The sides that I experienced were headaches, painful neck maybe slight temp.
Yes, got all that, maybe I have a nasty cold, plus some sx - That would explain the 'up and down' thing.
Spoke to the lovely Dr Debasis at MonkMed this morning, he's very nice, I wish we had him in the UK!
I asked him if he had any advise for 'helping myself' and he said ' try to do things that make you happy'
It's a pity I have to work later, or I'd follow his advise Iie in bed with a good movie / book and some pancakes

Really, these meds have me craving carbs with nasty white flour which I never usually go near!
Went out to hospital for an Ultrasound this morning, there was a consultant and a (I think, ) junior Dr, the junior Dr was very keen to prove herself, during the test she said to the consultant 'are those varices'

Then she asked me if I had had any operations (no) .(suggesting scarring maybe?)
So I waited until the end and asked if everything looked ok, the consultant said 'yes, everything is fine' and I said 'No varices then'?
They both looked uncomfortable, but the consultant said 'It's hard to see clearly on ultrasound, but all looks like it's working fine and therefore doesn't suggest any varices to me and there's no cirrhosis'.
Maybe a lesson for the juinior Dr - With HepC patients who have had so little medical support, we do read and share alot and whereas we are not medics, I believe we know much more than patients (out of need if nothing else) with other conditions, so please be careful what you say in front of us? A casual comment can cause alarm. Anyway, fingers crossed, they were being truthful and all is well.