I can't eat, I'm too damn sick. I can't sleep, I'm too strung out on the chemo plus the prescriptions that go with it. I deffo can't stand any more drugs on top of what I'm already on. What keeps me running at all? Only the grace of Allah ( Read more... )

I took a course of chemotherapy about 5 years ago that made me sick, aching, and debilitated in many ways, and nearly killed me. I was not receiving adequate medical care. The treatment consisted of interferon and ribavirin to get rid of my hepatitis C. These drugs are very powerful and very dire. The treatment is supposed to go for 6 months. Last ( Read more... )