SHOT #32~May 25/26~The shot went great tonight! Larry did it perfect. I didn't even feel it. I was real tired, though so I went to bed early...8:30. I almost slept all night too. Didn't wake up till about 2 am. And then again at 5. Of course it could be the puppy that wakes me up now!
I woke up with a screaming headache! My throat was sore and my bones hurt too. Even my arms and legs are sore, although I don't know why. I had a bit of diarrhea today. It sneaks up on me now and then, but isn't anywhere near as bad as it was at first. I had no appetite today. Just felt blah all day long. Luckily the doggies entertained themselves all day! I wanted to walk them, but just didn't have the energy. Even after my nap I was still so tired.
The brain fog is still really bad too. That is so frustrating. I hate to get someplace then not know what I went there for. It happens more and more lately too. I have post~it notes all over the house and still forget things. People just say its 'age' but it isn't. I can't spell near as well as I could, and I used to be an excellent speller. I've even been driving down the road and forget where I am going. I also end up having to make two or three trips back home to get all the stuff I forgot to take with me. A trip up to the post office can take me an hour...and its about 10 minutes away. I've been taking Ginko Biloba...but I don't think its working too well! Or if it is, I would really be a mess without it!
SHOT #33~May27/28~Its funny how I can see every injection site from the past couple weeks. Not just from the bruises, but a teeny tiny hole too. Larry did a great job tonight...I didn't even feel it. I've been so much more tired lately. My bed time has gone from 10 or 11 to 8 or 9. I am just wiped out by that time anymore. I still wake 3 or 4 times a night, but can't seem to stay up past 9.
I feel awful today. So very tired and my body, my back especially, aches much more than usual. The Darvocet doesn't seem to be working like it used to on the headaches either. I didn't eat much, nausea kicked in while I was cooking dinner. I have gone from 160, pretty chubby actually, down to 122 pounds in the last 4 months. Actually I am now about where I should really be, weight wise, but it keeps coming off.
I've been feeling real down the past few days too. Even the doggies aren't making me feel better. I find myself just wanting to be alone. My friends, most of them, don't even know about my HepC. I haven't called them in ages, and sometimes I just don't feel like trying to explain the whole thing to them.
I haven't slept well in so long. I even cried myself to sleep last night. First time too. I guess I am just stressing about the upcoming PCR and what I will do if I really am a non-responder. My skin is like a lizard anymore. I put on lotion at least 6 or 7 times a day. I still have that 'tinny' taste in my mouth too and I find that my mouth is always as dry as the Mojave Desert. I know this is from the Intron and won't be like this forever. At least summer is coming and I am not always freezing anymore.
SHOT #34~May 29~Boy these past 2 weeks have been odd. I felt pretty good today, except for being tired. I've noticed the diarrhea seems to come and go..which is good really! Gives me a break. Of course the Dr says he has never heard of that being a side, but I have heard others say they have experienced it as well. So I'm not nuts yet.
I got all the paperwork for the blood work next week. Boy they have special forms and tubes and everything for this one. The Dr is sending this one to the Nat'l Genetics Institute in Los Angeles. He says its a more comprehensive report and has much more detail. He also says that it shouldn't take too much longer to get back the results.
I went to bed not long after my shot tonight. I just didn't feel good so I took the puppy and went off to sleep. Only woke up once too, which is real unusual. I'm hoping next week is a much better week. In fact, I'm sure it will be. Can't be having these depressing weeks like this. They go by too slow and I hate those 'Poor Me's'.
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