Hey Lisa,
I force myself to eat much of the time.  My diet is horrible compared to
what I ate before TX, but all that really matters right now is that I pump
some kind of energy into my body.
You can get through this.
Killing the dragon is a full-time job.
Julie

BCLD rerduces infergen  

Group: alt.support.hepatitis-c Date: Sat, Aug 7, 2004, 7:12pm (CDT-2)
From: lissawis@yahoo.com (lissawis)
The doc looked at me and said I really looked beat up on Friday. I can't
eat, feeling worn out. I'm too tired to do much of anything. He told me
to reduce the dosage by a little bit. I was using 6 ml, and he told me
that the real dose is supposed to be 5 ml. He said I could reduce the
infergen to 4 l/2 ml. He didn't know that the infergen vial had 6 ml. I
thought that it was supposed to be 6 ml. He gave me a prescription for
zofran for antinausea, plus procrit. With pegasys I didn't feel so sick.
He said if I was too tired, I didn't have to come in to see him. I can
call him up and he will discuss my blood work in three weeks over the
phone. He doesn't think the procrit will do much for me, as I was
refracory last time. It sometimes happens. I am considering trying to
use a paratransit service to get me to the BCLD. I have lost about 8
lbs.
I have completed four weeks.
Does anyone know how to make myself eat? I have no appetite at all. I'm
feeling weaker everyday.
Songbird  
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Reefer will not only make you feel better, but will help alot with
appetite too.  Be sure and make train sounds after every toke.  "Whooo
whooo!"  Feel better, would ya?
Elmo

http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile

Songbird,

I've lost 15 pounds in a little over 8 weeks.  It's damn hard to eat.

Let's analyze this a bit.  Lately I've been thinking that the problem
isn't so much eating the food.  When it's in front of me, it's not
appealing but basically I can eat it.  No, the problem is when I know
I should eat, and yet as I consider the things I could fix for myself,
they all sound so dreadful that I just sit there and drink water.
When family members or friends bring me food, however, I can eat it
and sometimes I actually enjoy it.  

Do you find this is true for you too?  I know it must mean something,
like that I should ask my friends to help out and bring me food now
and then.  Surprise food is easier to eat than planned food right now.

Is this all gibberish?  Hope you get some relief soon, Sb.
Keith