hc //////////// You're an exceptional gal, hc! Today, you're my hero! LOL Elmo http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile > Re: Susie Quill - how are you doing > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > You're an exceptional gal, hc! Today, you're my hero! LOL > Elmo I'm honored! hc Too funny Elmo! Yes, I figure it is a long shot that I keep the journal up. Will see. Foot ball helmet. That is an idea. I did re-arrange the bedroom the other day. Got the bed closer to the bathroom. Planning ahead. : ) Susie I gave up on making lists of things to do, generally, a long time ago. I kept losing them. I have a list of things now to finish before starting treatment. I have to keep re-writing it because I keep losing it. ahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!! A journal? I know a lot of people who started journals while on tx. None of em ever kept up with it tho, too spaced out after a few months. A list of questions for the doc and another list of your side effects is a good idea. Get yourself a motorcycle or football helmet for wear around the house and when you go out. You can take it off when you go to bed at night, but make sure you wear it in the bathroom and when showering. It's a dangerous place if you're on tx. Hip pads might not be a bad idea either. Don't bother with 'postems' to remind you of stuff. You won't be able to find them all and won't care anyway. Make sure there's plenty of TP in the house!! Slay some dragons, gals!!!!! Elmo Get yourself a cot, cut a hole in the middle and put it over the toilet seat. Bring the garden hose inside in case you have a BIG accident! ehehe Elmo ///////////// Too funny Elmo! Yes, I figure it is a long shot that I keep the journal up. Will see. Foot ball helmet. That is an idea. I did re-arrange the bedroom the other day. Got the bed closer to the bathroom. Planning ahead. : ) Susie I gave up on making lists of things to do, generally, a long time ago. I kept losing them. I have a list of things now to finish before starting treatment. I have to keep re-writing it because I keep losing it. <elmoemerson@webtv.net> wrote in message news:20275-40602D19-556@storefull-3255.bay.webtv.net... ahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!! A journal? I know a lot of people who started journals while on tx. None of em ever kept up with it tho, too spaced out after a few months. A list of questions for the doc and another list of your side effects is a good idea. Get yourself a motorcycle or football helmet for wear around the house and when you go out. You can take it off when you go to bed at night, but make sure you wear it in the bathroom and when showering. It's a dangerous place if you're on tx. Hip pads might not be a bad idea either. Don't bother with 'postems' to remind you of stuff. You won't be able to find them all and won't care anyway. Make sure there's plenty of TP in the house!! Slay some dragons, gals!!!!! Elmo http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile Elmo, Well, I really was concerned about falling down. The other problem hadn't really crossed my mind. Thanks for the creative suggestion though. . Susie > Get yourself a cot, cut a hole in the middle and put it over the toilet > seat. Bring the garden hose inside in case you have a BIG accident! [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile > Get yourself a cot, cut a hole in the middle and put it over the toilet > seat. Bring the garden hose inside in case you have a BIG accident! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Too funny Elmo! Yes, I figure it is a long shot that I keep the journal > up. I plan on using my tape recorder to document my trials and tribulations. I'm just that lazy. Julie Will see. Foot ball helmet. That is an idea. > I did re-arrange the bedroom the other day. Got the bed closer to the > bathroom. Planning ahead. : ) [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile Be careful, you may not want any admissible evidence of what you say or do while on tx. :) After reading a few of my posts here the next day, I realize there are times I not only don't remember what I was thinking, I don't even remember ever writing them. SignatureDwight Dragon Slayers' Club: http://geocities.com/dwightmspage/ >>Get yourself a cot, cut a hole in the middle and put it over the toilet >>seat. Bring the garden hose inside in case you have a BIG accident! [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] >> >>http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile Ya know, I have that problem too!! That's why my wife's probably mad at me most of the time!!! hehehe!!! SignatureRegards, Shawn . > Be careful, you may not want any admissible evidence of what you say or > do while on tx. :) After reading a few of my posts here the next day, I [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > >> > >>http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile really... tx is meant to be endured, not fondly remembered. the greatest side effect of it all is