day out to the hospital......

Week 11 of 24

I am premenstrual, feeling crap, lethargic, low mood, joint problems, anxiety, brain fog and irritability which could all correlate with the bloody awful summer we are having! Resolved in my head now to walk forward with the  full 24 weeks of HnH therapy, to clear the bastard virus for good.

I saw a chiropractor yesterday as the tightness around my liver all along my spine was getting to me. I had an initial assessment and he use a crazy diagnostic tool that was first used for astronauts. It looked a little like a large pen with a wet sponge pad, that was placed either side of each of my vertebra to take a reading....interesting.

He then cracked me about and explained a little about posture, my shoulders aren't level and my head is carried to far forward.....He also suggested I took Reishi mushroom.

I would love to take something to lessen the toxicity of the drugs but I am super cautious not to impede clearance or action of the compounds. I asked on a few hep c forums and all the responses were 'NO WAY' do nothing that may potentially impede the drugs. 

I saw my NHS consultant today at Barnet hospital, he made a choice not to support me on this journey with the generic medicine because it is against 'policy'.

So I begin a search for a NHS consultant that will support and guide me through this final 12 weeks....

I phoned the Hep C trust ( a liver charity) and spoke to a lovely person on the phone, he was French and having a really hard time since the Referendum, feeling unwelcome and insecure in the land he has called home for 30 years! I spoke to him for ages about the millions of people who are super happy that he lives here and to try and ignore the racist nutters, but he is feeling scared and shocked, its terrible what is going on in the world really disappointing and a shame. 

He told me that he knew of a potential consultant who would monitor me and gave me her number and name. After googling her i found her email and have just written to her with my fingers crossed....