Hi JoAnneh,

Congratulations on making SVR!  I was so pleased to read this.  All the very best!  Caroline

funny you mentioned speech problems...in the past 2 weeks the exhaustion has zapped me,i believe it's a combo of low hemo & white blood cells.

recently i started stuttering occasionaly, communicating  and having to pause to refresh my memory. also i totally forgot 2 important things. one of them almost caused major damage in my tub and took 1/2 a day to resolve.  i notice it happens most during late afternoons when i need to rest. the speaking part is quite embarrassing considering my backround. 

considering all the sx we go through this one is a piece of cake as long as it returns back to normal.

sandy,ucbgal

Hi JoAnne, I wouldn`t be surprised if this is at least partly due to the exhaustion and worry of having one of your offspring ill and in hospital, it must have been a very trying time for you.  As Malcolm said, it can take a year or two to recover from the ravages of treatment, and for your body to adjust and start to recover and repair from all those years you had an active infection. 

I`m about two and a half years post tx now and my physical and cognitive health still seems to be improving, although it hasn`t happened in a straight line, I`ve had many setbacks along the way.  I didn`t do 48 weeks, although I`d had Hep C for a long time, like you, before I cleared the virus, and my 24 weeks really knocked me about.  I still have episodes of brain fog and confusion, especially when I`m tired or stressed...although in my case I mostly put it down to my age! 

Take good care of yourself, JoAnne, and try not to worry.  You`ve battled through a tremendous fight to achieve your SVR, so be patient while you heal!  xx 

I am not making light of your situation, stress does cause problems with speech but you are lucky because you are not male, it seems males especially me have had that problem of not saying the right word at the appropriate time,especially when talking to the female gender, at least that is what I have been told on numerous times by my former spouse ha ha

Hi JoAnne,

Your body has been through 48 weeks of hell. It can take 1 or 2 years to get back to normal. Don't worry about it and get plenty of rest. Of course, get it checked out if it gets worse, but it will sort itself out.cheers XX

I've had the problem since the second month of treatment and with a previous nursing background, I agree with your husband that it shares similarities with patients that have neurological issues. After the constant references to "Brain Fog", I've accepted it as that and won't be too concerned about it until I'm sure that I've cleared all of the meds from my system. My doc seems to think it's also medicine related and says the same thing, wait... So for the time being, know that you're not alone and this is another thing that will be corrected in time! One day at a time!

I have achieved SVR, I am 6 1/2 months post treatment.

I am having difficulty saying the right words at times during 

conversations. My husband said it's like a stroke victim.

Its scary and embarrassing. This happen while on treatment

and has really been happening the last few days.

Could it be from exhaustion as our youngest was in the hospital.

anyone else having this problem.

thanks for feedback

Hi JoAnne,

When you refer to  "having difficulty saying the right words at times during conversations"  do you mean that you find yourself searching, and kind of pause while "trying out" the wording or phase you're composing in your mind?  That sounds like the difficulty I have been having; face-to-face conversations are a bit more demanding, but I sometimes have a bit of trouble composing written communications as well.        You mentioned being exhausted, I know from having worked 'graveyard' shifts that fatigue and lack of sleep sometimes affected my ability to verbalize my thoughts smoothly, which is a lot like the residual 'mind fog' that I still experience.  Hang in there, SVR is sweet, sometimes post tx life has a few potholes that haven't been filled in yet.