First Shot

[Guest guest]

I'm glad this note resurfaced because I had begun one and put it in my filing

cabinet and forgot it was there!

LOL -- Willem, not only did I laugh so good at your note about doing shots

(and about the exercise), the shot note reminded me of my second shot day (the

thoughts I had). When I did that second shot (in my kitchen), I had an

automatic, very fleeting (but strong) urge to go into the bathroom instead and

do

it. (Talk about recall ) ! Sheesh! I hadn't " done a shot " since 1978, but

my brain vividly recalled that bathrooms were the place I used to do them --

with the blinds pulled, the door locked, and the toilet nearby. It (the

recall) was almost like punishment (not very good memories, not to mention

the

source of my HCV). I finally shook the visions and said to myself " it ain't

the 70's no more. Stop beating yourself up and just stick the damn thing in

your upper thigh " lol.

Anyhow..... back to seriousness. I have a question (or concern) about " red

spots " and wonder if the answer (if there is one) might bear any

significance on my reaction to the Pegasys. When I did mine (all three), I

expected

red spots to appear, (and they did -- on about the second day afterwards).

My red spots, though, didn't go away in a few days. They just got bigger and

bigger as the week went by (they probably reached 50-cent piece size), and

they remained there for about a month. They weren't beet red and didn't itch

or hurt as I recall, but it was apparent my thighs thought I had viciously

assaulted them! I never showed them to the nurse or doc because 1) redness

around injection site was expected, and 2) even though they were kind of big,

by the time they got that big I was already off treatment and wasn't

anticipating ever wanting to attempt it again and didn't care about what, if any

significance they might have.

So the big question is -- do you (or does anyone) know if my spots may have

indicated something more serious than just a local reaction? I'm paranoid, I

guess. LOL. It's not even 5:45 in the a.m. yet, and here I sit -- worried

about red spots! The heat index outside yesterday was 110 (actual temp was

98). I didn't walk yesterday morning; I didn't walk yesterday evening, I

didn't go to bed until midnight, and I guess I'm wide-eyed from lack of

exercise.

I just stepped outside a few minutes ago, and it's already 78 degrees out

there -- so muggy and oppressive already it's hard for someone in GOOD health to

breathe !

I wanna go to Alaska. You guys have a good day.

In a message dated 6/18/2004 3:32:44 AM Eastern Standard Time,

lands142@... writes:

> HI.By now you know that taken shots is a piece of cake,important is that

> you switch the injections sites because many people get red spots,the size of

a

> nickel around the injection-site.They disappear in a couple of days.Left

> leg,right leg,left above the hips,right above the hips and vica versa or other

> places at yr choosing as long as there.s fat tissue which you can roll between

> your thumb and the finger nxt to it ,squeeze it tight and jabbed it quick

> and firmly.Goodluck.Willem.

>

[Guest guest]

ROFLMAO.....ah Willem, you are a riot....I love your sense of humor....don't

ever change ;-)

FIRST SHOT

HI.Here are some tips regarding taking yr first shot....Make sure you close

all the windows so that neighbours cannot hear you scream.If you have a buddy

let him be standby with the telephone and the Bible,if you.re alone....well hope

for the best.Put on a CD of a heavy metal group it prevents you from hearing the

needle cutting your flesh..Make sure you have a towel or something to prevent

blood from messing up your carpet.Aim the needle straight towards the fat tissue

otherwise you will hit a nerve or muscle and then even the heavy metal,closed

windows, will prevent you from alerting the neighbourhood with your screams.You

might even end up in a wheelchair.If you have no fat go to Mac .s for a

year and then try again.Once you have injected yourself and nothing of the above

has happened say amen close your eyes,lie down and try to forget this

ordeal........Ok....I have take hundreds of shots and believe me a mosquito-bite

is worse.Absolutely nothing to it.Willem.