the loss of memory. Dez > Be careful, you may not want any admissible evidence of what you say or > do while on tx. :) After reading a few of my posts here the next day, I [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > >> > >>http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile Re: Susie Quill - how are you doing Group: alt.support.hepatitis-c Date: Fri, Mar 26, 2004, 1:44am (EST+5) From: Julie919@earthlink.net (Julie) <elmoemerson@webtv.net> wrote in message news:19115-40610E3E-66@storefull-3258.bay.webtv.net... Get yourself a cot, cut a hole in the middle and put it over the toilet seat. Bring the garden hose inside in case you have a BIG accident! ehehe Elmo ///////////// Too funny Elmo! Yes, I figure it is a long shot that I keep the journal up. I plan on using my tape recorder to document my trials and tribulations. I'm just that lazy. Julie Will see. Foot ball helmet. That is an idea. ///////////////// A tape recorder? hehe Make sure you get all the sound effects to capture the horror of it all, you know, the moans and groans, the splashing noise of vomit .......maybe even an episode of riba rage or two just for a good measure. Elmo :-) http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile > > Too funny Elmo! Yes, I figure it is a long shot that I keep the journal > > up. > > > I plan on using my tape recorder to document my trials and tribulations. > I'm just that lazy. Now why would you want to do that? Would it be so that in the future you can dwell in the past and resent all the crap life threw at you? What a joke you are *sister*. This world is full of people that identify with being somebody else's sister (Or Mom). What's so scary about being yourself? i can't remember if i started a journal or not. a journal for what? Dez ahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!! A journal? I know a lot of people who started journals while on tx. None of em ever kept up with it tho, too spaced out after a few months. A list of questions for the doc and another list of your side effects is a good idea. Get yourself a motorcycle or football helmet for wear around the house and when you go out. You can take it off when you go to bed at night, but make sure you wear it in the bathroom and when showering. It's a dangerous place if you're on tx. Hip pads might not be a bad idea either. Don't bother with 'postems' to remind you of stuff. You won't be able to find them all and won't care anyway. Make sure there's plenty of TP in the house!! Slay some dragons, gals!!!!! Elmo /////////////// Julie, I'd been thinking about you too! I'm actually starting Friday here,(trying to work week-days) which will be your Thursday. So, actually, if you are starting your Wednesday, that will be my Thursday. I'll be a couple days behind you.. Hope you do well. I'm nervous. Took my favorite quilt to be cleaned, bought a body pillow for comfort and am having pillow cases made for it. Got a disability card for my car. Anything I can think of to make myself as comfortable as possible. Still have to drop taxes off. Otherwise, I think I'm as ready as I'm going to get. Was wondering about you and all those projects you said you were trying to finish up. I'll check in to see how you are doing and I'll post after I start too. Oh, I wanted to start a journal about this trip. Guess I better pick a book up tomorrow. Thought it might help me to keep things focused. We are going in to battle, and we will be victorious. Susie Hey Susie, I have been thinking about you and wondered how your handling that first shot. Mine begin Wednesday instead of today so I will be a few days behind you. Kill the Dragon, Julie http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile So you can jog your memory when you want to remember how shitty you felt on tx. Frankly, I'm glad I had brain fog thru most of it. Elmo i can't remember if i started a journal or not. a journal for what? Dez <elmoemerson@webtv.net> wrote in message news:20275-40602D19-556@storefull-3255.bay.webtv.net... ahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!! A journal? I know a lot of people who started journals while on tx. None of em ever kept up with it tho, too spaced out after a few months. A list of questions for the doc and another list of your side effects is a good idea. Get yourself a motorcycle or football helmet for wear around the house and when you go out. You can take it off when you go to bed at night, but make sure you wear it in the bathroom and when showering. It's a dangerous place if you're on tx. Hip pads might not be a bad idea either. Don't bother with 'postems' to remind you of stuff. You won't be able to find them all and won't care anyway. Make sure there's plenty of TP in the house!! Slay some dragons, gals!!!!! Elmo /////////////// Julie, I'd been thinking about you too! I'm actually starting Friday here,(trying to work week-days) which will be your Thursday. So, actually, if you are starting your Wednesday, that will be my Thursday. I'll be a couple days behind you.. Hope you