Beg your doc to do a viral load check at 4 weeks post tx, Mags, your
insurance will almost certainly cover it.  If you're going to relapse,
it's almost for sure that you'll do it in the first 30 days after you
finish your last meds.  You'll know almost for certain one way or the
other, knowing the results will take you off the hook mentally. But I've
got this real good feeling that you'll be getting the 'good word', gal.  

Elmo
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Thanks Grey. I can't even lift a bar never mind setting one lol. I think
2 weeks sounds reasonable as well. I will return to the gym in 6 weeks
instead of right after I finish to help my muscle tone. I asked about
blood work after my last shot. They need to see me in 2 weeks, 4 weeks
12 and 24 weeks. They said in the first 2 visits if my enzyme levels
begin to rise it means I probably still have the virus. Interesting. She
said its the only advantage of being in a study as these tests are not
normally performed at these intervals.
Mags
greyhackles wrote:
As soon as this hell is over :).   I went to see the BCLD for my 36
week checkup last week. I was given the rest of my drugs, weighed in,
blood pressure tests, blood tests and usual questions. They were
concerned that I have lost over 40 pounds but I associate some of that
with some personal issues I have been facing lately as well, which is
why I havent been online much. I asked about my last shot day (August
23rd) and if I could go back to work on the following Monday. They said
I will still be sick from side effects for 4 to 6 weeks? What is your
experience out there in hepper land.
Mags
 73 days to go
Everyone is different, of course, but within 2 weeks of the last handful
of Riba pills I was feeling *worlds* better than I ever did on therapy.
I no longer trudged everywhere I went, I could actually climb a couple
of flights of stairs instead of taking the elevator, and my appetite
started coming back in a hurry.
That said, I'm still getting over some of the lingering effects, mostly
muscle tone related. Like you I was 40+ pounds lighter post-tx than
before - I started with a BMI of 28 and ended at 23 - but that's all
getting better, too.
Clearly you're not going to jump right back to your pre-tx stamina, so
begin the recuperation process in a non-aggressive fashion. *Do* stuff,
just don't set the bar too high to quickly...
Cheers - and welcome back.
/greyhackles

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Smiling Wickedly,  mags answered:

Yes i was, I just had to take it easy.  I had worked on and off
throughout my treatment, towards the end ( of the 48 weeks) it
got much harder, but when treatment was done, I kept at it, and
it slowly got better and better.

Take care.

I manage a department that deals with lawyers, media - high profile
issues.  I lasted 5 months into tx and became so ill that I had to stay
home.

Mags
couldn't do anything physical and for that matter mental

re-entry burn getting you anxiious, Mags?  heh heh no offense meant.

layers of it peel off like the proverbial onion, there is no real way to
predict your landing back to 'normalcy' 100%  but we all adjust and you will
too.  Something I should have done (and will remember next time) is to try
and get out and socialize and live in the 3D world as much as possible, get
a little sun for the vitamins, etc.  While on tx and when trying to recover
from it as well, or perhaps even moreso, because as in my case, I was in my
own reverse isolation during the actual 48 weeks.  Eat your fave foods,
(forty blink blink lost pounds, wow, woman wow that is MUCHO)

stick it in your belly and stick around  8-)

cactus jammies