[Guest guest]

ROFLMAO.....ah Willem, you are a riot....I love your sense of humor....don't

ever change ;-)

FIRST SHOT

HI.Here are some tips regarding taking yr first shot....Make sure you close

all the windows so that neighbours cannot hear you scream.If you have a buddy

let him be standby with the telephone and the Bible,if you.re alone....well hope

for the best.Put on a CD of a heavy metal group it prevents you from hearing the

needle cutting your flesh..Make sure you have a towel or something to prevent

blood from messing up your carpet.Aim the needle straight towards the fat tissue

otherwise you will hit a nerve or muscle and then even the heavy metal,closed

windows, will prevent you from alerting the neighbourhood with your screams.You

might even end up in a wheelchair.If you have no fat go to Mac .s for a

year and then try again.Once you have injected yourself and nothing of the above

has happened say amen close your eyes,lie down and try to forget this

ordeal........Ok....I have take hundreds of shots and believe me a mosquito-bite

is worse.Absolutely nothing to it.Willem.

[Guest guest]

HI.Everytime I injected I had red spots,they cleared within a couple of days.It

simply is a reaction of yr skin with the interferon.Nothing serious,but people

react differently.I asked my Doc. about it and I got the same answer.When I used

the Peg-interferon the spots appeared less frequently and sometimes not at all.I

wpuld.nt worry about it,one of the many side-effects of treatment but is all we

got for the moment .Another,for me anyway,longterm side-effect is the

sleeplessness.I still don.t manage to get seven or so solid hours of sleep.I

wake up early,no matter how exhausted I.am.Never had this before starting TX. I

make up for it by doing a nap in the afternoon when I hve the time for

it.Willem.

Re: Re: FIRST SHOT

I'm glad this note resurfaced because I had begun one and put it in my filing

cabinet and forgot it was there!

LOL -- Willem, not only did I laugh so good at your note about doing shots

(and about the exercise), the shot note reminded me of my second shot day

(the

thoughts I had). When I did that second shot (in my kitchen), I had an

automatic, very fleeting (but strong) urge to go into the bathroom instead and

do

it. (Talk about recall ) ! Sheesh! I hadn't " done a shot " since 1978, but

my brain vividly recalled that bathrooms were the place I used to do them --

with the blinds pulled, the door locked, and the toilet nearby. It (the

recall) was almost like punishment (not very good memories, not to mention

the

source of my HCV). I finally shook the visions and said to myself " it

ain't

the 70's no more. Stop beating yourself up and just stick the damn thing in

your upper thigh " lol.

Anyhow..... back to seriousness. I have a question (or concern) about " red

spots " and wonder if the answer (if there is one) might bear any

significance on my reaction to the Pegasys. When I did mine (all three), I

expected

red spots to appear, (and they did -- on about the second day afterwards).

My red spots, though, didn't go away in a few days. They just got bigger and

bigger as the week went by (they probably reached 50-cent piece size), and

they remained there for about a month. They weren't beet red and didn't itch

or hurt as I recall, but it was apparent my thighs thought I had viciously

assaulted them! I never showed them to the nurse or doc because 1) redness

around injection site was expected, and 2) even though they were kind of big,

by the time they got that big I was already off treatment and wasn't

anticipating ever wanting to attempt it again and didn't care about what, if

any

significance they might have.

So the big question is -- do you (or does anyone) know if my spots may have

indicated something more serious than just a local reaction? I'm paranoid, I

guess. LOL. It's not even 5:45 in the a.m. yet, and here I sit -- worried

about red spots! The heat index outside yesterday was 110 (actual temp was

98). I didn't walk yesterday morning; I didn't walk yesterday evening, I

didn't go to bed until midnight, and I guess I'm wide-eyed from lack of

exercise.

I just stepped outside a few minutes ago, and it's already 78 degrees out

there -- so muggy and oppressive already it's hard for someone in GOOD health

to

breathe !

I wanna go to Alaska. You guys have a good day.