do well. I'm nervous. Took my favorite quilt to be cleaned, bought a body pillow for comfort and am having pillow cases made for it. Got a disability card for my car. Anything I can think of to make myself as comfortable as possible. Still have to drop taxes off. Otherwise, I think I'm as ready as I'm going to get. Was wondering about you and all those projects you said you were trying to finish up. I'll check in to see how you are doing and I'll post after I start too. Oh, I wanted to start a journal about this trip. Guess I better pick a book up tomorrow. Thought it might help me to keep things focused. We are going in to battle, and we will be victorious. Susie "Julie" <Julie919@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:uON7c.3647$V66.1733@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net... Hey Susie, I have been thinking about you and wondered how your handling that first shot. Mine begin Wednesday instead of today so I will be a few days behind you. Kill the Dragon, Julie http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile yep, told my doc at last visit the past year is pretty much a blur. he said it's probably best. Strelsa agreed. Dez > So you can jog your memory when you want to remember how shitty you felt > on tx. Frankly, I'm glad I had brain fog thru most of it. [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > > http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile > Julie, > I'd been thinking about you too! I'm actually starting Friday here,(trying [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > will be victorious. > Susie Thanks Susie, This entire process seems to be the ultimate in our marvelous medical industry. Just kidding, yesterday my insurance company called and said my first delivery would have to go my doctors office. When I protested the idiot woman said she would pull my records (why is she calling me without them?). Five minutes later she informed me that "I guess that was someone else. We can ship your medication to your house with no problem." My doctors nurse hasnt called to give me the results of my last tests either. My meds are now scheduled to arrive Friday, but because of my weekly schedule I want to make Wednesday my shot day. While this delay is discouraging it's a good thing actually because I came down with one of the worst colds (maybe flu) I have ever had. It seems like I'm getting a preview of what to come and it has pointed out that I need to figure out how I am going to get and prepare food for myself for the next 48 weeks. I have taken care of every thing and everyone else, but totally forgot about my need to eat. I also have to move one of my PC's to my bedroom. Walking downstairs to use it just isn't going to work. I'm heading back to bed so I can rest up for this coming Wednesday. Keep me in your thoughts, Julie PS Is it possible to even get a cold or flu while doing this treatment? > > Hey Susie, > > I have been thinking about you and wondered how your handling that first [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! > -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- Stock up on junk food, microwavable dinners, and anything that is quick and easy to fix. Your taste buds will probably change. In my case I couldn't even force myself to eat my favorite foods. Eating became a necessary chore. As far as getting sick while on tx, I've felt so bad since beginning this time, I haven't noticed if I've been sick. Some days are just worse than others. My appetite does seem to be getting better, but junk food and sweets are a mainstay right now. SignatureDwight Dragon Slayers' Club: http://geocities.com/dwightmspage/ >>Julie, >>I'd been thinking about you too! I'm actually starting Friday [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] >>http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >>-----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- Don't mean to throw a monkey wrench into this discussion of junk food, but it is generally recommended that while on tx, you increase your intake of proteins. I don't have anything against ring dings and ho ho's, but it's important to get enough of the right stuff too. (ice cream has plenty of protein, LOL) Elmo ///////////// Stock up on junk food, microwavable dinners, and anything that is quick and easy to fix. Your taste buds will probably change. In my case I couldn't even force myself to eat my favorite foods. Eating became a necessary chore. As far as getting sick while on tx, I've felt so bad since beginning this time, I haven't noticed if I've been sick. Some days are just worse than others. My appetite does seem to be getting better, but junk food and sweets are a mainstay right now. SignatureDwight Dragon Slayers' Club: http://geocities.com/dwightmspage/ Julie wrote: "Susie Quill" <susieq@vzpacifica.net> wrote in message news:40601e7d_7@corp.newsgroups.com... Julie, I'd been thinking about you too! I'm actually starting Friday here,(trying to work week-days) which will be your Thursday. So, actually, if