Ok, OK! Here’s an Update!
I’m fine and healthy, thanks for the concerns to everyone that came by during my extended absence. I look at my statcounter occassionally to see who my visitors are. LOL. I’ve just been very busy lately with other projects and felt like taking some time off from blogging. One project was helping to do a complete rework of the Family Network on Disabilities of Florida website which is coming out really nice. I’ve also put up a whole bunch of free to download skins over at my Free Blogger Skins site, which has been getting tons of daily traffic. I’m really pleased with it’s awesome search engine ranking, it comes up #1 for it’s main keywords, like “free blog skins” which is pretty damn cool! It took a lot of work to get it there though, lots of linking!
I finally started my interferon therapy last Friday, I’m extremely happy about that. So far I haven’t gotten very sick which is good but I’m going to withold judgement on that for a bit longer. I take my second injection today, I’m not sure how it will accumulate and if it will make me feel any worse. So far the worst symptoms have been lots of muscular aches and pains and I feel constantly on the verge of getting a headache which is kind of weird. I do feel generally weak and lethargic and it takes a lot of effort to get my ass in gear to do anything, but overall the experience hasn’t been near as bad I expected. So far. (fingers crossed) LOL
The list of possible side effects associated with this drug is a mile long including hair loss (eeep!! not that!!), severe depression, suicide, heart attack, stroke, severe anemia, high fevers, blindness, vision damage and a whole lot more than I can possibly list here. The injections come in a box of 4 pre-filled syringes which is a months supply that I have to administer myself. That one month’s supply costs $2,000!!! Thanks to insurance I only have to pay 20% of that but even then it is still a big chunk of change!! Holy crap, the cost of medicines is just insane these days, isn’t it?
My surgery is all healed up and that came out rather well so no problems there! In a couple of weeks I’ll be celebrating 2 years since my liver transplant, that will be a nice milestone to see. I took the link down to my blog that has the short story about my liver transplant a while back. I decided that I would no longer allow the transplant to be a defining factor in my life and move on! I started to feel like there were times when I used the fact that I’m a transplant survivor as a sort of a crutch to make excuses for some of my personal shortcomings, but hell, I don’t think it will make any difference in the long run.
For the moment though I’m just looking forward to getting this therapy out of the way, which could take up to 7 months or as short as 3 months depending on how well the drug works in my system. There’s also a chance it won’t do shit and it will all be for nothing, including the nearly 2 year wait to even start taking the medication. I try not to dwell on that possibility though! hehe
I can’t promise I’ll be around much for the next couple of weeks or so, but you guys are always in my thoughts!! I will be back though!! Have a great weekend everyone!! Hugs!!
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Best of luck with your treatments. Here’s hoping you don’t get any of those side effects. Take it easy. I’ll be thinking of you.
Good to hear from you, and that sounds like some nasty side effects you listed.
Hope you get through it ok!
Fingers crossed that the meds work without making you feel any worse. You’ll do just fine, I know.
Wishing you the very best of luck sweetie. I so hope you do not have any more side effects than you are now having. It is time for you to once again move ahead, enjoy life to the fullest, as you have had more than you share of detours.
So kick ass as only you can.
BTW—I moved again so would you please update the link. I promise to stay and get comfortable…I loved my templet you did so much that it went with me over to WordPress.
I’m going to be AWOL starting next week–moving out of where I’m at on Thursday.
Hey punkin! Glad to hear you’re ok; kinda had me worried. But I’m sending you big ass hugs and hopes that the new treatment works out well. Keep yer nose up and yer chin clean, Sev!
Sounds like things are going pretty good. Hope it keeps up. Glad you checked in!
You are going to be fine. How do I know? Because I said so, and I am the boss.
(Se7en: He is full of bullshit, but his sentiments are okay.)
Hey if Hoss says you’re gonna be fine, who am I to argue! He and Big Ernie are best buds ya know.
