Done with Pegasus...now the healing.

Facts and Lessons from a HEP-C Genotype 3: 

1. People will say they understand.
2. There is nothing nice about this treatment.
3. People will kick you while you are down.
4. Coconut oil is an awesome body rub.
5. Your pets will attempt to dominate you.
6. To save your skin, start your treatment in late December.
7. Sinus washes stop headaches and dry nostrils.
8. The morning of the next shot is the best and worst day of your week.
9. Food exposes itself to you.  If it's bad, you'll know it.  Remember the bad food.
10. Water:  Fiji, Avian, or SmartWater.  Everything else has chlorine in it.
11. Water filter:  Filter your water at the shower head.  Chlorine kills the dying.
12. Expect to cry when watching mushy movies.
13. Friends are defined.  Enemies are exposed.  Watch the signs.
14. The treatment stops, but the effects continue (almost 2 weeks at this point).
15. Don't start complex projects.  Just keep to dishes, dusting, and washing clothes.
16. Face facts and solve them...don't run from problems.
17. Shut up when your wife tells you to shut up.
18. Shut up when your husband tells you to shut up.
19. Avoid your kids, except when you are feeling good.
20. Your doctor will say everything including wrecking your car is a side effect of the drugs.
21. Avoid making new friends or losing old friends.  Put your life on hold.
22. Expect a "noia" or two. 
23. Ambein is the king.  
24. Catch up on TV series, but Walking Dead might not be a great idea.
25. Don't trust your feelings of jealousy or distrust.  It's the drugs.
26. Google it if you don't know it.  Be sure to get 3 references if your life depends on it.
27. Never fully trust a fart.  Best sit on the toilet before you experiment.
28. Always know where every toilet in your immediate surroundings are.
29. Hold off on Salmon until you are desperate for nutrition...then feel the rush of protein.
30. There is Chlorine in Chicken with "brine" or "salt" water added.
31. Organic carrots and bananas taste better than the options.
32. Organic food dies much quicker.
33. Pho' Noodles clear your lungs out and help you breath better.
34. Blood is fascinating, testing once a month, you need something to amuse you.
35. Dark rooms and crevasses seem inviting.
36. Never watch shark week then go swimming in the Ocean...lakes ok, Oceans not ok.
37. Plan your energy levels.  Err to being a wimp.  
38. People will not understand you.
39. You will hurt yourself with a needle every week for the duration of the treatment.  
40. You will eat pills until you are sick of the pills.
41. Limping across the finish line is noble; albeit, ugly...but noble none the less.
42. Don't watch your kids play sports.
43. Another thing I think is critical to the success of the treatment was my Doctor was a woman, she had huge breast.  You may think I say this in a sexual way...but I am not.  I'm serious, a woman's breast has something to do with safety and trust.  Maybe as a kid you associate Mommy to her boobs in your face while she cradled you around...even breast fed you.  But as you get older, the boobs have a comfort factor...which is undeniable when you are fighting for your life.  Dr's with Boobs...who show cleavage, but not in the sexual sense.
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