What absolutely fabulous news for J and you – well the whole family

Really happy and wishing you all the best

Wow, Wilko that’s great news so early. Good for you and hope the journey continues to bring you good health and healing

Agree with everyone here, good thread DT

I haven’t wanted to put too much stock into my HCV-free self. I’m trying to be realistic with a shade or 2 of optimism! The last couple of years have been ‘frightening’ for me regarding a rapid progression of certain conditions and a show of new symptoms. All the endless tests, scans and medicos I’ve seen but no real answer – things either lumped together as ‘polyarthritis’ and its varying effects or dismissed as ‘age-related.’
OMG! Even the scary fluoro orange explosive diarrhoea – my toilet bowl wearing a safety vest – that would last 5 days p/m – still told ‘nothing to do with your HepC!’ (BTW this hasn’t occurred since Tx)

Actually it’s been interesting that NO-ONE I saw thought anything was related to HCV (including the Gastro Specialists), it was only when I came on here and did some research, spoke to Dr James etc and discovered many off these symptoms/conditions I have are related to HCV.

As DT says, I look forward to months down the track when I’ve completed Tx and have hopefully sustained SVR and see what has changed and what I’m left with. Afterall, isn’t it possible to have some permanent damage to our bodies from decades of constant viral attack, constant inflammatory response? Maybe, my joints are too damaged and my nervous system is too because given our age now (those of us who’ve had it for decades) our bodies just don’t bounce back and repair themselves as well as they did even 10 yrs ago. Hell, for me it’s even 3 yrs ago!

So far, on Tx, I’m ending week 7, the only improvement (other than the orange thing) has been the absence of my usual persistent daily low-grade anxiety and agitation. I won’t know of this is actually a lucky side effect until after EOT. The energy I had in the 1st month has gone, so I’m back to dragging myself around every day to get things done. Acute anxiety attacks still happen and everything else is there with days of exacerbation.

It really is still a ‘WAITING GAME’

Hi Hope, glad to hear you have started Tx. Really sorry to hear your anxiety is weighing heavily.
From my experience, I have suffered constant general anxiety for decades, add to that severe Panic attacks and PTSD. I only drink coffee in the morning as it makes me too agitated and can’t sleep if I drink later. I have only used valium as a last resort – insomnia, panic attacks, muscle spasms/sciatica; so not daily.
I use breathing, aromatherapy and other alternative therapies.

When I started Tx, about an hour after taking my Magic Pills I would feel ‘great’, energetic and less pain than normal, so very motivated and doing heaps. Not an anxious or agitated ‘energy’ as others have said, it’s more of a pleasant ‘high’ not a drug ‘rush high’.

The most remarkable thing for me is that my usual daily low grade anxiety and agitation that would normally build as the day went on until evenings when I would be very ‘stressed’ – actually disappeared! I thought ceasing alcohol would be a struggle as I tended to use this to ‘calm’ myself at night but no desire at all, with no high anxiety there’s no compulsion to self-medicate.

I really hope you give this a go and for your sake it would be awesome for you to experience a reduction/cessation of your high level anxiety.

Wishing you all the best Hope, hang in there

Hahaha oh Mgalbrai, that is funny. She really ‘loved’ this thing and genuinely talked about endless time spent mesmerised by it! Actually though, many kids with autism are endlessly fascinated by watching things like that, the repetitive movement, like wheels turning!
Still, thank you for enlightening us on this ‘Do-Nothing toy’

Also, awesome the member list!