Hep C Discussion Forum

Good one 5...Was gunna take a stab in the dark and say probs bout 36 hours, knowing you take it very early morns, but also knowing there is a big difference in times dependent on where you all are in North America. The biggest difference for here is in summer when a couple of our states don't have daylight savings. During winter the diff between east and west is 2 hours. I know it is a lot more than that in your country.

Not sure bout 5 Canuck. I know it will be a little after me, due to the country thing. I took my first pill Tuesday Morning May 1 at 7.30 AM so tomorrow morning at 7.30 AM (Monday Here) I will take pill number 56 and end of bottle number 2 22 3/4 hours away so would think 5 has between 24 and 48 hours left.

5, 

How many sleeps?? 

... it will be fun to have no pill to take when i get home from working monday nite." ...

I figured your May 1 SOT would put your last pill on Tues Jun 26?? 

But, never mind, I never could add, or count. 

Just to keep ya busy and distracted from all that water intake drudgery/bathroom output duty. I'm going to find a poem for ya that I wrote about myself - if I can locate it!, it 'splains my inabilties/difficulites with math ... later.  C.

Yes it has gone faster than expected. The first week seemed to be never ending. No doubt to do with the fears of how these magic beans would make me feel. Hope I can cope sort of things. what if what if lol....From there on its been a breeze. Glad you have managed to be in the run to the finish line now. Must be such an amazing feeling for you.

hi tig,

, yep 2 little pills in the weekly containter. so excited to be done with the treatment before i go back to work. it just makes it easier on me this way

it will be fun to have no pill to take when i get home from working monday nite.

i'm drinking water and relaxing, doing a few small projects that don't require much energy... took a short walk [yesterday] . and planning the same for this evening. just relaxing right now

i am catching up on lots of tv shows from amazon and netflix; even got a free week of hbo for this leg of the journey of resting a little more.

it's true what you said that it goes by fast... wow.

Good on you 5, you are doing fab!

woohoo canuck brought the white cake with white frosting, we are complete now!

yes, STL with uggs celebrating her up and coming 3rd bottle....woohoo. and that one will go just as fast

tig with disco moves and the party cruise

i'm so glad that pic was just right

ahoy mates, get the disco ball ready, uggs and all 

Glad alls going well 5....6 days to go and counting. Time does seem to be flying I have 5 left of bottle number 2 and  bottle number 3 ready to cruise on into EOT. (lot of numbers there ROFL) Ill be a little arriving at the party. Hope the ship doesn't leave without me.

Ill have to wear me uggies or thongs I fear....The platforms wont work with my bunions i'm afraid.  Ill have to cover the footwear up with my flares. Ive shrunk a few inches over the years so hope they will be long enough to cover these b.... feet. Flares are in good order and the bell sleeved top looks as good as it did in the seventies. Hope I the afro perm is not compulsory.

I will have to wait to let you know if I will be travelling on the alcohol flows free side of the ship Tig or the teatoatallers section. (Never been told not to drink in all these years, till the magic beans arrived and I was told no drinking while on treatment) LOL

i know, right! , thnx for the post tig.

and i'll be taking my next 6 pills without having to go to work. i made up my mind to see the doc on thurs and get some med time off. just a short few days on top of my 3 days off but great timing

i'm taking my work tropper boots off and putting my feet up while i ease on into the EOT 

the time did go by fast and for me , my main focus was on taking my pill and drinking water while managing the sides.

i'm so excited , i just can't hide it...... more disco.hahahaha

me too, i loved disco, it was great exercise and fun

i do hope the doc sends my lab request by monday; but i'm sure it's still und

*tig, feel free to make smaller if we need it, i don't know how 

well, beyond my wildest dreams i seem to be able to work well enough..... i'm a big baby at work but at least i'm there.hahhahahhaa.

not really, i'm doing my job well but my bosses are being very kind to me.......knowing that at a drop of a hat i could be one for medical leave

i get to rest and sleep the other hours i'm not working so it's not too bad.

we are short handed this weekend so i'm thankful i'm not flat out.; if it wears me out i can take medical next weekend when other ppl will be back

so, water ,rest and gentle food is my thing right now , got to get ready for work soon-thankful to feel i can do it.

Ya, 5's a trooper alright.  C.

Good one 5, may you have many more.

on the B12 for 2 days and everything is feeling better than it was. no stomach pain and a little more energy.

still some bloating, but all that water has to sit somewhere i guess , before it leaves my body

still sipping club soda and mint tea now and then thru the day and nite.

ok, gonna watch tv and drink water. i had a good day of fun projects and some chores and a great dinner with hubs.... 

another good harvoni day comes to resting time

and! i don't feel the need to go to dr and get time off; hoping this lasts

hi observer

i remember using the yeast way back when. 

i do pretty well with the gummies, so gonna stay with that for now.

in fact today i got some tummy relief.

