Rick's Rants

The last 3 weeks start today. I’m not feeling really great, but my anticipation is high!

I have gotten my last shipment (4 weeks supply) of peg-intron, the injectable part of the protocol. I will start on it this week. I am very excited about reaching the end, but the interferon is affecting me a lot. I am complete worthless on the weekends, except for a few hours a day. As [...]

My activity has been pretty limited lately, very dead on weekends. I’m thinking furiously, but not getting much written. On the other hand, I have less than 2 months left on the therapy. I have started to dream about exercising.

I was very disapointed about my ability to participate in PortalCon this weekend. I slept all day Saturday and was slow about moving on Sunday morning. I’m really looking forward to having this all over with.

Here’s a general update on my health for the curious…
···Many of you are aware that I have hepatitis C (HCV). I was diagnosed around 1994. At that time there was no therapy that offered a cure, and I was basically asymptomatic. As time went by I became more symptomatic — fatigue and flu-like symptoms. When [...]