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bob - 18 Aug 2006 17:10 GMT Well, I started tx today. The anticipation of giving myself an injection was much more painful then the actual injection. Had the injection a couple hours ago and so far feel ok , just a little warm.
Well, guess I'm going to go lie around watch some movies....
Take care
Barbara - 18 Aug 2006 17:26 GMT Hi Bob, Hope you stay feeling well, keep us in touch, Wishing u the best, Barbara
> Well, I started tx today. The anticipation of giving myself an > injection was much more painful then the actual injection. Had the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Take care mags - 18 Aug 2006 18:30 GMT Good Luck on your journey Bob. You will find that you become quite hot stuff :)
Mags fever queen
> Well, I started tx today. The anticipation of giving myself an > injection was much more painful then the actual injection. Had the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Take care h00hbt - 18 Aug 2006 18:37 GMT Good luck Bob, we´re in the same boat, I just took my first injection too. This will bee my third go on nailing the dragon.
Hang in there
Rgds
Huw
Burke Gilman - 18 Aug 2006 21:21 GMT > Good luck Bob, we´re in the same boat, I just took my first injection > too. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Huw Hey there h00, I remember Tx interrupted by gastric infection and then appendicitis. Better fortune and safer slaying this time.
Sara - 18 Aug 2006 18:56 GMT Bob
you may want to consider doing your injection at bedtime -- I take 2 regular strength tylenol about an hour before, then I do the injection around ten pm.... and sleep thru most of the side effects. Sometimes I'm a little feverish next day, and/or headachy, but nothing that tylenol won't help.
GL on your treatment! I hope it flies by for you.
Sara
> Well, I started tx today. The anticipation of giving myself an > injection was much more painful then the actual injection. Had [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Take care Burke Gilman - 18 Aug 2006 21:05 GMT > Well, I started tx today. The anticipation of giving myself an > injection was much more painful then the actual injection. Had the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Take care OK Bob. -bg
cwk - 18 Aug 2006 21:17 GMT > Well, I started tx today. The anticipation of giving myself an > injection was much more painful then the actual injection. Had the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Take care Bob, congratulations on starting. I've been on the roller-coaster since January (18 weeks to go!).
There have been some other good suggestions here, such as taking the shot at bedtime with Tylenol, perhaps with a Benadryl to help you sleep. The only thing I'd add is to let you know that the sides usually tend to level off after a few weeks. The body is a pretty remarkable machine -- it tends to adapt. This is not much fun, but it's doable!
Best of luck! -- Chris http://liverlog.blogspot.com
bob - 19 Aug 2006 00:31 GMT >> Well, I started tx today. The anticipation of giving myself an >> injection was much more painful then the actual injection. Had the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >Best of luck! Thank you for the reply and thank everyone here for the words of encouragement.
I do plan to start doing the injection near bedtime on Friday. It was early today only because it was 'training day'.
A a few chills this afternoon and I am feeling a bit worse (ok quite a bit worse) than when I posted this morning. However , it's certainly manageable.
Off to drink some more water.....
Michael Arends - 19 Aug 2006 02:10 GMT Smiling Wickedly, bob answered:
> Well, I started tx today. The anticipation of giving myself an > injection was much more painful then the actual injection. Had the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Take care Welcome to the Club Bob. Pull up a spot on the couch, chill out, smoke a Doobie, watch a good movie, and hold on.
Actually, you might be one of the lucky ones that has sides that are mild. whichever you have, SLAY THE DRAGON.
Mine's hanging on the wall as a Trophy...
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ChefX - 19 Aug 2006 02:29 GMT Welcome to our little corner of hell. May your sides be minimal and your response be maximal..;-)
My recomendations; drink alot of H2O. Use the formula - 0.5 oz per pound of body weight as a BASELINE, the more the better, just not all at once. Also, goto the drug store and get you some SAM-e it's OTC and it is a big improvement on your odds of SVR. I take 800mg per day on an empty stomach. Rite-aid usually has the best deal (here in US.)
Best of luck....ChefX
> Well, I started tx today. The anticipation of giving myself an > injection was much more painful then the actual injection. Had the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Take care Abby - 19 Aug 2006 02:45 GMT > Welcome to our little corner of hell. May your sides be minimal and your > response be maximal..;-) [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > Take care greyhackles - 19 Aug 2006 02:54 GMT >> Well, I started tx today. The anticipation of giving myself an >> injection was much more painful then the actual injection. Had the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Best of luck....ChefX Just out of interest, where did you get the idea that SAM-e has any effect whatsoever on the odds of SVR?