you are starting your Wednesday, that will be my Thursday. I'll be a couple days behind you.. Hope you do well. I'm nervous. Took my favorite quilt to be cleaned, bought a body pillow for comfort and am having pillow cases made for it. Got a disability card for my car. Anything I can think of to make myself as comfortable as possible. Still have to drop taxes off. Otherwise, I think I'm as ready as I'm going to get. Was wondering about you and all those projects you said you were trying to finish up. I'll check in to see how you are doing and I'll post after I start too. Oh, I wanted to start a journal about this trip. Guess I better pick a book up tomorrow. Thought it might help me to keep things focused. We are going in to battle, and we will be victorious. Susie Thanks Susie, This entire process seems to be the ultimate in our marvelous medical industry. Just kidding, yesterday my insurance company called and said my first delivery would have to go my doctors office. When I protested the idiot woman said she would pull my records (why is she calling me without them?). Five minutes later she informed me that "I guess that was someone else. We can ship your medication to your house with no problem." My doctors nurse hasnt called to give me the results of my last tests either. My meds are now scheduled to arrive Friday, but because of my weekly schedule I want to make Wednesday my shot day. While this delay is discouraging it's a good thing actually because I came down with one of the worst colds (maybe flu) I have ever had. It seems like I'm getting a preview of what to come and it has pointed out that I need to figure out how I am going to get and prepare food for myself for the next 48 weeks. I have taken care of every thing and everyone else, but totally forgot about my need to eat. I also have to move one of my PC's to my bedroom. Walking downstairs to use it just isn't going to work. I'm heading back to bed so I can rest up for this coming Wednesday. Keep me in your thoughts, Julie PS Is it possible to even get a cold or flu while doing this treatment? "Julie" <Julie919@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:uON7c.3647$V66.1733@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net... Hey Susie, I have been thinking about you and wondered how your handling that first shot. Mine begin Wednesday instead of today so I will be a few days behind you. Kill the Dragon, Julie http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile I stocked up on slim fast chocolate shakes. Lots of minerals, vitamins and protein. Also, one egg a day for multiplex protein!! SignatureRegards, Shawn . Don't mean to throw a monkey wrench into this discussion of junk food, but it is generally recommended that while on tx, you increase your intake of proteins. I don't have anything against ring dings and ho ho's, but it's important to get enough of the right stuff too. (ice cream has plenty of protein, LOL) Elmo ///////////// Stock up on junk food, microwavable dinners, and anything that is quick and easy to fix. Your taste buds will probably change. In my case I couldn't even force myself to eat my favorite foods. Eating became a necessary chore. As far as getting sick while on tx, I've felt so bad since beginning this time, I haven't noticed if I've been sick. Some days are just worse than others. My appetite does seem to be getting better, but junk food and sweets are a mainstay right now. SignatureDwight Dragon Slayers' Club: http://geocities.com/dwightmspage/ Julie wrote: Julie, I'd been thinking about you too! I'm actually starting Friday here,(trying to work week-days) which will be your Thursday. So, actually, if you are starting your Wednesday, that will be my Thursday. I'll be a couple days behind you.. Hope you do well. I'm nervous. Took my favorite quilt to be cleaned, bought a body pillow for comfort and am having pillow cases made for it. Got a disability card for my car. Anything I can think of to make myself as comfortable as possible. Still have to drop taxes off. Otherwise, I think I'm as ready as I'm going to get. Was wondering about you and all those projects you said you were trying to finish up. I'll check in to see how you are doing and I'll post after I start too. Oh, I wanted to start a journal about this trip. Guess I better pick a book up tomorrow. Thought it might help me to keep things focused. We are going in to battle, and we will be victorious. Susie Thanks Susie, This entire process seems to be the ultimate in our marvelous medical industry. Just kidding, yesterday my insurance company called and said my first delivery would have to go my doctors office. When I protested the idiot woman said she would pull my records (why is she calling me without them?). Five minutes later she informed me that "I guess that was someone else. We can ship your medication to your house with no problem." My doctors nurse hasnt called to give me the results of my last tests either. My meds are now scheduled to arrive Friday, but because of my weekly