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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Hepatitis / March 2007Just finished treatment What now????
Hello Everyone!!!! I just finished my last needle this week!!!! I was on combination therapy for 6 months. In december my blood count was really low so I have also been taking Erpex shots for my anemia for the last two months. My question to everyone is once I finish treatment, what should I expect in the next month or so????? Nobody has been able to share any info with me and I was just wondering what to expect??? Any info would be very helpful..... >Hello Everyone!!!! > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >share any info with me and I was just wondering what to expect??? Any >info would be very helpful..... A hard-core thread proliferator, eh? ;-) Ok, here's the plan: In two to three weeks you're gonna feel great. Rashes will clear, dry skin won't be so dry, food won't taste weird, eyes won't be so sensitive, you won't be anywhere near as volatile. Within a month you'll be able to climb stairs again without being totally gassed. In six months your hair will go back to whatever was normal, right about the time for your 6 month SVR check. In a year, you'll start forgetting all about therapy. In five years you won't remember it without prompting. That sound ok to you? :-) Cheers /greyhackles > >Hello Everyone!!!! > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > /greyhackles I really do hope it unfolds like this. This is my first week without anything and I am anxious to get on with things. Thanks for the advice. > Ok, here's the plan: In two to three weeks you're gonna feel great. Rashes > will clear, dry skin won't be so dry, food won't taste weird, eyes won't be so [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > That sound ok to you? :-) Stop it, you're making me cry (not quite half-way)... > > Ok, here's the plan: In two to three weeks you're gonna feel great. Rashes > > will clear, dry skin won't be so dry, food won't taste weird, eyes won't be so [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Stop it, you're making me cry (not quite half-way)... Thanks for the positive info!!!! I wouldn't wish this on anybody!! take care of yourself > Hello Everyone!!!! > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > share any info with me and I was just wondering what to expect??? Any > info would be very helpful..... I just finished 2 weeks ago. Slowly, Im getting a little more energy I think. I had a little more stamina with my bike ride the other day. I was on therapy for 12 months. On another note I receive my first post treatment alt test. It was 61. My last alt test during treatment was 43. I dont think thats a particularly good sign but who knows maybe that could be just lab variance. Anyway, results of my qualitative test this week should be in next week and I have an appointment with BCLD (Big Chief Liver Doctor) on Monday. > > Hello Everyone!!!! > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > in next week and I have an appointment with BCLD (Big Chief Liver > Doctor) on Monday. Hi Anonymousone - I finished my 48 weeks about 5 weeks ago. Most of my labs are back to normal, except now I'm hypothyroid. My ALT has never gotten within the normal range - close, but never normal. It's 48 now (it started out around 150 though so it got better). We're going to keep an eye on it. I'm still SVR and that's what I'm really happy about. Now that I'm taking thyroid meds, I'm not as exhausted and getting energy back. By spring I'm hoping to be back to where I was before the treatment. Take care. Di I finished my 48 weeks about 5 weeks ago. <snip> I'm still SVR and that's what I'm really happy about. Di ///////// Don't mean to be a 'bubble buster', but you aren't SVR, Di. SVR means that you've gone 6 months or more after you finished tx without detectable virus. When did you have your last pcr drawn? elmo http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum On Feb 26, 8:26 am, elmoemer...@webtv.net wrote: > I finished my 48 weeks about 5 weeks ago. <snip> I'm still SVR and > that's what I'm really happy about. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum Glad to hear that you are doing so well. I have a few questions for you. How exactly are you feeling 5 weeks after treatment. Had you lost alot of weight during treatment???? How is the appetite. Does food taste like food again to you. I always want to eat but when it hits my mouth i can't swallow it. Nothing tastes the way it is supposed to!!! How is your energy lever???? Are you sleeping okay now, I have been very pale, has colour stated to come back???? Sorry for the questions but nobody can give me an answer as to how i am gonna feel so I figured I better ask the people who know and its not the doctors!!! Thanks in advance for your help golfgirl > Glad to hear that you are doing so well. I have a few questions for > you. How exactly are you feeling 5 weeks after treatment. Had you [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Thanks in advance for your help > golfgirl Hi Golfgirl - It's been about 6 weeks now and I'm feeling better all the time. I didn't lose that much weight, only about 5-6 pounds and unfortunately, I've gained that back. Food tastes better but I'm still really thirsty. My energy level is getting better all the time. I was working 4 six hour days, and now I'm working five 6-7 hour days. I'm still exhausted after work, but not AS exhausted as I was. I still don't sleep that good though. I've got some other stressors in my life to deal with that aren't helping that (my 9 year relationship broke up about 8 months into my treatment, so that sucks) and I'm working through that. Trying to keep my stress level down as best I can. I think my hair's starting to grow back - or at least it's not falling out as fast as it was, or something. I was still pretty nauseous and exhausted for about the first month after I finished, and found out I was hypothyroid (I'm hoping that's the only long-term side effect I end up with from the treatment). It think it helped when I got on thyroid. I don't know if it helped with the nauseousness, but at least the exhaustion. I think you're right about the docs not being able to answer your questions. My doctor said the treatment was harder at first and then you adjust to it, but I found it was easier at first and then I felt worse and worse. Maybe adjusted more to feeling sick all the time..... I'm happy to answer any questions I can. I think it's good to get perspective from other people, but everyone's experience is so different. How long do you have left? On Feb 26, 5:26 am, elmoemer...@webtv.net wrote: > I finished my 48 weeks about 5 weeks ago. <snip> I'm still SVR and > that's what I'm really happy about. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum You're so right Elmo - dang! So I guess all I can say is on my last test when I finished treatment, my viral load was "none detected". That was about January 24th. Hopefully, it will stay that way! Di I think I left em on the 3rd hole. elmo http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum |
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