Sounds like not everything tested for was *negative* -- take that pesky
little positive for HCV, for example. Very fortunate for you to draw
genotype 2a out of the hep-c lottery though! I think if you are in good
physical shape then you have an edge on keeping up with your work over
the 24 weeks of Tx. (Of course, with geno 2a, an EVR at four weeks is
now often considered an OK to discontinue Tx at only 12 weeks while
keeping the same chances of SVR you'd have by going the entire standard
24 weeks -- good luck with that!)

For whatever its worth, I recently did 24 week Tx, and my capacity for
work was certainly diminished as the time wore on. I started out with
continued strenuous activity, but got worn down by the end where going
up a couple flights of stairs got to be a real a.s-dragger. I could
still throw some weight around -- and some fast hoisting of heavy boxes
may have been OK for a stretch of a minute or two -- but it always came
down to a real test of fortitude to push into yet another day.

Biggest deal for me, aside from hard-core fatigue, was the impaired
mental acuity and altered emotional stability. If you are really dialed
into your delivery route, and can do it even while lapsing into a
mental fog or getting a bit too irritable, then I think you have good
chance of adapting to the problems presented by side effects. Although
hoisting boxes and whatever is strenuous, you don't do that throughout
the day, correct? -- just when you reach the delivery site... and then
you get a physical break on the next drive...

Anyway, you know that your diagnosis calls for intervention of
shorter-term tx and that's a huge break in your favor. Just prepare as
best you can -- you can get lots of ideas for how to do that here --
and then go for it.

Slay the dragon.

-bg

Hi Bob,
Great news about type 2a.Good luck with your treatment.............john