In a message dated 6/18/2004 3:32:44 AM Eastern Standard Time,

lands142@... writes:

> HI.By now you know that taken shots is a piece of cake,important is that

> you switch the injections sites because many people get red spots,the size

of a

> nickel around the injection-site.They disappear in a couple of days.Left

> leg,right leg,left above the hips,right above the hips and vica versa or

other

> places at yr choosing as long as there.s fat tissue which you can roll

between

> your thumb and the finger nxt to it ,squeeze it tight and jabbed it quick

> and firmly.Goodluck.Willem.

>

[Guest guest]

HI.Everytime I injected I had red spots,they cleared within a couple of days.It

simply is a reaction of yr skin with the interferon.Nothing serious,but people

react differently.I asked my Doc. about it and I got the same answer.When I used

the Peg-interferon the spots appeared less frequently and sometimes not at all.I

wpuld.nt worry about it,one of the many side-effects of treatment but is all we

got for the moment .Another,for me anyway,longterm side-effect is the

sleeplessness.I still don.t manage to get seven or so solid hours of sleep.I

wake up early,no matter how exhausted I.am.Never had this before starting TX. I

make up for it by doing a nap in the afternoon when I hve the time for

it.Willem.

Re: Re: FIRST SHOT

I'm glad this note resurfaced because I had begun one and put it in my filing

cabinet and forgot it was there!

LOL -- Willem, not only did I laugh so good at your note about doing shots

(and about the exercise), the shot note reminded me of my second shot day

(the

thoughts I had). When I did that second shot (in my kitchen), I had an

automatic, very fleeting (but strong) urge to go into the bathroom instead and

do

it. (Talk about recall ) ! Sheesh! I hadn't " done a shot " since 1978, but

my brain vividly recalled that bathrooms were the place I used to do them --

with the blinds pulled, the door locked, and the toilet nearby. It (the

recall) was almost like punishment (not very good memories, not to mention

the

source of my HCV). I finally shook the visions and said to myself " it

ain't

the 70's no more. Stop beating yourself up and just stick the damn thing in

your upper thigh " lol.

Anyhow..... back to seriousness. I have a question (or concern) about " red

spots " and wonder if the answer (if there is one) might bear any

significance on my reaction to the Pegasys. When I did mine (all three), I

expected

red spots to appear, (and they did -- on about the second day afterwards).

My red spots, though, didn't go away in a few days. They just got bigger and

bigger as the week went by (they probably reached 50-cent piece size), and

they remained there for about a month. They weren't beet red and didn't itch

or hurt as I recall, but it was apparent my thighs thought I had viciously

assaulted them! I never showed them to the nurse or doc because 1) redness

around injection site was expected, and 2) even though they were kind of big,

by the time they got that big I was already off treatment and wasn't

anticipating ever wanting to attempt it again and didn't care about what, if

any

significance they might have.

So the big question is -- do you (or does anyone) know if my spots may have

indicated something more serious than just a local reaction? I'm paranoid, I

guess. LOL. It's not even 5:45 in the a.m. yet, and here I sit -- worried

about red spots! The heat index outside yesterday was 110 (actual temp was

98). I didn't walk yesterday morning; I didn't walk yesterday evening, I

didn't go to bed until midnight, and I guess I'm wide-eyed from lack of

exercise.

I just stepped outside a few minutes ago, and it's already 78 degrees out

there -- so muggy and oppressive already it's hard for someone in GOOD health

to

breathe !

I wanna go to Alaska. You guys have a good day.

In a message dated 6/18/2004 3:32:44 AM Eastern Standard Time,

lands142@... writes:

> HI.By now you know that taken shots is a piece of cake,important is that

> you switch the injections sites because many people get red spots,the size

of a

> nickel around the injection-site.They disappear in a couple of days.Left

> leg,right leg,left above the hips,right above the hips and vica versa or

other

> places at yr choosing as long as there.s fat tissue which you can roll

between

> your thumb and the finger nxt to it ,squeeze it tight and jabbed it quick

> and firmly.Goodluck.Willem.

>

[Guest guest]

Well, Willem....that just gives you more time for your love <g>

Re: Re: FIRST SHOT

Another,for me anyway,longterm side-effect is the sleeplessness.