schedule I want to make Wednesday my shot day. While this delay is discouraging it's a good thing actually because I came down with one of the worst colds (maybe flu) I have ever had. It seems like I'm getting a preview of what to come and it has pointed out that I need to figure out how I am going to get and prepare food for myself for the next 48 weeks. I have taken care of every thing and everyone else, but totally forgot about my need to eat. I also have to move one of my PC's to my bedroom. Walking downstairs to use it just isn't going to work. I'm heading back to bed so I can rest up for this coming Wednesday. Keep me in your thoughts, Julie PS Is it possible to even get a cold or flu while doing this treatment? Hey Susie, I have been thinking about you and wondered how your handling that first shot. Mine begin Wednesday instead of today so I will be a few days behind you. Kill the Dragon, Julie -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile snip > Still have to drop taxes off. snip Why not just do them online? You get your refund back faster that way too, if you're getting one. I did mine on TaxBrain.com this year. There are lots of other sites too. Or did you mean drop them off at your CPA? I do them myself 'cause it's cheaper. But yes, comfort is key. Anything I can do online instead of by standing in line in stores or whatever, I invariably do online. Grocery shopping especially. Warm wishes and prayers Minerva My taxes are paid to the local govt, U.S. Commonwealth, Northern Mariana Islands......and they aren't on line. The benefit is that the local taxes is half the federal tax. The down side is that it is terribly slow. Still haven't received my tax refund from last year! 9/11 about did this tiny govt. in. Japanese tourist keep it afloat and they about abandoned the place. Susie > snip > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Warm wishes and prayers > Minerva Glad things are going so well for you, SQ. When it comes to pain relief, headaches included, I take Vioxx. If I don't take it daily, I have a nearly debilitating amount of aches and pains. Narcotics aren't my cup of tea, can't stand the way they make me feel. On the other hand, tylenol and ibupropen don't touch the pain. Vioxx, although not the most liver friendly medication, does it for me. The second one isn't as bad as the first. It's worse! ahahahahahahahah Just kiddding. Seriously, the flu-like symptoms you felt after the first one get much better after you get over that first shot. Next you'll be dealing with fatigue as your blood counts begin to drop. Hang in there, you'll be aok. Did your friends all draw straws to figure out which one of em got to spank you the other night? I'm betting you're gonna get sick of seeing them all come over and tell you how good you look. By the time I got halfway thru tx, I didn't want to see or talk to anyone, didn't answer the phone. Hope today finds you feeling better than yesterday. Elmo http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile > Is it possible to even get a cold or flu while doing this treatment? I got one and was off work for a week. hc On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 01:42:12 GMT, "Julie" <Julie919@earthlink.net>, in message ID <UTL8c.1179$yN6.887@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>, in the newsgroup alt.support.hepatitis-c wrote: >My meds are now scheduled to arrive Friday, but because of my weekly >schedule I want to make Wednesday my shot day. While this delay is [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >PS >Is it possible to even get a cold or flu while doing this treatment? Hi Julie. Next Wednesday will soon come around and you'll be on your way with the tx. A similar thing happened to me. I delayed my starting of tx because I had a heavy cold (and I wanted to see a blood test result too). It didn't make sense to start tx while feeling like that. I still had the leftovers of the cold when I started. I was thinking like you inasmuch that I would be incapable of doing much on tx. Although it's early days for me, I am finding that I can do 95% of everything I normally do - except for the 24 - 36 hours after the shot when I'm a bit zapped out. That 5% is about me getting tired a little more easily. I have been feeling quite well but my thinking and emotions have been a little odd - a bit on the intense side. Three days after the first shot, I actually felt better than i did before tx because my cold had gone. I don't know if you would normally get a cold while on tx. I have read (unverified) that interferon actually cranks up the immune system. Some people say that the tx didn't really hit them until they had been on it a number of weeks. Perhaps it will be like that for me. If so, I am grateful for any reprieve I can get. SignaturePaul Use the reply by email facility in your newsreader to send email My taste for foods really changed in the last 8 months. I used to be a big time coffee drinker, don't touch it anymore. I drink a cup of hot tea (herbal