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.