[Guest guest]

Well, Willem....that just gives you more time for your love <g>

Re: Re: FIRST SHOT

Another,for me anyway,longterm side-effect is the sleeplessness.

[Guest guest]

Hang in there Kate, th first is often the worst! Glad it wasn't too

bad.

Kim

> I started treatment yesterday around 2:00 o'clock. I did not get

any

> symptons until around 7pm. I just stayed in bed. I had the chills

> and shaking. I was very fortunate that it was not worse. I

> continued to drink water as everyone suggested. This morning I

have

> a headache but tylenol seems to be keeping it at bay. I will keep

> you posted. Thank you for all your support. Kate

[Guest guest]

Kate,

It seems we are starting treatment at almost the same time. I am so happy that

you did not have too many sides. I started a week ago and my first shot was

friday. I have to do another one tonight. I felt pretty tired this week but

mostly bad on Wednesday. I feel pretty good today but am kind of dreading

tonight. I have been praying and many people are praying for me as well. I will

include you in my prayers. Good luck!

Sincerely,

kate <kla116@...> wrote:

I started treatment yesterday around 2:00 o'clock. I did not get any

symptons until around 7pm. I just stayed in bed. I had the chills

and shaking. I was very fortunate that it was not worse. I

continued to drink water as everyone suggested. This morning I have

a headache but tylenol seems to be keeping it at bay. I will keep

you posted. Thank you for all your support. Kate

[Guest guest]

Hi Kate, the water really helps, even for the headaches. I was supposed to

drink 80 ounces of water a day. I have 2 more to go before I'm done with

treatment and I'm glad I did it. I've noticed after about 3 weeks of treatment,

I'd get bursts of energy and as weeks went by, my energy level improved even

more. I've had a couple of bad days and experienced anger a lot, but I've been

able to manage on treatment.

Hang in there, you'll make, I'm praying for you...

Jeanie

kate <kla116@...> wrote:

I started treatment yesterday around 2:00 o'clock. I did not get any

symptons until around 7pm. I just stayed in bed. I had the chills

and shaking. I was very fortunate that it was not worse. I

continued to drink water as everyone suggested. This morning I have

a headache but tylenol seems to be keeping it at bay. I will keep

you posted. Thank you for all your support. Kate

[Guest guest]

Good luck kate I did 3 shots before I got very sick at all I

hope your first is the only one that makes you feel bad!!!

> I started treatment yesterday around 2:00 o'clock. I did not get

any

> symptons until around 7pm. I just stayed in bed. I had the chills

> and shaking. I was very fortunate that it was not worse. I

> continued to drink water as everyone suggested. This morning I have

> a headache but tylenol seems to be keeping it at bay. I will keep

> you posted. Thank you for all your support. Kate

[Guest guest]

Yeah,

that first shot is a doozy! But you already know you’ll live thru it.

Good on you for giving it another shot (pun intended)!

De

RE:

space cadets, brain fog, panic

I gave myself my own shot last night, but stuck myself

in my hand first cuz my hands were shaking so bad. My fever went to 104

within 30 minutes of the injection and you know the throbber headache hit

immediately. Anyone got any glucosamine? Right now its 98 and

MUGGY, and hard as hell to breathe, and the only thing that sounds good about

stepping into a hot tub is stepping out. teehee. Kathys tub though,

now THAT sounds good. Connie

[Guest guest]

you know how wacked i am, i laughed for three minutes at that stupid pun. needed it too. thank God no one was around theyd have locked me up connie Motley <dmotley@...> wrote: Yeah, that first shot

is a doozy! But you already know you’ll live thru it. Good on you for giving it another shot (pun intended)! De -----Original Message-----From: Hepatitis CSupportGroupForDummies

