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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Hepatitis / February 2009CONGRATS TX-012
Hey TX, Congrats on being done!!! Hope you fried that frigin dragon And start feeling good Pronto!!! Joe > Hey TX, Congrats on being done!!! Hope you fried that frigin dragon > And start feeling good Pronto!!! > Joe Thank you! As I did my last Pegasys injection yesterday (and gobbled the last 1200mgs of ribavirin shortly thereafter) I feel pretty crappy today, physically. But it's a huge relief, needless to say. Bit by bit, I'm sure, things will get better. Should be interesting, as I really don't recall what "normal" or "healthy" feels like---72 weeks is a LONG time to be sick each and every day. I still have to wean myself off the 60mgs/day of methadone I've been taking to deal with pain from treatment, and the 40mgs/day generic Prozac (depression) and 30mgs/day temazepam (sleep), so some challenges still lie ahead (needless to say, getting off the methadone is the only one I'm worried about)...still, the big part is over now, and I feel grateful to have had this experience. I've learned a HELL of a lot---about myself, and about other people. If anyone needs support, has questions, or wants to chat, you can reach me at Kirsner72 at aol dot com. I also have extra riba and NEUPOGEN if anyone wants or needs. Hepatitis C Treatment (September 28, 2007-February 13, 2009) "you were closer to me than my next of kin When they didn't want to know or see" --Bob Dylan, In The Summertime-- "I thought I could, I thought I could." --The Little Engine That Could-- "It's over now and I'm a little tired." --Knight, The Seventh Seal-- On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:51:17 -0800 (PST), TX-012 <withbacon@aol.com>, in message ID <409a548e-33dc-448c-b341-bd76a10d0f13@a39g2000prl.googlegroups.com>, in the newsgroup alt.support.hepatitis-c wrote: >I still have to wean myself off the 60mgs/day of methadone I've been >taking to deal with pain from treatment, and the 40mgs/day generic [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >and I feel grateful to have had this experience. I've learned a HELL >of a lot---about myself, and about other people. Wow. That's still some way to go but you've done OK so far. I was addicted to methadone for some years and I well remember coming off it - even though it was in the mid 80s. I used to get it in ampoules for injection and sharing the equipment almost certainly caused the hep-c to start with. As a benzodiazepine, the withdrawal from tenezepam could be longer though less intense (going by what others have said. As it can take perhaps 3 months for sleep patterns to restabilise after methadone, may I suggest, subject to doctor's opinion, that the tenezepam be kept on until after the post methadone destabilisation? Not sure about Prozac. Depends a lot whether you took it for depression caused by tx or whether you were a depression sufferer before that. I'm sure you are aware that both tenezepam and prozac are better withdrawn slowly. For methadone though, that isn't necessary (though damned uncomfortable). Best of luck with it all. Don't be a stranger. Keep posting about how you're getting along. > > Hey TX, Congrats on being done!!! Hope you fried that frigin dragon > > And start feeling good Pronto!!! [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > "It's over now and I'm a little tired." > --Knight, The Seventh Seal-- Way to go, TX :)) we are very proud of you Sara wondering which of the 3 sig-files I love most -- each one is great! Way to go, TX!!! As the others said, watch out for the ending of all the meds at once. I know I for one was SO glad to be at the "end" that I just kind of threw everything in the trash. I was taking Celexa for anti D and went thru some really wierd sh.t with the "voodoo doll syndrome" like people were sticking pins in me all night long....creepy and definitley uncomfortable, but possibly was from rapid withdrawal from the anti-D's as opposed to "withdrawal" from Riba etc etc. Keep it in mind! Praying for rapid return to a sense of "nomalcy" and Death to the Dragon PERMANENTLY !!! ~Deb >> Hey TX, Congrats on being done!!! Hope you fried that frigin dragon >> And start feeling good Pronto!!! [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >Hepatitis C Treatment >(September 28, 2007-February 13, 2009) Yikes! And "Holy crap!" Although I've never been on those particular roads, I suspect the tapering-off advice you've received is spot on. Take it slow, man. And here's hoping you've croaked the dragon for good... Cheers /greyhackles "TX-012" <withbacon@aol.com> wrote Hepatitis C Treatment (September 28, 2007-February 13, 2009) >>Should be interesting, as I >>really don't recall what "normal" or "healthy" feels like---72 weeks i>>s a LONG time to be sick each and every day. I couldn't even imagine doing 72 weeks. That's like way over the horizon. amazing. >>I still have to wean myself off the 60mgs/day of methadone >> and the 40mgs/day generic Prozac (depression) >> and 30mgs/day temazepam (sleep) There is no doubt in my mind that you can ease yourself off those meds. After what you have been through? >>If anyone needs support, has questions, or wants to chat, you can >>reach me at Kirsner72 at aol dot com. >>I also have extra riba and NEUPOGEN if anyone wants or needs. Good on you for putting yourself out there for others. It would be nice to see you back in here once in a while. Take it easy, think about every step, every breath you take. Recovery is easier that way. Focussing for NOW, you are not mulling on things that might seem to be out of control because they are so big and involved. You know what I mean, you just went through a year and a half of it. cheers, con muchos abrazos grandes cactus jammies |
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