Friday, December 5, 2008
Yay! Virus is undetected again!
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I will not have more lab work done until February. So that makes four months in a row. I would actually like to keep having it done monthly, for at least the first 6 months....but I have trusted GOD thus far, so I guess I will just TRY not to worry or be anxious. :) Sorry this has to be short today, and I just feel terrible about not posting in a MONTH! But, this has been a busy time of year, and really has me worn out. I get tired. So I just do not spend much time online anymore. If I do not get back on to blog before Christmas, ya'll have a merry one!!! Will try and get pictures on here some time.....(dukygirl...I will get back with you later....thanks for the offer-you r sweet) Blessings~Lynn |
Saturday, August 2, 2008
I have not been blogging much, because....
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I am so tired, even more than before. I am also becoming so forgetful! I got so upset with myself because I let a very important prescription run out! I had to call the Dr's after hours line, to leave a message for the doc on call, (which, thankfully happened to be my own) and he was able to call in my refill, and the pharmacy even had it in stock. God is good. Otherwise I would have had to wait until Monday to get it, which would have most likely meant missing 6 doses. (yeah, I know it wouldn't have killed me, but still, I hated to miss those doses) The last blood work I had done showed that my viral load was down to 20. (it only measures down to 10) So that is good, but I had hoped for it to be "undetected". Everything that I have read and researched shows that people with my genotype hep c virus (1a) are automatically treated for 48 weeks. That is because we are the hardest to treat successfully. Then, if you are still not undetected, they continue with even more treatment. However, my doctor says he has had success with my genotypes stopping treatment as soon as they go undetected. I do not really agree with that, based on my research, and talking other people that have treated. Not that I WANT to be on treatment for 24 more weeks, I really am just tired of being tired! BUT, I want to improve my chances of going undetected and STAYING that way, kwim? I have less "good energy" days than I used to, and now the really tired, draggy days out number the good. Well, that's my update. How is everyone else doing these days? Blessings~Lynn ps...sorry if friends and family get updated here and via email.....  |
Friday, May 2, 2008
Me and my bright ideas!
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Good morning! It is getting ready to storm here.....blech. Remember...laughter is the best medicine, hence the category, "health." Okay, to the title........ First, I have to tell you that we ate at my sil's this last week, and the kids all drew faces on their chins, and laid upside on the couch to put on a "show". I was joking around that the adults ought to do it......the kids liked that idea. Of course, we adults did not do it. Well, at least not until in the privacy of my own home, that is. The day after supper at my sil's, I thought I would surprise my dd and do it for her. So I get the green eyeliner and draw eyes, and take a brown one and draw a nose, and I put on some lip gloss. So far so good. Yeah. Then I put a handkerchef (sp?) over my face and got into the recliner, with the foot rest in the up position, turned myself around, and then......I let the foot rest down. Not a good idea! I almost flipped the chair over on top of me, my legs are up in the air, and I am yelling HELP!!! (remember, it was a surprise for my dd!) So she comes running to the living room.............and LAUGHS!!!!! She laughs so hard, she can't even hold onto the chair, so that I can get out of it without injuring myself! After my world is righted again, she says, "I should have got that on video!" (would not have been pretty!) So, yes, I did go ahead and do a "chin show", on the love seat. Still not pretty! My hubby got a good laugh when my dd told him the story. As I am sure the homeschool kids at PE did too. Yes, she went out into public, and told the story. Yep, me and my bright ideas. sigh Ya'll have a great day! *disclaimer: women 60lbs. overweight or more should not try this without the help of another adult, or in a rocker recliner * |
Monday, February 25, 2008
Biopsy today!
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Going for my liver biopsy today. Say a prayer for me. Procedure at 9:00. See ya later! (I hope! lol) Now, where's my coffee? Oh, pooh! That's right, nothing to eat or drink after midnight! Blessings~Lynn |
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
The "flip side" of me and "keep me in your sprayers?"
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I am the kind of gal who likes to make people laugh, especially if they are feeling down. I can find humor in some of the weirdest ways. But, I don't much let people know, outside of a few, how I really am feeling. I worry about other people. But, I usually keep that to myself. One person I REALLY worry about, and that is pointless, cause I can't change them. They know they are lost, admitted it, but said "they are not ready." As of late, I worry about myself, my health. I am overweight, (I have lost 30 lbs since end of August) have Diabetes T2, have allergies and asthma. Most recently I get to add Hepatitis C to that list. Don't have a clue how I got it, but, it really doesn't matter now, anyway. I went straight out and bought 4 books on Hepatitis C...can we say "information overload?" I know it is all in GOD'S hands, but it is hard not to dwell on all that COULD happen. I am usually an upbeat (some would say "flaky") person, but this gets me down. Not as much as it did when first diagnosed, (October) but once in a while it does. I go to get more blood work done either on the 21st or the 24th, and hope that the numbers have improved. Hoping that the viral load goes down enough on its own that I don't require treatment. That is the best case scenario. I go back to the gastroenterologist the 16th of January...so maybe he will have some insight where I might be headed. (as far as treatment) So, do you know anyone with Hepatitis C? "Keep me in your sprayers" Have you ever sent a mass email, only to learn later you made typos? I sent out emails yesterday to friends and family, kind updating them, and at the end I meant to type, "keep me in your prayers, will ya?" But what I really typed was, "keep me in your sprayers!"  So, I guess this means I will either be covered in prayer, or covered in water! ~Lynn |