[mailto:Hepatitis CSupportGroupForDummies ] On Behalf Of connie mcclainSent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 2:27 PMHepatitis CSupportGroupForDummies Subject: RE: space cadets, brain fog, panic I gave myself my own shot last night, but stuck myself in my hand first cuz my hands were shaking so bad. My fever went to 104 within 30 minutes of the injection and you know the throbber headache hit immediately. Anyone got any glucosamine? Right now its 98 and MUGGY, and hard as hell to breathe, and the

only thing that sounds good about stepping into a hot tub is stepping out. teehee. Kathys tub though, now THAT sounds good. Connie The light at the end of the tunnel may be you

[Guest guest]

Welcome anjie, I am fairly new to the group too. I found out yesterday that I have genotype 2 and also need my gallblader removed. My thyroid was normal for now anyway. the Dr. says that could change once tx. starts.I am hoping to jump right in and try to get it done. I have periods where I cry for no good reason and I have had a lot of anger too. My gastro wrote a letter to my primary Dr. and I have an appt. Monday to see if I need to be on some meds. for all the mood swings. The one thing I have found out from this group mainly, and my Dr. is that this thing canbe beat, So I have been making myself get up and try to go about normal business the best I can. You have lots of support here and info. Hope to hear how you ae coming along. brzy

From: anjiemann <anjiemann@...>Subject: First ShotHepatitis CSupportGroupForDummies Date: Thursday, September 4, 2008, 7:55 PM

Well, I haven't quite figured out how this site works but I get the post on my email all the time so I though I would share my story. I was dx in Feburary of this year. I did all kinds of research and talking to all kinds of people online trying to learn as much as I could. I learned that alot of my other health issues re the same as other people with Hep C. Such as my gall bladder being removed and low thyroid horamone amoung others. The Monday befor I started my tx I also found out that I am bipolar. I had to laugh to keep from crying. Anyway, I just had my first shot on the 29th of August. I haven't been sick (vomiting) at all. When I'm out in the sun I get a little nausous but not bad. I know it's just been a week but I seem to be doing pretty good so far. I will welcome any advise on this site or TX or just life with Hep C in general.Thank you all,

Anjie

[Guest guest]

You can do it Trudy and it will be fine!! I am doing my 5th shot tonight and this Wednesday my doctor told me I am totally undectable at 4 weeks, my hep c test was negative and that means I am an early responder and my chance to be SVR is over 80%!!!!

You will do fine, my sides are minimal and I hope yours will be too!!! I will say a prayer for you and don't forget to let us know how you make out!!!

Huggssss

Cheryl

In a message dated 9/17/2010 8:27:58 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, trudykinsey@... writes:

In about one hour. I'm ready. Thinking of it as first step on this journey. Talk to y'all soon http://facebook.com/people/andTrudy-Kinsey/1340460877 ""A well- behaved woman never made history"...Mae Westhttp://oktravels.wordpress.comhttp://allrecipes.com/cook/TrudyK/profile.aspx

[Guest guest]

Hi Trudy

Your going to be just fine.

Im glad your moving forwards toward a better healthier life.

This shows what kind of mettle your made of, and you deserve nothing less.

We are all right beside you for this journey.

Please keep us in the loop if you can, because we all care about how your doing.

I am blasting you with get well fast energy and lots of love.

love

don in ks

From: trudykinsey@... <trudykinsey@...>Subject: [ ] First shot"Hcv" < >Date: Friday, September 17, 2010, 7:27 AM

In about one hour. I'm ready. Thinking of it as first step on this journey. Talk to y'all soon http://facebook.com/people/andTrudy-Kinsey/1340460877 " "A well- behaved woman never made history"...Mae Westhttp://oktravels.wordpress.comhttp://allrecipes.com/cook/TrudyK/profile.aspx ------------------------------------

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I am new to this group.I was diaganosed with Asthma in 1997, but I have always

had terrible allegies. Today I received my first shot of Xolair. I have been

tired. I actually fell asleep in the doctors office. my body feels a little sore

too. . I really hope the shot makes me feel better. I just went to the Emergency

room about a week ago with a Asthma attack. Cold Air really affects my Asthma.

Any feed back on other things I can expect will greatly be appreciated

asthmatic in DC