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Drink plenty of water when I don't I feel worse. Drinking water does help

with the symptoms. I push myself to drink as much as I can. I feel drained and

tired much of the time but I did before I started treatment also. I have never

been able to sleep during the day before and now I find myself laying down

and taking naps during the day. Walking seems to help me also but I feel weaker

part of the time, sometimes I am having headaches and muscle aches. I was

given blood 20 years ago after problems delivering twins. I found out I had it

this summer and I am on week 9 of the treatments. Every week I can mark off

is one week closer to finishing the program and feeling better again.

Sometimes I snap at people more than I used to. My husband asked this morning

what I

would do without him. I looked at him and said " feel better, without you I

wouldn't have had twins and wouldn't have needed a transfusion,

and would not be feeling this way right now, " he managed to get out the door

very fast. Some days are like that, others I am able to laugh at the

situations a keep going. Just take it one day at a time and know that there are

others here going through it that will give support and share their stories.

People can't look at you and see that anything is different so they might not

understand how drained you do feel.

S.

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> I hope you find this site to be helpful in your quest for

> information. There are an abundance of wonderful people on here and

> we have all been through the trenches from first diagnosis fears to

> end of treatment excitement!

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> We have a real good LINKS page over on the right. Please feel free to

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> you don't see there, please feel free to add them.

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> LeighAnn

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HI,

I am a new member; I was diagnosed in May when I was undergoing a

physical. Anyway, I am a nurse and it appears I contracted the virus

within the last couple of years as I had had a needle stick a few

years ago and was negative for HCV. I have genotype 1b and upon

biopsy, stage 1 grade 1. I will be starting treatment Pegasys/Copegus

on Friday. Very scared as I do nothave time to be sick. (sounds

silly). Anyway what can I expect for the first weekend??? I have two

children with a disability, very supportive husband, but any

additional advice will be appreciated!

Thanks ever so much,

Marie

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I will be starting treatment Pegasys/Copegus on Friday. Very scared

as I do nothave time to be sick. (sounds silly). Anyway what can I

expect for the first weekend??? I have two children with a

disability, very supportive husband, but any additional advice will

be appreciated!

Marie,

I just started the Pegasys treatment myself (Aug. 29, to be exact so

I have will be doing my fourth injection on Friday). I haven't

really experienced much in the way of side effects. I have slight

headaches -- but that could just be sinuses acting up in our

wonderful Houston weather. I felt kind of " blech " the first weekend -

- but that could have been cabin fever due to three straight days of

rain on a holiday weekend. I already drank a lot of water (post-op

habits from a gastric bypass) so I started out well hydrated. Maybe

that helped. I would suggest that you be mentally prepared for side

effects and hopefully you will be thrilled when you have few or none.

Pamela

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I just want to send a welcome out to those of you who are new and have

not yet posted. There are alot of new members of our group this week,

and we understand that a lot of you prefer to remain anonymous, at least

at first. Please be sure to check out our many files, links, and

photos. We have tons of resources available to you to help you as you

explore the possibility that you may have gotten sick from your breast

implants, whether they are silicone gel or saline.

Many people are going through tough times right now, and the added

stress can create a negative impact on your health. So many other

things are impacted as well.

Don't lose hope!

Women are getting better, have gone on to live productive lives, had

babies, new careers, new husbands, and more!

We're here to help you navigate these dark waters.

Write whenever you feel ready, or you can write privately.

I apologize to those who have written and waited for a response from me.

I have tons on my plate these days, but I still try to make some time

for my mail, little by little and hopefully I'll be all caught up

someday. I'm listening though...

God bless all,

Patty