How Long Does it Take with Hepatitis C Treatment
How Long Does it Take with Hepatitis C Treatment – Sometimes while you’re on treatment, you are like a kid in the back seat of the car on a long trip. You can’t see out of the window without sitting on your feet. You are squashed up with your brothers or sisters. If you are like me, you had to go the bathroom. Some of those trips were to special places like the lake, grandma and grandpa’s house, shopping at TG&Y, or to the park. Car trips take forever when you are young. It seems like Hepatitis C Treatment goes on forever too, doesn’t it?
How Long Does it Take with Hepatitis C Treatment
These 5 little words, How Long Does it Take, are the beginning of many thoughts for you while you are on treatment. Here are some common questions. I am sure that you have some of your own. For real answers go to my Start Here page and pick a topic.
How long does it take with Hepatitis C Treatment
How long does it take for me to get my energy back?
How long does it take til I can think better?
How long until my blood levels return to normal?
How long until my hair starts to grow back after Hepatitis C Treatment?
How long until the Riba Rage goes away?
How long before I get my life back?
How long until my skin rash stops itching?
I hope you found some answers there.
Just like in the back seat of a car, Treatment makes you feel as though life is passing you by. When we are on treatment, our emotions can cause crying so easily. We know we look bad. Pale skin, bruises, dark circles under the eyes, hair falling out and scraggly as a broom – we see it in the mirror.
If you have to get a little mad to shut out the world, do it.
My bladder would be full and mom would tell me to sing. That’s a lot like the pressure of being on treatment too.
The point here is that there is going to be physical discomfort while you are on Hepatitis C Treatment. It can range from mild to intense. It can include skin rash itching with red splotches, if you have varices – vomiting blood, dry mouth that causes canker sores, bones hurting, toenail pain… you get my drift. There may be no relief. Like I have said before, some things have to be endured.
The new Hepatitis C Treatment, is so much easier than what i took for a year. Just try and relax and know that you WILL get there.
Think about your destination. Ah yes, finally jumping out of the car and stretching, moving toward the people you were longing to see.
The excitement of the journey is what makes life worthwhile. Most of our life is actually lived trying to get someplace.
We have to learn to embrace the time that we spend on our journey, even if it is rough and the conditions are not just right. We learn to live minute to minute. Accept each one as it comes and know that they add up to hours, then to days. Soon the weeks are gone and you are Hep C Free!
We’ll get there. I’m with you. Xo Karen:)
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Hi Karen, you’re a fellow friend/member on the HCV forum. I saw your blog mention and knew I wanted to see what you had to say, to share. I want to tell you that you have been able to put your finger on the pulse of this treatment. Your grasp of the emotions I’m having are perfect and I’m having trouble getting this across to my family and friends, until now. I want to thank you for taking the time to describe what we’re all feeling with the compassion and accuracy you have. I’ll pray for a simple cure to this ugly disease and plan to say a little something special for that sweet girl in the back seat singing those beautiful songs!
Best to you, Brady. (Tig)
Hay Tig! haha. Yeah, I trolled that forum a lot in the last few years. What great support is provided. Some days I was saying the same things over and over.. so I started this little blog. You could write it! We’ve all had the same experiences.
I’m so glad that you visited, but most of all that you feel encouraged. That is what we are all looking for, right? Gosh, you’re making me weepy. I appreciate your prayers. I just canceled a banding and put it off til later. I just want a nice summer. I’m sure you’ll hear all about it on the forum. lol.
My very best to you my friend. We’re living this life by sticking together. xoxoxo Karen:)
I have recently been diagnosed with hep c gt3 with cirrhosis, they tell me it’s the worst one on the liver. I went to get a check up because I over slept and missed 2 important meeting and could not wake up. Trying get to stay positive taking treatment. But progressively getting sicker , switching doctors; doctor gives no support, I know we all have to die, what is my life expectancy now I am only 48??? This really sucks..and no one understands what I am going through!
Hello, thank you for writing in. I am not a doctor however all of the geno types of HCV are bad. When I treated the GT 1A that I had it was the hardest to treat and cure. Then Incivek came out. I treated with that and Interferon and Ribivarin. It was hard but it worked. I am now cured and have been for 4 years. Since then new drugs have come out to treat Geno 1’s, now Geno type 3 is the hardest to treat. I am sorry you are experiencing this. It is very scary. I thought it was a death sentence when I was diagnosed with HCV and cirrhosis back in 2008. It is not a death sentence. There is treatment for Geno 3’s. They are not as easy as the new medications for Geno 1 are said to be but there is treatment. Everything you eat, drink, put on your skin has to be processed by the liver. Try to drink lots of water. Take a look at suggestions on here for liver healthy diets as well as the heart diet. I don’t eat red meat or fried foods, I limit any processed foods or lunch meat. I hope switching doctors will help you. You want a doctor that specializes in the liver. Take Care, Dee
It was a blessing to find your post. You have a great heart, courage and faith.
God bless you. I am an 80 year old. I had my liver transplant on July 2, 1996..I just
recently had a different symptom, a slight discomfort on my right side –like a pulled
muscle. had an ultrasound. Doc says its my liver. Let her know when pain gets bad.
I am very active and have a lot of business to finish. Just wondered how long I could
function. I think you answered that. I have been blessed. Where can I find right food
to eat?
Hello there! I am so sorry to hear about your liver problem. I am glad you found this blog 🙂 Karen is one of the most loving people I have ever met. She created this blog to help others. She has a page of liver loving foods. She has about 170 different articles and they are all as good as uplifting as this page. Also you can follow the heart healthy diet. Bless you, Dee (I am helping Karen since she had her liver transplant)
This is one place to start. From here you can click on the home page and find so many helpful articles that Karen has written
https://www.ihelpc.com/liver-loving-recipes/
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