non-caffeinated) most mornings. I don't eat much red meat ( or any other meat for that matter) now days. I like seafood and chicken though. Eggs, cheese and milk I do ok with. But not a lot of those either. Buy lots of cereal and milk. Quick and simple, and it's better then nothing. Because sometimes nothing sounds better then eating. Canned soup, Top Ramen, easy stuff to make. Peanut butter and Jelly works pretty good for me sometimes. Some of those frozen mini-dinners aren't too bad, small portions too. I noticed I don't eat near as much as I used to. Sometimes it isn't that I'm not hungry, I'm just too damn tired to cook and too sick to care... On getting a cold or flu, I just don't know. When I was in Missouri in February I caught a sinus infection, except for the snotty nose and sneezing, I felt just as crappy as I usually did. I think it's possible to catch a mild cold/flu while on treatment and not even know. Wishing Julie and Susie the best on your upcoming journey. Were all here rooting for you!! You can do it!! SignatureRuss Tanner Palmer, Alaska email: remove NOSPAM http://www.tannersacre.com > > Julie, > > I'd been thinking about you too! I'm actually starting Friday [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > > http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! > > -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- Thanks Russ The morale support is just so appreciated and I can't get over how much it is needed. I'm always so independent, but here I am looking for comforting words. I'm finding them too. Thanks so much. Susie > My taste for foods really changed in the last 8 months. I used to be a big > time coffee drinker, don't touch it anymore. I drink a cup of hot tea [quoted text clipped - 88 lines] > > > http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! > > > -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- I understand the frustration about getting the med. I had a heck of a time getting cleared by the insurance company. Then when I called my doctors nurse to alert her to me coming in for her to show me how to give the injection, she had no idea what I was talking about. I don't think she had done this before actually. However, we got thru it just fine today. I would imagine that while on interferon, one wouldn't come down with colds. ...but I don't know for sure. Susie "> > > Thanks Susie, > This entire process seems to be the ultimate in our marvelous medical [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! > > -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- > ...and it has pointed out that I need to figure out how > I am going to get and prepare food for myself for the next 48 weeks. don't worry too much. all thoughts of food will go away after you start. the sight, smell or sound of food cooking made me puke. keep lots of water and popcicles around. that's all you will need. Dez > > ...and it has pointed out that I need to figure out how > > I am going to get and prepare food for myself for the next 48 weeks. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > keep lots of water and popcicles around. that's all you will need. > Dez Ohhhh, Yes, I agree Dez! Only had one shot, but I agree. I found that the yogurt popsicles that I had were absolutely wonderful. Popsicles. That is an idea. Will put on shopping list. Lost 2.5 lbs. last week-end. Won't miss it either. Susie > ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- > http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups > ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- > Thanks Susie, > This entire process seems to be the ultimate in our marvelous medical [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > else. We can ship your medication to your house with no problem." My > doctors nurse hasnt called to give me the results of my last tests either. I guess they must all be *idiots* then? Never mind that they have to deal with a million other patients who all have *busy schedules* and think they are the most important thing in the universe. Never mind that the *idiot* woman probably had to wait while a networked computer crawled along with her as it's lowest priority. Never mind that the *idiot* woman probably had people telling her to hurry up and do a hundred other things that needed doing. Never mind that the *idiot* woman probably has problems of her own, like maybe a family member is dying or a child, is being born, or "how the hell am I going to get time to put a new tyre on the car"? Never mind that she has to spend each and every day dealing with *arrogant* *self-centered* people on the phone who think she is an *idiot*? > My meds are now scheduled to arrive Friday, but because of my weekly > schedule I want to make Wednesday my shot day. While this delay is > discouraging it's a good thing actually because I came down with one of the > worst colds (maybe flu) I have ever had. It seems like I'm getting a > preview of what to come and it has pointed out that I need to figure out how > I am going to get and prepare