On Friday 10-28, I took shot 2 of 48.
Very mild sides Friday night, almost none Saturday morning, concluded
(too quickly) that I might heading to be in the group with *no* sides.
Saturday mid-afternoon: the Peg-flue comes on.
Step 1: When I stay in bed for awhile, I feel fine and get bored.
Step 2: When I get up and do anything even sitting at the computer,
after 1/2 an hour I'm wiped and want to get in bad.
Step 3: Ten minutes later, I'm bored, want to get up but stay in bed for
a full hour or two.
Step 4: Repeat.
This went on through Saturday night (stayed home and missed 2 Halloween
parties but the way I ws feeling - low - I was glad I didn't try to go.
Sunday it was much lighter and Sunday night went out to a movie and felt
fine.
I was taking Advil (Ibuprofen) through these two days.
That wasn't too bad - when I was in bed, I wasn't suffering or miserable
at all - the problem was getting out.
The big thing for me though is that I seem to be having more sides from
the riba than the peg. Every time I take the riba I get rapid
heartbeats, but if I spread the pills out over an hour or two, I'm fine
there.
I feel a slight but perceptible nausea, especially at night trying to
fall aspleep. Then I get anxious about that, wondering if I can really
"do" 48 weeks.
Reminds me of the criminal brought to prison for a 10-year sentence.
He's distraught and keeps insisting on seeing the warden. So they take
him to the warden and the warden says, "What's the matter, son?". The
prisoner says, emotionally, "Warden! Warden! I can't do 10 years, I
can't do it, I can do 3 years, I can't do 10 years." So the warden
says, "Now now, you just calm yourself down, everything's going to be
alright. You just do the the first 3 years, and we'll help you do the
rest!".
Burke Gilman - 02 Nov 2006 23:17 GMT
> On Friday 10-28, I took shot 2 of 48.
>
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> alright. You just do the the first 3 years, and we'll help you do the
> rest!".
My sides started out much like you report but settled down after the
first month. Tachycardia and anxiety were not part of my experience
except for one or two incidents of panic when trying to fall asleep
much later in Tx. Benadryl is sometimes ordered for off-label
anti-nausea effect. Because HCV patients on antiviral tx are at risk
for thrombocytopenia and hemolytic anemia, Tylenol is usually
recommended over ibuprofen because NSAIDS are known to exacerbate those
blood disorders. Persistent bouts of anxiety and/or tachycardia warrant
adjunct medical intervention in my opinion. -bg
Russian - 04 Nov 2006 06:35 GMT
> My sides started out much like you report but settled down after the
> first month. Tachycardia and anxiety were not part of my experience
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> blood disorders. Persistent bouts of anxiety and/or tachycardia warrant
> adjunct medical intervention in my opinion. -bg
Thanks for the info - and I'll give Tylenol a try.
shawn2 - 03 Nov 2006 01:31 GMT
My wife Randi just got us a great thign at wall mart. A mattress heating
pad that goes above body temp. We have our set to 104 degrees it's just
right for those aches and pains and promotes a good "after you wake up and
go back to bed experience".