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Liamc


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Yep definitely more aches and pains since finishing 6 moths Riba/Sol.



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I am starting the long road to treatment but consider my age.

Lately  I have a knee that buckles once in a while. My neck and back ache, not much, just twinges and stiffness. I suddenly had a strange sharp pain in my thumb. My toes cramp and ache at night.  Little things, twinges, minor annoyances.

Now fast forward to next December. Hep C treatment is likely. I will be consumed with test results, side effects, insurance so what else will catch my attention for the next year?

So 6 months post treatment, hopefully virus free and guess what? All those small pains I am not paying any mind are going to be worse, given my age, and will become bigger issues so remind me of this if I come here in a year or a year and a half complaining of knee problems, major aches in shoulder and neck, and arthritic fingers.

We will see but since the forum members have been mentioning this, I am noting all the little aches and pains so I don't attribute that bum knee and that stiff aching neck to the post treatment. I will be that much older after all.



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basser wrote:

 but have not come this far to give up now.alot now is the mental side.this where the forum comes into its own.                                                               

 I so much agree with that. I too have pains that have either surfaced or gotten worse since starting both of my treatments. For example, my right hip has been causing a lot of pain lately which has not happened before. But I have to take into consideration that it was broken in a car wreck in 1976 and this pain is possibly due, at least in part, to years of osteoarthritis post trauma. The same applies to my right knee, previously injured and repaired surgically in 1992 with marginal prognosis and also affected by osteoarthritis post trauma and now in need of total knee replacement according to my ortho surgeon 2 months ago. Did HCV treatment cause this increase in pain or at least fuel the fire? Maybe so, or maybe it is just due to arthritis progression, less physical activity than in my younger years or to getting old. Either way the pain exist and if that's part of the price for killing the HCV virus then it's worth it to me. I can live with some pain much longer and happier than with active HCV as long as I keep the right mental attitude. And yes it helps tremendously to have the support of this forum to make it through those mental blank-spot days. Best of health to you too William. smile



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think your spot on.there are so many factors to take in.have had the interferon.riba tx twice.then was sent away with the words nothing more they could do for me.then managed to get on the new meds.they worked.also the age factor and damage done by virus.also being cirrhotic.but have not come this far to give up now.alot now is the mental side.this where the forum comes into its own.get so much info.thanks for your input tig has helped me greatly since i joined.best of health to you mate                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         william



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Hi William,

Seems there are a lot of people experiencing extended periods of joint and muscle pain. Whether it's the new DAA's, the older SOC's, a combination of or damage from years of the virus, it seems apparent that it's more prevalent now. I treated twice with the older Interferon protocols and one included Ribavirin and Victrelis. For over a year post treatment, I could barely move without severe pain in my large joints. XRay showed only slight degenerative disease, so the diagnosis of severe joint inflammation was made. I was pescribed Naproxen twice daily, which on a regular basis isn't the most liver friendly, but it helped, a lot. The pain over the second year, has improved greatly and I no longer take the Naproxen on a regular basis. The only thing we have in common is the Ribavirin and a history of HCV. Seems to me the causative factor, along with age, is right in front of us. While I'm not free of the pain, it has improved greatly. Some of us have to think in years of recovery, not months. 



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its a year now since eot.was on solvidi daclatisvir and riba a 12 week course.took a good 8 months for the riba to leave my system.a year on i seem to be getting real pains in mt joints.shoulders and hips being the worse.never had these problems before tx.anyone else getting these pains post tx thanks



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