Day 6

Well it is now Tuesday and so far so good, nothing I have not been able to handle. Sunday was a little rough, I spent the morning getting sick, but by the after noon I was ok. I have learned though that water must be my new best friend. I on Monday when I woke up it felt like I was in a accident. All of my muscles kinda hurt like I worked out or something. I found that when I drink alot of water it does help with that. So by the end of Monday I had drunk alot of water...not the 64 ounces but non the less enough to help with the mucle pain. I am somewhat nervous about Thursday night. I really hope I get it easy again. So to try to help that I am drinking alot of water in preparation for it. I haven't been getting out much lately so I'm kinda feeling like I am on some type of house arrest. I will be glad when it gets colder outside because then I wont feel like I am missing out on anything...like I do now. Support at work and with friends has been really good so that helps to keep the spirits up.

End of Day 3

Well I woke up about 7:oo am this morning. I slept really good last night. Matter of fact I have slept really heavy ever since being on the treatment. Anywho, I still have not experienced any flu-like symptoms like I have read so much about. I have noticed that I haven't been eating as much as I use to. I went back to sleep around 12:00 and kinda of faded in and out all afternoon just trying to be good to myself like the nurse told me to.
This evening my upper arm muscles felt slightly sore but nothing major. Ever since being on these medications it has me almost paranoid wondering if every little thing I feel is a possible side effect. Its crazy.
I cant help but wonder if next weeks injection that Chris is going to give me will go as easy as this one did. With respects to side effects that is.
I haven't drunk no where near enough water today. I wonder if that is why I felt a little discomfort in my arm muscles.
I have been reading other blogs regarding HCV....interesting. I was really curious if others had experienced no real bad side effects. Anyway I feel like I am just rambling now so I'm gonna end it for now.

Well I just talked to the nurse and I told her that so far I feel good. So I said to her that the other nurse said that side effects usually happen within 2 to 48 hours after the injection does that mean I am in the clear if I dont get any after 48 hours? She laughed at me and said NO. That these side effects can happen at any time...usually after your body figures out that there is too much anti viral drugs in my body. She said my body makes this stuff on it's own. Damn I thought I was in the clear...you know on the 48 hour count down. She said that everybody is different. Some feel it almost right away others it takes a little more time, and some are lucky and breeze through the treatment. I am learning that there is no way I can make plans while on this medication. I guess I am just going to have to play it by ear.

August 7th 8:30 a.m.

Went to the doctors office so Chris could get trained on how to give me my shot. I have to admit he was rather excited about sticking me with a needle. lol. But he did it. The nurse said to take a Tylenol as soon as I got home, and that symptoms could begin anywhere from 2 to 48 hours afterward. It has been just about 24 hours and so far so good. No symptoms. Maybe I will be one of the lucky ones and don't have to experience anything crazy, like most people do. If it keeps on like this I'm gonna be straight!! But I don't want to be over confident and jinx myself. The nurse also said I need to drink 64 ounces of water a day. Dang...I'm not much of a water drinker, so it looks like my new best friend is H2O (hee-hee). But for my readers day one of treatment was 8/6/2009.

Let me give you the basics, I'm Dee from Atlanta, and I am type 1 and am 38 years young. Well my first day of treatment is tomorrow at 9:30 and I am concerned about the side effects that I heard about and have read on a few blogs.
I think that this is going to be good to help me to get through the treatment of 48 weeks I have ahead of me. During my blogs I am not going to focus on the length of my treatment...but just take one week at a time. I figure if this is the worst thing I will ever have to experience in life...then I'm doing good. They say that people with my type (type 1) it is a 50/50 success rate. I'M GOING TO BE IN THE 50% THAT WORKS. Power of positive thinking...that's my plan!
My boyfriend is going with me tomorrow to get trained to give me my shots, because frankly I am just way to big a punk to do it myself. So yeah I am concerned about that to. I hate it when a licensed nurse gives me a shot or has to take blood...let alone my plumber boyfriend. Lol. But he is truly a godsend.
Until tomorrow...