Hi, Everybody,
Just a little nervous here. (yeah, right, scared ****less)
I just went through foreclosure, bankruptcy, divorce, losing
everything I ever worked for, deception at the office, so a job
change, finding out I have hep c (type II), insurance won't cover it,
daughter in college $$$, menopause (that's fun too), feeling old, but
still refusing to go there. I'm about to start treatment. Chantrix
threw me into depression, so it was delayed. But isn't there anybody
out there that can make it through this with just refusing to go
through the symptoms (sounds kinda naive even as I write it), but so
much of the things we feel are psychosomatic. Do people who skate
through this treatment even write on this website or are they busy
getting on with their lives. I've been seeing an energy healer (he's
phenomenal), wants me to have my blood tested before I begin
treatment, but it's all scary still the same. If anybody has gone
through what sounds like - well, my intern called it brutal, that's a
fun word - and wants to give me a little heads up on what to expect, I
would really appreciate it. I've read about the flu-like symptoms, et
cetera, et cetera, but my doc wants me to stop reading anything about
hep c because everybody reacts differently, but when it's your life,
you kinda want to know what you're up against. I've finally conquered
all of my fears and am now happy with life (it's taken a long time)
and I'm about ready to start treatment and it's hard to go from
finally waking up everyday without saying OH, GOD, I'M STILL ALIVE!!
to feeling excited to begin each day to initiating what sounds like
hell with this treatment (Cool, back to Oh, God, I'm still alive!). I
have a pretty high threshold for pain, but still kind of wondering
about the side effects, other than fatigue, flu-like symptoms, on and
on, is there a symptom that's more common than the others? I've got
so many questions, I could just keep writing. Anybody got a moment to
give me some advice? Appreciate it.
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