food for myself for the next 48 weeks. That is so difficult isn't it? I mean it is so hard just to pick up an apple and chew, or a banana and chew, or a bunch of grapes and chew, or even to pick up the phone and have a pizza delivered. I'm just sitting here worrying what I am going to eat in 48 weeks time. Hell, should I schedule soup for that day, or roast beef? > I have > taken care of every thing and everyone else, but totally forgot about my > need to eat. > I also have to move one of my PC's to my bedroom. Walking downstairs to use > it just isn't going to work. Well if that doesn't excel in being *neat and tidy* then I don't know what does. I think that AUK should give an award for *neat and tidyness*, and that you should win it. > I'm heading back to bed so I can rest up for this coming Wednesday. > Keep me in your thoughts, > Julie Yes, you rest up. It is so hard to stick that needle in and pop that pill. You should have at least eight people round to watch you do it. > PS > Is it possible to even get a cold or flu while doing this treatment? It's even possible to get run over by a bus, or get hit by a meteorite, or even fall out of bed? Why the possibilities in life are endless. Tell you what, why don't you sit down and work out the value of Pi just to pass the time and take your mind off things? Julie and Susie: the best of luck to you both. I really dont think the football helments will be required but I would highy recomment GPS reciever in case you lost. lol Good luck ladies, the dragon is good as dead! > Hey Susie, > I have been thinking about you and wondered how your handling that first > shot. Mine begin Wednesday instead of today so I will be a few days behind > you. > Kill the Dragon, > Julie Hmmmm! I don't think I will need the GPS receiver. I'm living on an island that is 10 miles by 13 miles. It is mountanous, but really can't get too lost. There are three main roads and lots of little residential streets, few street signs. LOL In fact, they have just started putting up street signs this year! I was lost last week-end after giving someone a ride home in the dark and haven't even started treatment. Didn't panic because I knew if I kept going I'd eventually reach something I recognized. LOL This is funny because it did cross my mind that if I was in the states, I'd probably have wound up in another town. Julie, do you think you'll check in to getting a GPS receiver?? LOL I am thinking about having my bathroom padded though. Thanks for the best wishes dogin. Susie > Julie and Susie: the best of luck to you both. I really dont think the > football helments will be required but I would highy recomment GPS reciever [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Kill the Dragon, > > Julie On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:29:03 +1000, "Susie Quill" <susieq@vzpacifica.net>, in message ID <4061007a_5@corp.newsgroups.com>, in the newsgroup alt.support.hepatitis-c wrote: >Hmmmm! I don't think I will need the GPS receiver. I'm >living on an island that is 10 miles by 13 miles. It is mountanous, but >really can't get too lost. Well you'll know you've gone too far if you get your feet wet :-) SignaturePaul Use the reply by email facility in your newsreader to send email > On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:29:03 +1000, "Susie Quill" > <susieq@vzpacifica.net>, in message ID [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Well you'll know you've gone too far if you get your feet wet :-) LOL Susie I finally had to get a GPS receiver. I came out of a Safeway Grocery store. About 3 blocks from my office. Got in my truck and had no idea where I was!! Rather scary. Had my cell phone with me, so called my wife about why I was buying groceries! She told me how to get home. SignatureRegards, Shawn . > Julie and Susie: the best of luck to you both. I really dont think the > football helments will be required but I would highy recomment GPS reciever > in case you lost. lol Good luck ladies, the dragon is good as dead! > > "Julie" <Julie919@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:uON7c.3647$V66.1733@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net... > > Hey Susie, > > I have been thinking about you and wondered how your handling that first [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Kill the Dragon, > > Julie i've done (still do) similar things. go somewhere, forget where i was going or forget where i was. i think that is one reason no one wanted me driving (other than the speeding incident ;-) Dez > I finally had to get a GPS receiver. I came out of a Safeway > Grocery store. About 3 blocks from my office. Got in my [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > > Kill the Dragon, > > > Julie > i've done (still do) similar things. go somewhere, forget where i was going > or forget where i was. i think that is one reason no one wanted me driving > (other than the speeding incident ;-) > > Dez I'll never forget that story! hc |
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