/greyhackles
Di Di - 19 Aug 2006 05:12 GMT > >> Well, I started tx today. The anticipation of giving myself an > >> injection was much more painful then the actual injection. Had the [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Just out of interest, where did you get the idea that SAM-e has any effect > whatsoever on the odds of SVR? What exactly is SAM-e anyway?
Di
> /greyhackles Burke Gilman - 19 Aug 2006 06:32 GMT > > >> Well, I started tx today. The anticipation of giving myself an > > >> injection was much more painful then the actual injection. Had the [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > > > /greyhackles Don't Worry, Be Happy: http://www.biopsychiatry.com/sameart.html
elmoemerson@webtv.net - 19 Aug 2006 15:32 GMT Re: One down forty-seven to go..... Group: alt.support.hepatitis-c Date: Fri, Aug 18, 2006, 9:12pm (CDT-2) From: dizadncr@charter.net (Di Di) greyhackles wrote: "bob" <bob@home.net> wrote in message news:2gpbe2dpbtlb51nh3562ia57dmj7kvi3ak@4ax.com... Well, I started tx today. The anticipation of giving myself an injection was much more painful then the actual injection. Had the injection a couple hours ago and so far feel ok , just a little warm. Well, guess I'm going to go lie around watch some movies.... Take care Welcome to our little corner of hell. May your sides be minimal and your response be maximal..;-) My recomendations; drink alot of H2O. Use the formula - 0.5 oz per pound of body weight as a BASELINE, the more the better, just not all at once. Also, goto the drug store and get you some SAM-e it's OTC and it is a big improvement on your odds of SVR. I take 800mg per day on an empty stomach. Rite-aid usually has the best deal (here in US.) Best of luck....ChefX Just out of interest, where did you get the idea that SAM-e has any effect whatsoever on the odds of SVR? What exactly is SAM-e anyway? Di ////////////// It's that stuff floating around in the hot tub after a long session of group sex. :-) elmo
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h00hbt - 19 Aug 2006 17:59 GMT > ////////////// > It's that stuff floating around in the hot tub after a long session of > group sex. :-) > elmo ://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum You´re sick :-)
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elmoemerson@webtv.net - 19 Aug 2006 18:30 GMT Re: One down forty-seven to go..... Group: alt.support.hepatitis-c Date: Sat, Aug 19, 2006, 9:59am (CDT-2) From: post_brandt@hotmail.com (h00hbt) ////////////// It's that stuff floating around in the hot tub after a long session of group sex. :-) elmo
://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum You´re sick :-) /H //////// Thank you! :-) elmo
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mags - 19 Aug 2006 18:14 GMT Screen Splatter!
Mags
> Re: One down forty-seven to go..... > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum Di Di - 19 Aug 2006 21:35 GMT > Re: One down forty-seven to go..... > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Ew-ue.....Not sure how to spell, but you get the picture.... :-) Di
ChefX - 19 Aug 2006 20:54 GMT It was suggested to me by the Head of the liver disease research dept. here where I'm treated. Also;
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_ui ds=16557551&dopt=Citation
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00108589 http://www.umm.edu/altmed/ConsConditions/HepatitisViralcc.html
http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:JagKQDNF3-4J:www.md.ucl.ac.be/loumed/CD/ DATA/117/S121-123.PDF+Hepatitis+and+S-adenosylmethionine&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk &cd=14
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_ui ds=11268819&dopt=Abstract
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag98/sep98_hepc.html
There's plenty more info on emerging theories os SAM-e's benefit in treating Hep-C.
ChefX
> >> Well, I started tx today. The anticipation of giving myself an > >> injection was much more painful then the actual injection. Had the [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > /greyhackles elmoemerson@webtv.net - 19 Aug 2006 15:20 GMT One down forty-seven to go..... Group: alt.support.hepatitis-c Date: Fri, Aug 18, 2006, 4:10pm (CDT+5) From: bob@home.net (bob) Well, I started tx today. The anticipation of giving myself an injection was much more painful then the actual injection. Had the injection a couple hours ago and so far feel ok , just a little warm. Well, guess I'm going to go lie around watch some movies.... Take care /////////// I'm gonna offer you the same advice I do all the newbies starting tx.
Put on your space helmet, fasten your seat belt, and enjoy the view out the starboard porthole.
That's the best I can do....
elmo
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john - 19 Aug 2006 15:44 GMT Hi Bob, Hope all goes well in your treatment battle.................john
> Well, I started tx today. The anticipation of giving myself an > injection was much more painful then the actual injection. Had the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Take care mags - 20 Aug 2006 21:17 GMT How are you feeling Bob?
