Yeah I sometimes have that ribavirin tummy feeling – it is not nice, a really leaden and heavy feeling. I usually try and keep eating something until it goes, and if this doesn’t seem to work I get the old peppermint tea which often helps. Also fizzy water induces burping which is relieving – and can be quite funny (if only to you)! I’m also using a probiotic which really seems to make a difference.

I was reading yesterday that whatever you’re feeling, naming it is the most important step. So, grumpy grumpy grumpy – like Sue says, it tends to morph into something else, and I think maybe this process is quicker if the feeling is acknowledged rather than resisted. I’m sure you and Carol are aware of this philosophy. Of course there are limits that we put on ourselves to prevent exacerbating situations through (riba-laden) reactivity, and your self control sounds commendable. I hope you didn’t suffer in ’swallowing’ it – hence your reflections on the situation being really important. I’m beginning to wonder if we learn the most from the most difficult things in our lives.

Massage sounds great – I also had one this week with my sister. It is wonderful to be able to relax and put your body into the safety of someone else’s soothing hands for an hour or so.

We are heading on towards that final straight now – I am thinking of you as we are due to finish within a few weeks of each other. Hang in there, we can do it.

Lu

Agree. I find that emotional responses are very heightened, perhaps exaggerated, while on treatment. Things that occur affect me much more intensely, even those that I previously would have blown off as unimportant. Keep trying to remind myself of this, with limited success! Being grumpy is okay – eventually, it morphs into something different. Have a great weekend,

Sue

same thing is with me, my wife recons i become angry quick since i started the treatment, but in my calcultions i have become more controled then ever before. people watch you too much and feel about little things because of fears of the treatment in their mind. God bless every one.

Just beacuse you are on treatment does not mean that you cannot vent your anger, don’t forget the world does not stop turning just because you are on treatment and there are an awful lot of pillocks on the planet some of whom you need to be rude to. So I say stop holding back, let rip and say what you mean, if you get introuble play the treatment card!

Jonathan