Hepatitis C Creek

I struggled to get my ass out of bed this morning. It was 8:45   Still sleepy, feeling stiff and fat from lack of exercise and needing my stretch routine I made myself rise.  Only because it's my second day on the drugs that are supposed to cure me and I needed, per instructions to do them with food.  I also had to piss pretty bad.  The plan is to do them at 9: and  9:

So I didn't stretch, did piss and did the Prograf and Myfortic because they're to be done on an empty stomach for "best results."  Made my way to the kitchen where it only took me a half hour to make a tea, bowl of cereal and promise myself a workout, which I may still keep.  In all, it took 45 mins. to get all the drugs in me.

At least some of the drugs were done on time.  It was all finished in the 9 am hour.  There's been many a time the Prograf and Myfortic didn't get done before noon.  More times than I can guess at that they weren't done at all.  The evening doses? probably mostly late, rarely on time and too many forgotten.

Can't get away with that shit with the Hep. C  killers they tell me.  So I'll record the Start date as  April 7. 2015.  This is supposed to be done in 12 weeks.  I'd like to show some confidence and write something like,  '12 weeks, A piece of cake.'   But I know me and I could mess this up without a first thought.  Then where will I be?

Up Hepatitis C Creek.

First Day

I started a new drug treatment today.  Two drugs seven pills added to the two drugs of six pills I'm already doing daily.  The drugs I'm starting anew are Sovaldi and Ribavirin.  Yeah,  I going for the cure of  Hep C.  It's been a long wait to get this started and at times a frightening wait.  The new treatments for Hepatitis C are supposedly less harsh than the Interferon/Ribavirin of recent past.  The new treatment, from what I've read,  has a higher success. Damn right, I need some of that right now.

Ribavirin has a long list of side effects and Interferon is almost deadly in my opinion.  I did question the use of Ribavirin in my treatment.  Only to find because of the type Hepatitis C that I have, Type 2, the combination Sovaldi/Ribavirin works best.  A nurse practitioner and the  pharmacist reassured me that the side effects had not been an issue with past patients and they believe that I'd tolerate combo well. They don't know me.  If I smell weed from 2 blocks away, instantly I get the munchies.  Ribavirin; another side effect is depression. My guess is, my doc forgot that the anti-rejection drugs can cause depression. Never mind my history of depression. So I'll have to just deal with it.

Insomnia is another, oh yeah, I've been dealing with that since the first transplant. Oh! Transplants, I guess I'll have to discuss the transplants soon enough. In the meantime, I better try to get some sleep.