3:30pm took my gummy

5pm had my vinegar & honey with my chicken

7pm took half a tums

also drank sips of club soda and mint tea thru the nite.

i still have some minor dizzy and feeling bloated inside but no pain in the gut.

i hope this helps tomorrow too ; minus the tums since i won't be working for 3 days.

if i feel good enough i'll just go to work and take the final week off if i need that.

all looks good from this now

I'm presume we don't have it here. I have been going to ask, but since everybody else knows what you are talking about I didn't want to sound like the clux....ROFL Good luck with work. Hope its a good night for you.

I have never heard of this turns you mention. I guess it is an antacid?

Wow! I wonder if it is different with Harvani. I was told I should continue taking them as normal. I take them all together in the morning. (I was told that's fine) The one I was told I must not take for at least 4 hours is any antacid which I would not normally take anyway. There were a few others listed in my literature but none were relevant to me.

Hi 5, Sorry to read you have still been having a few issues. Lucky you only have 2 weeks left. I hit my halfway mark yesterday.

What is the problem with the calcium? Is that to do with the Harvani or with your other problems? I was told I should continue taking my Calcium, Vitamin D and Vitamin B as usual.

hi scruffy,

chamomile stuffs up my nose , and i already can't use much in the way of allergy meds due to added issues right now.

i only have 2 weeks to go now, took my final 6th week pill just now and the mint tea is helping with lower gi, and club soda sips help with the upper gi

i do have gallstones and stopped using vinegar at harvoni time, and didn't think to use it during the day  so will go back to that during the day to see if that helps.

that is another thing that i changed a cpl weeks ago...

so much to remember. hahahahaha ...... it's all good tho, small price to pay.

i do get get woozy , dizzy and headachy on and off... nothing too awful tho so i feel blessed.

i'll google the ginger  , that sounds interesting, thank you

tig, i started the freeze dried mango when not on the tums, and didn't use a tums again till the next day after a cpl days of mango

right now i'm back to where i was before the episode so maybe it was too much sugar, i don't usually add sweet to my oatmeal. i can drizzle a little honey on my boiled chicken for dinner with no problem [makes it tastier and not as dry]

on my work chicken i use a quarter tsp mayo for the same reason and no problem.

so for some reason the mango seems the culprit by itself.. for now it's def off my list of edibles ; but i also had a small cupcake at work right before that episode.... so it might be the fat/sugar combo too.

i'm happy enough with everything else that is working out; so no cake for awhile is ok with me for now.

still sipping club soda and mint tea; i think they are ok- no calcium in them but i better read the label carefully.

-- Edited by 5-1-18 on Sunday 10th of June 2018 06:41:58 PM

Hey Scruffy,

I remember those conversations, too! If memory serves me, it was all started when Brownie and Syd got started on an accidental wet fart. It was intercepted by Jimmie and Linuxter and we were left laughing for quite awhile! It’s fun to have a group of people that can have a good time together. We can relate to the good and difficult times during our journey to the cure. That’s what has made this forum one of the best. Brothers and Sisters all....

Hi 5, (I like that!)

Is it possible the sugar in the Mango is partly responsible to your gastric imbalance? Do you sweeten your oatmeal? One other thing to keep in mind is Mango is very alkaline. If you’re taking an antacid and introducing Mango, you may be overdoing it and going too alkaline. That can cause as many problems as an acidic+ environment. Just a thought I wanted to run by you.

tig and canuck, so good to read your posts today.

i managed at work very well , i felt a little better with each hour and wasn't a completed drag.hahaha

my boss let me go even earlier tonite due to it being slow and i let her know that i'm happy going home earlier now in the last cpl weeks just to make it an easier time of it.

if something like this hits me in the last week then i will deff take the home run stretch off

thanks for laughing with me "as the harvoni turns the stomach". lolol

something i realized tonite as i reached for the freeze dried mango to add to my oatmeal , that's what is different. i added those a cpl days in a row and maybe it set something off that made the gas bad.

but for sure the mint and club soda are a good remedy for the bloated gassed up feeling as well as the sick stomach..and i don't need gobs of either one, just sipping here and there. it even calmed that super starving feeling that i was getting too.

could be the harvi combined with gallstones and mango..for now i'm sticking with the routine that seems to be calming things down.

and for sure, i'd rather burp and fart than have that all stuck up in there

hubby should be getting his 6 month labs next week so i'll def be posting about that next week too.

for now i'm thankful my gut has calmed down, and my back isn't hurting...

another harvoni day coming to a good close.

and thankful these flares don't last too many days in a row.

thanks for the fun and support friends

5

Hey 5,

You’re getting there and I’m glad you’re doing the things necessary to get there. If it takes a wall paper melting fart or feeling the need to run for the dairy section and blame it on rotten cheese, so be it! You do whatever it takes! Follow someone with a toddler in diapers, you have a perfect fall-guy in them, lol! (Works for me, ha, ha,)