week 17

Well I am now over a third of the way through. I find it motivating to measure my progress so I keep record sheets to break the treatment down into chunks of time which I can 'tick off' when I've completed them. It also helps me ensure I don't miss any doses as I write down when I have taken my medication & the time. I have made sure I'm being consistent with sticking to roughly the same time each day as I read that if you complete all the doses as prescribed for the full duration your chance of a sustained virologial response is 63% for genotype 1 & 94% for genotype 2/3. I think I may have missed one dose as I hadn't recorded it which I'm annoyed about. So I have 31 weeks to go. If I was having the 6 month treatment I'd only have 7 weeks to go - that seems like nothing! My message to anyone thinking of trying the treatment is give it a go - I really have found it absolutely fine & you might too. It hasn't disrupted my life & all aspects of it have been entirely manageable.