Mags
> Well, I started tx today. The anticipation of giving myself an > injection was much more painful then the actual injection. Had the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Take care bob - 20 Aug 2006 23:34 GMT >How are you feeling Bob? > >Mags Hi Mags
Thanks for asking. I'm feeling fine today. Friday night was a little bit rough. I had the chills for an hour so along with other mild flu like symptoms a horrible headache.
Saturday morning I was pretty close to feeling normal.
One thing I have noticed is that I have been sweating a LOT. Is that a side effect of the tx?
Bob
>> Well, I started tx today. The anticipation of giving myself an >> injection was much more painful then the actual injection. Had the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> >> Take care cwk - 21 Aug 2006 07:32 GMT > >How are you feeling Bob? > > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >> > >> Take care First few weeks were the worst for me. Typically, the body will adapt. Sweating and a screwed up temp regulator are typical. I typically take the jab on Friday and see the worst sides on Sunday afternoon, but it's now nothing I can't manage with Tylenol. Watch for shortness of breath and a racing heartbeat. That's an indicator of anemia which makes everything a hundred times worse.
Hang in there. It gets better.
cwk
Burke Gilman - 21 Aug 2006 08:09 GMT > >How are you feeling Bob? > > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Bob Yes, sweating (diaphoresis) is one of the flu-like side effects of interferon. I experienced it mostly after the first injections, along with low-grade fever. Those sides stopped presenting after the first two or three weeks, and I understand that response is typical. --BG
elmoemerson@webtv.net - 21 Aug 2006 13:07 GMT Re: One down forty-seven to go..... Group: alt.support.hepatitis-c Date: Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 12:09am (CDT-2) From: burkegilman@moxmail.net (Burke Gilman) bob wrote: How are you feeling Bob? Mags Hi Mags Thanks for asking. I'm feeling fine today. Friday night was a little bit rough. I had the chills for an hour so along with other mild flu like symptoms a horrible headache. Saturday morning I was pretty close to feeling normal. One thing I have noticed is that I have been sweating a LOT. Is that a side effect of the tx? Bob Yes, sweating (diaphoresis) is one of the flu-like side effects of interferon. I experienced it mostly after the first injections, along with low-grade fever. Those sides stopped presenting after the first two or three weeks, and I understand that response is typical. --BG ////////// Man, it's been hot as hell here lately. I've been diaphoresising my a.s off. elmo
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Burke Gilman - 21 Aug 2006 19:08 GMT > ////////// > Man, it's been hot as hell here lately. I've been diaphoresising my a.s > off. > elmo Best thing for it, no doubt.
elmoemerson@webtv.net - 21 Aug 2006 22:15 GMT Re: One down forty-seven to go..... Group: alt.support.hepatitis-c Date: Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 11:08am (CDT-2) From: burkegilman@moxmail.net (Burke Gilman) elmoemerson@webtv.net wrote: ////////// Man, it's been hot as hell here lately. I've been diaphoresising my a.s off. elmo Best thing for it, no doubt. //////// indubitably. elmo micturating (woo woo)
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kjoh - 22 Aug 2006 04:15 GMT elmoemerson@webtv.net wrote: ////////// Man, it's been hot as hell here lately. I've been diaphoresising my a.s off. elmo Best thing for it, no doubt. //////// indubitably. elmo micturating (woo woo) /////////// micturating. is that like mentruating? kj dubiatious spellchecker
elmoemerson@webtv.net - 22 Aug 2006 12:56 GMT Re: One down forty-seven to go..... Group: alt.support.hepatitis-c Date: Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 11:15pm (CDT+1) From: kjohyayhoo@nospamyahoo.com (kjoh) elmoemerson@webtv.net wrote: ////////// Man, it's been hot as hell here lately. I've been diaphoresising my a.s off. elmo Best thing for it, no doubt. //////// indubitably. elmo micturating (woo woo) /////////// micturating. is that like mentruating? kj dubiatious spellchecker /////////// No, but woo woo is. :-) elmo
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h00hbt - 22 Aug 2006 21:44 GMT > One thing I have noticed is that I have been sweating a LOT. Is that a > side effect of the tx? Hiya Bob
Nice to hear that the first days werent too rough, as you mention (above) i also experience sweating, a LOT. It´s still late summer in Sweden 20-22C so i have the AC on at home all the time and drive around in my car whith the AC on low, it´s freezing inside and comfortable, im longing for a really survere winter. The sweating diminishes after a couple of weeks, for me anyway, so i hope things will lighten up for you too.
Hang in there Bob, if you have a big deepfreezer, klimb in!
Rgds
/H
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