Hang in there sweetie…we all love you and need you around!
Good luck with your treatments! Thanks for the update as well.
Suicide is bad, but heaven forbid you get hair loss, LOL! Glad to hear you are doing OK so far. If prayers work, then you should be ahead of the game for recovery!
gees, scary side effects! why can’t side effects ever be good? like, “may cause feelings of being high on weed” or “may make you feel like you have a nice beer buzz going on”… lol!
So glad that all is well, I hope the treatments do exactly what they are supposed to do. HUGS!
Glad you’re healing okay, Sugar. Miss ya.
I feel on on letting your “transplant” status define you. For the longest time I felt like a burn victim first, and a Rachael second. Then again, my scars are probably more obvious nad perfect strangersw will probably never quit asking me about what happened. I’ve learned to use to my benefit and it’s initiated hundreds of conversations with interesting people hat I probably wouldn’t have enjoyed otherwise.
Anyway, I hope the injections don’t spank you too hard (unless you’re into that!) THat list of side effects is some intimidating shit!
Love you, man… stay strong!
Glad everything is well. We miss you.
Wow. You are a trooper! Hope this will pass soon and you can return to a “normal” way of life…whaever that is for someone as crazy as you!!
Until then, you are in my thoughts!!
Yup, that’s some list of side effects. Keep fighting the good fight, it will be SO worth it at the other end! Take care of you.
Oh and I’m baaaaaaaaaaack
We do miss your blogging but take your time and get better. Glad to hear biz is going well. I gotta girlfriend that found your blog via mine and she want’s me to pass along that you have an open invitation to her place in Colorado if you’re ever in the area. She says she saw your photo and they don’t make em like you where she comes from lol.
Happy 4TH!
Keep up the good work and become well soon.
Greetings from Norway.
And ~y: Yes, Seven is looking good!
Just stopped in to say hello sweetie, hope all is well with you. You are missed in the blogging community but glad things are going pretty well for you.
Keep on reaching up and grabbing for those things you want and you will find them. You are one who deserves them.
Smooches you special one.
I’m glad you are doing well. That med is expensive! I would be screwed without my insurance, one treatment alone (every 4 weeks) is $10,000 and I pay $15 for the copay and 20% of the labs. My regular Rx’s are costly but not as bad as most.
Take care! *HUGS*
Good to see you in the sphere again. Good luck with the therapy!
Good Gravy Gertie!
My Bad, I aint been by fer a bit, but all indicators from my tingly spidey senses told me yer busy.. and fine.
As I know you are, a Fine Man. Many many smooches from the deserty side darlin, and never forget ya got reserved parkin here anytime.
{{{{{COWBOY!}}}}, yore pal, magz
I hope the treatment goes well. I had a friend do the combo treatment and after 6 months his Hep c was undectiable in his blood work!
Hugs!!
sounds like things are going well. hope the meds work. keep positive.
So happy to hear you are feeling well!
Where did you go? Are you ok? xo
Come back, Seven! Come back!!!
I hope he does, this blog is so good. Tusen takk!
I hope you’re doing great. I had a friend who went through an extended interferon treatment. She had some side effects, much like you describe (fatigue, etc.), but it was a successful treatment. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Of course, that goes without saying, because you are New Orleanian and all New Orleanians are in my thoughts and prayers. I was there last weekend visiting my son, and I am so hopeful for the city. There were so many signs of people coming back, working on houses, trying to get it cleaned up and livable again.
Keep the faith Se7en, in all of this. Peace.
New to the blogging world and some how i came accross your site.
Looks like I have a lot of reading. You seem very wise, I guess all you have gone through..Mind giving me a visit and I would love to hear what you have to say about my journey
Welcome back! Glad to hear you’re doing so well.
I loved the Sin City Layout. Switsj back, please!
I LOVE this header! Great job as always Se7
Take all the time you need, Se7en. Your health and how you feel are most important of all.