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Author Topic: Update: my broken ankle  (Read 9162 times)

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Offline KimInTheForest

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Update: my broken ankle
« on: October 06, 2016, 01:36:32 pm »
Not really Hep C-related... Just wanted to let my Heplandia friends know the latest in my life. Things were going well at last. I received my one-year SVR in August. My godawful post-treatment malaise had finely vanished (although there was finally  a diagnosis that goes with it, so I am not totally out of the woods yet). I sold my mom's 3,000 sq ft house that was filled stem to stern with a lifetime of hoarded belongings, plus trash, plus rodent colonies - hell, whole civilizations. And that sale meant that my brother has at last moved over to his house on Gabriola Island. So a whole boatload of enormous stressful dysfunctional illness-producing family problems magically disappeared forever on Sept 10. Life was good - great even - for 3.5 weeks. And then...

Last night, while racing down my 3 back steps in flip flops and carrying a full compost bucket, as soon as I stepped onto my charming (so I thought) moss covered cement walkway, I slimed out on the moss. (Will be scraping that 'charming' crap off as soon as I get well.) I went down on my ankle, folding it apparently, and fracturing it quite nicely. I lay there in a great deal of pain and compost for about 30 minutes, trying to evaluate my options. Once I started to move, I realized I couldn't. So I started hollering, and a couple of kind neighbors came into my backyard right away and called 911. After an entertaining evening in hospital emergency (which I quickly filled with my fragrant eau de decomposing vegetables), I am now back home with a temporary splint, awaiting surgery tomorrow.

I live alone so this has all been quite an adventure. The kind cabbie who took me home last night at midnight stopped by a late night pharmacy and bought me a pair of crutches, then helped me in my house and set me up in a chair and made sure all my doors were locked before he left.

At least I'll have a chance to catch up on all those books I have been ordering recently and not had a chance to look at.

Gotta stay smiling because the other options are less fun. :)

kim
« Last Edit: October 06, 2016, 06:40:32 pm by KimInTheForest »
Kim Goldberg (Nanaimo, BC)
1970s: Contracted HCV (genotype 3a)
2015: Cured with Harvoni + ribavirin (12 weeks)
MY STORY: https://pigsquash.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/undetectable-my-hep-c-story/

Offline Luna7

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Re: Update: my broken ankle
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2016, 06:06:34 pm »
omg Kim!

Sending hugs & love & healing vibes your way...
Between F2 & F3
Alt & Ast nearly 100
Viral load over 8 million
Gt 3a

Treated 12 weeks with Sovaldi & Daklinza, start date mid-April 2016
Undetected at 4 weeks into treatment
Alt & Ast  normal
Treatment completed July 14
Most likely will be undetected at 12 weeks (mid October 2016) as symptoms are gone

Offline KimInTheForest

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Re: Update: my broken ankle
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2016, 10:57:41 pm »
Thanks Luna! I'll take all the love, hugs, and healing vibes I can get right now.

kim :)
Kim Goldberg (Nanaimo, BC)
1970s: Contracted HCV (genotype 3a)
2015: Cured with Harvoni + ribavirin (12 weeks)
MY STORY: https://pigsquash.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/undetectable-my-hep-c-story/

Offline Jazz

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Re: Update: my broken ankle
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2016, 07:25:43 am »
Sending my best wishes and healing vibes to you also Kim. i like your attitude Kim! I'm a cry baby, but get back on top of it - only because I have to, as feeling sorry for myself gets boring! :) I broke a toe while anaemic on treatment and hollered as I thought it so unjust of fate to do that! Reading interesting books will keep your mind busy.

Peace and love,
Jazz
« Last Edit: October 07, 2016, 07:33:45 am by Jazz »
HCV 3a. F2-3. Sovaldi/Riba 24 wk Tx. 24 weeks SVR

Offline hummingbird57

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Re: Update: my broken ankle
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2016, 07:36:16 am »
Kim - bummer on the ankle but fixable!  I live alone as well so I try to think of worst case scenarios in advance but when it happens and "the plan".   

Glad you're on the mend.  You're always a great cheerleader for everyone on the forum - heal well and take care of you !
Genotype 1a
contracted 1975/ dx 2003
treatment naive
Harvoni tx - started 7/3/16
Treatment completed - 9/24/16
EOT - 10/6/2016 - HCV Undetected!!!!!!!

Offline brie41

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Re: Update: my broken ankle
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2016, 07:35:54 pm »
Hi Kim,

  Sorry to hear about your accident.  I hope you heal quickly and yes time to get some much needed rest after everything you have been through!  Sounds like you got a great cabbie.  How nice that he took the time to help you.   Take care.  Brie
Diagnosed  HCV, 1A 2006
Viral load 6 million
Ast/Alt always in the 20's
F0-F1, never changed
Treatment naive, started 8 week Harvoni 3/15/16
4 and 8 week labs undetected
6 week eot labs undetected
13 week eot UNDETECTED!

Offline Lynn K

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Re: Update: my broken ankle
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2016, 11:09:08 pm »
Sounds like the universe is telling you it is time to take a break (literally I guess)

Get well soon
Genotype 1a
1978 contracted, 1990 Dx
1995 Intron A failed
2001 Interferon Riba null response
2003 Pegintron Riba trial med null response
2008 F4 Cirrhosis Bx
2014 12 week Sov/Oly relapse
10/14 fibroscan 27 PLT 96
2014 24 weeks Harvoni 15 weeks Riba
5/4/15 EOT not detected, ALT 21, AST 20
4 week post not detected, ALT 26, AST 28
12 week post NOT DETECTED (07/27/15)
ALT 29, AST 27 PLT 92
24 week post NOT DETECTED! (10/19/15)
44 weeks (3/11/16)  fibroscan 33, PLT 111, HCV NOT DETECTED!
I AM FREE!

Offline KimInTheForest

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Re: Update: my broken ankle
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2016, 11:16:35 pm »
Sounds like the universe is telling you it is time to take a break (literally I guess)

Get well soon

So true, Lynn! Thanks all :)

kim
Kim Goldberg (Nanaimo, BC)
1970s: Contracted HCV (genotype 3a)
2015: Cured with Harvoni + ribavirin (12 weeks)
MY STORY: https://pigsquash.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/undetectable-my-hep-c-story/

Offline slats1056

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Re: Update: my broken ankle
« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2016, 10:25:59 am »
  I've heard of break a leg but , that is a little extreme literally :D :D :D. Wrong kind of break don't Ya think?  ??? Get well.
73 non ab 98 hep c refused pegint/riba
6-15 Gen.1b 1/2 MIL ALT72 AST37 No cirrhosis
7-15  Harvoni 12 weeks
10-14-15 EOT VIRAL LOAD NON-DET  
12-30-15 EOT+12 VIRAL LOAD NON DET  SVR12            8-9-18 HCV LOAD 1.02IU/ml AST22  ALT30 RELAPSE?
9-18-18 confirmed gt 1b relapse
10-16-18 approved 16 weeks Mavyret

 


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